The first head of the Black Police Association of London said that governments made the London thug department less racist, but this stopped in 2016 and racism is coming back.

*Human rights defenders sue German parliament over anti-BDS resolution.*

The resolution equates boycotting Israeli companies with boycotting Jews — in effect equating criticism of Israel's occupation practices with antisemitism.

The Israeli government pushes to establish that those two are the same, as a weapon against those who criticize the crimes of the occupation. Meanwhile, its leaders are friends with people who really are antisemitic.

I support the existence of Israel, and I condemn antisemitism. However, Palestinians have rights too, like everyone else, and Israel must respect their rights.

Israeli combat drones that were battle-tested by bombing Gaza may be bought by the UK and used to track (and kill?) asylum seekers in the channel.

Twitter suspended apparently fake accounts which claimed to belong to people that were black and planned to vote for the wrecker.

The Rio Tinto mining company signed contracts with Australian indigenous groups, paying them money but demanding they remain silent about possible destruction of their ancient sites by mining. When some found out that a site was likely to be destroyed, they dared not complain to the government for fear of losing that income.

This confirms my view that these sites should have absolute protected status. No one should have the power to allow their destruction.