OptimistEgypt

Egyptian/British Cairene working for alleviation of poverty & social justice. Personal account, all views my own. I believe in evolution #therevolutioncontinues

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

“I did a leg amputation on a 5-year-old girl, and the only anesthesia that we had was the anesthesia doctor singing to her… We were praying for her to faint. She stayed awake the whole amputation.”

Absolutely devastating testimony from doctors in Gaza.

[Quds News Network @QudsNen]

Hacked emails exposed by Drop Site News reveal that UN official Yahav Lichner spent years secretly passing confidential UN reports and internal intelligence to Israeli diplomats, helping Israel dodge accountability over Gaza war crimes.
Lichner now runs the Washington office of UNICEF, the UN's children agency.
https://t.co/N1IFIxVu8O

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🚨 43% of Gaza’s Kidney Failure Patients Have Died Since Israel’s War Began

Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital spokesperson Khalil al-Daqran says 43% of kidney failure patients in Gaza have died since the war began, as Israel-imposed deliberate shortages of medicines and medical supplies cripple dialysis care.

Around half of the equipment needed to operate Gaza’s dialysis units is now out of service, further threatening patients who depend on regular treatment, al-Daqran said.

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

I just saw the body of a little girl, her skin grayed and covered in ash, being wrapped in a sheet. Her torn leg was laid next to her.

The decline in reporting isn’t because the daily horrors in Gaza are over, Israel is killing Palestinians every day.

[Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒 @borzou]

So basically, Israel didn’t want him to fly the plane loaded up with Qatari surveillance devices and instead wanted him to fly the one with Israeli surveillance devices. Makes sense.

[Sarah Wilkinson @swilkinsonbc]

She carried what was left of her son in her arms; killed by the israelis in a strike east on Deir al‑Balah his body is only just retrieved; unbearable

[Preeti @MadridPreeti]

🚨 External Analysis Report Egypt vs Argentina match featured 23 refereeing errors. The most ever recorded in a single FIFA World Cup game.

Every single one of them benefited Argentina over Egypt.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

From @TheAthleticFC: Egypt’s goal against Argentina should never have been ruled out, a former referee writes. "Argentina’s collective failure to defend their goal because they allowed Ziko to run past them is not part of the decision-making process." https://t.co/AlmLb8xqLH

[Alonso Gurmendi @Alonso_GD]

Either the rule is mild contact is to be expected and so Egypt’s goal is valid and this is not a penalty OR all contact leads to a foul, in which case this is a penalty and Egypt’s goal was invalid.

The rule can’t be “a foul is whatever fills Gianni Infantino’s pockets more”

[Azmahovic @Azmahovich99]

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محلل الفار لصحيفة ماركا الإسبانية:

"هدف مصر الملغي صحيح. هذه اللقطة لم يكن لها تأثير مباشر على تسجيل الهدف. فعندما يقطع اللاعب الملعب بالكامل، لا يبدو منطقيًا العودة إلى بداية الهجمة واحتساب مخالفة"

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

I am gravely concerned by reports of a severe deterioration in the condition of Dr. Abu Safiyah.

We reiterate our demands for his release, along with all other doctors being held without charge.

[Maha Hussaini @MahaGaza]

The world has had 1000 days to see the evidence.

1000 days to hear the survivors.

1,000 days to enforce international law.

But it chose to allow 1000 days of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

[حنان العتيبي @Dr_Utaybi]

احتج السفير الإسرائيلي على نشر هذا المقطع على منصات التواصل الاجتماعي❗️
وطالب بعض الشركات بحذفه بالكامل. لنجعله ينتشر فيروسية حول العالم

[NewsCord @newscord_org]

🚨 Take action. By participating in our new campaign, you will be demanding the following from the CPJ:

> Publish the review first: release the full scope, methodology and criteria of the database review, and pause all removals until it's public.

> Reinstate the 20 removed names pending a transparent, evidence-based, case-by-case review, with the reasons published per name.

> Apply one standard evenly. Any "state-backed affiliation / militant association / behaviours and activities" test must apply across every conflict and nationality, or be dropped. State publicly which standard applies.

> Explain the board: account for the timing of @nikasoonshiong's departure, and confirm whether the exclusion proposal originated in the 27 May Free Beacon article, as her own email states.

> Restore the Global Impunity Index, or publish, in full, the basis for pausing it.

https://t.co/PHKGpRvL9B

[Christine Niles @ChristineNiles1]

An investigation reveals that IDF-produced videos of Hamas "terror tunnels" in Gaza were based not on classified intelligence but on visuals taken from the internet.

Remember this next time the IDF airs a video of Hezbollah "terror tunnels" in Lebanon, using them as an excuse to blow up Lebanon to kingdom come.

"A months-long investigation by +972 Magazine and Local Call together with the research collective Viewfinder, the Swiss network SRF, and the Scottish outlet The Ferret analyzed 43 animations produced by the Israeli army since October 7 and found that many contain serious spatial inaccuracies or prefabricated assets — sourced not from classified intelligence but rather from commercial libraries, content creators, and cultural institutions."

https://t.co/O08ozVIwJT

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

The very least any new Prime Minister should do is establish a full, independent, public inquiry into Britain’s complicity in genocide.

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

In a new report, a UN commission of inquiry credibly sets out Israel’s responsibility for atrocities against Palestinian children and even identifies military units apparently responsible.

The US and other governments should immediately suspend weapons transfers to Israel.

[GBC @GBC_Press]

🚨 BREAKING:

​The United Nations has officially declared Gaza a genocide zone, stating that Israel is deliberately targeting children and infants.

​It took them three full years to reach this conclusion.

[Novara Media @novaramedia]

A surgeon who had to fight to bring a stethoscope to Gaza blamed the mainstream media for sparse updates on the ongoing genocide.

“You don’t see very much on Gaza in the mainstream media these days,” Nizam Mamode told the BBC.

He cited the latest UN report, which documents overwhelming evidence for Israel’s systematic targeting of children in Palestine, with over 20,000 dead.

[Israel Exposed @xIsraelExposedx]

Mrs Sarah Wilkinson @swilkinsonbc is a 63 year old journalist that has been documenting the Gaza genocide from early on. The UK government is charging her with terrorism crimes for simply posting the news out of Gaza, in an effort to silence her. This is unacceptable. Please follow her & support her during this trial.