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- 1Questions over arrest of men outside RAF Fairford▼UK police can hold terrorism suspects for 14 days without charge. Had police any grounds to believe the men arrested out
Commentator Jonathan Cook is challenging the arrest of men outside RAF Fairford in the UK, arguing that police had no genuine grounds to treat them as terrorism suspects. He points out that UK law allows terror suspects to be held 14 days without charge, so their release suggests the terrorism justification was thin, and he criticises BBC coverage of the incident.
- 2Jonathan Cook says Fairford arrests coverage shows press is not free●“Reporting of the RAF Fairford arrests blows the idea of a ‘free press’ out of the water” by Jonathan Cook on Substack @
Writer Jonathan Cook has published a piece arguing that UK media coverage of arrests connected to RAF Fairford exposes the limits of the so-called free press. He claims that when stories touch the West's war industries, establishment media serve power rather than hold it to account, and readers on social platforms are sharing the article within UK politics and media commentary circles.
- 3Jonathan Cook argues West wants Netanyahu replaced to silence Gaza criticism▼“The West wants Netanyahu gone - so Palestinians can be killed more quietly again” by Jonathan Cook on Substack @ palest
Columnist Jonathan Cook has published an essay arguing that Western governments want Benjamin Netanyahu out of office not to save Palestinians but so that the killing in Gaza can continue with less international scrutiny. He cites Israel's Haaretz newspaper observing that Donald Trump is aware of the dynamics around Netanyahu's political fate. The piece is circulating widely among pro-Palestinian social media communities, with readers endorsing the argument that a quieter Israeli leadership would suit Western interests better.