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"Hunger still walks among the people.
‏Few trucks… and many hearts waiting.

‏In a holy month, the fasting search for a drop of water and a piece of bread.
‏A painful sight… when a single meal becomes a wish."

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#FreePalestine #Gaza #GazaStrip #Israel #Palestine

Saturday:

"Israeli occupation forces stormed the town of Kafr Aqab, north of Jerusalem, at dawn today, and carried out a campaign of raids, assaults, and arrests against civilian Palestinians.
#IsraelRestrictsJerusalem"

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🇵🇸 In Gaza, displaced Palestinians break fast during Ramadan

As the sun sets, Palestinians in Gaza gather at communal tables for the fast-breaking meal of iftar during Ramadan. Organised by the Egyptian Committee in the Gaza Strip, the meals take place in camps sheltering displaced Palestinians.

German soccer team cancels Minnesota visit due to ICE crackdown Bundesliga side Werder Bremen were planning to visit in May, though no matches were scheduled.

This is what needs to happen.

Cancel the World Cup.

Cancel the Olympics.

Cancel your US vacations.

Refuse to support this regime and refuse to endanger lives.

European Union & US (under Biden) refused proposals to sanction Ben Gvir.

"On the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, the terrorist Israeli occupation far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir stormed the surroundings of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque."
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Comhghairdeas don fhoireann rugbaí Éireannach ar an mbua iontach inniu sa cluiche Chraobh na Sé Náisiún i gcoinne Shasana

In Donegal, Mayo, Galway, and Kerry corporations have applications in to harvest seaweed from the coast with absolutely no oversight.
Corporatisation of seaweed harvest would be a significant negative step for the west

'Portrait of Georgia O'Keeffe.' (1907). Heralded in 1935 as 'one of the most distinguished women artists in America,' Hilda Belcher was known for her portraits and figure studies. She embraced her mentor Robert Henri’s direct and sensitive focus on her sitters.

UNICEF says access to essential supplies remains a major challenge in Gaza, where a fragile ceasefire has not eased shortages or high prices after more than two years of conflict.

#VMNews

Ethnic cleansing concerns in Gaza and West Bank amid intensified violence and forcible transfers by Israel – UN report GENEVA – A UN Human Rights Office report released today raises concerns over ethnic cleansing by Israeli authorities in both Gaza and the West

Ethnic cleansing concerns in Gaza and West Bank amid intensified violence and forcible transfers by Israel – UN report

A 19-year-old Palestinian American was killed and four others injured as they tried to stop a group of armed illegal Israeli settlers from stealing their sheep in the occupied West Bank.

"We who do not control large amounts of financial capitals, algorithms, and weapons, we now see that we as a humanity have a common enemy, and freedoms, the respect of fundamental freedoms is the last peaceful avenue, the last peaceful toolbox that we have to regain our freedom. The common enemy of humanity is the system that has enabled the genocide in Palestine, including the financial capital that funds it, the algorithms that obscure it, and the weapons that enable it". Solidarity with Francesca Albanese United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, threatened by the French government.

Solidarity with Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, threatened by the French government.

Morgan Freeman as Kindly Old Criminal in He Cant Have put The Poster Back Over the Hole It’s Impossible

“I remember the first time I saw Andy…”

Gaza death toll for first 16 months of war far higher than reported, says peer-reviewed study Lancet Global Health research suggests more than 75,000 killed in period, 25,000 more than announced at the time

Crimes for the ages, committed by apartheid Israel against Palestinians. We refuse to move on from this, there must be accountability and there must be justice. #GazaGenocide
Gaza death toll in early part of war far higher than reported, Lancet study
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Castle Urquhart depicted here by David Young Cameron from around 1920, is situated on Strone Point, south west of Inverness. It was given to Clan Grant in 1509, but was destroyed during the Jacobite rebellion.

As Israel takes steps to claim land in West Bank, U.S. stands by Despite President Donald Trump’s opposition to annexation, Israel has taken steps to expand control over the West Bank that experts say may lead to seizure of territory.

Israel has moved aggressively in recent days to deepen its control over the occupied West Bank, unilaterally adopting policies that analysts say represent a major shift toward annexation and appear to defy President Trump.

These two women are suing Andrew Tate, alleging he raped them. Here they visit the social media companies that created Tate. Please share.

*one voice altered to disguise identity

Smotrich: Next Israeli gov't should 'encourage migration' of Palestinians from West Bank Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Made the Comments at a Conference Dedicated to 'Strengthening the Jewish Hold in Judea and Samaria'

Far Right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Tuesday that the next Israeli government should "encourage the migration" of Palestinians from the West Bank and impose Israeli sovereignty there. “We must complete the revolution and eliminate the idea of the Arab terrorist state."

Anne Cotterill (1933-2010)
Daffodils in Enamel Jug on a Chair

'War of genocide against the Strip is still ongoing', Hamas says, warning the board not to act as 'cover'

'War of genocide against the Strip is still ongoing', Hamas says, warning the board not to act as 'cover' https://aje.news/29r45m

Over 80 UN member states condemn Israel's de facto annexation of West Bank UN warns that Israel's plan will lead to widespread dispossession of Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank.

UN warns that Israel's plan will lead to widespread dispossession of Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank.

