“Hungry men are desperate men, especially when their children also are hungry.” ... Prelude to the UN: As the Second World War raged, a remarkable international effort was already taking shape to help rebuild a shattered world. Founded in November 1943, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) began its work before the United Nations itself had been constituted. Faced with hunger, disease, mass displacement and devastation, it helped deliver the essentials of survival and offered hope to millions struggling to rebuild their lives. Beyond emergency relief, UNRRA became a pioneering experiment in international cooperation. UN Video highlights UNRRA’s extraordinary mission through archival footage and personal testimony. Watch Before the UN: The Forgotten Story of UNRRA:

 

Director-General Herbert Lehman of UNRRA said, “Hungry men are desperate men, especially when their children also are hungry.”

 

UNRRA was very successful in communicating the message that solidarity is not charity but it is enlightened self-interest.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oZkH-AZwM0&t=313s 

 

https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168665 

 

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Rare film footage of Palestine from 1896, captured by the Lumière Brothers – pioneers of cinema. These unique films provide an invaluable glimpse into daily life in the Holy Land under the Ottoman Empire, offering a rare perspective of a time long past. Watch as Palestine appears over 100 years ago, during an era when the world was rapidly changing, and cinema was just beginning to take shape!

 https://youtu.be/f6gnUgxkfLE?si=rMiU1PA833rngj9H

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Palestine was never empty.  The camera already knew that. 

 

In 1896–97, the Lumière brothers sent Alexandre Promio to film the Holy Land under Ottoman rule. What he captured is among the earliest moving images of Palestine: Jaffa Port, the courtyard of Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, Jerusalem’s railway station, sacred sites, and people in the streets. 

 

Muslims. Christians. Jews. Walking the same gates, the same roads, the same land. 

 

Not a slogan. Not a later map. Actual footage of a living country called Palestine — ports, churches, stations, markets, worshippers — before partition, before occupation, before the claim that this was a vacant stage waiting for someone else. 

 

Watch the people, not the propaganda. Jaffa was a port. Bethlehem was a town. Jerusalem was a city of three faiths under one sky. That is the historical record, not a talking point. 

 

Palestine had a name. Palestine had people. The film is still there.

 

https://x.com/Paddystinian/status/2100978157813744079 

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Life in Gaza next to Israel's 'Yellow Line' : This is life in Gaza near Israel's advancing ‘Yellow Line’, where two million people are now crammed into just 36 per cent of the Strip marked out by the Israeli military amid continued airstrikes, despite the ceasefire with Hamas.

 

 Aug 26, 2026

This is life in Gaza near Israel's advancing ‘Yellow Line’, where two million people are now crammed into just 36 per cent of the Strip marked out by the Israeli military amid continued airstrikes, despite the ceasefire with Hamas. 

 

Those living near the line risk injury or death at the hands of Israeli forces. 

 

It comes as Donald Trump's top Gaza official has criticised Israel for its ongoing airstrikes, which he said jeopardise the ceasefire and the US-backed plan to disarm Hamas. 

 

Nickolay Mladenov, who's on the Board of Peace, also criticised Hamas for failing to stop its military activities. 

 

Israel won't allow us into Gaza, so this report is produced with Gazan colleagues. 

 

We asked the Israel Defence Forces for a response to this report but did not receive one by the deadline.

https://youtu.be/FO0vEHkOAJY?si=7IthFo8b8XbtbbLp 

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Francesca Albanese says that what’s happening in West Bank is a continuation of Israel’s [1948] Nakba

https://youtube.com/shorts/MIEBgD5rX0I?si=_B8as4ZZ0oex61jK

 

For 2,000 years, Christians have called the Holy Land home. CNN’s Clarissa Ward travels from Jerusalem to the occupied West Bank to examine how Israeli ultranationalist extremism is reshaping that reality.

 The quiet erosion of Christian life in the Holy Land

0:00 Losing Ground: Christians in the Holy Land  

3:32 Anti-Christian Incidents in Jerusalem are rising  

8:01 Christian Palestininans are leaving faster than most

13:24 A confrontation with the Israeli army

Palestinian Thoub - Rome Thoubs Exhibition 2026 The cross-point of Palestinian identities

 

Torture doesn’t create safety: it produces pain, trauma, and hatred. When people deprived of their liberty are abused, society loses its humanity. Torture is always illegal, immoral, and never justified.

 

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Torture doesn’t create safety: it produces pain, trauma, and hatred. When people deprived of their liberty are abused, society loses its humanity. Torture is always illegal, immoral, and never justified.

https://x.com/ICRC/status/2031460079208124859/video/1 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdDM6KFmmfE 

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'In Israel's eyes, we are terrorists' | In search of Palestine: episode 1 – video... In Search of Palestine

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2026/feb/17/in-israels-eyes-we-are-terrorists-in-search-of-palestine-episode-1-video

More than two years after Israel’s devastating war in Gaza began, the West Bank has become an increasingly volatile front in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. While international recognition of a Palestinian state has gathered momentum, the situation on the ground is moving in the opposite direction. Israel’s government has advanced new annexation legislation, settlement growth is accelerating, and daily life for Palestinians is becoming more restricted and precarious.

In a new series, reporter Matthew Cassel travels through the West Bank to document what daily life looks like under deepening occupation. Starting in Hebron and moving north to Ramallah, villages outside the city, and finally Nablus, he meets people across generations to ask: what does the idea of a ‘Palestinian state’ mean today? 

