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- Proxy militias: Israel’s hidden war inside Gaza 08/02/2026Since 7 October 2023, reports indicate a dangerous shift in Israel’s tactics in Gaza. Rather than relying solely on direct military force, Israel has increasingly used local collaborating militias. These groups operate covertly within Palestinian society. Their roles include intelligence gathering, luring resistance members, and carrying out targeted assassinations under direct Israeli intelligence supervision. The […]
- Why is Israel preventing foreign journalists from entering Gaza? 08/02/2026Since the start of the war on Gaza in October 2023, Israel has enforced an unprecedented media blockade. Foreign journalists and international media outlets have been barred from entering the Strip. This policy has become one of the longest media blackouts in a modern conflict. It raises urgent questions about Israel’s motives and objectives. Gaza […]
- Israel imposes control over more than half of Gaza; one million Palestinians trapped in displacement 08/02/2026At a moment when the ceasefire was meant to open a path back to normal life in the Gaza Strip, Israeli occupation forces continue to impose military control over more than half of the territory. This policy has emptied the declared truce of substance, kept civilians under constant threat, and prevented hundreds of thousands of […]
- Party bigwig says New Labour led to ‘perversion & paedophilia’ 08/02/2026Lord Maurice Glasman is the party bigwig behind the Blue Labour movement. To be honest, we’re not much of a fan of his. Credit where it’s due, though; he’s delivered what may be the greatest MSM takedown of New Labour yet: Lord Maurice Glasman just gave the wildest political interview I've seen in a long […]
- State-mandated anti-corruption measures only serve to do the opposite 08/02/2026Anti-corruption is widely treated as an unambiguous public good. Investigations, prosecutions, commissions, and transparency initiatives are assumed to weaken entrenched power by exposing wrongdoing. Yet in practice, anti-corruption often functions in the opposite direction. Rather than dismantling corrupt systems, it fragments and neutralises public scrutiny. Corruption is continuously exposed in pieces but never confronted as […]
- Silwan: the Palestinian neighbourhood that’s a microcosm of Israel’s ethnic cleansing 08/02/2026Jawad Siam is an activist and a resident of Silwan, a Palestinian neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem next to the old city. As we sit drinking coffee, he points to a plot of land adjacent to his home. No justice within the Israeli ‘legal’ system He tells the Canary: Settlers took this in June 2017. […]
- Reform councillor dramatically quits over council tax betrayal 08/02/2026A Reform UK councillor in Worcestershire has dramatically quit the party. Councillor David Taylor made the decision as a result of the party’s plan to raise council tax — something which the far-right party previously stood against: Another Reform UK councillor down. This is significant though. It shows that Reform UK promised to cut tax. […]
- BBC called out for its recent Mandelson / Palantir softball session 08/02/2026The recent Epstein Files revealed a lot of disturbing new information. This included fresh revelations about the close relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and Palantir boss Peter Thiel. Combined with other factors, this has got many people questioning why our current Labour government has given Palantir so many contracts. It’s especially alarming, because Plantir is deeply […]
- McSweeney has gone – so how long can Keir Starmer really hang on for? 08/02/2026This isn’t about gotcha politics, and it’s not about partisan sniping. This is about how Keir Starmer’s decisions reveal a deeper rot and a willingness to protect establishment insiders at the expense of core progressive values like justice and solidarity for the survivors of sexual abuse. This isn’t just a scandal The Mandelson-Epstein scandal isn’t […]
- The man pulling Starmer’s strings has resigned in disgrace 08/02/2026Morgan McSweeney – the long-term enemy of the Canary – has resigned from government in disgrace. And to quote Canary head of content Maryam Jameela who just messaged me in Signal: bye bye dickhead The man behind The Fraud Morgan McSweeney – off As journalist Paul Holden covered in The Fraud, the Labour Together schemer Morgan McSweeney […]