Pope slams Europe’s military buildup as ‘betrayal’ of diplomacy

 

The pontiff has decried rising European military spending, which saw its sharpest increase since the Cold War last year

Pope Leo XIV has condemned rising European military spending, warning that rearmament betrays diplomacy and fuels tensions in a world already being “maimed by wars.”

Global military spending approached a record $3 trillion in 2025 despite lower US outlays, according to a SIPRI report released last month, with Europe recording the sharpest regional increase. SIPRI linked the surge to the Ukraine conflict, tensions with Russia, and growing US pressure for greater NATO burden sharing.

Pope Leo argued that such policies should not be described as defense, but as dangerous rearmament. Addressing students at Rome’s Sapienza University on Thursday, he said that young people were asking older generations what kind of world they would leave behind.

“A world unfortunately maimed by wars… In the last year, the growth in military spending worldwide, and particularly in Europe, has been enormous,” the pontiff said. “Let’s not call ‘defense’ a rearmament that increases tensions and insecurity, depletes investments in education and healthcare, undermines trust in diplomacy, and enriches elites who care nothing for the common good.”

He also warned about the growing use of artificial intelligence in warfare, citing conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran as evidence of “the inhumane evolution of the relationship between war and new technologies in a spiral of annihilation.”  (more...)

Pope slams Europe’s military buildup as ‘betrayal’ of diplomacy

Handala announces hack of figure tied to Israeli normalization accords

 

The Handala hacker group said it breached communications linked to a figure involved in the Israeli normalization accords and Netanyahu’s reported UAE visit.

The Handala hacker group announced it had breached communications belonging to a figure it described as a central architect of the Israeli normalization accords and an organizer of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s reported March visit to the United Arab Emirates.

In a statement released Thursday alongside published images and documents, the group identified the individual as Samuel Shay, noting that he played a key role in behind-the-scenes coordination between the Israeli government and Gulf states.

Handala described Shay as the “mastermind behind Netanyahu’s UAE visit” and stated that it had exposed what it characterized as a covert regional political, economic, and “security” network.

The group asserted that Shay acted as a facilitator of relations between Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi through business and strategic initiatives involving Gulf states and "Israel".  (more...)

Handala announces hack of figure tied to Israeli normalization accords

Faith leaders hold ‘Moral Monday’ peace rally in Washington to decry Trump's 'unholy war’ in West Asia

 

Faith leaders held a Moral Monday peace rally outside of the White House against what they called the ‘unholy war' in the West Asia region.

Their demands were simple, no to war, no to policy violence, yes to peace and yes to justice.

A new poll finds that just 13% of Americans believe that the US has won the war against Iran.

There is increasing admission in the United States that the war is looking like a loss, economically speaking, no matter what happens next.

After over 70 days of war, the costs are being paid for by the nation's lower class at the gas pumps and the supermarkets.

Research shows, however, that most war costs are incurred after the fighting ends.  (more...)

Faith leaders hold ‘Moral Monday’ peace rally in Washington to decry Trump's 'unholy war’ in West Asia

Christians face harassment and violence from Israeli settlers

 

On Capitol Hill, a protest was held to denounce the mainstream media's silence about the growing wave of persecution of Christians by Israelis.

From a brutal attack on a nun in Jerusalem to the desecration of a cross in Lebanon, the increasing number of high-profile incidents is drawing attention to Israel's worsening violent intolerance of many groups

Getting spit on, disparaging graffiti, insults, intimidation; all things which would receive huge amounts of attention if done towards Jews have reportedly become a daily experience for Palestinian Christians.

Almost 200,000 Christians live in Israel. However, polls indicate that half of them under the age of 30 are considering leaving due to the constant violence, harassment and insults as Israeli society continues to drift even further to the right

Israel's decades of land grabs and murder of Palestinians of all faiths have escalated into an attempt to foment an all-out regional war since October 7, 2023.

This has allowed Israel's most racist and ultra nationalist groups, who have been incorporated into the government, to feel that they can operate with impunity.  (more...)

Christians face harassment and violence from Israeli settlers

Leaked Documents Show Cisco Systems’ Deep Relationship with Israeli Security State

 

“Never Let a Good Crisis Go To Waste”: Internal documents show Cisco’s growing collaboration with the Israeli military over the course of the genocide in Gaza.

Cisco Systems is one of the most consequential—yet least visible—corporations in Silicon Valley. The San Jose-based networking giant, with a market capitalization in excess of $270 billion and annual revenue of $56.7 billion in 2025, manufactures the routers, switches, firewalls, and communications platforms that run the internet’s infrastructure, as well as many of its worldwide corporate, government, and military networks.

Cisco makes a point of publicly highlighting its commitment to corporate social responsibility, and building “an inclusive future for all” in the dozens of countries around the world in which it operates. Yet the company’s aggressive pursuit of contracts with the Israeli government and military—a small yet growing part of its global business—has led to accusations that behind this sunny facade the networking giant is profiting from genocide.

