Imagine a scenario where the military refuses to attack another country because they know the Prime Minister is only advocating it to confer a domestic political advantage on himself. Well, it seems to be happening in Israel just hours before a general election.

The people you bankroll - such impeccable judgement. James Packer paid law firm Hadad Roth Shenhar $1.8m amid Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption case theage.com.au/world/middle-e…

Not sure which is more dispiriting here: - his contempt for democracy; - his ignorance of politics; - that he doesn't realise he is criticising Trump's approach in the US; - that he is being re-tweeted by halfwits.

Hungary ✅ Serbia ✅ Brazil ✅ Israel (all bad choices) US midterms (anyone opposed to Trump)

Serbia’s ex-president Vučić concedes defeat to Student List in parliamentary poll ft.com/content/546f21f5-22d3…

More ignorance here, with predictable doses of Islamophobia and anti-immigration nonsense

Predictable condescension and ignorance in equal measures

The Hébertists were a highly radical, ultra-left faction during the Reign of Terror of the French revolution, championing aggressive de-Christianisation, direct democracy, price controls and widespread use of the guillotine. Subsequent French republics never officially rehabilitated or memorialised them. The Cordeliers Club (Society of Friends of the Rights of Man and the Citizen) was, like the rival Jacobin Club, a political club founded during the French Revolution and active between 1790 and 1795. The club’s most prominent figures were Georges Danton, and the Hébertists. The club’s name came from the Cordeliers Abbey, a Franciscan monastery where the club’s headquarters was located in the Cordeliers neighborhood. The sign is affixed to the building where the Cordeliers Club met: 13 Rue de l’École de Médecine, 75005 Paris.

BBC Eye Documentary Investigation: A recent investigative documentary, highlighted by BBC World Service, uncovered forensic and medical evidence of children being targeted by "a single shot, precisely aimed". facebook.com/bbcworldservice…

Dr. Nick Maynard (Oxford Consultant Surgeon): Testified regarding patterns of specific high-velocity gunshot wounds found on young boys, stating that medical teams recognised explicit targeting patterns that local staff described as "target practice" by soldiers. His accounts are catalogued here: aje.io/vvegja

Dr. Mimi Sed (US Emergency Physician): In an in-depth video interview here, Dr. Sed recounts her medical missions to Gaza where the overwhelming majority of her patients (up to 86% personally) were children under the age of 10 suffering from severe trauma injuries, pointing to systemic targeting youtu.be/kHNoUykI2cc?si=dcr3…

Professor Nizam Mamode (British Surgeon): Speaking to the UK Parliament's International Development Committee and featured in a BBC News Video Report, Prof. Mamode broke down as he described treating children who were intentionally targeted by quadcopter drones. He testified that after a bomb would drop, drones would fly down to deliberately fire upon injured civilians and children lying on the ground. bbc.com/news/articles/c7893v…

Dr. Mark Perlmutter (US Orthopedic Surgeon): In this interview, Dr. Perlmutter states that he treated multiple children with precise, high-velocity sniper wounds. He highlighted cases of toddlers who suffered "double-tap" bullet wounds to the head and chest, arguing this demonstrates deliberate targeting rather than accidental collateral damage. He also delivered these testimonies in briefings before the United Nations youtu.be/314hldiBKlw?si=i_A1…

Clashes break out in Paris and other French cities after another day of protest lemonde.fr/en/france/article…

A very pessimistic view: France is looking ungovernable. And it’s going to get worse ft.com/content/62b83fcf-efad…

Students seek to oust Serbia’s strongman in Sunday vote ft.com/content/26f97311-f72c…