lamia Raei

Social- Anthropologist. Specialist in International Development , Cuture and Arts in the MENA Region. This account reflects my personal opinions

[Omar Hamad | عُـمَـرْ 𓂆 @OmarHamadD]

My brother sent me this picture; I had no idea he captured it at that moment. Midway through our displacement, as we fled on foot with our bags on our shoulders, I was stopped by an exhausted, weary woman. Worn out by the road, she was dragging her disabled daughter in a wheelchair. With absolute humility, she asked if I could push her daughter to relieve her of some of the exhaustion. The road was packed with people, and the sun was scorching our skin with its rays. I had already walked more than three kilometers and fatigue was starting to consume me. The daughter sat completely motionless, literally being eaten alive by the sun. That day, I didn't feel the physical toll as much as my heart was consumed by grief for that mother, enduring such a long and brutal journey.

This is just a fraction of the immense pain we lived through, and continue to live through, with every passing moment.

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

Anyone might have thought they were trying to prevent journalists from reporting from Gaza

"Al Jazeera cameraman Ahmed Wishah killed in Israeli strike on Gaza. Wishah among at least 260 journalists killed since Israel’s war on Gaza began in October 2023"
https://t.co/UNJytCVtL7

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

Simply, Israel's strategy has PATENTLY been to hit Shiite (& Palestinian) civilian structures & what makes an area interesting or rich in order to cause depopulation. Killing a turtle preservationist is just one of the manifestations of the strategy.Spraying olive trees as well.

[Sarah Wilkinson @swilkinsonbc]

The largest concentration camp in the world; more than 170,000 tents cover Gaza, says @Tamer_Alnoaizy — an israeli-engineered nightmare

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

This is a crime so dark it is difficult to comprehend

[aapayés @aapayes]

🇵🇸Niña palestina que relevo a su madre periodista después de haber sido asesinada por el ejército sionista del apartheid israelí

Corresponsal de guerra de 11 años en Gaza Israel ha asesinado a muchísimos periodistas, incluida su madre. ¿Asesinarán a esta niña talentosa, también?

[Zachary Foster @_ZachFoster]

Israel is the most genocidal country on earth.

[Stop The Bollocks with Mirabel @MirabelTweets1]

Israel has killed FOUR THOUSAND people in Lebanon

FOUR. THOUSAND. PEOPLE.

Not reported in the Westerm MSM

If 4K people were killed in Israel we would be in Armageddon.

[Gaza Notifications @gazanotice]

🚨 In what appears to be a systematic targeting of community figures, Mr. Tarek Abu Saif, Director of the Hamamat Al-Salam Foundation, was killed in an Israeli strike that hit his vehicle in Gaza City two days ago.

His organization had contributed to rebuilding Al-Shifa Medical Complex, restoring university classrooms at Al-Aqsa and Al-Azhar, and establishing several schools across Gaza.

[Israel Exposed @xIsraelExposedx]

98% of these Christian resident were ethnically cleansed from their homes in West Jerusalem by Israeli forces in 1948. This Christian grandmother explains how Muslims, Jews and Christians lived as equal, before zionism.

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🧵THREAD: The June 18 U.N. Security Council briefing on Gaza was requested by all 10 non-permanent members of the Council and supported by four of its five permanent members. The United States was the only member that did not back the request.

The session included briefings from U.N. humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher and Oxfam’s Bushra Khalidi, who warned that the Gaza ceasefire was failing and that Palestinians were being denied the conditions necessary to survive.

Country after country, alongside the U.N. and Oxfam, warned that Israel is deliberately dismantling the conditions needed for life in Gaza. Speakers described severe restrictions on humanitarian aid despite a nominal ceasefire, and criticized efforts to condition reconstruction and recovery on Palestinian disarmament.

We’re sharing key moments from the session below:

1. Full remarks from U.N. humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher:

[Marwa Osman || مروة عثمان @Marwa__Osman]

They knew exactly who Mona Khalil was.

They knew the bright orange house in Mansouri, south Lebanon. They knew it was not a military site, not a command center, not a battlefield position. It was one of the most recognizable symbols of environmental conservation on Lebanon's southern coast; a sanctuary dedicated to protecting endangered sea turtles and preserving life.

Mona spent her years defending the most vulnerable creatures of the Mediterranean, teaching generations that every life matters, that nature is not a casualty to be discarded, and that humanity has a duty to protect what cannot protect itself.

Yet the same orange house that stood as a beacon of conservation became a target for terrorist Israel.

This was an assault on a woman whose life's work was devoted to safeguarding life itself. A woman known internationally for her environmental activism, whose name had become synonymous with the protection of Lebanon's coastline and its endangered sea turtles.

The murder of Mona Khalil sends a chilling message: even those whose only weapon is compassion, whose only mission is preservation, are not spared.

[Sarah Wilkinson @swilkinsonbc]

Unicef’s James Elder says a child is killed by the israelis every day in Gaza, not in a war zone, but in their homes, schools or playing football

[✨⋰Ẍ⋱ 🇸🇾شركسية✨ @savienog]

This is Damascus, the capital of my country.

Israel bombed it less than a year ago, despite the fact that not a single shot had been fired at Israel from Syria for over 60 years.

This had nothing to do with Iran, Hezbollah, or Hamas. It was part of Israel’s efforts to interfere in the country’s internal affairs and keep it divided and weak.

So when Israelis claim that Israel does not attack those who do not attack it, Damascus proves otherwise.

[Muhammad Mazen @mhmd_s09]

Shocking reports from Israeli soldiers who participated in the Gaza war:

They say they received orders to kill as many Palestinians as possible in Gaza. Another soldier says he shot innocent people like "ducks" in the head for fun, and that they would dig holes and bury them alive!

The world must know the truth about these monsters.

[Patrick Henningsen @21WIRE]

This is so diabical and sadistic. Israel is a rabid dog, there is no rehabilitating it now. It must be dealt with. Look at what these demons are doing in Gaza now...

[Harry Pettit 🇱🇧🇵🇸 @HarrygPettit]

An Egyptian PhD student asked his university, Erasmus Rotterdam, to change supervisor after his supervisor signed a letter supporting the genocide in Gaza.

The university refused, and forced Ahmed to leave instead. Ahmed took them to court, and lost.

We all know if this had been a Jewish student and Arab supervisor it would have gone very differently.

Well done to Ahmed for pushing all the way to expose the hypocrisy anf supremacy at the heart of our universities.
https://t.co/n7qqfuKDXA

[Nada Maucourant Atallah @MaucourantNada]

Very sad to learn that Mona Khalil died after weeks in the ICU following an Israeli strike that levelled her home in Mansouri. She was a very well-known environmental activist and dedicated her life to saving endangered turtles. She stayed in the south despite Israeli strikes because of her love for the land.

She was a civilian, a renowned figure but Israel targeted her house.

CNN profiled her in 2017 here: https://t.co/ZaMRnuS4zf

“I live every day to the fullest and don’t worry about tomorrow,” she told the newspaper.

[Sarah Wilkinson @swilkinsonbc]

The israelis have been strategically dropping dozens of HIGHLY-lethal cluster munitions disguised as children’s toys & footballs into Lebanon