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“[Lana Nusseibeh] might have – for want of a better phrase – gallons of blood on her hands.” @mehdirhasan.bsky.social makes the scathing case against the UN Security Council recommending Emirati official Lana Nusseibeh as the Secretary-General of the organization. Read: zeteo.com/p/the-uae-he...

"I don't have any sympathy... old women or young, I don't care." Shehab Khan presses Labour MP and former Home Office minister Mike Tapp on the arrest of Margaret Owen, 94, held for a Palestine Action sign. He calls it a waste of police time. Full interview: zeteo.uk/p/labour-mp-...

"The sexual crime side of things is a man problem, right?" Labour MP Mike Tapp tells Shehab Khan that sexual offending isn't unique to asylum seekers, but argues the numbers still justify limits on who comes in. Watch the full interview on YouTube: youtu.be/_Is1qmf_BuE

“The UK economy has been stuck in a slow-moving crisis for 18 years.” @graceblakeley.substack.com argues falling confidence, stagnant wages and rising bills demand a far more ambitious Budget response. Read in full: zeteo.uk/p/the-uks-sl...

GoFundMe offered to promote Molly Furnival-Doran’s Gaza fundraiser. That same day, it paused withdrawals. @rivkahbrown.bsky.social investigates what happened and why other Palestine fundraisers report similar barriers. zeteo.uk/p/exclusive-...

“I wasn’t expecting, at this time of my life, to be facing terrorism charges.” @sangitamyska.bsky.social speaks to environmentalist Jonathon Porritt about his arrest for holding a Palestine Action placard. Full discussion: zeteo.uk/p/sangita-me...

“Naked racism, and it’s working.” Peter Oborne reports from Israel ahead of the Netanyahu-Eisenkot election and asks what either outcome would actually mean for Palestinians. Read the full article and subscribe: zeteo.uk/p/the-most-r...

“There is no greater prize than housing a nation.” Tony Blair’s former adviser @johnmct.bsky.social  has a radical idea for how Andy Burnham can meet Labour’s ambitious housebuilding target. Read the full piece: https://zeteo.uk/p/what-i-want-to-see-in-the-budget

“I didn't know that.” Shehab Khan challenges @miketapp.bsky.social on Jewish people abroad being able to obtain Israeli citizenship while displaced Palestinians cannot return. His response: “That doesn't sound equal to me.” Watch in full and subscribe: zeteo.uk/p/labour-mp-...

“I don't know any Palestinian people.” Shehab Khan challenges @miketapp.bsky.social on whether treating opposition to Zionism as racist overlooks the experiences of Palestinians displaced from their homes and denied the right to return. @mehdirhasan.bsky.social zeteo.uk/p/labour-mp-...

Shehab presses Labour MP Mike Tapp who reported the Green Party over its Zionism motion about whether he’s ever spoken to any Palestinians about it. Tapp: “I don’t know any Palestinian people.” Watch full episode: https://zeteo.uk/p/labour-mp-who-reported-greens-over

“The threat against Jewish people is real, and it needs to be tackled. A review strewn with factual errors and selective evidence… is not the answer.” @owenjones.bsky.social examines the government-backed antisemitism review. zeteo.uk/p/debunked-t...

“Restricting migration by people who will work and pay taxes will weaken the tax base.” @jdportes.bsky.social argues a responsible Budget requires honest choices on tax, public services, investment and migration. Read more here and subscribe: zeteo.uk/p/this-is-wh...

"It'll make a tiny difference, absolutely tiny." Before today's Jackdaw approval, environmentalist Jonathon Porritt told @sangitamyska.bsky.social that claims new North Sea gas will cut your bills are 'a complete fabrication.' Watch the full conversation and subscribe: zeteo.uk/p/sangita-me...

“Extraordinary consequences for freedom of expression.” SDLP MP @clairehanna.bsky.social calls for a review of the Palestine Action ban, citing Rooney’s books being withdrawn from UK sale and constituents facing terror charges for peaceful protest. The PM defends the ban as “evidence-based”.

