🧵Before 2007, Gazan day laborers would cross the border to find work inside Israel, often in construction. They were often just called "Ahmed."
Before this actual Ahmed was born & killed, Ehud Banai wrote a song that just came back to my heart, an effort tell the humanity of the anonymous "Ahmeds."
"Lebanon’s health ministry said Israeli forces 'pursued' journalists Zeinab Faraj and Amal Khalil by striking the house where they had taken shelter...a Lebanese Red Cross ambulance was then obstructed and fired upon while attempting to evacuate the wounded, including being hit with a stun grenade."
The devastation in Lebanon is clearly visible.
But for children, the impact goes far beyond what we can see.
UNICEF continues to advocate and work for their safety, well-being and protection.
The ceasefire must hold.
Jewish MP Gerald Kaufmann in Parliament in 2009.
"My Grandmother was ill in bed when the Nazis came to her town, a German soldier shot her dead."
"My Grandmother did not die to provide cover for Israel to murder Palestinian Grandmothers in Gaza."
"7 Eco-Friendly Tips for Sustainable Living Nearly every decision — how we go to work, where we shop, what we consume, which products we use to keep our home and everything in it clean — is an opportunity to make a choice that is healthier for the planet." + a photo of a girl washing her hands
Nearly every decision — how we go to work, where we shop, what we consume, which products we use to keep our home and everything in it clean — is an opportunity to make a choice that is healthier for the planet. #EarthDay
I'm Saed, a Palestinian citizen completely worn down by the war.
I didn't want this life, but I'm still struggling to feed my family.
My family is trapped and starving; no one is checking on them.
If you'd like to donate, please do so through the Chuffed platform. 😔⬇️🍉
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"France and Sweden meanwhile re-upped an earlier call from some other EU countries for the bloc to consider halting the import of goods from Israeli [illegal] settlements in the occupied West Bank"
Attacking, killing and injuring real human beings in Palestine is sadder
Well said 👇
Yeah, I was going to say it was unfair to link Palantir’s Mosley with his grandfather’s politics, but then I read this. Scroll on down…
Students, teachers and families stage daily peaceful sit-ins at the site of the fence near Umm al-Khair village.
Wheelchair shortage deepens crisis for disabled people in Gaza - www.middleeasteye.net/video/wheelchair-shortag...
The Palestinian woman on the cover of L'Espresso speaks to MEE: "Israeli settlers were ready to kill us" - www.middleeasteye.net/video/palestinian-woman-...
Gaza worker restores stove burners as families adapt to fuel shortages - www.middleeasteye.net/video/gaza-worker-restor...
Italian UNIFIL soldiers rebuilt the statue of Jesus Christ that was smashed by Israeli soldiers in the town of Debel in southern Lebanon. Yesterday, the Israeli army sent a statue to the village to replace the one that was smashed, but it was rejected by the residents.
People citing the story about how the IDF sent the Lebanese village of Debel a new statute of Jesus should probably acknowledge that the residents rejected it and had a more appropirate one rebuilt by UNIFIL.
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Rep. Massie and I just introduced a bipartisan amendment to strip the pesticide liability shield from the Farm Bill.
If a company’s product makes people sick, it should be held accountable. If states and communities want to create stronger protections, they should have every right to do so.
Getting around without Google Maps. Not scrolling Instagram. Ditching earbuds to hear the birds sing. A group of 20- and 30-somethings in the US swapped their smartphones for flip phones, embarking on a one-month digital detox. But old habits die hard. u.afp.com/SEtu
More reports of Israeli military shooting at medics... an ambulance in Lebanon
but Germany and Italy will not agree to suspension of EU- Israel trade agreement?
#Boycott #Divest #Sanction
#BDS
#warcrimes
#Nuremberg
Rescue teams managed to pull injured correspondent Zeinab Faraj from Tayri. However, al-Akhbar correspondent Amal Khalil remains trapped in the town. The two correspondents were covering an Israeli strike on a car in Tayri, which killed its two occupants, Mukhtar Ali Bazzi and Mohammad al-Hourani. The Israeli force then struck the site again, injuring the journalists. A third strike then targeted the main road connecting Tayri and Hadatha to cut access to ambulances and trap the two journalists. When the Red Cross arrived, they recovered the two bodies and rescued Faraj, before the Israeli army dropped a stun grenade on them, forcing them to withdraw without reaching Khalil. They returned to Tebnine Governmental Hospital with no further information about her condition. The Union of Journalists has appealed to relevant authorities to take immediate action to secure her evacuation, while the Ministry of Information condemned the attack and held Israel responsible for her safety.
Zeinab Faraj and Amal Khalil
Occupation forces still besieging reporter Amal Khalil
Two Lebanese journalists were trapped by the IDF in South Lebanon.
One of them, Amal Khalil, is still trapped.
Israel did a triple tap strike. Again. The second strike injured the journalists. The third strike trapped them.
According to local sources & Lebanon's National News Agency, Israeli military fired on the ambulance taking Zainab to the hospital
UPDATE: Zainab has been rescued & taken to the hospital, injured. Amal remains trapped under rubble after an Israeli airstrike stopped the Red Cross from rescuing her (sounds like a double-tap strike targeting first responders, a tactic so favored by Israel that they've now upped it to four strikes)
Picture of Lebanese journalist amal Khalil with text in Arabic saying "Journalism is Not a Crime: Amal besieged ... Mobilize to save her"
All this happening while Lebanese officials meet with representatives of the very people doing the killing.
This is typical of Israel's "negotiating" tactics, btw. They have a habit of killing civilians during their "negotiations."
"Journalism is Not a Crime
Amal under siege—mobilize to save her"
Amal had been getting explicit death threats from Israel for years, telling her to quit doing her job if "if you want your head to stay connected to your shoulders," &c:
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and now:
BREAKING: Israel is besieging two Lebanese journalists, Amal Khalil & Zainab Farraj, in southern Lebanon. Nothing confirmed yet, but people on the ground saying one of the journalists is reportedly trapped beneath rubble & they've killed at least two people in airstrikes nearby
Hanan sitting on the floor of the tent, a little girl bravely giving a thumbs up and smiling
Sham is a little girl in bed, feverish and flushed with a towel on her head
Aryam is a little baby sitting on the ground
Mahmoud is a man wrapped in a blanket sitting outside in a wheelchair with his leg in a large brace
💔 This may be our last hope…
🙏 We are living in extremely dangerous conditions 💔. Mahmoud’s life is in danger 🕊️. Sham is in pain 🥺. We urgently need food 🍉 and treatment 💊.
We only need £250 💰. Even £5 from each person can save a family 🤲.
Please do not leave us to die 💔
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Every day food and water become scarcer in the ruins of Gaza, and Sama'a and her daughters see horrors the rest of us can only imagine on a daily basis. Please give what you can.
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"but think of the jobs that the genocide creates"
All this. And the only incident that drew a protest from the US ambassador was the desecration of a crucifix.
