They coordinated with the Red Cross. They went in to save lives. Israel executed all 16 of them—ambulance crews, first responders—then buried their bodies & destroyed their vehicles. This isn’t self-defense. This is a war crime. A massacre. And the world is still silent.
The first 27 pages, the age is listed as 0.
The first 27 pages, the age is listed as 0.
The first 27 pages, the age is listed as 0.
The first 27 pages, the age is listed as 0.
The first 27 pages, the age is listed as 0.
The first 27 pages, the age is listed as 0.
I will not share the last photo of Hossam, his body blodied and mangled after being hit by an Israeli strike while doing his job as a journalist.
I will share this moment instead, to remind you that he is not a number. He had a name, and a mother who loved him, just like you.
A very special *GIVEAWAY*
It is the 20th anniversary of the brilliant Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro and the lovely folk at @FaberBooks have given me FIVE of these special editions to give to readers.
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If an Israeli - or British or American etc - woman who was eight months pregnant was shot dead by any other military, the whole world would know her name. Her name was Sondos Jamal Muhammad Shalabi. She was 23.
I don’t want to connect my coffee machine to the wifi network. I don’t want to share the file with OneDrive. I don’t want to download an app to check my car’s fluid levels. I don’t want to scan a QR code to view the restaurant menu. I don’t want to let Google know my location before showing me the search results. I don’t want to include a Teams link on the calendar invite. I don’t want to pay 50 different monthly subscription fees for all my software. I don’t want to upgrade to TurboTax platinum plus audit protection. I don’t want to install the Webex plugin to join the meeting. I don’t want to share my car’s braking data with the actuaries at State Farm. I don’t want to text with your AI chatbot. I don’t want to download the Instagram app to look at your picture. I don’t want to type in my email address to view the content on your company’s website. I don’t want text messages with promo codes. I don’t want to leave your company a five-star Google review in exchange for the chance to win a $20 Starbucks gift card. I don’t want to join your exclusive community in the metaverse. I don’t want AI to help me write my comments on LinkedIn. I don’t even want to be on LinkedIn in the first place.
I just want to pay for a product one time (and only one time), know that it’s going to work flawlessly, press 0 to speak to an operator if I need help, and otherwise be left alone and treated with some small measure of human dignity, if that’s not too much to ask anymore.
“I was arrested 4 months after my marriage, leaving my son in his mother’s womb. After 20 years, this is my son, 20 years old. My loyal wife raised him for me.”
- Freed Palestinian captive Mohamed Zayd from Ramallah reunites with his son, born during his 20-year captivity, in today’s exchange deal.
In the Israeli Knesset, MP Gilad Kariv -- a Rabbi and former IDF soldier -- condemns Israelis who have completely dehumanized 2.3 million Palestinians in the same ways our "worst enemies did" to us, in the process endorsing savagery, barbarism and utter disregard for human life.
For over six months Musk has used this platform to incite violence across Europe with abject lies about minorities. It’s algorithmic terrorism and has already led to violence in the UK and Germany. How can we tolerate such intolerance?