Reminder that as the world watches the world cup, the actual world is burning.
Gaza is still being wiped out, with even the Egyptian representative who was organizing the watch parties murdered by Israel in what appears to be a sick form of retaliation for the coach of the national team holding up the flag and cause of Palestine at the world cup. Lebanon is still under attack and an expanding occupation. And another round of stupidity and recklessness of the Iran war is now going to lead to even more casualties. All along, so many of the African nations, even if represented on the field, carry the weight of generations of exploitation.
Just be careful not to let the spectacle make you forget the suffering, the silenced, and the systems that keep crushing them.
May Allah keep our hearts awake, our eyes open, and our actions guided. May He protect the innocent and oppressed all around, and make an example of their oppressors. Ameen
🚨 START POINT CONFIRMED - National March for Palestine - Tell the New PM - Stop the Genocide
⏰ Saturday 18 July, 12PM
📍 Russell Square, London
Keir Starmer has been forced to resign – brought down partly by his shameful support for Israel’s crimes.
Join our march to send a powerful message to the next Prime Minister to break with this moral bankruptcy, stand up for Palestine and take all possible action to end Israel’s genocide.
🚨🗣️ Hossam Hassan on Palestine:
“By the way, the Palestinian children you are leaving to die love football. They wear Barcelona, Real Madrid and Argentina shirts.
They love you and they love football… but you are leaving them to die.” 💔
For the thousandth time @BBCNews, you need to tell the public when there’s no evidence behind a claim. Tell us Israel’s response, but caveat it with “we have seen no evidence to support this.” Dr Hussam Abu Safiya’s life is on the line. I am so utterly disgusted and exhausted.
Activists built a water station providing clean drinking water to Palestinians.
He posts about it's launch on X.
One hour later Israel bombs it, killing the workers.
عاااااااجل : أسطورة الكرة الإنجليزية آلان شيرار:
عندما يعود الحكم للـ VAR في هدف مصر ويُلغيه بسبب إعاقة في بداية اللعبة، ولا يعود للـ VAR في هدف فوز الأرجنتين رغم وجود إعاقتين في بداية اللعبة.. إذًا فنحن نشاهد "مسرحية" وليست مباراة كرة قدم.
إذا كان الفيفا يرغب في إهداء كأس العالم لميسي فليعطيه اللقب من الآن ويذهب لاعبو باقي المنتخبات إلى منازلهم 👏👏👏👏👏
Over the years, FIFA has suspended the likes of Nigeria, Kuwait, Indonesia, Pakistan, Congo, Sierra Leone, and Guatemala over government interference in football.
But the US president ringing up to get an on-field decision overturned?
Absolutely fine. Nothing to see here.
Scandalous.
18 months in arbitrary detention. No charge. No evidence. Torture attested by his lawyer, marks visible on his body.
And instead of covering this, @BBC amplifies Israel's unproven claims casting doubt on a hostage doctor.
>BBC's journalism in the time of genocide.
Thanks Donald Trump for allowing the rest of the world to mock our football team because you couldn’t stop ruining everything you stick your nose into.
Whether it is or isn’t a red to Balogun is now irrelevant. Government interference is a violation of FIFA Article 2 & 15, and the punishment is disqualification and suspension. #FIFAWorldCup
REMEMBER the calls for "the release of the hostages"?
WHY did the UK Establishment, the politico-media "elites", go SILENT as soon as the Israeli hostages were released?
There are some 10,000 Palestinians held without charge or any legal process. THEY ARE HOSTAGES TOO
Dr Hussam Abu Safiya is a HOSTAGE
The British Govt should be DEMANDING his immediate release
@BBCNews should give his case PROPER & SUSTAINED publicity
🚨A 4 month old BABY died because soldiers REFUSED TO OPEN A GATE to a waiting ambulance
If this was ANY OTHER COUNTRY we would be shocked to our core
But it’s Israeli soldiers, so no one is surprised - their cruelty has become so normalised.
The most IMMORAL army on Earth
Nobody wants data centers everywhere. Nobody wants flying cars. Nobody wants a city on Mars. Nobody wants AI in every app. Nobody wants a robot butler. All we want is clean water, we want bees to survive, and we want a habitable planet.
Water is a birthright and NOT a commodity. Water belongs to the earth, to other species, and to future generations. No corporation has the right to control it.
🚨Breaking: Dr. Hussam Abu-Safeia, director of Kamal Edwan Hospital, is being killed by Israeli Occupation Forces.
Dr. Hussam is heavily tutored, and each time his lawyer visits, new injuries are discovered on him.
His last words to his lawyer were: “They brought me here to kill me; this is my end.”
Israel has already killed Dr. Hussam’s son, and now it’s Dr.Hussam’s turn.
Raise awareness and speak out to help him before it’s too late.
🚨 Dr. Abu Safiya is being tortured to death and urgently needs treatment 🚨
In under 2 minutes, use these links to push international authorities to demand Dr. Abu Safiya's immediate release & hospitalization.
👉 https://t.co/9rvSER7nP6
👉 https://t.co/Qk98HK5qMO
I always think about the simple Egyptian fruit seller who realized aid trucks were headed to Gaza and started throwing fruit onto them. Coach Hossam exemplified that sincerity yesterday. The deep love that this Ummah has for Palestine unites us, and the disconnect is only between the streets and the politics, not the people.