Direct action is a weapon of the people

 

On 13 February, the UK’s High Court of Justice ruled that the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful.

Palestine Action was added to the list of proscribed organizations in July 2025, a move initiated by the then Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and passed by Britain’s Parliament.

In February, a panel of three senior judges allowed the challenge brought by Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, on two grounds.

First, the pathway to reach the decision to proscribe was not in line with the Home Office’s own policy. Second, a crucial ruling held that the ban under the Terrorism Act interfered with the fundamental rights of free expression and free assembly.

Yet the group remains banned, pending the outcome of the British government’s appeal.

The government’s challenge to the February ruling was heard by the Court of Appeal in late April. The verdict in the appeal case is expected within the coming weeks.

Paying no mind to the proscription, people from all walks of life have continued to show their opposition to the UK’s role in the ongoing genocide of Palestinians and in imperial violence throughout the Middle East. It’s clear beyond any doubt that Westminster failed at halting autonomous resistance or popular support for Palestine Action.

Direct action is a political strategy with little regard for established pathways to change when operating within a political environment that fails to prioritize human life over the interests of global finance and a decaying imperial order. Direct action is a weapon of the people.  (more...)

Direct action is a weapon of the people

Epstein Advised U.S. Treasury on Crypto During Obama’s Iran Sanctions Push

 

Treasury officials consulted with Jeffrey Epstein about using cryptocurrency during negotiations with Iran over nuclear deal, even as he made investments in blockchain technology.

Today, shipping companies are paying cryptocurrency tolls to Tehran for passage through the Strait of Hormuz, as the Iranian government seeks to shield payments from seizure by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. Roughly $8 billion flowed through Iran’s cryptocurrency exchanges last year, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) moves billions more through foreign exchanges like Binance, where Chinese firms can secretly pay for Iranian oil without fear of U.S. retaliation.

More than a decade ago, however, the Iranian government was reluctant to embrace cryptocurrency, suspicious of possible U.S. involvement in the development of Bitcoin. The U.S. was dubious about the technology as well, seeing it principally as a way to sidestep financial controls.

“The U.S. government thinks Iran can use bitcoin to bypass all the sanctions and Iran thinks this is all a game by the CIA,” a spokesperson for CoinAva, Iran’s first crypto exchange, told CoinDesk in 2013. Even so, Iran’s National Cyberspace Center began the process of regulating digital currencies in March 2014, while looking for hedges against the pressure of U.S. sanctions.

The U.S. hesitance around cryptocurrency is evident in the emails of Jeffrey Epstein—a figure who was keenly interested in developing cryptocurrency and consulted on it with the U.S. Treasury Department. Epstein’s interventions came at a time when the U.S. was pursuing a détente with Iran over its nuclear program, and the growth and development of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were beginning to reshape the global financial landscape. (All the emails are linked and available to read on Jmail—the indispensable, searchable inbox of Epstein’s emails that mimics Gmail.)  (more...)

Epstein Advised U.S. Treasury on Crypto During Obama’s Iran Sanctions Push

Heil the new German Reich

 

Just don't mention Germany is in breach of the WWII surrender deal. Starmer, the dodo of British politics clutching corpses. P*edos 'R' Us and Harriet Harmthem's dead embrace. What next?Jimmy Savile?

Eurovision 2026 faces biggest boycott in 70-year history

 

Broadcasters from Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Iceland and Slovenia have withdrawn from this week’s event over Israel’s participation

Public broadcasters in Spain, Ireland and Slovenia have said they would not air the 70th anniversary Eurovision Song Contest, which begins on Tuesday in Austria and will culminate in Saturday’s grand finale, citing opposition to Israel’s participation.

The three countries, along with the Netherlands and Iceland, withdrew on Monday from this year’s event in Vienna, leaving the contest facing the biggest boycott in its 70-year history.

Vienna police have said they expect disruptive protests and possible attempts to block the event, particularly on the last day. Authorities said a pro-Palestinian demonstration involving around 3,000 people has been registered for May 16.

Earlier this year, the broadcasters urged contest organizers at the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to bar Israel over alleged vote-rigging and the war in Gaza. The EBU said Israel met the contest’s eligibility requirements and would remain in this year’s competition.

Israel has rejected accusations of genocide since launching its operation targeting Hamas in Gaza after the militant group made its deadly incursion into southern Israel in October 2023, killing 1,200 people and taking 250 others hostage. The enclave’s authorities say Israel’s response has left nearly 70,000 Palestinians dead.  (more...)

