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Thursday, May 7, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/05/thursday-may-7-2026/

Thursday, May 7, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/05/thursday-may-7-2026/

Thursday, May 7, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/05/thursday-may-7-2026/

Thursday, May 7, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/05/thursday-may-7-2026/

This PURE and RIGHTEOUS crusade will surely receive God's Favor!

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2040374/this-pure-and-righteous-crusade-will-surely-receive-god-s-favor

Egypt has received its fourth shipment of stolen Ukrainian grain since April - MFA

#AbuQir #Asomatos #Egypt #looting #MFA #russia #Ukraine #war

https://uatribune.com/en/egypt-has-received-its-fourth-shipment-of-stolen-ukrainian-grain-since-april-mfa/

@Digital_Coolie
Israeli troops openly looting homes in Southern Lebanon, just like the Ruzzians did in Ukraine.

Coincidence? I think not.

#looting #USPol #IDF #SouthernLebanon #spoilsOfWar

@Digital_Coolie
Israeli troops openly looting homes in Southern Lebanon, just like the Ruzzians did in Ukraine.

Coincidence? I think not.

#looting #USPol #IDF #SouthernLebanon #spoilsOfWar

@Digital_Coolie
Israeli troops openly looting homes in Southern Lebanon, just like the Ruzzians did in Ukraine.

Coincidence? I think not.

#looting #USPol #IDF #SouthernLebanon #spoilsOfWar

[de] Wir haben ein paar Kleidercontainer geplündert und die Beute bedruckt.
[en] We raided a few clothing bins and printed on the loot.
#looting #upcycling #diy #screenprinting #siebdruck #fish #porcupinefish #diypunk #2ndhand #igelfisch #punkshirt #circularfashion

Convincing evidence
Israel backed aid convoy looters in Gaza, historian says

Account of visit to Gaza by French professor describes Israeli military attacks on security personnel protecting convoys

@jasonburke.bsky.social

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/29/convincing-evidence-israel-backed-aid-convoy-looters-in-gaza-historian-says

#Gaza #Genocide #Israel #Terrorism #ISIS #Looting #FoodAsWeapon #StopIsrael #SaveGaza #BoycottIsrael

@[email protected] @[email protected]

Weirdly ironic considering contemporary actions in West Bank over #olivetrees -

Heirs of Jewish family sues Met, claims it bought #VanGogh #painting looted by #Nazis https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/metropolitan-museum-of-art-lawsuit-van-gogh-nazis-b2855405.html

#history #WWII #looting #war #art #provenance

Malm noted: “1840 was a pivotal year in history, for both the Middle East and the climate system. It marked the first time the British Empire deployed steamboats in a major war. Steam power was the technology through which dependence on fossil fuels came into being: Steam engines ran on coal, and it was their diffusion through the industries of Britain that turned this into the first fossil economy.

“Only by exporting it to the rest of the world and drawing humanity into the spiral of large-scale fossil fuel combustion,” Malm writes, “did Britain change the fate of this planet: The globalization of steam was a necessary ignition. The key to this ignition, in turn, was the deployment of steamboats in war. It was through the projection of violence that Britain integrated other countries into the strange kind of economy it had created — by turning fossil capital, we might say, into fossil empire.”

https://systemchangenotclimatechange.org/article/massive-scale-genocide-and-ecocide-are-close-relations/

#preying #predation #brutalization #looting #imperialism #proSionism #coloniality #Aliyah #climateChange #climateCatastrophe #book #paupericide #genocide #tactics #solidarity #BDS #IsraelBoycott #proZionism #fossilFuels #oilAndGas #AndreasMalm #Malm #israelPalestine #MiddleEast #UK #britain #StandWithIsrael #StopArmingIsrael #DefundIsrael #collusion #allies #history #colonialism #colonisation #colonization #BritishEmpire

The Broader Push to Rewrite #History.

Israel's assault on #Palestinian #heritage goes beyond fabricated #archaeological narratives—it’s a #systematic effort to erase history and consolidate control. Here are more key aspects of the campaign:

#Looting of #WestBank #Antiquities :

For decades, #Israel has #exploited the occupied territories' rich archaeological sites, #smuggling thousands of #artifacts to build its #colonial narrative. The new bill seeks to #institutionalize this #theft, granting #extremist officials unchecked authority over excavation and #HeritagePreservation in Palestinian areas.

