Tom Ash

#Citylis alumna, Star Wars, Star Trek, otaku, comic geek & artist. Views are my own.

[Tom Ash @tashtom]

Leaving Khitomer - Star Trek VI: fan animation https://t.co/9jHdQAk0s7 via @YouTube

[Jamarrius @YungxJayy]

The dismissive and dehumanizing framing of this story is disgusting. The New York Times would never report the story this way if it were an Israeli baby that was killed, but they have no problem completely disregarding the humanity of Palestinian families.

[Frances 'Cassandra' Coppola @Frances_Coppola]

Huwara has been the target of repeated settler pogroms, including one only two days before the Oct 7th attacks. In February 2023 it suffered a pogrom so bad that the Israeli press compared it to Kristallnacht. https://t.co/yRg6N4fzO3

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Israel dropped a bomb on Mona’s home in Mansouri, South Lebanon, today.

Mona is not a fighter.

She is an environmental activist who dedicated her life to protecting endangered sea turtles.

Because of Israel, Mona is now fighting for her life in a hospital bed.

[Alonso Gurmendi @Alonso_GD]

The “uninvolved civilian” they shot at was a SEVEN MONTH OLD BABY.

His name was Sam Fahd Abou Haikal.

[Alonso Gurmendi @Alonso_GD]

As a reminder, the ICJ barred Ethiopia & Liberia from suing South Africa to end apartheid. The decision was awful. It led to the “Barcelona Traction” standard we use today, that allows South Africa to sue Israel. The ICJ has often failed to be up to the challenge of its stature

[Agnes Callamard @AgnesCallamard]

Amnesty has an Urgent Action on behalf of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya. Israel must release him now. Why oh why such cruelty? Why oh why those with the power to hold Israel authorities accountable for their cruelty failing over and over?

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya should be with his loved ones, and caring for the many many people in need of his skills. The last place where he should be is solitary confinement.

https://t.co/ewJQfpEfpZ

[Zachary Foster @_ZachFoster]

The Israeli army, seen here using human shields as it carries out a terrorist attack against Palestinians.

[Barry Malone @malonebarry]

How is this not headline news all around the world?

Why aren't these images everywhere?

Imagine if this was an Israeli baby.

[Itay Epshtain @EpshtainItay]

A Jewish lynch mob has raided the Palestinian village of Huwara this morning, assaulting two Palestinians.

This, despite appearances, is not a story of "extremism". To describe it as such is to obscure the legal reality.

Settler violence in the occupied Palestinian territory has long been directed by organs of the State. The perpetrators operate as auxiliary militias, at times in civilian clothes, at times in uniform, but increasingly with functions that blur any meaningful distinction.

From that reality flows a conclusion that is as simple as it is complex. Under international law, responsibility lies not only with the individuals who wield the firearms, but with the occupying Power that supports their actions.

The remedy is not another condemnation. It is compliance with the law. As the International Court of Justice has made clear, Israel's continued presence in the occupied Palestinian territory is unlawful. The obligation is to bring that presence to an end, completely, unconditionally, and without delay.

[Alonso Gurmendi @Alonso_GD]

Israel kills a baby and the response I get is “accidents happen in war”. Israel has killed over 1,500 -yes one thousand five hundred- babies under one year old since 7/10.

[The Halfway Post @HalfwayPost]

BREAKING: Donald Trump is reportedly terrified that #EvictTheTrumps is going viral globally, and it’ll convince more countries to do Albania-style protests against their governments to demand all his real estate properties be shut down so they can’t be used for sex-trafficking.

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

It’s been many hours since Israeli forces shot and killed a 7-month-old Palestinian infant in the occupied West Bank, and I still don’t see any headlines from NYT, AP, CNN, Washington Post, Sky News…

Israel murdering babies is so normalized that it barely registers as news.

