Bali Padda

Not the @LEGO guy. Actor, Producer, Director, Development Executive, Diversity Advisor and Jack-of-all-trades. My words & opinions here. He/Him

[Bali Padda @BaliPadda]

@HSBC_UK hello! Trying to call from Australia about a dormant account. How long is the hold time? What’s the easiest way to deal with it? I don’t remember any account details.

[ADHD Designer 🟣👩🏻‍💻 @ADHDdesigner]

Who else spent the entire time before finding out you had ADHD thinking hyperfocus should be your 100% level and beating yourself up for not being able to maintain it 24/7?

Hyperfocus is like our 300% level. Nobody could do it forever.

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Wow. This is London right now.

Absolutely MASSIVE protest in support of Palestine.

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[Bali Padda @BaliPadda]

@dawkins_scott @SydOperaHouse @SydneyTheatreCo I’m pretty sure it’s not an STC decision. It’s probably got to do with carpet under the seats and avoiding spills.

[Bali Padda @BaliPadda]

@vidyarrrr Same

[Antony Loewenstein @antloewenstein]

A critical look at the 7 October attacks, what really happened, the likely #Israeli killing of some of their own civilians and then the mountain of lies told by #Israel and its supporters to justify the attack on #Gaza.
Sober, necessary journalism:

[Bali Padda @BaliPadda]

@vidyarrrr I am appalled

[Bali Padda @BaliPadda]

@ato_gov_au It’s definitely not general. Hire more call centre staff. Can’t afford it? Increase the PRRT to pay for it.

[Bali Padda @BaliPadda]

@vidyarrrr DAFUQ

[Bali Padda @BaliPadda]

@tasyiaaaaaa This is an epic letter

[Bali Padda @BaliPadda]

@LaMamaTheatre 💔

[Bali Padda @BaliPadda]

@mhdksafa Yes

[Bali Padda @BaliPadda]

@vidyarrrr I’m working on this! In NSW tho

[Bali Padda @BaliPadda]

@mhdksafa 🇵🇸

[Bali Padda @BaliPadda]

@slamup 🤣

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

I will say this clearly once and for all;

The attacks and accusations that you hear that UNRWA supports Hamas and other brainwashing news and propaganda are aimed at overthrowing UNRWA. For those who do not know, UNRWA is the right of return, and abolishing UNRWA is canceling the right of return for the Palestinians to Palestine, and this is the goal behind the whole campaign: abolishing UNRWA.

And after abolishing UNRWA and the right to return, countries that host Palestinian refugees are forced to grant them their citizenship and terminate their rights as refugees, which violates article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states that everyone has the right to seek and enjoy asylum from persecution in other countries.

[Philippe Lazzarini @UNLazzarini]

UNRWA lifesaving assistance is about to end following countries decisions to cut their funding to the Agency.

Our humanitarian operation, on which 2 million people depend as a lifeline in Gaza, is collapsing. I am shocked such decisions are taken based on alleged behavior of a few individuals and as the war continues, needs are deepening & famine looms.

Palestinians in Gaza did not need this additional collective punishment. This stains all of us.

Read my statement:
https://t.co/fDkLnTUoyk

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

Whatever your position is, just take a moment to reflect on just how dark this is.

Just hours after the ICJ concluded that Israel was plausibly committing genocide and ordered it to dramatically step up humanitarian efforts, 7 Western countries sanctioned... not Israel but the Palestinians and the UN (!!!).

They cut funding for UNRWA, which is THE UN agency tasked with humanitarian assistance to Palestinians (and therefore their main lifeline).

Even if you were the world's worst cynic, you'd still have a hard time expecting such sheer level of cruelty and depravation. This is absolutely unfathomable.

They did so with the cheapest possible excuse, effectively using Israel's narrative that "UNWRA is Hamas" and allegations by Israel that some UNWRA staff were involved in the 7th Oct attack but 1) Israel has been making these accusations for months (so the timing of cutting funding right after the ICJ ruling is obviously not a coincidence) and 2) UNWRA has announced it's terminated the contracts of the staff members accused (12 people out of its 30,000 strong workforce) and launched an investigation, so it obviously doesn't condone this. Even if the allegations were to be proven correct, how can an organization of 30,000 staff be held collectively accountable for the individual actions of 0.04% of its workforce? Especially in the current context when its work is a life or death matter for millions of people.

To add to the cynicism here, UNWRA staff are actually a major victim of the war with at least 152 UNRWA staffers killed by Israel in Gaza to date. In a normal world, it is Israel that should be punished for killing so many members of a humanitarian organization. But nope, it's the humanitarian organization that's getting punished, alongside with the very vulnerable population it's committed to helping.