From the Times – BBC staff urged by union to wear Palestinian flag colours and a keffiyeh: Jewish members of BBC staff have raised concerns after their colleagues were urged to dress in the colour of the Palestinian flag and wear a keffiyeh as part of a “workplace day of action” for Palestine. I hope…

Last month North Korea abruptly abandoned its Juche calendar system: North Korea appears to have discontinued the use of its Juche calendar system, a move that experts suggest reflects Kim Jong Un’s goal of reinforcing his legacy as leader. The Juche calendar, which had been in use since 1997, designated 1912, the birth year of North…

Ooh, more trees. Probably the last batch of autumn photos, as the leaves fall and winter takes its turn. . 

“Go to hell, Zionist occupation.” In Oslo, Norway, a Jewish tourist was harassed and forcibly removed from Oslo Central Station by security guards. It’s terrifying to see those meant to protect passengers becoming the perpetrators of antisemitic harassment. pic.twitter.com/3msGye4tm6 — Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) November 26, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Last month we heard about Barbra Banda, nominated for BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2024: Barbra Banda, the Zambian footballer who previously failed a ‘gender eligibility test’ at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, is among the nominees for BBC Female Footballer of the Year 2024. In 2022, Banda was barred from competing in…

BREAKING: The WSJ reports that the UN’s Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide has been dismissed after refusing to say that the campaign in Gaza fits the definition of a genocide based on the evidence. Alice Nderitu, an accomplished mediator specializing in genocide… pic.twitter.com/kyj4l12Q23 — Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) November 26, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Full text:…

Helen Joyce in the Times interviews Marian Tompson, the American founder of La Leche Laegue, the breastfeeding support network for women, about her resignation over the League's "inclusivity" policy: LLL International now says it supports everyone who wants to breastfeed, “chestfeed” or “human milk feed”, regardless of sex or “gender identity”. It explains how males…

It's reporting as usual from the BBC in Gaza: Amid severe food shortages in Gaza, increasingly violent thefts by criminal gangs are now the main obstacle to distributing supplies in the south, aid workers and locals say. They allege that armed men operate within plain sight of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in a restricted…

Well OK, this is funny: No shortage of irony here. pic.twitter.com/puyF9J7lJM — Chris Rose (@ArchRose90) November 25, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Good points from Nigel Biggar in the Spectator on the ICC ruling against Netanyahu and Gallant: The ICC claims reasonable grounds for believing Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant guilty of the war crimes of ‘intentionally and knowingly depriv[ing] the civilian population in Gaza of objects indispensable to their survival’, creating ‘conditions of life calculated to…