The Role of the Israeli Antiquities Authority:

Under the guise of #AcademicResearch, the #IsraeliAntiquitiesAuthority frequently removes artifacts from the West Bank, exhibiting them in Israeli #museums without acknowledging their Palestinian origins. This process not only strips Palestinians of their #cultural history but also bolsters Israel’s claim to the land.

Settler-Led Excavations:

Settler organizations like #Elad are at the forefront of #illegal excavations, particularly in East #Jerusalem. These digs disrupt Palestinian neighborhoods, displace families, and create #tourist sites glorifying biblical narratives while erasing the #multicultural history of the region.

Linking Settlements to #BiblicalClaims:

Israeli settlement expansion is increasingly tied to archaeological claims. By declaring areas with supposed biblical significance, such as #Hebron or #Shiloh as part of #Jewish heritage, the #llegalOccupation justifies #annexation and denies Palestinians access to their land.

The International Fallout:

Despite warnings from Israeli #archaeologists and global institutions, the government continues its #unilateral moves. If the bill passes, Israel risks severe isolation, as #CulturalTheft violates international conventions, including #UNESCO protection of #CulturalHeritage during conflicts.

These moves are not just an assault on history—they are an extension of the colonial project, reshaping the narrative to legitimize an occupation that erases Palestinian identity. The stakes go beyond antiquities; they encompass the right of a people to their past, present, and future.

Full article by Alaa Al-Lami:
https://www.al-akhbar.com/Culture_People/387633

#FreePalestine
#IsraelIsATerroristState
#IsraelWarCrimes
#IsraelRogueState
#ArmsEmbargoOnIsrael
#USAFundsGenocide
#BoycottIsrael
#BDSMovement
#BoycottIsraeliApartheid
#StopGenocide
#ApartheidIsrael
#SanctionIsrael
#ExposeIsraeliTerrorists
#ZionismIsACult
#Journalism
#Historians
#Decolonization

Criminals are #looting millions from #ATMs in #Europe. Here’s why #Germany is a prime target :
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/27/europe/criminals-atm-robberies-europe-intl/index.html

Antifa mobilize to push back far-right mobs wreaking havoc in Bolton, England, to defend the area from far-right groups who have been looting stores, assaulting immigrants, & vandalizing mosques.

#UK #Antifa #CommunityDefense #FarRight #Looting #Assault #Vandalizing #Mosques #Islamophobia #Migrants #Fascists #Riots #Bolton

Antifa mobilize to push back far-right mobs wreaking havoc in Bolton, England, to defend the area from far-right groups who have been looting stores, assaulting immigrants, & vandalizing mosques.

#UK #Antifa #CommunityDefense #FarRight #Looting #Assault #Vandalizing #Mosques #Islamophobia #Migrants #Fascists #Riots #Bolton

Antifa mobilize to push back far-right mobs wreaking havoc in Bolton, England, to defend the area from far-right groups who have been looting stores, assaulting immigrants, & vandalizing mosques.

#UK #Antifa #CommunityDefense #FarRight #Looting #Assault #Vandalizing #Mosques #Islamophobia #Migrants #Fascists #Riots #Bolton

Antifa mobilize to push back far-right mobs wreaking havoc in Bolton, England, to defend the area from far-right groups who have been looting stores, assaulting immigrants, & vandalizing mosques.

#UK #Antifa #CommunityDefense #FarRight #Looting #Assault #Vandalizing #Mosques #Islamophobia #Migrants #Fascists #Riots #Bolton

Antifa mobilize to push back far-right mobs wreaking havoc in Bolton, England, to defend the area from far-right groups who have been looting stores, assaulting immigrants, & vandalizing mosques.

#UK #Antifa #CommunityDefense #FarRight #Looting #Assault #Vandalizing #Mosques #Islamophobia #Migrants #Fascists #Riots #Bolton

I need to finish these emails… feedback welcome…

THE LONG RANT VERSION…

Dear (Australian MPs or senators),

We need to revoke the permissions we have given Israel to wage a #war of total obliteration in #Gaza.

Thus #Australia should remove the political wing of Hamas from our designated #terrorist entity list. If we designate any related entity as terrorist, it should only include the divisions of the organisation that were directly involved in attacks on #civilians in Israel.

I don't like Hamas - I disagree with them on almost every issue - but the leadership of #Palestine should be chosen by Palestinians. Israeli or foreign imposed regimes will only exacerbate #violence.

