Charlie Alford

Israel to open Gaza concentration camps in “matter of weeks”

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:2 July 2026
Post last modified:2 July 2026

Israel and the US will start herding Palestinians into concentration camps — euphemistically termed “shelters” — “within a matter of weeks”, according to Israeli media. Gaza’s Palestinian people will be forced into fenced and guarded ‘humanitarian shelters’ under the plan implemented under Trump’s Orwellian-named ‘Board of peace’. Victims will first be herded into Tel al-Sultan, an area systematically flattened by the occupation, They will then be moved out and packed into to several sites in Rafah that they will not be allowed to leave. Israel — refusal is ‘terrorism’ This will be combined with a further seizure of land in Gaza…

This week’s sweltering heat is financed by our banks

Post author:Abi Perrin
Post published:23 June 2026
Post last modified:23 June 2026

As the UK braces itself for the impacts of yet more extreme heat, major banks continue to plough money – nearly $1 trillion in the past year alone – into fossil fuels. This makes a mockery of their pledges to act on the climate crisis, and makes big oil even more profitable whilst communities roast, crops die, infrastructure fails, wars rage and the cost-of-living crisis bites harder. Still banking on climate chaos The UK’s second ever extreme heat warning has been issued this week, with temperatures as high as 40℃ anticipated. Around the time of the first extreme heat warning in…