A new set of leaked documents—provided to Drop Site by whistleblowers disturbed by the company’s operations in Israel—shows Cisco’s deep and growing collaboration with the Israeli military and intelligence establishment in its regional wars and the genocide in Gaza.

In 2025, an Israeli Air Force officer publicly discussed using Cisco-powered infrastructure to support operations. The anonymous officer, identified as the head of the Israeli Air Force’s operational branch, told a tech conference in Israel that the Air Force had conducted “tens of thousands of attacks” in the past year, and described how IT systems had been vital to enabling this combat activity. The officer referenced Cisco infrastructure being used by air force intelligence personnel for communications and managing high volumes of operational data—including the use of networking tools by drone operators and ground forces to store and analyze videos and share coordinates for strikes.

Cisco’s work with the Israeli government and military has been documented in public news reports and new business announcements in the country. But the internal documents—including presentations, purchase and revenue records, and schedules—shed light on the rapidly expanding list of services that Cisco has been providing directly to the Israeli Ministry of Defense and other branches of the security state over the past several years.  (more...)

Leaked Documents Show Cisco Systems’ Deep Relationship with Israeli Security State

Authoritarian Zionists take dramatic turn to the absurd

 

The authoritarianism of the genocidal Jewish supremacist movement is stunning. According to Israel supporters it is antisemitic that Canada hasn’t criminalized a non-existent social justice group.

As Israel kills hundreds of Lebanese and Palestinians during ‘ceasefires’, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs and B’nai Brith have launched a push for Palestine Action Canada to be listed a terrorist organization. Last week The Canadian Jewish News reported, “Canadian Jewish groups call on government to designate Palestine Action as ‘terrorist entity’ Palestine Action Canada published a ‘target map’ identifying numerous institutions in Canada, Europe and the United States for ‘direct action.’”

Except Palestine Action Canada doesn’t seem to exist. An online search found little and there’s no evidence the group has carried out any action in Canada. On a global Palestine Action site there’s a “target map” with information on several hundred arms firms in dozens of countries across the world. There are ten firms listed in Canada. This appears to be the basis for which CIJA and B’nai Brith are calling for state authorities to ban Palestine Action Canada. A terror listing is supposed to require a thorough assessment by relevant security agencies (in practice, listings are highly political).

In the UK, Palestine Action was listed a terror group last year. Activists with the non-violent organization spray-painted facilities, disrupted activities and destroyed equipment at numerous arms firms. The listing by the British government was highly controversial. Some 3,000 people have been arrested opposing the ban on Palestine Action. In February the High Court ruled the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful and disproportionate (but did not immediately lift the listing, giving the government the right to appeal or rescind it.)

Despite its listing being legally overturned in the country in which it has been labelled a terror group and little sign of any operations in Canada, CIJA, B’nai Brith and others are demanding the banning of Palestine Action Canada. A paid ‘consultant’ of the genocidal Jewish supremacist lobby, Warren Kinsella, published a recent Toronto Sun column that begins “Why is Palestine Action allowed to operate in Canada? Why? It’s an important question…. For reasons that have not been explained by anyone in authority, Palestine Action are not considered a terror group by our government.”

Posting Kinsella’s article, Veterans For The Conservative Party of Canada Facebook group noted, “Of all the things I dislike about Carney and his government … his antisemitism has to be near the top. I am completely ashamed of his inaction against ‘Palestine Action’. It needs to be designated a terrorist group and routed out of Canada before something terrible happens.”  (more...)

Authoritarian Zionists take dramatic turn to the absurd

Handala Hacks Reveal Samuel Shay’s Key Role in Netanyahu’s UAE Mission

 

Major Scandal of Hidden Ties Between Zionism and the UAE Revealed with the Exposure of Samuel Shay

In one of the most significant cyber operations of recent years, Samuel Shay, the mastermind behind Netanyahu’s trip to the UAE and the chief architect of the Abraham Accords, has been completely hacked, and his clandestine network has been dismantled.

This individual is not only the main coordinator of all backchannel agreements between the Zionist regime and Persian Gulf states, but also serves as a key facilitator of covert economic, political, and security relations between Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi.

Through companies like Gulf Technology Systems, Samuel Shay created a complex web of joint projects in technology, energy, investment, agriculture, and strategic infrastructure between Israel, the UAE, and even other Arab countries.

While “normalization” was widely promoted as a bridge of friendship, the real network behind these ties is nothing but corruption, money laundering, the transfer of Israeli security technologies for the suppression of regional peoples, and betrayal of the Palestinian cause.

All secret contracts, financial transfers, training of security forces, and even economic and intelligence espionage against the Resistance Axis were managed directly by this individual and his team.  (more...)

Handala Hacks Reveal Samuel Shay’s Key Role in Netanyahu’s UAE Mission

🇮🇱🇦🇪⚡️ HACKING GROUP HANDALA RELEASES 265 PAGES ALLEGEDLY EXPOSING SAMUEL SHAY'S ROLE IN NETANYAHU'S UAE MISSION

The group Says Shay, a key architect of the Abraham Accords, managed clandestine economic, security and political ties between Israel and the UAE through companies… pic.twitter.com/Xq0izaOLtE

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