One of the honors of serving as President is having the "Presidential Challenge Coin" — a memento that I have handed out as President and in the years since to the folks I meet who have served our country or their communities. I was grateful to be able to greet veterans who served in Korea and Vietnam as they arrived in DC this weekend, and give them a personal token of my gratitude.
BREAKING:
Israel has just killed Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif in Gaza.
They dropped a bomb on the tent where he had sought refuge.
Israel has now slaughtered over 250 journalists in Gaza in just 662 days.
This is unprecedented in history.
Grok Imagine prompt:
Anthropomorphic gray tabby cat riding a vintage brown bicycle with 'Wien' on the tube and a bottle attached to the frame, dressed in steampunk adventurer gear including a leather helmet with aviator goggles, over-ear headphones, a dark jacket with red strap accents, gloves, and jeans. The cat has orange eyes, a focused expression looking over its shoulder, and is holding a frothy pint glass of beer in its right paw while gripping the handlebars with the left. Strapped to its back is a bulky retro-futuristic jetpack backpack with tubes, gauges, switches, and a nozzle, with small paper notes fluttering around the cat’s ear as if caught in the wind. Background is a serene blue sky with soft clouds. Highly detailed digital illustration in a painterly style with warm lighting and vintage tones.
People are distorting this and spreading it out of context. Here’s what he actually said:
«I have not eaten in days. Our scarce food is lentils and beans. Our captors are giving us what they can.»
«Netanyahu has abandoned us, and everything we were raised on in Israel is a lie.»
«I am digging my own grave with my hands, because my body weakens each day, and I may be buried here in the tunnel.»
There’s no evidence that anyone forced him to dig, this is just documentation of his existence. He’s sick, starving, and abandoned, just like everyone else trapped in this hell.
🚨 THE BBC JUST TURNED ON ISRAEL
"The BBC World Service has compiled material on over 160 cases where children have been shot in Gaza & found that in 95 cases the CHILD was SHOT IN THE HEAD or chest. In most these cases, the victim was UNDER 12 years old"
Wow.
NEW: Angela Rayner and Yvette Cooper understood to be among cabinet ministers who back immediate recognition of Palestinian statehood, joining Wes Streeting, Shabana Mahmood and Hilary Benn… https://t.co/NZgnYOXc5n
🚨 RIGHT NOW opposite Labour Party HQ in London.
We’ve turned their street into Jabaliya camp in Gaza. A genocide is happening, but the Labour government is supplying weapons, intelligence and diplomatic cover to the perpetrator. Protesting this is not terrorism.
Powerful firm Boston Consulting Group (BCG) was being paid $1M/month to help Israel give their genocide a PR facelift. BCG worked with Israeli officials to design & launch the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, condemned as a death trap by the UN & Palestinian leaders.
Incredible stuff here. BCG wasn't just hired to consult on the GHF fiasco. The firm was also asked to "model the costs of 'relocating' Palestinians from Gaza" (in other words, to come up with a price tag for ethnic cleansing)
"BBC staff: we're forced to do pro-Israel PR
A devastating letter signed by over 100 BBC journalists underlines one of the great scandals of our age"
https://t.co/CsRBy6I2zy