Japanese relay runner Rei Iida displayed remarkable determination, crawling the final 300 meters after breaking her leg near the finish line to ensure her teammate could complete the race.
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The Catholic Church will hold a day of prayer and reflection for Gaza on August 24th
Bishops have criticised the 'Genocidal actions sanctioned by the government in Israel' leading to deaths 'many of them women and children'
The Famine Memorial in Dublin symbolizes the deep bond between Ireland and Palestine. 🇮🇪♥️🇵🇸
It's devastating to see history repeat.
Irish people stand with Gaza, the West Bank, and all Palestinians.
Palestine took the stage at the ‘Royal’ Opera House, and they couldn’t tear it down
A cast member at the ‘Royal’ Opera House protested by unfurling the Palestinian flag. Staff scrambled to shut it down, but they couldn’t. That flag was held defiantly as the audience cheered in support…
God love this 90-year-old Irish Catholic priest in Los Angeles, who showed up to the protests wearing full vestments in solidarity with immigrant communities. We need more faith leaders with his courage to show up and speak out.
"Over the past 18 months human beings have endured a level of horror and inhumanity that should haunt us all forever"
Independent MP and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn calls for an inquiry into UK's "influential role" in Israel's military operations
https://t.co/JcNGVqIcik
So Gary Lineker’s interview with Mo Salah was cancelled over fears they’d mention Gaza.
Silencing two of the biggest voices in football just to protect Israel from criticism isn’t journalism, it’s complicity in genocide.
Palestinians are being starved in Gaza.
Over two months and counting.
Israel is being led by a man who has just agreed a plan to “annex” Gaza, a plan to ethnically cleanse a population, a man wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes.
And yet the world just watches and waits as trucks full of food rot yards from hundreds of people starving to death.
Never again say never again.
And never let any political leader pretend they didn’t know.
Successive governments didn’t stop supplying arms to Israel, we didn’t sanction, we didn’t even find the language to clearly and forcefully condemn and call this out.
This is on our watch.
We knew and we allowed it to happen.
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