The situation for Palestinians in Gaza is beyond description, beyond atrocious & beyond inhumane.
A policy of siege & starvation makes a mockery of international law. The blockade against humanitarian aid must end immediately.
This is a moment for moral clarity & action.
"Will you act decisively to prevent genocide?"
BBC News reporting that Tom Fletcher's criticism of Israel - He's the former British diplomat and current Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
Also in Twitter highlights: @CormacRussell, who forever makes me think more deeply about communities, and about power, about how we open our eyes to see the strength amongst us, and how we live well together.
Hpw much longer can we hear and read and see such testimony without publicly acknowledging what it constitutes? Witnessing evil while wringing our hands and saying it's complicated.
“The drones would come down and pick off civilians – children.”
A former NHS surgeon, Nizam Mamode, who spent a month working in Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, broke down while testifying about children in Gaza being shot by drones.
“That’s what girls have to think about all the time.”
*small moment of awkwardness*
“Am I right, ladies?”
*applause*
Well done for saying it, Saoirse Ronan.
End Violence Against Women & Girls💜
#EndVAWG#GrahamNortonShow#BBC
“We are lulled into a comfort zone – we cannot really see the crisis.”
“Nature has so far balanced our abuse. This is coming to an end”
@jrockstrom
If you still think we can address the polycrisis without talking about capitalism, then you've been fooled
https://t.co/Q49XrCGbIV
@ruthpatrick0@changing_r@MILKcafeglasgow@CPAGUK@CPAGScotland@IPPRScotland Also could actually justify a work meeting. I work on a school age childcare person-centred, place based programme aimed at tacking child poverty at Scottish Government now. Looks like a fair amount of potential alignment with what you're working on...
This is one insight that educationalists who want to divide the 'traumatised kids' frm the 'ordinary kids' miss out on. I wish the term 'trauma-informed practice' was not the one that caught on. We could have called it 'biologically-informed'. @gerrydiamond71@grahamchatterl2