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Keep the focus#Gaza

This report is only 3 days old. Palestinians are still being starved and slaughtered. Don’t lose focus.

israelis can’t comprehend that other countries actually bomb military targets and not civilians

'He wants to create a wide war.'

Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouti says Iran’s attack on Israel is in response to Israel’s numerous attacks, including a recent one on the Iranian consulate in Syria, and says PM Netanyahu intends to prolong the war on Gaza ⤵️

please take walks in nature and zone out. it’s nice to take a break from being a person. it’s good to let your soul get some fresh air.

I have reached the stage of adulting where I celebrate making it to the next level on Duolingo

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Solidarity with Yanis Varoufakis today.

He is one of the bravest, most principled people I have ever met and is a true force for peace and democracy.

“The US isn't going to let Israel go because it's an extension of American military power…

“This distancing from Netanyahu is damage control.”

WATCH Brian Becker in conversation w/ Mohammed Nabulsi (@mozaknab): youtu.be/2Zd-QqOooU0

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The State Department pressed Azerbaijan's dictator Ilham Aliyev recently on press freedom and human rights abuses, and Aliyev responded by citing the torture of Julian Assange for journalistic activities.

“The violence has seeped into the metropolis”

Anthropologist Ghassan Hage explains why countries like Germany, who enshrined freedom of expression into law, are violently cracking down on pro-Palestinian voices.

Watch The Big Picture Podcast: youtu.be/x-8E5mPBM10

Iran's attack wasn't unprovoked.

It's Israel that wants a wider war.

International norms being destroyed in front of our eyes...

- Israel ignores UNSC resolutions and ICJ rulings
- US says UNSC resolution is non-binding (!)
- Israel bombs Iranian consulate in violation of Vienna convention (VC)
- Ecuador attacks Mexican embassy, violating (VC)

This is a genuine question because it has fallen off the headlines. But didn’t the UNSC pass a ceasefire resolution about two weeks ago? So is Israel just brazenly ignoring it (surprise!!) and Western governments letting it happen under the radar (surprise again!!)?

.Trita Parsi: Many of us warned from the outset of the Gaza war that Biden needed to press for a ceasefire to avoid escalation that could draw the US into the war. Instead, Biden vetoed three UNSC ceasefire resolutions & undermined a fourth by mistakenly claiming it was non-binding.

❗️ Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzia slammed the UN Security Council for failing to act on the Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria as he urged an end to bloodshed in the Middle East during an emergency UNSC meeting.

'It is…

Iran's UN Ambassador, Saeid Iravani, tells the UNSC its attack on Israel was ‘in the exercise of Iran's inherent right to self-defence', and it is not looking to escalate further conflict in the region ⤵️