Eurovision 2026 faces biggest boycott in 70-year history

Israeli telecom networks used for mass surveillance across countries

 

Israeli telecom infrastructure has been used to track citizens across more than 10 countries over three years, exploiting SS7 and 5G protocols through spyware and SIMjacking techniques.

A probe by the digital research group Citizen Lab has uncovered that telecommunications infrastructure owned by Israeli companies has been weaponized to track citizens in more than 10 countries over the past three years, exploiting decades-old network protocols and modern 5G systems to transform them into sophisticated tracking devices.

According to a report published by the Israeli news outlet Haaretz, the investigation revealed that infrastructure ranging from legacy networks built in the 1970s to the latest 5G systems has been repurposed into surveillance tools using advanced spyware programs. Since November 2022, over 15,700 attempts to pinpoint phone locations have been detected across numerous countries, including Thailand, South Africa, Norway, Bangladesh and Malaysia, all routed through the networks of "Israel"-based telecommunications firms.

The findings raise serious questions about "Israel's" role in the global surveillance industry, as the very infrastructure designed to connect people has been turned into a mechanism for tracking them without their knowledge or consent.

Internal documents cited by Haaretz revealed that Verint, the parent company of Cognyte, sold an SS7-based location tracking system called SkyLock to a government client in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The SS7 protocol, originally developed to route calls and texts, support international roaming, and enable interoperability between mobile operators, has been systematically exploited for surveillance purposes.

The investigation also found that Fink, a Swiss telecommunications company, enabled Israeli surveillance firms such as Rayzone to impersonate legitimate cellular carriers and connect to older mobile networks. This allowed the firms to track users worldwide by abusing the SS7 signaling protocol.  (more...)

Israeli telecom networks used for mass surveillance across countries

Handala’s digital storm topples US-Israeli cyber supremacy

 

For decades, the U.S. and Israel have sold the image of their cyber defenses as an absolute fortress, a multi-billion-dollar architecture designed to ensure that while American and Israeli forces struck the region, they themselves would remain untouchable behind layers of code.

That illusion has evaporated. At the center stands Handala, a hacking collective named for Naji al-Ali’s iconic refugee child who turns his back on an unjust world. Today, that child is fighting.

Since the commencement of the recent U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, Handala has evolved into a strategic front of the Axis of Resistance, proving that empires built on technological hubris are far more fragile than their marketing suggests.

When American-made munitions turned an Iranian elementary school in Minab into a graveyard, killing 120 children and dozens of school staff in a single afternoon, the Resistance’s retaliation extended far beyond the front lines. They ensured the cost was also extracted in the West’s most precious currencies: digital sovereignty and military intelligence.

A few days after the massacre, Handala delivered a masterclass in asymmetric retaliation. Targeting the Stryker Corporation, a technology giant deeply entwined with the Pentagon, the group bypassed traditional malware.

They also hijacked Microsoft Intune administrative credentials to remotely wipe 200,000 devices across 79 countries.

Factories stalled, logistics networks evaporated, and a $25 billion pillar of the military-industrial complex ground to a halt. The message across the dark screens of Stryker’s global offices was clear: “Betrayal of the oppressed yields only disgrace.”  (more...)

Handala’s digital storm topples US-Israeli cyber supremacy

Handala’s Major Expose: 60 Senior Egoz Unit Officers Unmasked

 

For the very first time, Handala has fully exposed the identities of 60 senior officers from the Egoz Unit, the so-called elite special forces of the Israeli military (IDF).

The Egoz Unit, whose name means “walnut” in Hebrew, has long tried to hide behind this tough-sounding name, pretending to be invincible. But today, these “empty walnuts” have been cracked open for all to see. Maybe it’s time they give up guerrilla warfare and take up walnut picking instead, they might be more successful at that.

This unit specializes in infiltration, reconnaissance, guerrilla and anti-guerrilla warfare, and ambush operations in mountains and forests, particularly along the Lebanon border. But now, the Egoz hunters have become the hunted, targets for the Resistance’s shadows.

Let’s be clear:

These men are not just ordinary soldiers; they are terrorists who have repeatedly participated in brutal attacks and war crimes against the people of the region.

And here’s the real news:

The exact coordinates of all Egoz Unit bases have now been obtained by Handala and sent to Hezbollah’s fiber-optic drones.

From now on, not even the mountains and forests will provide you shelter.

Handala  (more...)

Handala’s Major Expose: 60 Senior Egoz Unit Officers Unmasked