This is the image that will define this war - 165 young Iranian girls, killed while at school, who are mere ‘collateral damage’ to an out of control US-Israeli war machine.
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President @ZelenskyyUa.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
After the U.S. dropped the nuclear bomb on Japan, a famous image emerged of a child carrying his brother, saying, “He is not heavy, he is my brother.”
Now, the scene repeats itself again, this time in Gaza, with the same perpetrator funding and contributing in the crime.
Even as a politics lecturer in a Middle East department, I am lost.
Israel has a right to self defence, but Lebanon does not?
Israelis have the right to be safe, but Palestinians do not?
Iran can’t launch missiles into civilian areas, but Israel can?
None of this is coherent.
Fatima was killed in the pager attack. She was 9 years old. Then during her funeral, Israel set off another explosion killing mourners. Textbook terrorism.
@stan_okl I don’t know who you spoke to in Portugal because, while there are crazy people everywhere, the big majority of the country does not “long for the fascist era”.
Portugal was governed by the Socialist Party for 22 out of the last 30 years for Christ’s sake…