Rick Cook

All opinions my own.

[Israel Exposed @xIsraelExposedx]

The average live expectancy in Gaza dropped from 75, to 35. This has never been recorded before in medical history.

- Dr Mads Gilbert @DrMadsGilbert

[Meriem Laribi مريم لعريبي @Meriem_Laribi]

Hier, lors de ma conférence à Meudon, j'ai raconté à l'assistance le blocus israélien sur Gaza entre 2007 et 2023. La manière dont Israël calculait le nombre de calories autorisées à entrer dans Gaza pour maintenir la population juste au-dessus du seuil de malnutrition.

Une femme est venue me voir à la fin, assez retournée. Elle m'a dit : « ça m'a marquée ce que vous avez raconté sur le nombre de calories autorisées à rentrer à Gaza. Les Israéliens réfléchissent donc aux différentes manières de faire souffrir les Palestiniens. »

C'est exactement ça. Et l'histoire des calories est un point parmi des milliers d'autres stratégies élaborées par Israël pour entraver la vie quotidienne palestinienne, dans ses moindres détails. Rien ne doit être facile ni garanti pour un Palestinien, de sa naissance à sa mort. Ni le fait de manger, ni de boire, ni d'avoir un toit, ni d'aller à l'école, ni de circuler d'un point A à un point B, ni de rentrer chez lui le soir. Il ne doit pas se sentir en sécurité. Jamais. Nulle part.

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

The difference between Gaza and Auschwitz is that the world still has an opportunity to stop the genocide in Gaza.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Witnesses say Lebanese citizens have been killed and Israeli soldiers wounded amid a new Israeli offensive in southern Lebanon.

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🚨BREAKING: At least 30 civilians have been killed since midnight in a wave of Israeli attacks across southern Lebanon, local journalist Hadi Hoteit reports.

The Press TV correspondent said more than 25 residential sites were hit by airstrikes, drone attacks, and artillery fire, with the Nabatieh area bearing the brunt of the attacks. He also reported new strikes on Zebdine and Doueir as fighting and Israeli military operations continue in the south.

📸 Photos of the people killed overnight.

[Hadi Hoteit | هادي حطيط @HadiHtt]

19th of June Update: Israeli War on South Lebanon restarts:
A massive Israeli strike just leveled a residential building in my village Doweir-Nabatieh region (images), after a drone strike murdered 2 men who were driving a motorcycle before sunrise.
A series of terror attacks on South Lebanon resumed after midnight, with more than 20 different airstrikes bombed towns from Jezzine and Marje'youn to Nabatieh region.
More than 18 civilian until now are either murdered or missing under rubble in a non final toll.
In nearby Sharqiyeh, 4 people from same family were killed.
In Kfarsir, a man and his wife and daughter were killed.
In Harouf, another family killed and about 4 or 5 people are still missing under rubble.

[Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده @RamAbdu]

عروس فور تلقي خبر قتل إسرائيل لعريسها هذا اليوم في غزة

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

What a rotten deal we made with Iran. We get nothing (except laughter at our stupidity). They get everything, including delay and big cash!

[Eye on Palestine @EyeonPalestine]

As the world’s eyes are turned toward the ‘World Cup’ stadiums and teams compete for the trophy, our little champion ‘Mohammed’ plays alone in Gaza—not on green grass, but on the sand of makeshift tents and among the ruins.

[courtneybonneauimages @cbonneauimages]

The Israeli army is still intimidating and attacking journalists in southern Lebanon

[Omar Hamad | عُـمَـرْ 𓂆 @OmarHamadD]

A new massacre is being committed by Israel against Palestinian civilians in Gaza.
There were only a few minutes between me and death.

[Tamer Nahed @Tamer_Alnoaizy]

A very dangerous new nightmare we are living in Gaza City, and no one in the world is paying attention to it.

Days ago, the Israeli army installed huge military cranes, each about 30 meters tall, on the eastern areas it controls. These cranes are equipped with machine guns and cameras, and they fire randomly and almost continuously at tents, streets, and exposed neighborhoods.

Gaza City is extremely narrow, only 10 kilometers wide. A single crane at that height is enough to expose the entire city from east to west. Every street, every square, every tent, every house has become completely exposed. There is no place to hide, and not a single moment of safety.

In just the past two days, three people were killed by fire from these cranes. One of them was sitting quietly with his father in a small café, trying to breathe for a few minutes. Hours later, a 5year old girl was killed while playing near her home.

These cranes have turned the entire city into an open field. The latest military technologies are directed at civilians. We have become an open testing ground for their new weapons. The horror is not just in the sound… it is the constant feeling of being an exposed target at all times, where even children cannot run in the street without fear.

[Rick Cook @Rockhopper51]

Maybe let’s not have any borders just one big world all open and free to everyone - think about it for a second.
Opens up opportunities to live without conflict & for the betterment of everyone.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

HAINES: I can tell my kids why it's important to have borders. It's much harder to explain when I see someone dragged out of a house who isn't a violent criminal

NAVARRO: I would urge you as a Christian and father to visit detention centers where children are being held

JD VANCE: I see we have 30 seconds left here

[FactCheckNI @FactCheckNI]

Immigration debates in NI often focus on asylum seekers. But what do the latest figures actually show?

An explainer we published last year has been referenced recently, so our new article includes the latest available data on:

📊 How many people are seeking asylum in NI
📊 How NI compares with the rest of the UK
📊 Where asylum seekers are living
📊 How the figures have changed over time

The latest data shows 5,019 people in Northern Ireland are included in protection-related statistics; around 0.26% of the population. More than half arrived through Ukrainian and Afghan humanitarian schemes.

🔗 https://t.co/62Rcc6J8k9

[Rick Cook @Rockhopper51]

@CalumRaasay It is indeed, was there recently myself for the first time & it sure is a beautiful little town with so much history & lots to do & explore.

[courtneybonneauimages @cbonneauimages]

The Israeli army has violated the new ceasefire almost 100 times, killed four civilians yesterday and kidnapping four others. Report from Nabatieh.

[Hadi Hoteit | هادي حطيط @HadiHtt]

Israeli drones targeted me while I was clearly filming a report in an open space with all requirements (press signs on the car, vest and helmet with press signs, cellphones open and not doing anything else.
I was told that Lebanese army was blocking the road somewhere, so i went there searching for where the Lebanese army is.
I stopped at Arnoun-Yohmor-Kfartebnit roundabout because i didn't want to go further.
I got outside my car, with my cameras in the cage and my microphone with PressTV logo.
I was filming when the Israeli drones deliberately attacked where I was standing, and not my car.
Two brave men were able to come to my rescue after about 15 to 20 minutes. I was trying to get away from my car as I was expecting they might retarget it.
6 shrapnels hit my body (1 right chest, 3 right leg, 2 left leg).
I am better now.
Targeting journalists is a war crime.
I wish if any international legal side was able to benefit from this video to
Glory to the resistance, our only hope in front of those zionist criminals.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Israeli forces and settlers have stormed multiple towns in the occupied West Bank in recent hours, targeting civilians and damaging property, according to the Wafa news agency.

🔴LIVE updates: https://t.co/z7TgWqSaas

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

This Sean Penn quote is no more controversial than recognizing Hitler was an enemy of Germany.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Palestinians in Gaza mourn two brothers who were killed in an Israeli strike in central Gaza. Medics said the strike hit near a residential building in the Nuseirat refugee camp, killing brothers Ahmed and Mahmoud Abu Heen.