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A Palestinian national and chairman of the Geneva-based Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor says the Israeli military is trying to frame innocent citizens as fighters to justify its latest massacre in Gaza.
"Out of over 100 civilians that Israel cold-bloodedly killed, they singled out 19 and falsely claimed they were Hamas members. Four of them were from the Jaabari family, whom I personally know—they never engaged in any political or military activities. Another was an imam."
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"Yet again, far too many civilians have been killed.”
Kamala Harris
How many killed - men, women & children - would be ok?
What's the acceptable number?
Giving Israel another $3.5bn implies that not enough were killed.
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US provides $3.5bn more in military aid to Israel amid war on Gaza
Part of the new military aid will also go to an Israeli army unit, which has been accused of carrying out serious human rights violations against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and which had faced sanctions amid an investigation by US authorities into its abuses.
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Erased memories
Gaza based Palestinian poet Khaled Jumaa wrote in Arabic:
“When my sister’s husband passed away in 1998, he chose to be buried alone in his orchard east of Khan Yunis. My sister continued to water the tree I had planted next to his grave for 15 years, until she died from cancer in 2013 and was buried next to him.
The Israeli army takes joy in abducting memories. During the last war on Gaza their graves were bulldozed by the IDF and no one knows where they are now.“
@palestine
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Israel’s military has dropped 82,000 tonnes of explosives on Gaza since the war broke out, wiping out much of its infrastructure and causing $33bn in direct losses.
The attacks have destroyed:
198 government buildings
117 schools/universities
610 mosques
3 churches
150,000 housing units
206 archeological sites
34 sport facilities
3,030 kilometres (1,883 miles) of electrical networks
700 water wells
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In 2019, another team reported that Porphyromonas gingivalis, a bacterium that causes gum disease, appears in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients. When repeatedly applied to the gums of mice, it appeared to trigger Alzheimer’s pathology in their brains, including excess amyloid beta. A year later came news that HSV-1 could cause Alzheimer’s-like changes in a 3D stem-cell derived tissue culture meant to model human brain tissue.
Science, 2 August 2024
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Palestinians return to their homes after the withdrawal of the Israeli army from eastern Khan Younis
Photograph: Ali Jadallah/Anadolu/Getty Images
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A demonstrator reacts when Molotov cocktails hit the ground in front of security forces during protests against election results after Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and his opposition rival Edmundo Gonzalez claimed victory in Sunday's presidential election, in Puerto La Cruz, #Venezuela
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Moon marbles
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Cosmic jewelry box
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#Rain on different worlds
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via bignaz8
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Life satisfaction
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At least 320 dead or wounded Palestinians have been brought to hospitals across the enclave in a particularly bloody 48 hours.
Many of the dead and injured arrived with third-degree burns caused by internationally banned weapons like thermal bombs.
“These weapons cause chemical substances to interact with the skin and directly cause chemical corrosion of the tissues in the bodies of the martyrs and the injured. They also cause severe pain.”
@palestine
#Gaza
#wounded
#children
#casualties
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At least three mass casualty incidents [aka #massacres] occurred in #Gaza on 13 and 14 July, injuring and killing hundreds of people.
One struck Khan Younis' Al Mawasi area, including tents for internally displaced people, a food kitchen and a water point.
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In a little over 24 hours, we’ve witnessed three atrocities committed in the Gaza Strip. The latest was at a UN-run school in Nuseirat refugee camp.
The vast majority of the critically injured arrived here at Al-Aqsa Hospital. We’ve seen some of the most horrific wounds on those who’ve been rushed into operating theatres to try and save their lives. We’re talking about 70 wounded people.
Women and children make up the majority of victims brought to the hospital.
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Kashmir Masterlist
https://www.tumblr.com/sar-soor/741710692961419264
Background
• History of Kashmir from 250 BC to 1947 [to understand Kashmir's multi religious history and how we got to 1947]
• Broad timeline of events from 1947 to the abrogation of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution in 2019 (BBC) [yes BBC. hang on just this once]
• Human Rights Watch report based on a visit to Indian controlled Kashmir in 1998 (has a summary, background, human rights abuses and recommendations)
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A baby rests in the shade as Palestinians struggle with increasing temperatures in the makeshift tents they take shelter in after Israeli attacks destroy their homes
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
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Children play on the rubble of a destroyed building at the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Wednesday [Eyad Baba/AFP]
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