.@clairecmc: On the Republican side, you have lying and name-calling and dark stuff. They say, ‘our country is in ruins, our country sucks, we are so awful.’ But with Harris-Walz, you have optimism, opportunity, aspiration, and problem-solving
It’s so good to see the hostages returned. A ceasefire would have gotten many more hostages back and no civilians and children killed. This siege is cruel and senseless. Grinding innocent human beings and their culture into blood soaked rubble and dust, to be buried and forgotten. 4 for 274 including kids. It’s a sinful equation that keeps repeating. #Artists4Ceasefire
Once again, nearly half of the population of Rafah or 800,000 people are on the road, having been forced to flee since the Israeli Forces started the military operation in the area on 6 May.
In response to evacuation orders demanding people to flee to so-called safe zones, people mainly went to the middle areas and Khan Younis including to destroyed buildings.
Since the war in #Gaza began, Palestinians have been forced to flee multiple times in search of safety that they have never found including in @UNRWA shelters.
When people move, they are exposed, without safe passage or protection.
Every time, they are forced to leave behind the few belongings they have: mattresses, tents, cooking utensils and basic supplies that they cannot carry or pay to transport.
Every time, they have to start from scratch, all over again.
The areas that people are fleeing to now do not have safe water supplies or sanitation facilities.
Al-Mawassi -as one example- is a sandy 14 square kilometre agricultural land, where people are left out in the open with little to no buildings or roads. It lacks the minimal conditions to provide emergency humanitarian assistance in a safe and dignified manner. Before the recent escalation, the area was home to more than 400,000 people. The place is crammed and cannot absorb more people as is also the case for Deir al Balah, in the middle areas.
The claim that people in Gaza can move to “safe” or “humanitarian” zones is false. Each time, it puts the lives of civilians at serious risk.
Gaza does not have any safe zones.
No place is safe.
No one is safe.
The situation is again being made far worse by the lack of aid and basic humanitarian supplies.
The humanitarian community does not have any more supplies to give out, including food and other basic items.
The key crossings into Gaza remain closed or unsafe to access as they are located near or in combat zones.
Aid distribution is almost impossible without regular fuel imports, unstable telecommunication and the ongoing military operation.
Since 6 May, only 33 aid trucks made it through to southern Gaza. This is a small trickle amid the growing humanitarian needs and mass displacement.
While we welcome reports on first shipments arriving at the new floating dock, land routes remain the most viable, effective, efficient and safest aid delivery method.
The crossings must re-open and be safe to access. Without the re-opening of these routes, the deprivation of assistance and catastrophic humanitarian conditions will persist.
The obligations on all parties to the conflict including the State of Israel, Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups are clear:
· Rapid and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief for all civilians in need, wherever they may be, is essential and must be allowed and facilitated.
· The displaced population must have access to basic survival items, including food, water, and shelter, as well as hygiene, health, assistance and above all safety.
· Humanitarian relief teams need safe and free movement to access those in need of assistance and protection wherever they may be.
· It is the obligation of parties to the conflict to protect civilians and civilian objects everywhere.
Above all, it is time to agree on a ceasefire.
Any further escalation in the fighting will only wreak more havoc on civilians and make it impossible to finally have the peace and stability that Israelis and Palestinians desperately need and deserve.
@postcardjunky@Variety@Festival_Cannes Sir, you made a huge fact blunder about Serbian Chetniks in your article about the Sarajevo film screening. Though Chetnik’s had connections with Italian fascists, It was the Croatian Ustaše that sided with the Nazis, killing 100’s of thousands of Jews, Serbs and Roma.
holy fucking shit, Fox News is actually telling its viewers not to worry about orange air and that it's 'woke' to complain about breathing it. in case you were wondering how these loathsome dipshits would react to climate collapse, wonder no more
@GregAbbott_TX Gov Greg Abbott,
Do you start your day with the knowledge that there will be another gun massacre in your state and that you will have to conjure up some fresh bullshit to buy time and some twisted allegiance for your fvcked up free for all gun laws?
This👇🏽is pointless!
holy fucking shit, if German schoolkids can handle Anne Frank's Diary, American schoolkids can handle To Kill A Mockingbird. enough with the book-banning, you fucking troglodytes
The way they’ve spent days & hours emphasizing the violence of Tyre Nichols’ murder like it’s a countdown to a movie release tells you everything about the depravity of the system we live under.
You don’t have to watch the video of #TyreNichols being beaten by police.
You don’t have to subject yourself to that trauma.
It should not require another video of a Black human being dehumanized for anyone to understand that police brutality is an urgent, devastating issue.