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| “Israel has written one of the darkest pages of human history.” —Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur |
Read Ms. Francesca Albanese full biography
Twitter account: https://x.com/franceskalbs?lang=de
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/francesca.albanese.unsr.opt/?hl=de
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| Israel is killing 100-120 Palestinians in Gaza daily, as an average rate.. THIS NUMBER DOES NOT INCLUDE THE PEOPLE DYING BECAUSE OF HUNGER. |
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| sliman.mansour A wild flower from Galilee (وردة برية من الجليل), acrylic on canvas, 2020 |
"Sometimes, it’s the quietest encounters that remind us to keep going; to speak, to feel, to share beauty, even when the world is burning. In the shadow of famine and under skies thick with grief, we still reach for one another, not to escape, but to stay human. It’s that one quiet moment that gives us the push to keep showing up; to hold on to the land, to memory, to whatever still softens us. Somewhere between the olive trees and the ash, something in us still reaches back." Sliman Mansour, Palestinian
From his website https://slimanmansour.com/
Born in 1947, Mansour spent his childhood around the verdant hills and
fields of Birzeit — where he was born — and later his adolescence in
Bethlehem and Jerusalem. These experiences left a significant mark on
his work, heightening a sense of gradual loss in Palestine, especially
after the occupation of the West Bank and Jerusalem in 1967. His early
experiences also presented him with the symbols and images he would
later use to preserve and highlight Palestinian identity. https://slimanmansour.com/about-the-artist-sliman-mansour/
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| Palestinians gather to receive food from a charity kitchen in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip. Photograph: Ramadan Abed/Reuters The Guardian: 73 people killed while waiting for aid in Gaza, and more than 150 people also wounded, some critically, as some witnesses say Israeli military shot at crowd. |
Both Democratic and Republican Presidents and their administrations,
as well as far too many American Senators and Representatives have been
foolishly using American tax-payers' money to empower Israel and
Israel's cruel Zionist schemes that disparage, displace, starve,
impoverish and destroy the native non-Jewish men, women and children of
historic Palestine.
Crazy cruel is that monstrous land grabbing wall built by Israel on Palestinian land imprisoning Palestinians so that Israeli citizens and usurpers are free to drive on Israeli-only roads, breezing through Israeli checkpoints while Palestinian farmers are blocked from harvesting their own farmland and Palestinian children are prevented from getting to school.
Crazy cruel is that Israel has a full blockade on Gaza, using
starvation as a weapon of war in addition to bombs... Children are dying
of hunger and they are also being targeted and killed by the IDF. Those
that live are tormented by suffering.
Hitler's Nazi Holocaust and World War II killed more than 60 million people - did they all die in vain, not for freedom or the rule of fair and just laws and human decency and dignity but for land grabbing Israel so that Zionism can rise up crossing all borders and oceans to ruthlessly rule Planet Earth and our skies with brute force, bombs, land grabs, and a plethora of poisonous propaganda all aimed at gathering more funds and oil fields.
Our newspapers and mainstream media
are failing to fully cover the story as a very foreign country
intentionally sabotages and undermines every ideal we Americans and
global citizens should hold dear!
Crazy cruel is that American leadership is electing to follow Israel's lead in closing down UNWRA and stopping international law from doing what it does best- respecting human dignity for ALL people, not just your chosen favorites.
Meanwhile American tax codes favor big businesses and billionaires who callously flit off on gas guzzling private jets and mega luxury yachts to bask in a shrinking pool of clean air and water.
Crazy cruel is that U.S. government
investments in AI, Cryptocurrency, Data Centers, Warehouses and the
Weapons Industry flourish while investments in roads and schools, family
needs, environmental protections, NPR, PBS, National Parks, and real jobs for real people flounder.
Our Economy is losing the very pay checks and balances it needs to be sustainable.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
NOTES https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/search/label/Notes
LETTERS https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/search/label/letters
Slavery,
Segregation and Forced Displacement are wrong. Wrong then and
wrong now
This Earth Day please start noticing how much pollution and injustice war creates.
"Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world..." https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights
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More children die every day in Gaza due to dehydration and malnutrition after they had been starved by the Israeli occupation!
(Passed away today) |
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| Sign seen in Washington DC 2025 |
OPEN THE GATES!
STOP THE SIEGE- stop funding Israeli checkpoints & the forced displacement, imprisonment, starvation, torture, and killing of human beings in Gaza and Palestine.
FYI: GHF is a totally cruel and dangerous Israeli tactic aimed to further target and destroy the people of historic Palestine and UNWRA - international law- and The United Nations.
Hitler's Nazi Holocaust and World War II killed more than 60 million people - did they all die in vain, not for freedom or the rule of fair and just laws and human decency and dignity but for land grabbing Israel so that Zionism can step up to rule planet earth and our skies with brute force, bombs, land grabs, and poisonous propaganda all aimed at gathering more funds and oil fields.
Do not trust Israel!
Assal Rad
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| Maha Hussaini's cat Tom when there was still food in Gaza- before Israel's genocide |
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| Maha Hussaini's cat Tom just moments ago, in the midst of Israel's deliberate, systematic starvation campaign. |
Maha Hussaini
If countless photos of starving, skin-and-bone children, elderly people, HUMANS in Gaza haven’t appeal to the world, maybe a before-and-after of animals will?
