Fa. pan @leapp77

Today, a little girl was sitting among her classmates in a tent in northern Gaza. We call it a school, although it is only a tent. The schools have been destroyed, and for nearly three years these children have been denied the right to learn. Her teacher was explaining a lesson, and she was searching her schoolbag for a pen. And then she felt a pain in her foot. At first, she did not understand what had happened. Why should she? There was no fighting inside the tent, nothing to suggest that a bullet might reach her. Her classmates noticed the blood. The children screamed. A place where children had gathered to recover their stolen education became a place where everyone was trying to save her life. She arrived at Al-Rahma Clinic bleeding heavily. Our team treated her, and the doctor removed the bullet, but fragments remained close to an artery in her foot. An ambulance took her to the hospital, where she is undergoing surgery. She was the second person brought to our clinic today with a gunshot wound from the same area. And neither of them should have been there. Israeli soldiers stand along the outskirts of Gaza, firing toward areas where civilians live. Beyond their rifles are families in tents and children trying to learn. I think about the soldier who fired that bullet. I do not know what he was thinking when he pulled the trigger. But I know what happened at the other end of his rifle. A little girl left home to learn, and before the day was over, she was lying on an operating table. This thought is unbearable: that one human being may live an ordinary day while another’s life has been torn apart by his actions. And what makes it even harder to bear is how ordinary such suffering has become to the world. I wonder whether the world has grown so accustomed to our suffering that it no longer sees anything extraordinary in it. A girl shot during a lesson. A boy killed outside his tent. A father shot while searching for food. Another story. Another victim. And the world moves on. But these are not merely stories. Each contains an entire human life. And these are lives that have already endured more than any child should have to bear. For nearly three years, Gaza’s children have watched their homes disappear, their schools turn to ruins, and their families die. Still they try to learn. They sit inside tents, listen to teachers, and open their schoolbags. What more can anyone demand of these children? Must they stop playing? They already have. Must they leave their schools? Their schools have been destroyed. Must they hide inside tents? They already live in them. Where, then, are they supposed to go? And if even these tents cannot protect them, what will? I fear tomorrow there will be another child, another ambulance, another family waiting outside an operating room. Again, we will tell the story, and the world will move on. And yet my thoughts keep returning to the little girl before all of this happened. A girl sitting among her classmates, listening to her teacher, searching in her schoolbag. I wonder whether she ever found her pen. It seems a foolish question when there are so many terrible things to ask. Whether she will recover. Whether she will walk without pain. Whether she will ever feel safe in a classroom again. Yet I cannot stop thinking about it. Because before the blood, before the ambulance, before the operating room, she was a child who wanted to write down what her teacher was saying. She was not looking for death. She was looking for a pen. #SurvivalTestimony

Last time you wanted to "finish the job", Iran emerged even stronger. Want to try your luck again? Be our guest. But be careful; we have unfinished jobs too. Netanyahu is driving America into another war to stay out of jail, whatever the consequences for Israel—let alone POTUS.

This is Israel. This is Zionism

Squinter @squinteratn

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Israel in a picture.

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Gaza exposed everyone

مصورة الواشنطن بوست التي تعرض لهجوم من الوحوش الصهاينة في الضفة الغربية المحتلة. "رسالة واحدة إلى أهاليهم: لا أعرف كيف يمكن لأب أو أم أن يربّيا مثل هؤلاء الوحوش. حقًا، وبكل صراحة. لقد شهدت بنفسي سلوكهم وهم يعتدون على العائلات، وقد نشرنا مؤخرًا تقريرًا عن ذلك. وأشعر بخجل شديد، وبصفتي أمًا، لا أستطيع أن أفهم كيف يمكن لأهل أن يربّوا أفرادًا بهذه الوحشية. إنهم ليسوا بشرًا حتى. ونعم، إنهم إرهابيون يهود، وهم يسيئون إلى سمعة الجميع في هذا البلد بصورة مروّعة. وللأسف، أصبح الجميع يرون حقيقتهم على ما هي عليه. وهل تعرفون ما الأمر المحزن؟ أنا متأكدة من أن أحدًا منهم لن يُلاحَق قضائيًا، للأسف." x.com/ZerMoran/statu…

Israeli settler terrorists attacked Heidi Levine, a veteran photographer for @washingtonpost, in the West Bank on Friday. She was wearing a protective vest clearly marked “PRESS” on front and back and was knocked to the ground, beat and kicked repeatedly, and possibly stabbed multiple times as the terrorists stole her phone and camera. She is being treated for lacerations across her body, a broken rib and four broken vertebrae. She will need surgery on one hand after a finger was ripped open, exposing bone. The IDF reportedly provided cover for the terrorists with tear gas and machine guns as Levine was being assaulted. The Washington Post is calling for Israeli authorities to investigate themselves.

