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Unexploded mines in Gaza pose enormous risks to Palestinians returning home, says NGO <article data-history-node-id="430201" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/unexploded-mines-gaza-pose-enormous-risks-palestinians-returning-home" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/unexploded-mines-gaza-pose-enormous-risks-palestinians-returning-home" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Unexploded mines in Gaza pose enormous risks to Palestinians returning home, says NGO</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Unexploded mines in Gaza pose "enormous" risks for displaced Palestinians returning home NGO Handicap International warned on Tuesday, AFP reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>The NGO, which specialises in mine clearance and assistance to victims of anti-personnel mines, called for entry of equipment needed for demining.</p> <p>"The risks are enormous - an estimated 70,000 tons of explosives have been dropped on Gaza" since the start of the war, said Anne-Claire Yaeesh, the organisation's director for the Palestinian territories. "The layers of rubble and levels of accumulation are extremely high," Yaeesh added.&nbsp;</p> <p>She warned the risks are aggravated by the "extremely complex" nature of the environment, due to the limited space in densely populated urban areas.</p> <p>In January, the UN's Mine Action Service (UNMAS) estimated that "five to 10 percent" of the munitions fired on Gaza had not exploded.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Unexploded mines in Gaza pose enormous risks to Palestinians returning home, says NGO - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/unexploded-mines-gaza-pose-enormous-risks-palestinians-returning-home

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Palestinian prisoners speak about and show signs of violence against them in Israeli prisons <article data-history-node-id="430200" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-prisoners-speak-and-show-signs-enduring-violence-israeli" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-prisoners-speak-and-show-signs-enduring-violence-israeli" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Palestinian prisoners speak about and show signs of violence against them in Israeli prisons </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p style="margin-bottom:11px">Some Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli prisons on Monday are suffering from health problems as a result of enduring violence in prison, doctors and released prisoners told the Associated Press</p> <p>Imed al-Shami, a resident doctor at The Palestine Medical Complex (PMC)&nbsp;in Ramallah, which received 14 men who were released and discharged all but two,&nbsp;said the conditions of patients suggested they “were subjected to severe beatings, reflecting the extent of the violence they endured”.</p> <p>Kamal Abu Shanab, who was released after more than 18 years in prison, said beatings caused his shoulder to tear. “For eight months, I wasn’t given even a pill for the pain,” he said.</p> <p>Israel’s prison service denied claims of violence towards Palestinian prisoners.</p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><em>- Reporting by AP</em></p> </div> </div> </article>

Palestinian prisoners speak about and show signs of violence against them in Israeli prisons - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-prisoners-speak-and-show-signs-enduring-violence-israeli

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No public money for apartheid trains | Steunactie.be Steun onze rechtszaak tegen de NMBS - Soutenez notre action en justice contre la SNCB - Support our legal action against SNCB

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Please sign! Glad to see this, esp after writing an op-ed last year that got me a lot of threats

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It's here! Ninshubar-the final book in Emily H Wilson's excellent Sumerians Trilogy, following Inanna and Gilgamesh, published by @titanbooks.bsky.social If you haven't read them, you are in for a treat-superb mix of Ancient Mesopotamia, gods & great storytelling
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I have just asked Angela Rayner to commit to Free Vote before any further UK military support to Israel.

There is strong consensus across the House to prioritise de-escalation & diplomacy in the rapidly escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.

Prime Minister: Stop playing politics with refugees’ lives This week, the Prime Minister introduced drastic new immigration plans – warning the UK could become an “island of strangers”. This isn’t just harmful rhetoric. These proposals would tear families apa...

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YouTube video by MEMO Irish MEP: 'Israel continues to commit the greatest evil'

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Society of Authors to hold protest at Meta's London HQ after 'pirated books used to train AI' Kate Mosse, Tracy Chevalier, Daljit Nagra and other Society of Authors (SoA) members will demonstrate outside Meta HQ after millions of pirated books were allegedly used to train Meta’s artificial int...

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Hungary must arrest Netanyahu! People across the world sign this urgent plea to arrest Netanyahu as he’s traveling to Hungary…

Israel’s Prime Minister is travelling to Hungary!
The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant on Netanyahu, and Hungary is obliged to arrest him - sign the petition
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Selma Dabbagh | They’ve started again I woke up yesterday morning to a message from a friend in Karachi. It just said: ‘They’ve started again.’ I did...

‘The threat that this is “only the beginning” is broadcast loud and clear, together with the desire for “total victory”, which they appear happy to equate with the annihilation of Gaza’s population.’

Selma Dabbagh on Israel’s renewed strikes on Gaza: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...

Fossil-funded Academic Work Is Being Used to Avoid Paying Workers Impacted by the Deepwater Horizon Explosion Academic research paid for by BP and Exxon is being used to combat workers’ claims that exposure to oil and chemical dispersants made them ill.

This assault on universities is an attack on free speech & academic freedom. It's also going to result in the increased privatizing of university research funds. Here's just one example of how that can warp the information ecosystem, from @sarasneath.bsky.social drilled.media/news/bp-univ...

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"It is once again using starvation as a weapon of war."

@elliechowns.bsky.social questions the Government on their response to Israel's decision to block humanitarian aid from entering Gaza.

Petition: Cancel Trump’s state visit Stop Trump Coalition

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Germans have been subjected to covert Russian propaganda as well as overt American propaganda - jointly in support of the far-right
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Great novel I read recently by Palestinian writer Akram Musallam
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How does his Tesla buddy feel about this one?

I am listening to James Joyce's Ulysses (I read it many years ago) read by Jim Norton available from
@spiracleaudiobooks.bsky.social
Such a pleasure to listen to!

Save The Prince Charles Cinema The future of the iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End is under serious threat! We are beyond disappointed that our landlords, Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion...

Save the Prince Charles cinema : you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Accurately measuring mortality helps quantify the impact of conflict but remains challenging.

⬇️ In a peer-reviewed study, authors from @lshtm.bsky.social draw on multiple data sources to estimate traumatic injury mortality in the Gaza Strip. 1/3

Tories walk out of City Hall meeting in protest over 'wokery' The protest came after the Green Party’s Zack Polanski refused to agree to host an all-male panel discussion

A story in two parts:

Green Party - "(Tories) protest came after Zack Polanski refused to host an all-male panel discussion."

The Tories- "We’re not going to put up with the wokery" and walked out of the committee.

Then we got on with the meeting.

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In Search of Ethiopia's Garima Gospels The world’s oldest Christian manuscripts are in hiding from the violence that has ripped through their region

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A record number of lives were lost in the Channel in 2024.

These and future deaths are entirely preventable. All it requires is political will.

We need safe, legal routes now.

Reads: start your year off by learning a new skill! Learn how to track a ship, spot land changes in satellite imagery or identify when and where a photo or video was taken... www.bellingcat.com/category/resources

Welcome to 2025! If your new years resolution is to learn a new skill why don't you have a look at some of our guides on open source research? www.bellingcat.com/category/res... Want help? We have a community of people eager to learn alongside you and collaborate. discord.com/invite/belli...