Eleven United Nations employees in Yemen have been detained by Houthi rebels, authorities say, and workers for other aid groups have also likely been taken. The detentions come as U.S.-led airstrikes on Houthi rebels after they started targeting shipping vessels in the Red Sea corridor in response to the war in Gaza. The Associated Press has more.
"When you say Gaza, what do you see? What images come to mind? For many people, it will be the death and destruction of the last few months. But there is another side to Gaza that its inhabitants are keen to highlight – its beauty."
Google translate:
Hamza Abu Halima
Message from the owner of the famous photo of the challenge, in Gaza:
“Victory is near, and we are strengthened by God.”
Google translate:
Over the rubble of their destroyed homes in Jabalia camp, residents search for any worn-out piece of cloth to build temporary shelters with, without water, electricity, or tents to protect them from the heat of the sun, but their insistence on staying in the camp is stronger than all the Israeli challenges and threats.
France-Palestine : le Tweet déchirant de l’acteur égyptien Amr Waked après l’arrestation de son fils, un mineur
L’acteur #égyptien Amr #Waked a fait savoir dans un Tweet que son fils, mineur, a été cueilli par les forces de l’ordre en #France pour avoir pris part à des manifestations en soutien à la #Palestine. Le comédien a posté ceci :
“La police #française a arrêté 50 mineurs qui manifestaient à #Paris contre l’horrible #génocide à #Gaza. Ils étaient des enfants scolarisés. Mon fils en fait partie. Et il est toujours détenu jusqu’à présent !
Le gouvernement français emprisonne ses propres #mineurs qui s’opposent au #meurtre de bébés et de mères #palestiniens par les #sionistes. Quelle ignominie et quelle répugnance.
The board of the Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences of the Universitat de València has unanimously approved the exclusion of Israel from the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The faculty’s management believes that allowing the State of Israel to participate is a tacit acceptance of its crimes against humanity.
It is time to kick Israel out of the Olympic Games for as long as they deny Palestinians their basic human rights.
A nation comitting genocide should not be allowed to participate in Olympic games.
The unfolding genocide in Gaza is the latest chapter in Israel’s attempt to remove Palestinians from their land. All those calling for a ceasefire should join in the longer-term efforts to dismantle Israeli apartheid.
#GazaPier repaired, #US to resume #aid, #Pentagon says
US & #Israel reattached a floating pier to the #Gaza coastline Fri, ofcls said, as the #UnitedStates prepares to resume #humanitarian ops. Vice Adm Brad Cooper, a snr US military officer overseeing the mission, said deliveries of food & other badly needed supplies will begin “in coming days.” The first will include 500k pounds of aid, w/thousands of tons more in the pipeline behind it.
#ClimateDiary A short 🧵 on why #Gaza is, and should be, a concern for the climate movement. I know the vast majority of you lovely people on here do see the connection, but just in case some of you don't, I wanted to briefly outline this. For me, there are four separate, key reasons why Gaza is not a "distraction"; why all climate activists should speak out on it. #ClimateAction 1/5
The first reason is the simple fact that the bombardment of Gaza is a complete disaster also in terms of environmental destruction and CO2 emissions. This point is somewhat secondary for me (or rather, should not be paramount for anyone, given the suffering of the people in Gaza), but one that does also need to be made.
What does ignoring Gaza say about your kind of environmentalism or climate activism - about what climate activism is for? Historically, some forms of environmentalism have indeed been racist and really problematic (see this article). But this is not what the climate movement now is or should be about. For one, how are you supposed to win global support for climate action if you don't speak up now?
Unwavering Western support for Israel's onslaught on Gaza has made it crystal clear that our governments do not care about killing of 10,000s of people; about the wholesale destruction of a land. These are not the people to rely on for climate action! They will not do it! The climate movement needs to see this, and indeed many do: there is a real shift in tactics from trying to appeal to those in power to act, to active resistance. #Gaza is teaching us this.
Western support for Israel is directly linked to the fossil fuel industry's decades long hold on Western governments. Please listen to this Breakdown podcast with Adam Hanieh, where he explains how the history of Palestine is bound up with the oil economy and Western imperialism, and why Palestine and the climate crisis demand mutual solidarity.