Sculpture of brown polished wooden raised fist on a white surface against a grey background

Elizabeth Catlett, Black Unity, 1968
#WomrnsArt

US-led Board of Peace a ‘colonialist operation,’ Cardinal Pizzaballa says - OSV News Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, strongly criticized the U.S.-led Board of Peace, an international body chaired by President Donald Trump to oversee the governance and r...

At a Feb. 6 event at the Roman parish of San Francesco a Ripa Grande.. “ What do I think of the Board of Peace? I think it is a colonialist operation: others deciding for the Palestinians,” Cardinal Pizzaballa said

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Health Minister says she wants cancer patients to be able to receive treatment in Donegal It comes as a group representing cancer patients who have relied on now cancelled flights to Dublin for treatment are due to meet the Transport Minister.

It comes as a group representing cancer patients in Donegal, who have relied on now-cancelled flights to Dublin for treatment are due to meet the Transport Minister.

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One year on, No Other Land co-director says Israeli attacks intensifying Oscar-winning director Hamdan Ballal says his family was attacked despite an Israeli court ruling in their favour.

Oscar-winning director Hamdan Ballal says his family was attacked despite an Israeli court ruling in their favour.

Since 2023, the Israeli army has used white phosphorus in Gaza, an incendiary weapon that produces uncontrollable fires, burns to the bone, and renders soil unusable. A few days ago, in Southern Lebanon, the Lebanese authorities identified that Israeli planes had spread glyphosate at concentrations 20 to 30 times higher than what is considered normal levels, destroying crops, soil, and agricultural ecosystems, and endangering local food security. subtitle: Photo taken in Sderot, in northeast Gaza, showing mortar shells with the inscription "D528", an identification code for white phosphorus ammunition.

BAYER-MONSANTO: CHEMICAL CAPITALISM IN THE SERVICE OF COLONIAL WARS Chemical wars do not appear out of nowhere; they have suppliers. Monsanto is the largest producer of Agent Orange, an ultra-toxic herbicide used by the US army during the Vietnam War. Monsanto was aware that these products contained highly toxic and carcinogenic dioxins but continued to produce and sell them, therefore making Monsanto responsible for millions of Vietnamese victims and land still poisoned to this day.

Today, Bayer-Monsanto is the main marketer of glyphosate, a globally controversial herbicide used extensively in industrial agriculture - and by the Israeli army in Syria and Southern Lebanon - contributing to the degradation of agricultural land and depriving populations of their means of subsistence. This is not a coincidence. It embodies the logic of chemical capitalism, where products that are toxic to the environment and people are valued in the name of profit. Against Bayer-Monsanto: boycott, dismantle the supply chains of poison, and support victims and the fight for their land.

TAKE ACTION AGAINST CHEMICAL WARFARE >> Support farmers rejecting their pesticides and GMO seeds. Palestinian farmers are reviving heirloom seeds to break Bayer’s monopoly → donate to Palestine Heirloom Seed Library (palestineheirloomseedlibrary.com). >> Boycott their products (i.e. Roundup, Aspirin, Alka-Seltzer, etc.), pressure stores to drop them. Join your local BDS group. >> Ditch banks funding them (check BankTrack) and force your city, university to divest. >> Expose them: share this post, document and share evidence of their ties to Israel’s chemical warfare.

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CHEMICAL COLONIALISM Glyphosate and white phosphorus: Israel poisons Palestinian lands to erase the Palestinian people. Boycott, dismantle Bayer-Monsanto

Colonialism is not limited to bombs, walls, and expulsions: Palestine is also methodically poisoned by Israel through the propagation of toxins and the use of inflammable weapons and chemical substances. Destroying the soil and poisoning the water and crops makes life impossible, condemning the health of the Palestinian people for decades. Far from being an accident, this method is deliberate and documented. subtitle: Israeli airplane spreading glyphosate in Southern Lebanon, February 1st 2026

During the Vietnam War, the US sprayed over 76 million liters of Agent Orange. The goal was to destroy forests and farmland to starve people and force them to leave. Today, Vietnamese soil is still contaminated by Agent Orange dioxin, and generations of Vietnamese still suffer from cancers, congenital malformations, and other diseases linked with exposure. These impacts are felt decades after the war. A war on the land has been used to break a people.

In Palestine, land is fundamental. It is passed on from generation to generation and represents life and Palestinian culture. Israel is aware of its importance, and as such, consistently targets Palestinian agriculture. Farmer organisations involved in seed banks and food autonomy are classified as terrorist organisations; farmers are attacked and killed by the Israeli army, olive trees are uprooted, fields are destroyed, and access to water is controlled. Today, only 1.5% of Gaza consists of accessible and arable agricultural land. To destroy the link between a people and its land is to organise its erasure.

Since 2023, the Israeli army has been using white phosphorus in Gaza, an incendiary weapon that causes uncontrollable fires, burns to the bone and leaves the soil unusable.
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Thank goodness for William Dalrymple 🙏🏼

@willdalrymple.bsky.social

The roof timbers in Saint Mary’s Collegiate Church (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2021)

The roof timbers in Saint Mary’s Collegiate Church Youghal which have been carbon dated to 1170. Likely built by shipwrights so essentially an upside down boat. www.patrickcomerford.com/2021/08/sain... #speirgorm