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[The Pink King @DayalSami]

Call me a hater but I think living in a world where both trillionaires and global poverty coexist is a sign humanity has failed as a species

[World BEYOND War Canada @WBWCanada]

We denounce Carney and Anand's horrifying and deeply shameful choice to stand with Trump and Netanyahu as they launch missile attacks on Iran. Instead of supporting the US and Israel’s blatant acts of war, Canada can and must act to advance diplomacy, de-escalation, and peace.

[Don Davies @DonDavies]

The US attack on Venezuela is neither an act of self defence nor does it have UN Security Council authorization. It is therefore totally illegal and a breach of the UN covenants the US has agreed to uphold as a Member State.

[Rachel Gilmore @atRachelGilmore]

In a world where the Conservative Party is doing its best Trump impression and the Liberal Party is doing its best Conservative impression, we need more than two options.

That’s why you have a dog in the NDP leadership race.

Here's what you need to know about it:

[Don Davies @DonDavies]

As other countries have done, Canada must protect Canadian citizens and ensure the safety of all on the Global Sumud Flotilla who are peacefully bringing medical and relief supplies to suffering Gazans. Recognizing Palestine is necessary - but words must be backed by action.

[The Lefty Canadian Radical 🇵🇸 @Tori_TLCR]

Next the Liberals will tell us about the billions of dollars health care loses us instead of acknowledging it's a public service and services cost money.

[Bea Bruske, CLC President @PresidentCLC]

🧵1/ For years, postal workers have put forward smart, practical ideas to strengthen Canada Post and serve Canadians better.

From expanding delivery service, to providing financial services, to ensuring rural and remote communities aren’t left behind.

[Kara O'Keefe, PharmD @kara_okeefe]

Pharmacists across NL can prescribe an emergency supply of essential medicines due to loss from extenuating circumstances such as a natural disaster.

Check with your local pharmacy team to see how they can help as our province deals with ongoing forest fires.

[Dawn 🌙 @upuntil_dawn]

You guys I’m being so serious you have GOT to release your inhibitions… maybe even feel the rain on your skin

[Rachel Gilmore @atRachelGilmore]

Another strongly worded finger wagging with no concrete action.

Shocking to see our prime minister acknowledge Israel’s violation of international law but still not announce sanctions, a real two-way arms embargo, recognition of a Palestinian state….ANY actual action.

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

WHO operations compromised following attacks on warehouse and facility sheltering staff and families in Gaza

WHO condemns in the strongest terms the attacks on a building housing WHO staff in Deir al Balah, in the middle area of Gaza, the mistreatment of those sheltering there, and the destruction of its main warehouse.

Following intensified hostilities in Deir al Balah after the latest evacuation order issued by Israeli military, the WHO staff residence was attacked three times today. Staff and their families, including children, were exposed to grave danger and traumatized after airstrikes caused a fire and significant damage.

Israeli military entered the premises, forcing women and children to evacuate on foot toward Al-Mawasi amid active conflict. Male staff and family members were handcuffed, stripped, interrogated on the spot, and screened at gunpoint. Two WHO staff and two family members were detained. Three were later released, while one staff member remains in detention.

Thirty-two people, including women and children, were collected and evacuated to the WHO office in a high-risk mission, once access became possible. The office itself is close to the evacuation zone and active conflict.
WHO demands continuous protection of its staff and the immediate release of the remaining detained staff member.

The latest evacuation order has affected several WHO premises. As the United Nations’s (@UN) lead health agency, WHO’s operational presence in #Gaza is now compromised, crippling efforts to sustain a collapsing health system and pushing survival further out of reach for more than two million people.

Most of WHO’s staff housing is now inaccessible. Last night, due to intensified hostilities, 43 staff and their families were already relocated from several staff residences to the WHO office, under darkness and at significant risk.

WHO’s main warehouse located in Deir al Balah is within the evacuation zone, and was damaged yesterday after an attack caused explosions and fire iinside – part of a pattern of systematic destruction of health facilities. It was later looted by desperate crowds.