Hamas is a political party, their militant wing is the Al-Qassam Brigades. Their relationship is roughly analogous to #SinnFein and the #IRA. The militant wing is the only division that is directly involved in attacks on Israel.

The rest of Hamas is a #civilian government. They were overdue for an election, but they have been in long term talks with the #Fatah opposition party to re-establish democracy in Palestine.

Designating the entire Hamas-led #government as terrorist lets the #IDF claim everything in #Gaza is a valid #military target. Including hospitals, police, banks, and every other facet of civilian rule. Even aid distribution efforts from Gaza's internal police force are being labelled "terrorist activity" by the IDF.

By designating the entirety of Gaza's governing party as terrorist Australia are effectively giving permission to the IDF to destroy everything in Gaza. Because everything is "Hamas infrastructure".

In in addition to the possibility of genocide (deemed "plausible" by the International Court of Justice) even the disingenuously alleged goals of this war - the total destruction of Hamas - will make the world less safe, and INCREASE the risk of #terrorism

If Australia's goal in shunning those listed entities is to reduce terrorism then including Hamas is unwarranted and possibly counter productive. In addition to the #undemocratic aspect of shunning an entire major political party based on the demands of outsiders.

Israel's current plan to completely exterminate the Hamas government is going to massively increase the real risk of #terrorism

The IDF are doing almost exactly what the #USA did (with Australian support despite massive public outcry) in #Iraq to the #Iraqi Ba'athist party. That disastrous attempt to completely dismantle a government and impose one from the outside ended up contributing to the rise of #ISIS

The IDF are using our excessively broad #terror designation (and others - by supposedly #democratic countries) to justify fighting the war in ways that would never usually be acceptable. They are looting millions of dollars "to stop it getting to Hamas" - #looting is a #WarCrime - they are systematically killing police officers who are not engaged in any offensive action against Israel, and they are trying to completely obliterate any #Palestinian civilian control of the Gaza Strip.

Arguably Australia should remove the special “terrorist” designation from #AlQassam military wing of Hamas as well. We can maintain normal measures (such as financial sanctions), like we would for any other violent organised crime network or a normal foreign military that has committed war crimes.But this giving them a special “terrorist” label, is acting like an endorsement of the IDF throwing out the rule book when fighting in Gaza.

The IDF have no intention of merely overthrowing Hamas or #demilitarising Gaza. They plan to execute nearly 40,000 suspected members of Hamas' militant wing, and the IDF are clearly willing to wipe out their entire families in the process. When the IDF talk about #HumanShields what this often means is the IDF barely bother trying to target actual combatants, they routinely kill their opponents by bombing family homes. Having a family is not “using human shields” it is simply being human!

Australia cannot claim to be unaware of the IDF using this strategy. The IDF killed two of our citizens this way in #Lebanon last year, Ali and Ibrahim Bazzi. Fighting for #Hezbollah is illegal under Australian law, and I am not saying we should change that, but summary execution for Ali's suspected involvement is in no way a #proportionate or morally acceptable penalty, especially when it directly causes the death of his brother Ibrahim in the process. Ibrahim was also an Australian citizen from #Sydney and he was due home shortly after he was killed, Ibrahim was not even suspected of fighting for Hezbollah.

We should not accept this total disregard for justice and morality. We ignored the summary execution of an Australian while he was at home with his family, meaning even Ali was NOT a #combatant, and now, predictably, it escalated to #Australian aid workers being murdered in Gaza.

We should hold Israel accountable for their violence. But ending the special terrorism designation of Hamas in Palestine and demanding justice for our citizens who were killed in Lebanon.

Sincerely,

(full name)

cc @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]

I need to finish these emails… feedback welcome…

THE LONG RANT VERSION…

Dear (Australian MPs or senators),

We need to revoke the permissions we have given Israel to wage a #war of total obliteration in #Gaza.

Thus #Australia should remove the political wing of Hamas from our designated #terrorist entity list. If we designate any related entity as terrorist, it should only include the divisions of the organisation that were directly involved in attacks on #civilians in Israel.

I don't like Hamas - I disagree with them on almost every issue - but the leadership of #Palestine should be chosen by Palestinians. Israeli or foreign imposed regimes will only exacerbate #violence.

