THREAD: On Tuesday evening it appeared the end was finally in sight. Hamas formally accepted the ceasefire proposal put forward by Egypt and Qatar, and spontaneous celebrations erupted in the streets Rafah and other Palestinian towns in the Gaza Strip.
i hope everyone remembers exactly how many insane claims were put forward by israeli officials only to be quietly retracted & how the media & even the president uncritically repeated them.
all the genocidal rhetoric from politicians abt wiping gaza off the map went unquestioned!
“What I see unfolding in Gaza and beyond is genocide.”
Craig Mokhiber tells Al Jazeera his reasoning for resigning as head of UN human rights office over what he says is Israel perpetrating genocide in Gaza.
Maryam is an Afghan child who lives next to my local markaz - I give her a little money whenever I go by on my walks and we chat for a few minutes. Today, Maryam let me know that her and her family were about to leave for Afghanistan before the police began to hurt them and make
Today, I am thinking of human beings in Gaza buried under the rubble.
I am thinking of their joys, dreams, hopes & fears.
I wonder, if the dust ever settles, whether opponents of a ceasefire will look back and reflect on the cost of their inhumanity.
We need a ceasefire, now.
Two weeks ago, we marched in London for a ceasefire.
Last week, we marched for a ceasefire.
Today, we marched for a ceasefire.
This massacre has to end — we need a ceasefire, now.
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