With the main warehouse nonfunctional and the majority of medical supplies in Gaza depleted, WHO is severely constrained in adequately supporting hospitals, emergency medical teams and health partners, already critically short on medicines, fuel, and equipment. WHO urgently calls on Member States to help ensure a sustained and regular flow of medical supplies into Gaza.

The geographical coordinates of all WHO premises, including offices, warehouses, and staff housing, are shared with the relevant parties. These facilities are the backbone of WHO’s operations in Gaza and must always be protected, regardless of evacuation or displacement orders. Any threat to these premises is a threat to the entire humanitarian health response in Gaza.

In line with the UN’s decision, WHO will remain in Deir al Balah, deliver and expand its operations.

With 88% of Gaza now under evacuation orders or within Israeli-militarized zones, there is no safe place to go.

WHO is appalled by the dangerous conditions under which humanitarians and health workers are forced to operate. As the security situation and access continue to deteriorate, red lines are repeatedly crossed, and humanitarian operations are pushed into an ever-shrinking space to respond.

WHO calls for the immediate release of the WHO staff member detained today, and the protection of all our staff and its premises. We reiterate our call for the active protection of civilians, health care and its premises and for rapid and unimpeded flow of aid, including food, fuel and health supplies, at scale into and across Gaza. WHO also calls for the unconditional release of hostages.

Life in Gaza is being relentlessly squeezed, and the chance to prevent loss of lives and reverse immense damage to the health system slips further out of reach each day.

A ceasefire is not just necessary, it is overdue.

[Anita Anand @AnitaAnandMP]

I spoke with Canada’s Head of Mission in Ramallah earlier today. I can confirm 4 of our personnel were part of the delegation in West Bank when the IDF fired shots in their vicinity. Relieved to know our team is safe.

I have asked my officials to summon Israel’s Ambassador to convey Canada’s serious concerns. We expect a full investigation and accountability.

[Mosab Abu Toha @MosabAbuToha]

In breach of diplomatic norms, the Israeli soldiers opened fire to intimidate a delegation of 35 ambassadors, consuls, and diplomats as they approached the Jenin camp in the West Bank. The camp has been under siege since Jan. 21.

[Warren Kinsella @kinsellawarren]

Carney didn't refuse to participate in THE French debate. He's still doing it. He refused to participate in ANOTHER French debate hosted by a separatist who was demanding $75,000 from him.

It's sloppy journalism (or worse) to claim otherwise.

#cdnpoli

[Sharif Kouddous شريف عبد القدوس @sharifkouddous]

Hossam Shabat filed this article just hours before he was killed by the Israeli military. There needs to be justice for him and the more than 200 Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza. We will not forget.

Read Hossam's last dispatch:

https://t.co/RrIagYxWsD

[Courtney Theriault @cspotweet]

A friendly reminder.

Yes, Carney will be Prime Minister without a seat as the Liberal party members alone elected him, just as Danielle Smith became Premier without a seat as the UCP members alone elected her. It's how our system has always worked, it's not new.

[Max Fawcett 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @maxfawcett]

It didn't make any sense when the UCP fired the CEO of AHS and then dismissed the entire board.

Now it does. And Danielle Smith has some explaining to do. #abpoli https://t.co/yLIm2YO378

[Max Blumenthal @MaxBlumenthal]

Khalida Jarrar is a leftist political prisoner who has been tormented for years by Israel's apartheid authorities for her human rights work. I remember frequently passing by her protest tent in Ramallah throughout 2014, where she was resisting an order of expulsion to the hinterlands of Jericho. She subsequently spent 59 months in prison until 2021, when she was denied temporary release to attend her 31-year-old daughter's funeral. The charges Jarrar faced in the Israeli military's kangaroo courts included attending a book fair and delivering a speech "against the Israeli occupation." She was jailed again for her activism in December 2023, and placed in solitary confinement, which was clearly a form of torture. US corporate media will fixate on Jewish Israeli captives in Gaza while avoiding mention of Jarrar's name. It cannot risk informing Americans that many of the prisoners which Hamas fought to liberate are not Hamas members at all, and are behind bars purely because they resisted occupation through political organizing.