A boy stands on a Tul Karm street watching as Israeli troops move toward the city's refugee camp. Soldiers fire shots from hundreds of meters away and one of their bullets slams into the boy's chest. Qais Nasrallah was 14 at his death
U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron is expected to say NATO needs to adopt a harder edge for a tougher world during a speech at the National Cyber Security Centre on May 9.
One of the odd things people say about #Israel is that it's a "Western state" when it's no more a #Western state than Japan and, in my opinion, far less so. For example, #marriage is determined by religious authorities even though The #West stopped doing this over a century ago. #politics#international
Heute wurden die Diagonalfilter im Superblock West eingerichtet:
👉🏼Einbahnstraßenregelung mit geänderter Verkehrsführung (Achtung, aufpassen!) und "Rad frei"
👉🏼spürbar entspannteres Radfahren in Richtung Schwabstraße
👉🏼Morgen gibt es den Praxischeck in Richtung Silberburgstraße
While the world’s attention is on Gaza, life for Palestinians in the West Bank is also growing increasingly precarious. There has been a surge in settler violence and a spike in unlawful lethal force from Israeli forces....
Since early February, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, has been rocked by protests directed against western embassies. Protests took place in front of the British and French embassies, and in front of United Nations buildings. Throughout the city, American and Belgian flags were burned....
"I have a feeling of déjà vu. Just like in February 2022, as columns of troops approached my city of #Kyiv, I have a feeling of impending apocalypse. Back then, my worry was the #Russians. I was thinking of my inevitable death, of soldiers laying their hands on me, torturing me just because I am #Ukrainian.
This time, the sinking feeling comes from the #West. Our allies, who promised to support us as long as it takes, have other problems to deal with."
I attribute #Navalny death to #congress inaction to fund #ukraine . #putin is obviously encouraged because the #west does nothing about Putin's transgressions. The violations will grow in scope and scale until Putin is stopped. Every kick of the Putin can down the road results in another escalation by Putin. Putin wants to re-partition Eastern #Europe and central #asia . We might feel indifferent. After we have compromised our way of life, we will feel pain.
On Feb 14h, Dmitry #Peskov, the #Russian Presidential Press Secretary said:
“A special military operation began against #Ukraine. Over time, it took the form of a war against the collective #West. This is a war when the countries of the collective West, led by the United States, are directly involved in the conflict. Yes, this may lead to the fact that the operation will take a little longer, but cannot change the course of things,”
#Russia's occupation of #Ukraine amounts to a deliberate ethnic cleansing campaign that relies on a strategy of forced depopulation and repopulation, creating the façade of multigenerational and irreversible impacts intended to further isolate Ukraine from the #West.
Quality of life -- for both humanity and the planet itself -- involves freedom from the credence that it's unreasonable to expect ALL people to treat other people, and the resources of this planet, with respect, dignity, and honor.
As long as there are rulers, neither humanity nor the planet will benefit.
"A plan to provide more artillery shells to #Ukraine by having #Japan send munitions to #Britain has stalled, underscoring the challenge the #West faces in increasing #Kyiv’s stocks of the much-needed ammunition."
“We need to recognise the fact that #Russia has succeeded in firing up its military-industrial complex and adjusted to a wartime economy. With North Korea and #Iran, #Putin has reliable suppliers of military equipment that don’t care the slightest for their own people’s needs,”
Part of the reason for the #West’s slow response is political and cultural.
A Palestinian teen was standing on the street when Israeli troops shot him dead (www.haaretz.com)
A boy stands on a Tul Karm street watching as Israeli troops move toward the city's refugee camp. Soldiers fire shots from hundreds of meters away and one of their bullets slams into the boy's chest. Qais Nasrallah was 14 at his death
UK's Cameron to warn that West has not learned lessons of Ukraine-Russia war (kyivindependent.com)
U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron is expected to say NATO needs to adopt a harder edge for a tougher world during a speech at the National Cyber Security Centre on May 9.
As Gaza is destroyed, Israel is killing dozens of children in the West Bank (www.theguardian.com)
While the world’s attention is on Gaza, life for Palestinians in the West Bank is also growing increasingly precarious. There has been a surge in settler violence and a spike in unlawful lethal force from Israeli forces....
Explainer: Democratic Republic of Congo protests: expert explains why Congolese anger against the West is justified – and useful to the government (theconversation.com)
Since early February, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, has been rocked by protests directed against western embassies. Protests took place in front of the British and French embassies, and in front of United Nations buildings. Throughout the city, American and Belgian flags were burned....
U.S. teen fatally shot in West Bank by Israeli forces, Palestinian officials say (www.cbsnews.com)
The State Department confirmed that it has reached out to Israeli officials "for further information."