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| National Demonstration: Ceasefire Now – Stop the Genocide in Gaza! Saturday 30 March – Assemble 12:00 at Russell Square – Marching to Trafalgar Square https://palestinecampaign.org/events/national-demonstration-ceasefire-now-stop-the-genocide-in-gaza-2/ The UK-Palestine Mental Health Network banner will be at the march. All are welcome to join us. We will meet at 11:45 am at Bloomsbury Square Gardens, Great Russell Street end, London WC1A 2PJ  The next UKPALMHN Action Half-Hour will be on Monday 8 April at 1 pm UK time In the interim period, all actions for the Action Half-Hours (including any new or urgent actions) can be found at: https://ukpalmhn.com/gaza-crisis/ As brutal war rages and famine looms, look at pictures of Gaza and keep saying: ‘this is not normal’ Of all the threats to those suffering, one of the most frightening is that we tire – and their plight becomes background noise https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/25/war-famine-gaza-israel ‘Man-made hell on earth’: a Canadian doctor on his medical mission to Gaza A gripping, well-told and utterly heart-rending account of a recent 10-day stint in Gaza by a Canadian surgeon working for the UN. Gaza is basically a man-made hell on earth right now, is what it is, and I think that it’s never too late. If the Israeli invasion of Rafah occurs, it’ll be catastrophic. We have to do all that we can to stop that from happening, put all the pressure we can on our politicians, on the powers that be, to stop this from happening because the health care and the human toll will be unimaginable. https://theintercept.com/2024/03/23/intercepted-doctor-gaza-interview/ ‘Man-made starvation’: the obstacles to Gaza aid deliveries – visual guide https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/22/obstacles-to-gaza-aid-deliveries-visual-guide US doubles down on defunding UNRWA — despite flimsy allegations Congress passed a one-year ban on UNRWA funds even as several Western countries and the EU have resumed funding to the U.N. agency that aids Palestinians. The bill also: approves $3.8 billion funding to Israel; and contains a long-standing provision that would limit aid to the Palestinian Authority, which governs the occupied West Bank, if ‘the Palestinians (sic) initiate an International Criminal Court (ICC) judicially authorized investigation, or actively supports such an investigation, that subjects Israeli nationals to an investigation for alleged crimes against Palestinians.’ https://theintercept.com/2024/03/22/gaza-unrwa-funding-congress/ Statement from the Head of UNRWA on Sunday 24 March Despite the tragedy unfolding under our watch, the Israeli Authorities informed the UN that they will no longer approve any food convoys to the north. This is outrageous and makes it intentional to obstruct lifesaving assistance during a man-made famine. https://twitter.com/UNLazzarini/status/1771917857598693549 Gaza solidarity played major role in renewed US push to ban TikTok – WSJ The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill that could see TikTok banned in the United States. According to a report published by the Wall Street Journal, one of the reasons behind the renewed urgency to pass the bill could be attributed to Washington’s concerns about the way TikTok users interact with content regarding the Israeli genocide in Gaza. https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-solidarity-played-major-role-in-renewed-us-push-to-ban-tiktok-wsj/ As Gaza is destroyed, Israel is killing dozens of children in the West Bank A 12-year-old Palestinian boy was shot while lighting a firework. ‘Cases like these happen quite regularly, but no one’s hearing about them,’ according to the Israeli rights group B’Tselem https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/23/israel-killing-children-west-bank Finally… A poem called Palestinian by Ibrahim Nasrallah (trans. Huda Fakhreddine) [The first four lines:] I was silent and nothing came of it. I spoke and nothing came of it. I cursed, I apologized, and nothing came of it. I was busy, I pretended to be busy…and nothing […] https://proteanmag.com/2024/03/24/palestinian/ |
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