This is Tom, my cat, before Israel’s genocide, and just moments ago, in the midst of its deliberate, systematic starvation campaign.
Since 2 March, Israel has completely sealed Gaza’s borders, blocking the entry of goods and international aid. A few weeks ago, it imposed a US-backed aid distribution mechanism with 4 designated points where Palestinians are gunned down as they approach in search of food
Almost every child in Gaza is now suffering from some form of malnutrition. We have been documenting a growing number of deaths among infants, children, and the elderly due to severe, prolonged hunger
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| Karam and Lulu al-Ghussain were their family’s designated water carriers because it seemed less dangerous than searching for food. |
by Malak A Tantesh in Gaza and Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem
In Gaza, being a helpful, loving child can be a death sentence. Heba al-Ghussain’s nine-year-old son, Karam, was killed by an Israeli airstrike because he went to fetch water for the family, and her 10-year-old daughter, Lulu, was killed because she went to give Karam a hand.
The siblings were waiting beside a water distribution station, holding jerry cans and buckets, when it was bombed last Sunday, killing six children and four adults and injuring 19 others, mostly children.
Both Lulu and Karam died instantly, torn apart by the force of the blast and so disfigured that their father prevented Heba from seeing their bodies.
“They didn’t allow me to say goodbye or even look at them one last time,” she said. “One of my brothers hugged me, trying to block the scene from me as he cried and tried to comfort me. After that, I don’t remember anything. I lost touch with reality.”
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| Lulu al-Ghussain (left) with her elder sister. |
Karam was smart, always top of his class until Israeli attacks shut down Gaza’s schools, generous and mature beyond his years. His dad, Ashraf al-Ghussain, called him “abu sharik” or “my partner”, because he seemed “like a man in spirit”.
But he was also enough of a child to be obsessed by a remote-controlled car that he begged his mother to buy. She regrets telling him they needed to save money for food. “I wish I had spent everything I had to buy it for him so he could have played with it before he died.”
Both children also dreamed of the day Israel would lift its blockade of Gaza, so they could taste chocolate, instant noodles and their mum’s best dishes. For Lulu that was the Palestinian chicken dish musakhan, for Karam, shawarma. “They had all kinds of food plans for me to prepare,” Heba said.
Israel imposed a total siege for 11 weeks starting in March that brought Gaza to the brink of famine, and the very limited food, fuel and medical supplies allowed in since May have not relieved extreme hunger.
Unprecedented malnutrition is killing children, and preventing injured people recovering, a British doctor working there said this week.
Trying to get food has been a deadly gamble for months, with more than 800 people killed since late May in near daily attacks by Israeli soldiers using weapons including tank shells and navy cannon to target desperate crowds near food distribution points.
Trying to get clean water is also a struggle... READ MORE https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/19/killing-of-young-siblings-at-gaza-water-point-shows-seeking-lifes-essentials-now-a-deadly-peril?CMP=GTUK_email[AS ALWAYS PLEASE GO TO THE LINK TO READ GOOD ARTICLES (or quotes) IN FULL: HELP SHAPE ALGORITHMS (and conversations) THAT EMPOWER DECENCY, DIGNITY, JUSTICE & PEACE... and hopefully Palestine, or at least fair and just laws and policies]
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| Palestinians, including children, who are struggling to access food due to Israel’s blockade and ongoing attacks on the Gaza Strip, wait in line to receive hot meals distributed by the charity organization in Gaza City, Gaza on July 16, 2025. [Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini – Anadolu Agency] |
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While the world speaks of human rights, food security, and global peace, an entire population is left to face death by starvation, thirst, and disease without any real intervention to save them. Gaza—that small strip of land under siege for years—is now enduring the worst humanitarian catastrophe of the modern era. Hunger is no longer just a word heard in news reports; it has become a daily reality crushing thousands of families. Children, pregnant women, the sick, the elderly… all are at risk of slow death due to the suffocating blockade, severe food shortages, and astronomically inflated prices. This is not an exaggeration but a testimony from the heart of the disaster.
“We are literally dying of hunger”—this phrase is not mere drama but the bitter truth lived by every resident of Gaza today. Markets are empty, prices have multiplied tenfold, and even if someone has money, there is simply nothing left to buy.
With food security shattered, societal security collapses. Hunger drives people to despair, and despair breeds dangerous behavior.
The disaster in Gaza is not natural—it is man-made. The 17-year blockade, restrictions on food and medicine, the deliberate destruction of infrastructure… all are systematic policies to break the will of a people.
This is not the time for words alone—but for action. Every passing minute brings Gaza closer to the abyss.
Gaza reminds the world every day that humanity is on trial. This is not a political issue—it is a matter of conscience. History will record whether our generation witnessed genocide in silence or stood against it. Choose to be on the right side.
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| Palestinians, including children, who are struggling to access food due
to Israel’s blockade and ongoing attacks on the Gaza Strip, wait in line
to receive hot meals distributed by the charity organization in Gaza
City, Gaza on July 16, 2025. [Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini – Anadolu
Agency] https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250719-urgent-appeal-the-catastrophic-situation-in-gaza-a-people-starving-to-death-amid-global-silence/ |
