Leila Billing

“We strongly condemn his killing and call... for the immediate restoration of the ceasefire.”

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says its 11th staff member has been killed in Gaza in an Israeli attack alongside his family members.

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The word ‘shocked’ is doing a lot of work here…

Israel admits firing at ambulances in Gaza after Palestinians say rescuers missing in Rafah Body of team leader found almost a week after six rescuers went missing, Gaza’s civil defence agency says Israel’s military has admitted it fired on ambulances in the Gaza Strip after identifying them as “suspicious vehicles”, with Hamas condemning it as a “war crime” that killed at least one person. The incident took place last Sunday in the Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood in the southern city of Rafah, close to the Egyptian border. Continue reading...

Israel admits firing at ambulances in Gaza after Palestinians say rescuers missing in Rafah

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What’s your fave @charcopress read?

Really excited to read this book!

Cambridge University loses bid for long injunction on Israel-Palestine protests Its lawyers had argued the injunction is ‘urgently’ needed ahead of a graduation ceremony this Saturday.

While the BBC headline is an outright lie, about the outcome, here is the correct observation. A moment of truth prevailing, increasingly rare these days. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

Oof I really wanted to like Erotic Vagrancy but the male gaze became so tiresome. Lost count of the times Lewis speaks about Taylor’s weight, breasts, hips…plus his analysis of the abuse she faced from men - it taught her to seek sexual domination - was plain awful

More than 160 Gazan medics held in Israeli prisons amid reports of torture Senior doctors claim they were subjected to months of physical abuse, as UN calls for release of those still detained

Horrific: More than 160 Gazan medics are still being held in Israeli prisons, with many said to be tortured and starved. Detention of healthcare workers is illegal under international law, whilst also eradicating the healthcare of Palestinians. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Graffiti reads Romance is boring!

Found this on the girls’ bathroom wall in my local secondary school where I go in the evenings to practise speaking Chinese. I mean… they’re not wrong!

On the Courage of Nan Goldin and the Truth About Germany’s “Never Again Is Now” Resolution “Were you uncomfortable?” the photographer Nan Goldin asked from a lectern in Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie on a chilly Saturday in late November. “I hope so. We need to feel uncomfortable,” Goldin…

Nan Goldin: principled and courageous. This is a great article about how Germany’s support for Israel illuminates how *little* they have come to terms with their past lithub.com/on-the-coura...

Utterly sickening news in todays @theguardian.com - also notable is that Meta removed the clause in its guidelines prohibiting users from calling women ‘household objects or property’ #Meta #Transphobia #Misogyny #Misinformation

Please read it and let me know what you think!

I didn’t read Percival Everett’s James for months because I was scared it wouldn’t live up to the hype. I was wrong - it’s utterly brilliant, as is he #goodreads

My 13 year old and her peers absolutely love LDR. I feel weird about her, but can’t articulate why. Will listen!

Kemi Badenoch calls for national inquiry into 'rape gangs' Alexis Jay, who led a major inquiry into historical child sex abuse, says changes are needed, not more research.

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child exploitation in the UK primarily as the result of the ‘dangerous brown man’ is a tale as old as time. The main losers when we limit the debate in this way are the survivors themselves www.bbc.com/news/article...

100 Notable African Books of 2024 Explore African Literature

Does anyone else feel disheartened that so many Best of... books lists are just so Eurocentric? I always make it a point to check out Brittle Paper's annual 100 notable African books. And there are some real beauties in this list... brittlepaper.com/100-notable-...

The abducted Dr Hussam Abu Safiya walks towards the colonisers' tanks amidst the destruction of North Gaza

#FreeDrHussamAbuSafiya #FreePalestine

Beyond sad to hear that the poet Nikki Giovanni died this week. Here’s one of my favourites. Rest in Power, Nikki.

I never thought I wanted nor needed a PHD until I saw the instructions to use my toilet in Bangkok

Jamaica Kincaid is everything. I love her angry writing the best - have you read A Small Place? It’s incredible!

Essay titled “The Ugly Tourist.”

I went on a temple tour in Bangkok, and I could hear Jamaica Kincaid’s “Ugly Tourist Essay” the whole time at the back of my mind.🫣😂😭

If you want to know how you will look in 20 years’ time, with a hangover, I really recommend looking in the mirror in the aeroplane bathroom. I have never NOT looked like the bride of Frankenstein

Israel kills aid workers and food seekers in Gaza; 45 dead since dawn Three aid workers from World Central Kitchen are killed in southern Khan Younis as Israel bombs people waiting for food.

Israeli military spokesperson Avichay Adraee has said without providing any evidence that one of the three World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in Gaza purportedly took part in last year’s October 7 attack on Israel.

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Whenever I want to cower, even though I know the right thing to do is to step forward, I look at Zanele Muholi’s pictures. They are incredible - what a powerhouse they are…

Spending today talking about intersectional organising - the pleasure and the pain. We use this picture of parliamentarian Sarah Jammah as a teaching tool - she was thrown out of the legislature for refusing to take off her keffiyeh. Pay attention to her colleagues… #feministleadership

Movement-Building Training & Support Program for Africa and Asia - 2025 [Go to: All upcoming SMT trainings] Ready to organize for power? From Africa to Asia, people across the regions and their families want a just and sustainable future. To achieve it, we must use non-vi...

Ready to organize for power? Free movement building training and support for Africa- and Asia-Pacific activists and campaigners to build people power. March - May 2025, followed by coaching support. Language access.

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This was a great event - loved hearing from @jaseokundaye.bsky.social and Colin Grant. Thank you Jason for reminding us about what Baldwin had to say about Palestine. For those interested in how Baldwin's opinions about the state of Israel evolved, check out this pod: www.npr.org/2024/08/28/1...

Staff accuse IRC management of Gaza bias and censorship As Israel’s destruction of Gaza has escalated, the months-long rift between aid staff and leaders has widened.

This article is essential: many of us have been highlighting how NGOs have been censoring staff and perpetuating double standards on Palestine for years. Including those that purport to have signed up to ‘feminist’ leadership approaches www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2024/11...