Mother of British World Central Kitchen aid worker James Henderson who was killed by an Israeli airstrike while delivering food in Gaza has demanded UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham impose a complete ban on all arms sales to Israel.
The Ireland-Israel game is set to go ahead today, but it’s not too late. Well done to Gavin Bazunu for boycotting. At yesterday’s England-Spain game, we called for countries to refuse to play Israel and for @UEFAcom to ban Israel.
#stopthegame#banisrael
Israel atrocities since Gavin Bazunu left #Ireland camp:
Total killed 8: 2 men, 2 women, 4 children
Total seriously maimed 42: 13 men, 10 women, 19 children
Named child: Muhammad Saif age 12
The #Genocide continues supported by the FAI, UEFA and #FFFG#coybig ❌ #StopTheGame
@DavidSneyd “My decision is based purely on my personal belief that the killing of innocent people is wrong.”
—Gavin Bazunu
Women from all over Ireland 🇮🇪 made this quilt. It has over 2,500 squares. Each represents 10 Palestinian children killed by Israel in Gaza.
Well done to Ireland goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu for taking the principled decision to withdraw from the game against Israel.
He should never have been put in this position, but he has shown immense moral courage and integrity by doing the right thing in the face of genocide.
Now it is official.
"In relation to Israels military operations in Gaza, we conclude that Israeli authorities are responsible for war crimes. Including extermination, murder, using starvation as a method of war, forcible transfer"
(UN Human Rights Council)
Her face is everything.
We don’t talk enough about Palestinian parents who, despite their own suffering, do everything they can to bring joy to their children.
During the bombing of Gaza City, a young man named Hamed Ashour found a German Shepherd that had been separated from its owners due to the heavy shelling. Hamed took the dog to his tent and cared for it so devotedly that he even shared his food with it.
International organizations sympathized with his story and asked him to film the tent and the living conditions he and the dog were enduring so he did. The footage moved many, including an Irish organization that was deeply affected and demanded a safe transfer for the dog, claiming that the tent where it lived was unfit for habitation and unsuitable for its environment.
Indeed, the dog was evacuated to Ireland while Hamed was left behind in the same tent deemed unfit even for the dog.
There’s a saying by Martin Luther King: “The problem is not with the cruelty of the world, but with the silence of humanity.”
As the Israel team travels to Europe where they will play against Austria, Ireland and Kosovo between 24 September - 6 October, Palestinian families are being displaced and dispossessed, their land stolen, their olive trees uprooted, and their histories erased by settlers with the support of the Israeli military. The beautiful game should bring people together, not rubber-stamp apartheid.
It’s unconscionable that the Israel men’s football team will participate in the UEFA Nations League this autumn despite clear evidence that Israel’s football association continues to support illegal settlements.
Sport should never be used as a public relations spectacle for states committing atrocities. When rules are broken, when occupation, apartheid and genocide are ongoing, we cannot look the other way.
I can hardly describe the joy and happiness of the children today as they watched the movie Coco at @phoenixlibrary1 . They were on cloud nine, and I was just as immersed, feeling completely detached from reality for two hours. A simple initiative was all it took to bring back a sense of life, if only for a few moments, far from the nightmares of destruction and shelling left behind by the Israeli occupation in our minds and the minds of our children.
Honestly, for the first time in my life, I want to thank myself. Seeing those smiles on the children's faces is truly the greatest treasure in life.
Today was my son Emad’s first day of school. It was such a beautiful day. 💔
We faced many difficulties trying to enroll him in this school because so many schools in Gaza have been destroyed during the war. This school is nearly 3 kilometers away from our tent, but the long walk does not matter. What matters most is that my son Emad was so happy today.
Every day, Emad and I will walk 3 kilometers to school and another 3 kilometers back. I will wait for him outside the school until he finishes his classes, and then we will walk back together.
This is me—a father from Gaza who simply wants to see his child learn, receive an education, and achieve his dreams.
And perhaps I am not the only father doing this. Along the way, I saw many parents walking with their children, and others were waiting with me outside the school for their children to finish. 💔
All I wished for today was for life in Gaza to become safe again, for our children to live in peace and security, and for education, peace, and safety to spread throughout our land. 🍉🇵🇸
I am Diear Al-Masri, living in Gaza.
We have been under genocide for two years and are unable to secure even the most basic necessities we need.
I created this campaign to help me support my family.
Please offer us your help.
https://t.co/5oYNPajgjC
NOW: Thousands marching for Palestine in Liverpool to the Labour conference to demand our government implement full sanctions on Israel and stop arming their genocide and apartheid. Palestinians cannot live with half measures.