“#Famine is now confirmed in #Gaza City. This is starvation by design and manmade by the Government of Israel. It is the direct result of banning food and other basic supplies for months including from UNRWA,” says UNRWA Commissioner-General @UNLazzarini.
The spread of famine can still be stopped. It is a matter of political will.
We need a #CeasefireNow and humanitarian organisations must be allowed to do their work.
Let us bring aid into Gaza.
The targeted killing of Anas al-Sharif and five other journalists on Sunday means at least 242 Palestinian journalists have been killed by Israeli forces since the beginning of October 2023.
No conflict in modern history has seen a higher number of journalists killed.
The killing in Gaza continues. Yesterday, August 11 ,the Israeli military killed 100 people, 31 of whom were waiting for humanitarian aid.
ישראל ממשיכה את ההרג בעזה. אתמול, 11.8, הצבא הישראלי הרג 100 בני אדם - מתוכם 31 בעת שחיכו לסיוע הומניטרי
"[We are] angry, outraged, powerless & ashamed," @clarissaward on the killing of Anas al-Sharif. "We are confronted by a stream of accusations from the IDF that seek to dehumanize our Palestinian colleagues, that seek to justify their killings. And the nature of the carefully calibrated language that we are using in our stories, I understand to many, just feel so detached and so not not proportional to the agony and outrage of the moment.
And behind the scene, many of us continue to push & press & sign letters & write petitions & do meetings, & none of it seems to make a damn bit of difference."
What's stopping more mainstream media journalists from stating this same message? The more people speaking up, the more difficult it's to silence them. Those remaining silent are betraying Gaza, their colleagues on the ground, their colleagues who speak up, & their very own souls.
Fun fact: Israel kidnapped a 15-year old American boy, caged him in Megiddo prison without trial (where children are regularly raped), starved him of 25 lbs, denied him medical care after he contracted scabies—no one hearing from him since.
Oh, and US taxpayers covered the bill.
“A significant proportion of manifested trucks are turned away with vital supplies. The world needs to know... This has to stop.”
Mary Robinson and @HelenClarkNZ witness the devastating reality at the closed Rafah border with Gaza.
Former President Mary Robinson says Donald Trump could end the “awful” Gaza crisis by telling Israel the US wants a ceasefire now - and by halting the supply of arms.
Robinson has spent the last three days visiting the Egyptian side of Rafah crossing.
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Why does the BBC and the Times continue to platform this nakedly anti-Muslim bigot?
Imagine a journalist suggesting Zac Goldsmith as mayor of London would ‘Judaize’ London? It would cost that person their job. But Phillips keeps her platforms despite her open bigotry.