[Masked Rogue 😷 🇵🇸 @unMaskedRogue]

A queer teenager in Cambridge was invited to speak about her experiences at the city’s Pride flag raising ceremony. When she began to detail the harm caused by homophobia and transphobia on city council, the mayor took her mic away and said she wouldn’t stand for such disrespect

[Tom Ash @tashtom]

@stephenpollard @Telegraph I think be allowed to participate in war crimes unchecked is sinister, but you seem not to agree

[Tom Ash @tashtom]

@JDVance Maybe you should be more concerned about resolving issues of gun death closer to home? https://t.co/3SnBY6AK5Y

[dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠 @dave43law]

Vance needs to take a long hard look at what is happening under his nose before he seeks to attack and incite within the UK

Maybe he needs to think impeachment not interference

[Bob's Vintage Bricks @bobvintagebrick]

Our Teen Wolf (1985) creation is now a LEGO Ideas submission!
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Made in full partnership with @sturdyboyrich
Thank you!
– Bob

[Zachary Foster @_ZachFoster]

Sickening

[Gianluca Martino @gianlucamart1]

🧵"Desidero che la Papamobile venga trasformata in una clinica mobile e donata ai bambini di Gaza"
Questa è una delle ultime volontà di Papa Francesco prima di morire.
Ad eseguire la disposizione di Papa Francesco, il Vaticano incarica il cardinale svedese Anders Arborelius che a sua volta incarica la Caritas svedese per la trasformazione del veicolo.

Quando la stampa dà la notizia dell'incarico alla Caritas svedese di trasformare la Papamobile in clinica mobile per i bambini di Gaza, scatta la solidarietà dei cittadini svedesi che in pochi giorni inviano alla Caritas cospicue donazioni.

Grazie alle somme raccolte, la Caritas, non solo riesce a trasformare la Papamobile in una clinica mobile fornita di attrezzature mediche di ultima generazione, ma acquista altre 12 ambulanze da inviare a Gaza.

A novembre dello scorso anno, quando i lavori sulla Papamobile sono ultimati, per celebrare l'evento e assolvere all'ultima volontà di Papa Francesco, il Vaticano sceglie Betlemme, la città simbolo per eccellenza della cristianità, la città dove nacque Cristo.
In Piazza della Mangiatoia, il cardinale Anders Arborelius benedice la Papamobile e le ambulanze in partenza verso Gaza.
La Papamobile viene rinominata "Veicolo della Speranza".

Passano giorni, settimane e poi mesi ma gli occupanti israeliani non consentono alla Caritas di fare entrare il Veicolo della Speranza a Gaza.
I rappresentanti del Vaticano e della Caritas chiedono più volte spiegazioni ma Israele si prende gioco di loro inventando storie assurde.
"Non è pervenuta alcuna richiesta di autorizzazione"
E poi ancora: "I materiali sanitari all'interno della Papamobile potrebbero finire nelle mani di Hamas ed essere usati come armi".

E intanto la Papamobile, trasformata in un gioiello della tecnologia medica, in grado di curare 200 bambini al giorno, è ancora lì, dopo sette mesi, sotto una teca in un parcheggio a pochi metri da Piazza della Mangiatoia in attesa di raggiungere i bambini di Gaza.

In uno stupendo articolo scritto dal cardinale Arborelius su ICN, Independent Catholic News (*link nel primo commento) il cardinale si rivolge alle autorità israeliane, chiede, quasi supplica, di lasciare entrare il Veicolo della Speranza ma non rinuncia a scrivere: "Negare le cure mediche ai bambini significa oltrepassare un limite morale che dovrebbe turbare tutti".

Limite morale che non turba i leader politici occidentali che ostentano senza ritegno la loro fede cristiana ma restano in un vile silenzio mentre la colonia di plastica denominata Israele umilia il Vaticano prendendosi gioco delle ultime volontà di un Papa.
Che schifo!

[Hend Amry @LibyaLiberty]

So this Israeli man proudly and on camera boasts to killing and “grinding up” countless children. He is one of so many proudly sharing their bloodthirsty war crimes. But you never hear the same from Palestinians. They don’t boast of targeting and grinding up women and children. They don’t revel in cruelty. They always say they are cornered and without options. They are begging for intervention that never comes. Yet they’re the “terrorists”.