Gaza is “a post-apocalyptic environment,” with “people just waiting to be killed, either by airstrike, by disease, or even by hunger,” says UNRWA chief Philippe @UNLazzarini.
On the consequences of the Knesset vote to stop UNRWA’s operations, he warns “that means that the backbone of the humanitarian response in Gaza will collapse.”
Watch my full conversation with UNRWA’s commissioner general about the humanitarian disaster in Gaza, Israel’s move to shut down the organization, allegations of links to Hamas, and more.
To mark Day of the #ImprisonedWriter, send a message of hope and solidarity through our letter-writing campaign, #PENWrites, and join bookshops across the UK taking part in the campaign.
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Berkeley Becomes The First US City To Ban Factory Farming
“Berkeley citizens have voted in favour of banning factory farming”
Absolutely wonderful news
#AnimalsMatter#EndFactoryFarming#Forever
https://t.co/UBTjCHTIO7 via @PlantBasedNews
@GuardianBooks It’s an appalling reality. I was checking demographics for Norfolk last week and the county has appallingly low writing levels for children (and low educational achievement generally) - why? We have the National Writing Centre here - is there a series of possible solutions?
“That Shattered is a book Hanif Kureishi could not have written without this calamity befalling him must be of scant comfort, yet these dispatches from its front line are extraordinary.” @chris_power
https://t.co/hDeWMqAZoA
“..critical for non-GM supply chains incl. organic, that govt legislate co-existence.
Untraceable new GMOs in food/farming threatens ability to fulfil legal duty to maintain separate supply chains.
Govt agencies have duty of care to safeguard food systems integrity across the UK”
This is a dark, dark day for people around the globe. The world’s largest economy and most powerful military will be led by a dangerous, destructive demagogue.