“Zionism has always meant invading somebody else’s country.” Author of ‘Anti-Zionist’ Benjamin Moser joins @mehdirhasan.bsky.social  to dispel the argument that there can be many kinds of Zionism as ‘fantasy’. Watch the full discussion: https://zeteo.com/p/zionists-are-the-enemies-of-the-jews

"Other countries had called for my father's release before his own nation." Sebastian Lai tells Shehab Khan that Britain was too slow to fight for his jailed father in Hong Kong. Watch in full and subscribe: zeteo.uk/p/it-is-a-de...

“Brazil’s next president would have to commit to pardoning his father.” Flávio Bolsonaro said that last year about Jair Bolsonaro. Now he is ahead of Lula 51% to 49% in a recent runoff poll. Vanessa Barbara looks at Brazil’s presidential choice. zeteo.uk/p/brazil-mus...

Shehab Khan questioned Farage about school racism and antisemitism allegations. Watch his response. Filmed for ITV News in January 2026. The exchange featured in ITV’s ‘Undercover: A Year in Reform’. zeteo.uk/p/racism-mis...

“I daresay in years to come we will look back on societal attitudes to mental ill-health, autism and ADHD with much the same shame.” Jude Wanga argues there is no “snowflake generation”. Young people are facing harder lives, not simply becoming less resilient. zeteo.uk/p/there-is-n...

“There’s not enough talk about how close Andy Burnham is with Man City’s owners.” Shehab Khan examines Burnham’s ties to City’s owners: private dinners, public loans to UAE-linked developments and investment pressure. Burnham says he won’t intervene. Subscribe: zeteo.uk/subscribe

"The biggest thing that Just Stop Oil achieved... was to change the Labour Party's policy on extraction of oil and gas from the North Sea." Jonathon Porritt tells @sangitamyska.bsky.social  Watch: https://zeteo.uk/p/sangita-meets-jonathon-porritt

“If Rooney were donating her royalties to Friends of the IOF, say, while its soldiers are engaged in committing an active genocide… she would risk neither arrest nor approbation.” Fatima Bhutto on censoring Sally Rooney:  https://zeteo.uk/p/if-the-uk-can-shut-down-sally-rooney

“You’ll hear very little about the violence committed by French police against the protesters and you’ll hear almost nothing about the violence of austerity.” @graceblakeley.substack.com on France’s protests, cost-of-living crisis and the questions the media aren’t asking. zeteo.uk/p/class-war-...

On the new episode of ‘Sangita Meets…’ Sir Jonathon Porritt explains to @sangitamyska.bsky.social how serious the climate crisis has got, and opens up about facing terrorism charges for holding a placard in support of Palestine Action. Watch: https://f.mtr.cool/s4xoz6a0sc

This week in Palestine, - Israeli settlers attacked an American journalist in the West Bank - Israel continued to kill Palestinians across Gaza - the death toll topped 1,500 Palestinians since the so-called ceasefire one year ago  Read now: https://zeteo.uk/p/this-week-in-palestine-two-videos

Reform UK’s vile racism, bigotry, and misogyny has been exposed by undercover filming and it's coming from elected councillors and campaigners. Shehab Khan unpacks the shocking footage from ITV and Nigel Farage’s predictable response. Subscribe to Zeteo UK: zeteo.uk/subscribe

"If I leave, I live comfortably. But if I stay, I'll live meaningfully." Sebastian Lai tells Shehab Khan why his father, jailed Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai, chose to stay and fight. Watch the full interview and subscribe: zeteo.uk/p/it-is-a-de...

Why is the entire political and media establishment going after Zack Polanski? Simple. They fear the influence of the left on British politics. @owenjones.bsky.social on how Polanski has transformed British politics in just over a year https://zeteo.uk/p/fear-drives-this-frenzied-attack

“The process is paperwork, legalese and claims of compliance with the laws of conflict even as the Palestinian bodies pile up.” @rachelshabi.bsky.social examines how the documentary NAZA exposes the calculations behind Israel’s bombing campaign in Gaza. zeteo.uk/p/naza-and-h...

“The rejoiner in 2025 became prime minister in 2026.” Shehab Khan asks whether Andy Burnham’s EU reset is paving the way towards reversing Brexit, and what that could mean for a fight with Nigel Farage. Full article and hit subscribe: zeteo.uk/p/is-andy-bu...

