Belal Khaled’s photographs bring the horror of life in Gaza to Johannesburg Haunting images of the war through the lens of Palestinian photojournalist

The haunting image of a Palestinian father holding the feet of his lifeless three-year-old son, killed in an Israeli airstrike, is among photographs taken in Gaza by photojournalist and artist Belal Khaled shown in Johannesburg.

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How Israel's war on Palestinians became systematised cruelty From food deprivation to assassination and denied medical care, Israel's assault is no longer spontaneous but calculated, bureaucratic and aimed at dismantling Palestinian life

How Israel's war on Palestinians became systematised cruelty - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-war-palestinians-became-systematised-cruelty-how

The UK government again rejects a call to suspend the training of Israeli military forces in Britain during a genocide.

#DCUKparliament

Vietnam ends death penalty for crimes against the state, bribery, drugs The death sentence has been removed from eight criminal offences and replaced with life imprisonment for offenders.

The death sentence has been removed from eight criminal offences and replaced with life imprisonment for offenders.

Everyone just wants to live.

Being talked about prom tik tok… #US #gaza

Today in Geneva, the UN Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan presented a new report, detailing the systematic assault on the rights of women and girls by the Taliban.

Meaningful international action is needed to end impunity for grave rights abuses.

#Afghanistan #WomensRights

For Families Sheltering in Nylon Tents, Gaza’s Scorching Summer Is Unbearable The intense heat is compounded as swarms of flies and mosquitoes infest the tents due to an absence of sewage services.

The intense heat inside the tents in Gaza is only part of the crisis, as swarms of flies and mosquitoes infest these tents as a result of the complete absence of sewage services and the decomposition of accumulated waste, making daily life unbearable.

Cape Town, South Africa- exist, resist, return.

#gaza we stand with you.

Thousands attend ‘red line’ protest in The Hague against Israel’s Gaza war According to Oxfam, nearly 150,000 people in the Netherlands called for the government to do more against the war.

According to Oxfam, nearly 150,000 people in the Netherlands called for the government to do more against the war.

Except we aren't his people.

Help as soon as you can… every little bit could help #gaza survive.

“Queer” is not about who you’re having sex with (that can be a dimension of it), but “queer” as being about the self that is at odds with everything around it and has to invent and create and find a place to speak and to thrive and to live.”

bell hooks

Let us dwell in the truth that nothing—no category, boundary, or fear—can separate us from your radical, liberating love that welcomes and affirms all your children.

“Compassion constitutes a radical form of criticism, for it announces that the hurt is to be taken seriously, that the hurt is not to be accepted as normal and natural but is an abnormal and unacceptable condition for humanness.”

Walter Brueggemann

Mahya Nikzad, a young girl, was among the children killed in the recent Israeli airstrikes on Iran.

Cape Town South Africa where we gather in solidarity with #Palestine, with the complete blockade of land and sea access for aid. With bombing complete they now try to starve. We will not be silent and we will not look away. We see you US, Europe, Egypt, Israel, UK. Murderers and killers all. #gaza

Israel kills civilians in Gaza aid distribution centres, tents and residential blocks Emergency response teams face severe difficulty conducting rescue mission due to the complete internet and telecommunications blackout

Israel kills civilians in Gaza aid distribution centres, tents and residential blocks - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-attacks-gaza-kill-civilians-aid-distribution-centres-displacement-tents-and

My condolences to the US where their sitting president has publicly lost his mind and they have no mechanisms for removing an unfit president. Just as Bad is that if they did, they’d have JD Vance for president. What a kak time to be the US.

Words for today
“Resist much, obey little.”

— Walt Whitman

Before the #genocide in #gaza did people in the west even realise that their christian nationalists, their dominant fundamentalist national religion does not believe that babies and children have an inalienable right to life, care and protection? Now that you know… what next?

Operation "Leave it to Bibi". The US hopes everyone will blame israel, but the truth is israeli's are just cannon fodder for US imperialism. I find it so bizarre they're ok with this. Full document > www.brookings.edu/wp-content/u...
#israel #iran #UnitedSnakes

Please don’t forget that dollars are still urgently needed in #gaza every little bit helps

Please don’t forget at this horrible time that you can still donate to families in #gaza if you have dollars you can save lives. Ease suffering. Feed people. Please help. #genocide #helpgaza

I’m sharing all the requests for assistance. And will keep sharing hoping that even small donations will be made.