⚠️The Egyptian Relief Committee in Gaza had been organizing public screenings of World Cup matches for displaced families across the Strip. About an hour before today’s Egypt-Argentina match, Israel killed the committee’s public relations director in a strike on his vehicle. Two others, including a child, were also killed.
⚡️Egyptian national team coach Hossam Hassan:
-Whoever doesn’t feel the suffering of the Palestinian people is not human.
-The Palestinian people are living out in the open and in tents, facing harsh suffering in every detail
-It is a disgrace to all of us that this people is left alone under these conditions
-The killing of thousands of children and women is extremely painful, there is disease, food scarcity, extreme weather, and unending human suffering.
- In America, when an animal dies, campaigns are launched and slogans raised to defend animal rights, while Palestinians are killed and no one seems to care about what’s happening.
-Let the Palestinian people live in peace, please.
-Raising the Palestinian flag is a message of support and fairness to this people.
The strongest case for Sir Alex Ferguson over Pep Guardiola is actually pretty simple.
Football management is more than tactics.
Pep may have influenced football more stylistically, but Ferguson mastered every single aspect of management at the highest level for over 25 years. He wasn’t just coaching a team, he was running an empire.
What makes Ferguson unique is that he built multiple great teams from scratch and kept winning through entirely different football eras. Most managers have one peak cycle. Ferguson had about four.
The early 90s side with Cantona was different from the Treble side. The Treble side was different from the Ronaldo/Rooney era. Then he still won another title in 2013 with a squad that honestly had no business dominating the league the way it did. That level of reinvention over two decades is probably the hardest achievement in football management history.
And unlike Pep, Ferguson did not always have the best squad, best structure, or most money. He regularly outperformed stronger teams through mentality, adaptability, and sheer force of leadership. There’s a reason rival fans still talk about “Fergie Time” almost like mythology, his teams psychologically overwhelmed opponents before games even started.
Another thing people underrate is how difficult Ferguson’s environment was. The Premier League during his era had constantly changing rivals:
Arsenal under Wenger
Chelsea under Mourinho with Roman Abramovich’s money
Liverpool historically
Newcastle’s rise in the 90s
Blackburn spending heavily
Then later the rise of billionaire-backed clubs
Yet Ferguson remained the constant.
Pep, meanwhile, has mostly coached elite, ready-made superclubs with extraordinary infrastructure already in place. That’s not his fault, but it matters in historical comparisons. Ferguson turned young players into world stars repeatedly. Beckham, Giggs, Scholes, Ronaldo, Rooney different generations entirely. Pep improves elite players, Ferguson often created them.
And then there’s the longevity argument, which is massive. Staying at the top for 25+ years in football is nearly impossible now. Dressing rooms change, tactics evolve, player power grows, ownership changes happen, pressure increases. Ferguson survived all of it and still retired as champion.
Pep may end up as the greatest tactical coach ever. But Ferguson’s argument is that he was the more complete football manager leader, builder, psychologist, developer, winner, and cultural architect all in one.
If your father or mother is above 67, please pause and read this slowly.
At that age, life begins to feel different for them. The world moves faster, but their bodies move slower. The things they once did effortlessly now require effort. Their strength is not what it used to be, and even if they don’t say it, they feel it.
What they need now is not pressure. Not stress. Not arguments about money or past mistakes. They need stability. They need reassurance. They need to feel safe.
If they have savings, protect it. This is not the stage for risky investments or “let’s try this opportunity.” It is the stage for preservation. Capital safety matters more than high returns. Peace of mind matters more than profit.
If they depend on you financially, don’t see it as a burden. See it as a privilege. The same hands that once carried you are now weaker. The same voices that defended you now speak softer. Support them with dignity, not pity.
And beyond money, give them something deeper.
Call them without being in a hurry.
Sit with them without checking your phone every two minutes.
Let them repeat stories you’ve heard before. One day, you will wish to hear those stories again.
At 67 and above, what they truly fear is not death. It is loneliness. It is feeling forgotten.
Take care of their health. Help them organize their documents. Make sure they are not being financially manipulated. Protect them from stress. But most importantly, protect their heart.
Because one day, the chair they sit on will be empty.
And no amount of money will buy back one more conversation.
This was Saleh, the dreamer, the one most of us never had the honor of seeing.
He had dreams like everyone else in Gaza. He was a ranked player in table tennis. He loved to sing and made songs before and during the genocide. He memorized all 600 pages of the Quran and loved Islam and he loved God. He was a Youtuber who started his journey on Youtube back in 2020 where he vlogged his life, added his songs, and showed the beauty of Gaza.
Saleh Aljafarawi, for 27 years of his life, lived under a brutal occupation whose only mission was to kill more Palestinians and steal more Palestinian land.
For two years, he starved with his people as he reported on limbless and bloody dead children, night and day. He ran towards airstrikes. He ran towards blood.
Saleh’s name in Arabic means “virtuous” and “righteous.” What a virtuous and righteous man this world has lost. He woke up millions of people to the ugliness of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine, and the greed and evil that runs our world.
He died telling the truth. Western journalists live to tell lies.
Palestine is bigger than just Palestine. Palestine is for every person who believes in freedom.
Saleh’s death will not be in vain. Glory be to the martyrs. Free Palestine. Free us all.
Videos are from Saleh’s Youtube Page
why does the US continue to support Israel, despite condemnation from its own citizens and the world?
Israel helps the US crush liberation movements in the region. and the occupation of Gaza upholds the structures of capitalist imperialism
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