The Women Who Shaped the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

70 years ago, Eleanor Roosevelt was instrumental in drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But she was not alone. Discover who are the women who shaped the major instrument for the defense of Human Rights.

‘We're told we must forget what happened in 1948': Palestinian pastor Munther Isaac... Journalist Peter Oborne sat down with Palestinian pastor Munther Isaac, who leads the Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem, to discuss topics such as the hardships Israel's actions have caused for Palestinian Christians, the genocide in Gaza and the influence of Christian Zionists in the United States.

Gaza’s young artist turn war trauma into art- 16-year-old Yara Youssef Abu Kweik is pouring her emotions into her art. She narrates her story.

In two years of war, children in Gaza have endured unspeakable violence. Tens of thousands have lost parents and siblings to Israel's genocide. Many others have suffered life-changing injuries. They've also witnessed scenes no human should ever see—scenes like these. A whole generation in the Strip is living with severe psychological trauma. With few resources available to help them process their pain, young people are finding creative outlets for their grief. 16-year-old Yara Youssef Abu Kweik is pouring her emotions into her art...

Jordanian King Abdullah speaks at 2025 United Nations General Assembly... FOR Peace & Palestine

Jordanian King Abdullah spoke Sept. 23 before the 80th gathering of the United Nations General Assembly. World leaders gathered to discuss a number of key issues, including the ongoing wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and how to tackle climate change.

Better Together: 80 Years of the United Nations- For 80 years, the United Nations has brought countries together with one purpose: to make the world better. Together, we advance peace and security, promote development and defend human rights. By uniting nations, we transform shared goals into collective action.

The $2.7 trillion question - what is the true cost of security? | A new report by the United Nations Secretary-General explores how rebalancing military spending for a sustainable and peaceful future can furnish the security we need.

 

War, conflict, and crisis. 

For ten years, the world has been shaken by inequalities, climate chaos and rising tensions. 

Against this backdrop, military spending reached a record $2.7 trillion last year. 

This choice has a steep cost. It moves us away from diplomacy. It drains money from vital areas like ending hunger and poverty. 

A new report by the United Nations Secretary-General explores how rebalancing military spending for a sustainable and peaceful future can furnish the security we need. 

 The report shows a stark choice: continue to fund militaries or invest in sustainable development to build a future that is truly secure for everyone

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The Voice of Hind Rajab gets record 23-minute ovation at Venice premiere

Al Jazeera’s Caley Callahan reports:  The Voice of Hind Rajab, recounting the final plea of a six-year-old Gaza girl who was brutally killed by the Israeli forces in Gaza City last year, received a more than 23-minute standing ovation at its premiere at the iconic Venice Film Festival. At Wednesday’s premiere, the emotional docu-drama focuses on recordings from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, which tried for hours to reassure six-year-old Rajab as she lay trapped in a car where her aunt, uncle and three cousins were killed by Israeli fire in early 2024.

WATCH NOW: 'Gaza: Doctors Under Attack' – The Full Film They Didn't Want You To See

WATCH NOW: 'Gaza: Doctors Under Attack' – The Full Film They Didn't Want You To See  https://zeteo.com/p/watch-now-gaza-doctors-under-attack

YouTube Star Ms Rachel Sings with 3 Year Old Double Amputee From Gaza

YouTube star and children’s educator Rachel Accurso  [ https://www.msrachel.com/ ] , whose “Songs for Littles” have been viewed billions of times, meets and sings one of her trademark songs with Rahaf, a 3-year-old double amputee from Gaza evacuated by Palestine Children's Relief Fund. Accurso, who has millions of followers across social media, has been outspoken about her views that the children in Gaza face a humanitarian crisis, and says she has received both support and bullying for her posts. CNN

The REAL Situation in Gaza My 30 Days of Coverage by Bisan of Gaza, Palestinian journalist, activist, and filmmaker, best known for social media videos documenting her experiences during the Gaza Genocide.

Welcome to Wizard Bisan Gaza, The REAL Situation in Gaza My 30 Days of Coverage your trusted source for breaking news and real-time updates from Gaza and around the world. We bring you accurate reports, powerful stories, and deep insights into the events shaping our lives. 

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Palestinian journalist, activist, and filmmaker, best known for social media videos documenting her experiences during the Gaza Genocide.

She won a 2024 Peabody Award in the News category and an Edward R. Murrow Award for News Series for her Al Jazeera Media Network show, It's Bisan from Gaza and I'm Still Alive. The show also won a 2024 News and Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Short Form.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisan_Owda

ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES: NO OTHER LAND Accepts the Oscar for Documentary Feature Film !!!

ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES The Oscar for Documentary Feature Film goes to NO OTHER LAND! Congratulations to Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham on taking home the Oscar. See more Oscar acceptance speeches and highlights on Oscars.com.

Mo Amer - “Mo," Honoring Palestine & Absurdities of the U.S. Immigration...

Feb 3, 2025: Mo Amer, a writer, stand-up comedian, and co-creator and star of “Mo,” sits down with Jon Stewart to discuss the second season of his Peabody Award-winning Netflix series, inspired by his own refugee experience. They discuss how the series explores the complexities of statelessness and asylum, the absurdities of the immigration process, and how he leaned on Jon for support while figuring out whether to talk about Oct. 7 on his show. #DailyShow #JonStewart #MoAmer