In response to growing European initiatives to recognize a Palestinian state: Recently, we've seen an increase in initiatives calling for unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state – all while 50 hostages have been held captive by Hamas for 663 days. Recognizing a… — Bring Them Home Now (@bringhomenow) July 30, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Full text: Recognizing…

After yesterday's look at North Korean workers in China, the Daily NK today turns to Russia: North Korean authorities have intensified surveillance of workers dispatched to Russia, immediately repatriating those caught accessing foreign content. This crackdown is creating a climate of fear as North Korea prepares for large-scale labor dispatches to earn foreign currency. According…

On that fake "starving child in Gaza" story: Not an apologyNot a retractionAnd it was posted on @NYTimesPR, which has 88k followers, instead of @nytimes, which has 55 millionSo a massive lie spread across the world, and now less than 1% of the people who saw it will ever see this pathetic little footnote https://t.co/yvGcPQXi8v…

The UK Government says that unless there is a ceasefire by September, it will recognise Palestine as a state. It takes both sides to agree a ceasefire. Why would Hamas agree to a ceasefire now? — Benjamin Butterworth (@benjaminbutter) July 29, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Refusing a ceasefire has served Hamas very well so far. The more…

From the Daily NK: A new investigation reveals that North Korean workers dispatched to Chinese fisheries were forced to surrender 80-90% of their wages to the state, receiving only 10-20% for living expenses. Seafood produced through what amounts to forced labor has been distributed not only to the United States, Canada, and Spain, but also…

From the Telegraph: An Algerian criminal has won the right to stay in Britain after claiming he would face ridicule and abuse in his home country for being transgender. The 27-year-old has been jailed for robbery and committed multiple offences, including burglary, theft and battery, since being granted refugee status in the UK in 2013.…

Much talk of recognising Palestine, following Macron's latest move. Paul Friesen has some thoughts (via Jerry Coyne): Let’s start with the simplest geographical question: where is this Palestine Macron plans to recognize? The 1967 lines? Adjusted borders? A demilitarized Gaza under Mahmoud Abbas’ theoretical authority, which he hasn’t been able to exercise even over Ramallah’s…

More on Saturday's London "trans rights" parade – a misogynistic hate march – from Jo Bartosch at UnHerd: Trans activism has always attracted bullies. I received my first threat nearly a decade ago — and since then, women’s rights campaigners I know have faced stalking, assault, bomb threats, and legal harassment for trying to organise…

Dr. @Miriam_Grossman articulated so well that the concept of gender identity has been fraudulent from its very inception. If you or your child were harmed by gender "medicine," contact us for support and to learn more about your legal options. @BrandonMShow @FTC pic.twitter.com/oFHq2UOYUI — Transition Justice (@TransJusticeOrg) July 29, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

A clear-headed summary of the Gaza situation from Matti Friedman at The Free Press: A few weeks into the Gaza war that began on October 7, 2023, we Israelis learned from every major press outlet in the West that we’d just bombed a hospital and killed hundreds of people. The devastated Al-Ahli hospital was on…