Ms Rachel on Instagram 3 year old Maryam saw her mom burn to death by Israel “Why isn't this covered in mainstream news? She keeps saying "| want my mom" & "My body hurts.”

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The newly launched Gaza Genocide Center has released its first survivor testimony, with English subtitles. Somaia El-Swerki was 19 when an Israeli airstrike destroyed her family home in Gaza City on December 2, 2023. She survived 21 days trapped beneath the rubble. Her mother died beside her on the seventh day.

Gaza Genocide Center @GazaGenocideCtr

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"Mama held on for seven days before she died." Somaia lay beside her mother beneath the rubble of their home in Gaza City for three weeks, and lived to tell it. Our first testimony from Gaza, now with English subtitles.

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اسمعوا، بعتت لناس عندهم ملايين المتابعين يشاركوا حملة بلدية غزة «ما قبل الشتاء»، حملة تمويل عشان البلدية تقدر تفتح المجاري وتسلّكها، ونحاول نمنع ميّة المطر من إنها تغرق خيام الناس.. طنشوني 😬 يمكن عشان الحملة تطوعية، وما في مصاري مقابل نشر ستوري، مع إنه كل دولار فيها حق للناس اللي بدنا نحميهم من الغرق والشتا. بتعرفوا حد ممكن يساعد في النشر بدون مقابل؟ رابط الحملة: gaza-city.org/campaign/6

What happened to me is bigger than one artist or one stage. When the billionaire class can decide which voices are allowed on stage and which ones are too dangerous to hear, everyone should be paying attention. So we're going on tour. All proceeds will benefit organizations supporting the Palestinian people and movement. Sign up at macklemore.com

Watching everything unfold around Ed Sheeran and Macklemore has reminded us Palestinians of something we will never forget: the love and solidarity the Irish people have shown us. We owe the people of Ireland a lifetime of respect. 🇵🇸🇮🇪

Ed Sheeran Has No Tour Openers Left After Finneas & Lukas Graham Drop Out Over Macklemore ‘Free Palestine’ Controversy billboard.com/music/music-ne…

If you find yourself saying ‘I’m not taking sides’ during a genocide, you are. You most definitely are.

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Ed Sheeran’s international tour has been thrown into crisis after rapper Macklemore was dropped from the tour’s US dates for his onstage support of Palestine, and all of the British singer’s other openers quit to protest the removal. cnn.it/4xwNHOD

I have officially withdrawn from the Ed Sheeran tour

Wanting all humans to be treated equal should never be controversial.

@JrAbbate @ItsMichaelVegas

@PDiczok @RyanRozbiani Booomer

The accusation that I am antisemitic is appalling and fundamentally dishonest. Criticizing the actions of the Israeli prime minister, a military technology contract, or the executives who supply it is not the same as criticizing Jewish people. This critical and necessary dialogue is then dishonestly framed as being anti-Israel. To be clear, my views come from my own political convictions and should never be interpreted as hostility toward Jewish people, for whom I have deep love and respect.  Everything I know about acting, activism, and humanism has been profoundly shaped by the Jewish friends, colleagues, and loved ones who have been integral and family throughout every point of my life. This merger has real consequences for real people, and for the entire country. Scrutinizing the Ellisons, including Oracle’s business built on data, surveillance technology and government contracts, and the serious threat to editorial freedom and the loss of a livelihood for thousands of families, is fair and necessary. The $111 billion deal would hand one family control over CNN, HBO and Warner Bros., backed in part by foreign money whose influence on editorial decisions has never been fully explained to the public.  Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have called for serious national security review, and regulators still haven’t given the public a real answer. Until they do, the merger shouldn’t move forward. Now is the time to dive boldly into all these issues, not step back or concede.