Day 1,052 of the genocide: @Independent publishes the most forensic reconstruction yet of a colleague's killing in the infamous Nasser Hospital double-tap strike: Mariam Abu Dagga.
Had such rigor met journalist No.1 or No.10, Palestine may not be mourning nearly 300 journalists.
Today’s @ECHR_CEDH judgment in Kavala v. Türkiye (No. 2) reaffirms protections against arbitrary detention and the misuse of criminal proceedings. Complying with the Court’s judgments is a legal obligation; #Türkiye should release #OsmanKavala and implement all general and individual measures.
If I must die,
you must live
to tell my story
to sell my things
to buy a piece of cloth
and some strings,
(make it white with a long tail)
so that a child, somewhere in Gaza
while looking heaven in the eye
awaiting his dad who left in a blaze–
and bid no one farewell
not even to his flesh
not even to himself–
sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up above
and thinks for a moment an angel is there
bringing back love
If I must die
let it bring hope
let it be a tale
@itranslate123
The UN Charter was born with the contradictions and prejudices of the order that created it, but it enshrined a radical promise: that force shall not rule.
Its drafters would turn in their graves if they saw what the state they admitted to the UN in 1949 has become.
#UNseatIsrael
The child cries bitterly as he breaks his toys, afraid that they will be targeted because of them. With a breaking heart, he says:
“My heart is breaking as I destroy them, just so Netanyahu, Katz, and Trump will be satisfied. I just want to play. Why are they taking away the game that brings us joy?”
What kind of world forces a child to destroy his own toys just to feel safe? What crime has a child committed by simply wanting to play? Children in Gaza have been deprived of the most basic right of all: to live their childhood in peace.
View from above of my return.
(Lets the algorithm change perspective).
PS. To those who ask me why I love Tunisia so much: bcs despite the enormous challenges for so many, there is no hyper-consumerism, access to the sea is not privatised and ordinary people are just lovely.
נתניהו זקוק למלחמה כדי לנצח
לראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו יש בעיה קשה. ישראל מתקרבת לבחירות שבהן הבוחרים יתבקשו לשפוט לא רק את ראש הממשלה שכיהן יותר מכל אדם אחר בתולדות המדינה, אלא גם את האיש שהיה ראש הממשלה ב־7 באוקטובר.
אם הבחירות יהפכו למשאל עם על האחריות למחדל הביטחוני הגדול בתולדות ישראל, על גורל החטופים, על המחיר הכלכלי של המלחמות הממושכות, על הבידוד הבינלאומי ועל כישלון הממשלה לתרגם הישגים צבאיים למציאות אסטרטגית טובה יותר - נתניהו צפוי למערכת בחירות קשה. אבל אם ישראל תלך לבחירות כשהיא שוב בעיצומה של מלחמה, המגרש הפוליטי משתנה לחלוטין.
קראו עוד>>>>>
https://t.co/G5qSjllGmL
Imagine a kite slipping from a child’s hand, only to prompt a statement from the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office threatening #Gaza with a full-scale military operation.
Even children’s toys are now being turned into pretexts for threats and bombardment… A kite carrying nothing but a child’s innocence is portrayed as a justification for war.
@Reuters "Free the hostages and this ends" was the line repeated for two years. The test is here. Track the response. 1300 people killed during the "ceasefire".
It is not about the kite; it is about the sense of freedom, flight, and hope. For them, however, it is about an overwhelming desire to control the human being, their thoughts, their life, and even their sky. We are nothing alike; they are monsters.
I hadn't seen the recording of my closing remarks to the Human Rights Council until now.
Of everything from this mandate, this is the testimony I'd want to remain.
REFAAT ALAREER
If I must die,
you must live
to tell my story
to sell my things
to buy a piece of cloth
and some strings,
(make it white with a long tail)
so that a child, somewhere in Gaza
while looking heaven in the eye
awaiting his dad who left in a blaze—
and bid no one farewell
not even to his flesh
not even to himself—
sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up above
and thinks for a moment an angel is there
bringing back love
If I must die
let it bring hope
let it be a tale
💝🇪🇭🕊💝🇪🇭🕊💝🇪🇭🕊💝🇪🇭🕊
It is not about the kite: it is about the sense of freedom, flight, and hope. For them, however, it is about an overwhelmina desire to control the human being, their thoughts, their life, and even their sky. We are nothing alike; they are monsters. Yes, anyone who threatens a child with assassination - as the war minister of Israhell announced yesterday- over a kite is nothing but a monster. Palestine is free, this sky belongs to us, just as the land does.