Is Andy Burnham Preparing to Reverse Brexit? open.substack.com/pub/zeteouk/...

“The cartoon of a Muslim man preparing to eat a Jewish man’s head is just the latest iteration of media racism.” Faisal Hanif argues the Telegraph cartoon targeting Mothin Ali and Zack Polanski is both Islamophobic and antisemitic. zeteo.uk/p/this-carto...

"It was almost an obsessional campaign to get rid of Jeremy Corbyn." @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social tells Shehab Khan that Keir Starmer adopted the left's programme to win, then binned it. Full interview: zeteo.uk/p/bring-back...

“We have to build our movement and mobilise people on a similar scale because the state of housing in the UK is also an emergency.” Spain has seen mass housing protests. Jack Shenker asks why Britain hasn’t. open.substack.com/pub/zeteouk/...

“With landlordism the closest thing the UK has to a national industry... it is much harder to build a mass movement here against housing exploitation.” Jack Shenker looks at why Britain’s housing crisis has not produced the kind of mass renter revolt seen in Spain open.substack.com/pub/zeteouk/...

“Politicians don't want to commit to that because it doesn't win them votes.” Shehab Khan argues that politicians prioritise short-term electoral wins over long-term criminal justice reform, with tough-on-crime rhetoric failing to deliver meaningful changes to prisons and rehabilitation.

"Jeremy has a following out there, particularly amongst young people as well, and I think he's an electoral asset." @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social tells Shehab Khan that Andy Burnham should restore Corbyn's Labour whip. zeteo.uk/p/bring-back...

This is not just a story of cheating in sport. It is a story that reveals the venality of our own government and the limits of our own democracy.” @graceblakeley.substack.com looks beyond Manchester City’s finances to Britain’s relationship with the UAE. zeteo.uk/p/the-manche...

“Hate sells.” @sangitamyska.bsky.social and @misanharriman.bsky.social discuss the “toxic” conversation surrounding the return of Harry and Meghan, fueled by racism and misogyny. Watch the full conversation: https://zeteo.uk/p/sangita-myska-misan-harriman

“Each time this has happened, the far-right vote has grown.” France’s school protests have spread nationwide, drawing more than 450,000 people onto the streets and triggering thousands of arrests. @leninology.bsky.social asks what comes next. zeteouk.substack.com/p/the-french...

This week in Palestine: - Israel killed more Palestinians, adding to the more than 74,200 Palestinian lives lost since October 7, 2023 - Israel damaged at least 82% of all buildings in Gaza - Israeli forces & settlers attacked Palestinians trying to harvest their olives 🔗: zeteo.uk/p/this-week-...

The Nobel committee has infuriated Israel and rebuffed the U.S. president – just two of the many reasons Navi Pillay is an excellent choice. This is a win for international justice. Read the full article by @nimersultany.bsky.social: zeteo.uk/p/judge-who-...

#ICYMI Five stories from our coverage this week, from the Hannibal Directive and Israel’s legal arguments to life in Gaza, Jewish reflections on October 7th and the future of Hamas. Catch up here: open.substack.com/pub/zeteouk/... @mehdirhasan.bsky.social | @alonso-gd.bsky.social | @zeteo.com

Labour held Holborn and St Pancras, but with 6,000 fewer votes than in 2024 and the smallest majority in the constituency’s history. Shehab Khan argues the result does not mean Zack Polanski’s Green insurgency is over. Read the full analysis here: open.substack.com/pub/zeteouk/...

Labour Won the By-Election but Don’t Be Fooled by the Media Spin Shehab Khan explains why the result is far less decisive than the media narrative suggests. open.substack.com/pub/zeteouk/...

“They hate Palestinians. They don't believe in democracy. They're prepared to sacrifice a lot of values for the sake of an ideological position.” Yachad executive director Hannah Weisfeld on Netanyahu’s hateful rhetoric. Subscribe to watch the full interview now: zeteo.uk/p/three-year...

“Listening to politicians and generals, you would think that our armed forces were on their knees. In fact, Britain has the world’s sixth-largest military budget.” @owenjones.bsky.social asks why Britain is spending billions projecting military power overseas. Subscribe: zeteo.uk/p/theyre-lyi...