Michaël Gillis

Charlie fan and Buffalo.

[Alex Tiffin @RespectIsVital]

Some new UN statistics on Gaza

• 20,000 children killed in Gaza since 7 October 2022
• 97% of schools destroyed
• Sexual violence against girls and boys used to instill fear
• Children make up 30% of those killed by the IDF in Gaza post 7 October 2023

[Willem Middelkoop @wmiddelkoop]

Women and children first ..

[Michaël Gillis @MRIGillis]

@ErikSTownsend All of the above!

[Willem Middelkoop @wmiddelkoop]

75 to 35!

#dontstaysilent

[Michaël Gillis @MRIGillis]

@INArteCarloDoss Difference is that this time everything is on video, social media,…
“We did not know” has therefore become “We did not care”.

[Kegham Balian @kbalian90]

BREAKING: Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has published a scathing piece on 'Jewish terrorism' in the West Bank.

“The daily terrorism that is managed, directed, encouraged and supported by the Israeli government can no longer be tolerated.”

[B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم @btselem]

Israel is running a network of torture camps for Palestinians. Our reports, Welcome to Hell and Living Hell, extensively documented a reality of extreme violence, starvation, and torture.

Palestinian prisoners are subjected to severe violence, deliberate humiliation, starvation, sleep deprivation, denial of medical care, and abuse in every facility where they are held. 

These abusive practices are fully backed by the political leadership, which openly boasts about the harsh prison conditions. Some inmates are subjected to severe sexual assaults. 

At least 89 Palestinians have died in Israeli detention facilities since October 2023 as a result of inhumane conditions, violence, starvation, and the denial of medical treatment. 

Despite the extensive evidence, media investigations, and reports issued by Israeli and international organizations documenting torture in Israeli prisons, the international community continues to stand by and allow Israel to commit crimes against the Palestinian people. 

Link to the full report >>
Welcome to Hell: https://t.co/41rgbvFjCx

Living Hell: https://t.co/vHSdH4GFsG

[Jedi @dhe3g]

Seven hours. All children.

[Jonathan Cook @Jonathan_K_Cook]

Israeli lawyer Ben Marmarelli says Palestinian prisoners he represents beg him not to visit because they're raped each time he is due to meet them.

This is a scene from Al Jazeera's shocking new documentary on Israel's systematic use of rape.

[Grant Williams @ttmygh]

Breathtaking

@RPMComo

[Michaël Gillis @MRIGillis]

@ttmygh @RPMComo @jckeysport7 @codney67 Agreed.

[🇨🇵✌️ Alexy @alexysiktrice]

En 1960, la célèbre salle parisienne de l'Olympia est au bord de la faillite. Son directeur, Bruno Coquatrix, cherche désespérément un moyen de sauver son théâtre. Il appelle Piaf à l'aide, alors qu'elle est elle-même au plus mal. En acceptant de monter sur scène pour une série de concerts, et en y interprétant ce nouveau titre, Piaf fait salle comble pendant des semaines, sauvant littéralement l'Olympia de la fermeture.
La chanson a été écrite par Michel Vaucaire (paroles) et Charles Dumont (musique). Au départ, Dumont avait une mauvaise réputation auprès de Piaf, qui refusait constamment de le recevoir. Quand il a enfin réussi à lui présenter le morceau chez elle, Piaf était d'humeur exécrable. Mais dès les premières notes, elle s'est arrêtée, subjuguée, et a déclaré : « C'est ma vie, c'est moi, c'est cette chanson que j'attendais ! »
Au moment de cette captation, Édith Piaf est extrêmement malade, affaiblie par des années d'excès, de polyarthrite et plusieurs accidents de voiture graves. Elle pèse à peine 40 kilos et ses proches pensent qu'elle ne tiendra pas dix minutes sur scène. Pourtant, dès que la musique commence, la « Môme » se transforme. Sa posture droite, ses mains si expressives et la puissance de sa voix défient totalement son état de santé physique.

[Zachary Foster @_ZachFoster]

"Let me read the @guardian's analysis directly:

1,100 Palestinian civilians. Over 275 children. Murdered executed, shot, beaten, run over & not a single Israeli, not 1 soldier, not 1 settler, not 1 police officer, has been prosecuted. 0. Nothing.

