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Europol says Telegram post about 50,000 Qilin ransomware award is fake

It's not unusual for law enforcement agencies to offer substantial rewards for information which might lead to the identification, arrest, and conviction of cybercriminals.

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Bürgerrechte und Polizei/CILIP 7h ago

Ebenfalls aus unserem neuen Heft:
"Die entfesselte Expansion von #Europol". Chloé Berthélémy zeigt darin, wie EU-Polizeiagentur zu einer "europäischen Polizei" ausgebaut werden könnte. Diesen Weg hatte zuerst Frontex beschritten.
https://www.cilip.de/2025/08/21/wer-moechte-eine-europaeische-polizei-die-entfesselte-expansion-von-europol/

Wer möchte eine europäische Polizei? Die entfesselte Expansion von Europol | Bürgerrechte & Polizei/CILIP

von Chloé Berthélémy Sicherheits- und Verteidigungsfragen gehören zu den Prioritäten der Europäischen Union für 2024-2029. Zu den Profiteuren des verstärkten Sicherheitsfokus gehören die Agenturen im Bereich Justiz und Inneres, insbesondere Europol, die EU-Agentur für die Zusammenarbeit auf dem Gebiet der Strafverfolgung. Ihr Mandat soll umfassend überarbeitet werden, damit sie eine „wirklich einsatzfähige Polizeiagentur“ wird. In … Wer möchte eine europäische Polizei? Die entfesselte Expansion von Europol weiterlesen →

Bürgerrechte & Polizei/CILIP

DrALJONES 8h ago

Report: £2bn UK contract with Elbit, Israel's largest arms manufacturer, to train 60,000 British soldiers a year."

Elbit provides ~85% of Israel’s drones & land-based military equipment & supplies its genocide.

Such a major contract would make Israel a strategic partner of Britain's Ministry of Defence.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-close-giving-israels-largest-arms-company-ps2bn-contract-train-troops

#UKPol #USPol #EuroPol #GazaGenocide #BDS #Elbit #UK-Israel .

UK close to giving Israel's Elbit £2bn contract to train British soldiers

Elbit, which was the primary target of Palestine Action's activism, is close to winning a contract that would allow it to train 60,000 troops per year, according to Private Eye

Middle East Eye

DrALJONES 8h ago

Smotrich: "The Palestinian state is being erased from the table, not with slogans but with actions."

"Every settlement, every neighbourhood, every housing unit is another nail in the coffin of this dangerous idea."

"The time has come to forever put the idea of dividing the land on the back burner & ensure that.. the hypocritical leaders in Europe will have nothing to recognise.”

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-approves-e1-settlement-smotrich-says-palestinian-state-being-erased

#DisplacementReplacement #USPol #Europol #PalestinianState #illegalSettlements .

Israel approves E1 settlement to 'erase' Palestinian state with 'actions not slogans'

Settlement committee rubber stamps 3,400 housing units, which finance minister says will leave 'hypocritical leaders in Europe with nothing to recognise'

Middle East Eye

DrALJONES 8h ago

Christian Zionist ICJ judge, Julia Sebutinde says she is "standing with the Lord " in the genocide case brought by South Africa against Israel.

She says she is under a religious duty to stand with Israel in the case.

Her position breaches the ICJ's duty of impartiality.

The ICJ can use special reasons to prevent a judge from sitting in a particular case. This ought to be one such special reason.

https://zeteo.com/p/the-lord-is-counting-on-me-to-stand

#JuliaSebutinde #ICJ #EuroPol #USPol #ChristianZionism #GazaGenocide .

'The Lord Is Counting on Me to Stand on the Side of Israel': ICJ Judge Reveals Her Bias

Judge Julia Sebutinde, a Christian Zionist, was the sole dissenting vote on the ICJ ruling on Israel's illegal occupation and the only one to vote against all six 'provisional measures' for Gaza.

Zeteo

DrALJONES 8h ago

Report: Ipsos poll of UK public on Corbyn's new party:

Nearly 50% thinks the party would deliver positive change (70% of under-35s).

31% would vote for a Corbyn-Greens pact (52% of 16-34-age voters).

Bear in mind that Labour won their landslide victory with 33.7%.

https://www.owenjones.news/p/shock-poll-for-corbyns-new-left-party

@UKLabour #UKPol #EuroPol #USPol #CorbynParty .

DrALJONES 8h ago

Interview: "The West Bank Is the Prize”: Israel Approves New Settlements to “Bury” Palestinian State"

Israel's new E-1 settlement of 3,400 new housing units would cut off East Jerusalem & sever links between the northern West Bank & southern cities.

“Israel is not engaging in just a war on Gaza. It is engaging in a war of annihilation of Palestinians.”

~Mariam Barghouti

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/21/mariam_barghouti_west_bank_israel_palestine

#E1Settlement #IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity #WestBank #USPol #EuroPol .

“The West Bank Is the Prize”: Israel Approves New Settlements to “Bury” Palestinian State

Israel gave final approval Wednesday for a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank, sabotaging efforts at creating a future Palestinian state. The project has been on hold for over 20 years, largely due to pressure from previous U.S. administrations. The “E-1” settlement would see the construction of about 3,400 new housing units and would sever one of the last remaining territorial links between major Palestinian cities like Ramallah in the northern West Bank and southern cities including Bethlehem, as well as cut off East Jerusalem. “The West Bank is nearly 6,000 kilometers squared in size, and it has been the prize for Israel,” says Mariam Barghouti, Palestinian writer and journalist based in Ramallah. Barghouti says Israeli officials have blatantly expressed their intent to bury the prospect of a Palestinian state. “Israel is not engaging in just a war on Gaza,” she says. “It is engaging in a war of annihilation of Palestinians.”

Democracy Now!

DrALJONES 9h ago

Analysis: "The BBC hides truth about Israel's genocide -- again"

"The BBC keeps failing to report Israel's actually stated genocidal intent."

It did not report Israel’s leaders explicitly stating their actual motives -- over & over again.

"The BBC whitewashed a genocide."

https://www.owenjones.news/p/the-bbc-hides-truth-about-israels

#UKPol #BBC #EUROpol #USPol #GazaGenocide #Netanyahu #BBCCensorship @palestine .

The BBC hides truth about Israel's genocide - again

The BBC keeps failing to report Israel's actually stated genocidal intent

BattleLines with Owen Jones

DrALJONES 9h ago

Report: "Israeli data shows 83% of Gaza war dead are civilians"

"Leaked Israeli intelligence confirms one of the highest civilian tolls in modern conflicts."

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/21/israeli-data-shows-83-percent-of-gaza-war-dead-are-civilians-report

#USPol #EuroPol #GazaGenocide #GazaDeaths #IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity @palestine .

Israeli data shows 83 percent of Gaza war dead are civilians: Report

Leaked Israeli intelligence confirms one of the highest civilian tolls in modern conflicts.

Al Jazeera

DrALJONES 9h ago

Analysis: "Israel’s Assassination of Memory"

Israel’s razing of Gaza is "about the erasure of a people, a culture & a history that expose the lies used to justify the Israeli state."

It "allows Israelis to pretend the inherent violence.. of the Zionist project.. the dispossession of Palestinian land in the 1920s.. ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in 1948 & 1967, does not exist."

https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/israels-assassination-of-memory

#GazaGenocide #USPol #EuroPol #PalestineHistory #Racism @palestine .

Israel’s Assassination of Memory

Israel’s razing of Gaza is not only about ethnic cleansing. It is about the erasure of a people, a culture and a history that expose the lies used to justify the Israeli state.

The Chris Hedges Report