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RT @theCCR: Professor Katherine Franke will no longer teach at Columbia Law School, stemming from her defense of Palestinian students. In response to the end of her 25-year career as a highly-esteemed member of the Columbia University Law School faculty, we issued the following statement:

Laurie Adkin

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RT @AndyGJBurge: To: @elonmusk
From: 80% of UK citizens
Subject: The UK Government

I fear you are ignorant of the constitutional workings of the UK. The following facts may not be to your liking but they are facts nonetheless and no amount of disinformation posted by you and other US and UK citizens on this platform who are uninformed as to how things work in our little group of islands on this side of the pond will change that reality.

1. In July 2024, the UK held a general election the result of which was an overwhelming victory for the Labour party.
2. As leader of the party that had secured a majority of seats in the House of Commons, Keir Starmer was invited by the King to form a government. Starmer accepted the King's invitation. In the UK, that is the only mechanism by which one can become Prime Minister; one does not 'run' for the position (Andrew Tate take note).
3. As of today, the Labour government has an effective working majority of 165 votes in the House of Commons.
4. A new general election may only be called as a result of the Monarch's agreement to such a request by the sitting Prime Minister, or as a result of the government losing a vote of no confidence in the House of Commons. Neither case is remotely likely to occur.
5. Any idea you may have of whipping up mass #FarageRiots amongst the ignorant and unschooled who follow you will not work; unlike your Executive, ours is not subject to a Posse Comitatus Act and should it really becme necessary, our military may be used to restore order.
6. Despite the beliefs of said unschooled ignoramuses mentioned above, King Charles III is a constitutional monarch who may act only with the consent of the Prime Minister. He cannot dissolve Parliament, he cannot call a general election, he cannot, to use your terminology, 'fire' any elected official.
7. Despite the beliefs of the above mentioned uneducated, Magna Carta is no longer in force in the UK - we have moved on and thankfully we now have the Human Rights Act passed by the Blair government in 1998 that gives legal effect to the ECHR, drafted by British Lawyers in the early 1950s.
8. The majority of US citizens, even some republicans, understand that they have not elected you to any office whatsoever and they are quite concerned by your meglomania.

I hope this helps - it's always best to have a good and detailed understanding of any country with which you intend to interfere - if only the US had learned that before they invaded Iraq and found no weapons of mass detruction and no evidence of Iraqi involvement in the 9/11 attrocity. Surely the US did not invade just for the oil?

I suggest you have a cup of tea, a slice of fruit cake and calm down.

Pip pip! ft.com/content/dd4b066c-30a1…

Adam Hartland

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RT @SMohyeddin: Israel killed many of its own citizens on October 7 and this is why Netanyahu doesn’t want a full investigation. From the incinerated cars to the burnt out homes - all Israeli tank and helicopter fire.

An IDF investigation into the deaths of Dikla Arava, 51, and her son Tomer Arava Eliaz, 17, in Kibbutz Nahal Oz during Hamas's October 7, 2023, onslaught, has found that the pair were likely killed by Israeli fire.

The probe, carried out by Col. (res.) Yaron Sitbon -- who is responsible for a larger and ongoing investigation into the entire battle at Nahal Oz -- was presented to their families last night. The probe is based on testimonies from soldiers, officers, and civilians, the IDF says.

According to the investigation, on the morning of October 7, terrorists burst into the home of Arava-Elyakim, and opened fire on the door to their bomb-safe room. As a result of the gunfire, Noam Elyakim, 46, was wounded.

The terrorists then stole the phone of Elyakim's girlfriend, Dikla, and began a Facebook live-stream which showed her son Tomer walking around nearby houses in the kibbutz and calling the neighbors to come out of their houses, after being threatened by the terrorists.

The investigation found that after around an hour and a half, Tomer managed to flee from the terrorists and hide in the kibbutz.

Moments later, IDF troops who had been battling numerous terrorists in Nahal Oz for some six hours, spotted a suspicious figure and opened fire.

"From the conclusions of the investigation, it appears that the figure was most likely the late Tomer Arava Eliaz, who was killed by fire from our forces in this incident due to a misidentification," the IDF says.

The military says Tomer "acted bravely until the moment he was shot."

At the same time, the terrorists abducted Noam and his two children Dafna and Ela, and his partner Dikla.

The investigation found that while the terrorists were heading toward Gaza with the four hostages, Israeli troops opened fire on their vehicle.

The IDF says the vehicle was identified by the troops as a "vehicle of terrorists on the run," while they were battling numerous terrorists in the kibbutz.

As a result of the gunfire, Dikla was killed, according to the probe.

After the gunfire, the terrorists abandoned the vehicle in the Kibbutz, leaving Dikla's body there.

Noam was also killed on October 7, 2023, and his body was only found on October 17. The IDF's probe did not detail the circumstances of his death.

Dafna and Ela were taken to Gaza, where they were held captive for 51 days before being released as part of a truce deal on November 26.

The IDF in its statement says it failed on October 7, but notes that "at the same time, the security forces, the reservists, the local security officers, and the civilians fought bravely." - Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian

Laurie Adkin

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