This is not a failure of the justice system. This is the justice system.

Because when Palestinians submit complaints, and they do, they file thousands of them, less than 1% end in indictments.

Let me put that in perspective. If you are a Palestinian in the West Bank and an Israeli settler shoots your father in front of you, you have a 1% chance of even seeing an investigation. You have a 0% chance of seeing a conviction.

Now, imagine the opposite. If a Palestinian throws a stone at an Israeli soldier, military court, indefinite detention, possibly death, that is not a conflict. That is a racial hierarchy. That is aparthied."

This is what the genocide apologists were so proud about yesterday in New York. Apartheid.

Full video: https://t.co/V801ZEL2ZA via @TGYKOfficial

[Trita Parsi @tparsi]

This will ruin your day, perhaps your summer, or even the rest of your life.

But you need to listen to it. You need to know the crimes that are done in your name and with your tax money.

A British surgeon in Gaza testifies that Israeli soldiers used Palestinian children as target practice. One day, they would shoot the children in the testicles, and on other days, in their necks.

They were practicing their shooting on children.

[Shaiel Ben-Ephraim @academic_la]

The IDF has removed Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, the military prosecutor who leaked footage of guards raping to the media. She is also being prosecuted and the military is considering lowering her rank. In Israel rape and war crimes are fine. Exposing them is an unforgivable crime.

[Michaël Gillis @MRIGillis]

@patrick_oshag Excuse me

[B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم @btselem]

Israel has turned its prisons into a network of torture camps for Palestinians. Prisoners are subjected to severe violence, deliberate humiliation, starvation, sleep deprivation, denial of medical care and abuse in everyfacility they are held in. Some have also been severely sexually assaulted. Since October 2023, at least 84 Palestinians have died in these torture camps.

The policymakers, and primarily Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir, brag in TV puff pieces and on social media about what is happening in these torture camps.

Today, we published “Living Hell”, a report on the situation of Palestinians in Israeli custody. It is based on the testimonies of Palestinians released in recent months, along with research, reports, news updates and Israel Prison Service figures, and continues our previous report on the issue, “Welcome to Hell”, from August 2024.

Systematic, deliberate abuse continues to define Israel’s policy toward Palestinian prisoners in its custody, and is another feature of the Israeli regime’s coordinated onslaught on the Palestinian people.

Link to the full report > https://t.co/vHSdH4GFsG

[Michaël Gillis @MRIGillis]

@KennySergeant @KAAGent Er is extreem veel werk aan de winkel

[Ce jour-là dans l'Histoire @CeJour_Histoire]

Il naît dans un hôpital pour indigents du 6e arrondissement de Paris. Ses parents attendent un visa pour l'Amérique. Le visa n'arrivera jamais.

22 mai 1924. Le garçon vient au monde dans une famille d'immigrés arméniens. Son père, ancien baryton, est le fils d'un cuisinier du Tsar. Sa mère a fui le génocide depuis la Turquie. Ils ouvrent un petit restaurant rue de Seine où le père chante pour les exilés d'Europe centrale. Les recettes ne couvrent jamais les dépenses.

Le gamin monte sur scène à 9 ans. Auditions, petits rôles au théâtre, figuration au cinéma. Pas de diplôme. 1m63. On lui dit que sa voix est cassée, trop grave, trop rauque. Pendant vingt ans, tous les directeurs de salle le refusent.

En 1946, une femme le remarque. Édith Piaf. Elle l'embarque en tournée, d'abord comme chauffeur et secrétaire. C'est en l'écoutant écrire des chansons dans la voiture entre deux concerts qu'elle comprend ce qu'il vaut. Il écrit pour elle, pour Bécaud, pour tout le monde sauf pour lui. Il faudra attendre 1956 pour que la scène française accepte enfin de l'écouter.

Ensuite, plus personne ne l'a arrêté. 1 200 chansons en huit langues. 180 millions de disques. Soixante films. Ambassadeur d'Arménie. Héros national arménien. Il a chanté jusqu'à la veille de sa mort, à 94 ans.

Charles Aznavour. Né il y a 102 ans jour pour jour. Dans un hôpital pour indigents. D'une famille qui attendait un visa qui n'est jamais arrivé.

La Bohème, c'est lui.