Hamas is a political party, their militant wing is the Al-Qassam Brigades. Their relationship is roughly analogous to #SinnFein and the #IRA. The militant wing is the only division that is directly involved in attacks on Israel.

The rest of Hamas is a #civilian government. They were overdue for an election, but they have been in long term talks with the #Fatah opposition party to re-establish democracy in Palestine.

Designating the entire Hamas-led #government as terrorist lets the #IDF claim everything in #Gaza is a valid #military target. Including hospitals, police, banks, and every other facet of civilian rule. Even aid distribution efforts from Gaza's internal police force are being labelled "terrorist activity" by the IDF.

By designating the entirety of Gaza's governing party as terrorist Australia are effectively giving permission to the IDF to destroy everything in Gaza. Because everything is "Hamas infrastructure".

In in addition to the possibility of genocide (deemed "plausible" by the International Court of Justice) even the disingenuously alleged goals of this war - the total destruction of Hamas - will make the world less safe, and INCREASE the risk of #terrorism

If Australia's goal in shunning those listed entities is to reduce terrorism then including Hamas is unwarranted and possibly counter productive. In addition to the #undemocratic aspect of shunning an entire major political party based on the demands of outsiders.

Israel's current plan to completely exterminate the Hamas government is going to massively increase the real risk of #terrorism

The IDF are doing almost exactly what the #USA did (with Australian support despite massive public outcry) in #Iraq to the #Iraqi Ba'athist party. That disastrous attempt to completely dismantle a government and impose one from the outside ended up contributing to the rise of #ISIS

The IDF are using our excessively broad #terror designation (and others - by supposedly #democratic countries) to justify fighting the war in ways that would never usually be acceptable. They are looting millions of dollars "to stop it getting to Hamas" - #looting is a #WarCrime - they are systematically killing police officers who are not engaged in any offensive action against Israel, and they are trying to completely obliterate any #Palestinian civilian control of the Gaza Strip.

Arguably Australia should remove the special “terrorist” designation from #AlQassam military wing of Hamas as well. We can maintain normal measures (such as financial sanctions), like we would for any other violent organised crime network or a normal foreign military that has committed war crimes.But this giving them a special “terrorist” label, is acting like an endorsement of the IDF throwing out the rule book when fighting in Gaza.

The IDF have no intention of merely overthrowing Hamas or #demilitarising Gaza. They plan to execute nearly 40,000 suspected members of Hamas' militant wing, and the IDF are clearly willing to wipe out their entire families in the process. When the IDF talk about #HumanShields what this often means is the IDF barely bother trying to target actual combatants, they routinely kill their opponents by bombing family homes. Having a family is not “using human shields” it is simply being human!

Australia cannot claim to be unaware of the IDF using this strategy. The IDF killed two of our citizens this way in #Lebanon last year, Ali and Ibrahim Bazzi. Fighting for #Hezbollah is illegal under Australian law, and I am not saying we should change that, but summary execution for Ali's suspected involvement is in no way a #proportionate or morally acceptable penalty, especially when it directly causes the death of his brother Ibrahim in the process. Ibrahim was also an Australian citizen from #Sydney and he was due home shortly after he was killed, Ibrahim was not even suspected of fighting for Hezbollah.

We should not accept this total disregard for justice and morality. We ignored the summary execution of an Australian while he was at home with his family, meaning even Ali was NOT a #combatant, and now, predictably, it escalated to #Australian aid workers being murdered in Gaza.

We should hold Israel accountable for their violence. But ending the special terrorism designation of Hamas in Palestine and demanding justice for our citizens who were killed in Lebanon.

Sincerely,

(full name)

cc @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]

A rare statue of Buddha fails to sell at quction as questions swirl around the collection of James and Marilynn Alsdorf. The collection will have trouble finding buyers following questions about how they were acquired. The piece from Nepal was once displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago. #StolenArt #repatriate #looting #colonialism

https://www.propublica.org/article/rare-buddha-didnt-sell-questions-grow-around-alsdorf-art-collection-chicago?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter&utm_content=feature&utm_term=The%20Daily%20Digest

A fascinating book that I'm reading.

“Indeed, although you might hang out in it, how can a chain convenience store or corporate restaurant earnestly be part of anyone’s neighborhood? The same white #liberals who inveigh against #corporations for destroying local communities are aghast when rioters take their critique to its actual material conclusion.”

#looting #rioting #protest #book

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50999303-in-defense-of-looting