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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.

Read groundup.org.za/article/exhi... by Ihsaan Haffejee

25.06.2025 06:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

25.06.2025 07:15 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The UK government again rejects a call to suspend the training of Israeli military forces in Britain during a genocide.

#DCUKparliament

25.06.2025 07:18 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
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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.

25.06.2025 07:30 β€” πŸ‘ 181    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3
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Everyone just wants to live.

23.06.2025 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Being talked about prom tik tok… #US #gaza

16.06.2025 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

16.06.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 112    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
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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.

16.06.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Cape Town, South Africa- exist, resist, return.

#gaza we stand with you.

16.06.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thousands attend β€˜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.

15.06.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 475    πŸ” 139    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

Except we aren't his people.

15.06.2025 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

15.06.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œQueer” is not about who you’re having sex with (that can be a dimension of it), but β€œqueer” 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

15.06.2025 05:14 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Let us dwell in the truth that nothingβ€”no category, boundary, or fearβ€”can separate us from your radical, liberating love that welcomes and affirms all your children.

15.06.2025 05:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œCompassion 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

15.06.2025 05:42 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Mahya Nikzad, a young girl, was among the children killed in the recent Israeli airstrikes on Iran.

14.06.2025 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

14.06.2025 10:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Israel kills civilians in Gaza aid distribution centres, tents and residential blocks Emergency response teams face severe difficulty conducting rescue mission due to the completeΒ 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

13.06.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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.

13.06.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Words for today
β€œResist much, obey little.”

β€” Walt Whitman

12.06.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 129    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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?

13.06.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

13.06.2025 08:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

13.06.2025 09:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

13.06.2025 09:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

13.06.2025 09:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0