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A marine heatwave in northwest Australia is killing huge numbers of fish. It’s heading south theconversation.com/a-marine-hea...

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Donald Trump will reportedly sign an executive order to deport non-citizen university students who have participated in protests opposing the Gaza genocide. https://mondoweiss.net/2025/01/report-trump-to-cancel-student-visas-for-palestine-protesters/ #Palestine #Israel

submitted 33 days ago • 12 comments

Another reason for Democrats to be consistent in how they approach the law

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🔴 Gaza’s Health Ministry reports 63 bodies received in the past 24 hours, bringing the minimum death toll from Israel’s war to 47,417.

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🔴 Two more Palestinian detainees, ages 25 and 35, have been killed in Israeli custody amid ongoing reports of torture. Neither had pre-existing health conditions.

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“A City of Ghosts” — Returning to Rafah to Find Death and Destruction by Abubaker Abed www.dropsitenews.com/p/death-and-...

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2 Palestinians were killed and others were injured by an Israeli drone strike targeting a group of residents in the vicinity of the Fathi al-Shaqaqi Mosque in Camp 2 of the #Nuseirat refugee camp in the central #Gaza Strip. Their names are: • Abu Sajid Al-Khatib • Muhammad Jibril #Palestine

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Medical sources: "38 Palestinians were killed in Israeli raids on the #Gaza Strip since dawn today, 26 of them in the center and south of the Strip." #Palestine

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Israeli air strike on home kills six in Jenin - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-air-strike-home-kills-six-jenin

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Breaking breaking breaking: Israel is carrying intense air strikes on Gaza City right now. Update to the previous post: a neighbor of the bombed houses believes there are at least 15 people under the rubble. I previously wrote that 5 people were killed.

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Really in your face for the ceasefire to take effect on January 19th, Biden's last full day in office. His administration will have maintained its commitment to Israel's genocidal war on Palestine until the very end.

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I’m not sure what was worse: that Merrick Garland couldn’t bring himself to prosecute Trump on his own and felt he had to bring in a special counsel as cover, or that he waited so long to do it that Smith never got Trump inside a courtroom. History won’t be forgiving to Garland.

submitted 51 days ago • 738 comments

Echoes from the past... "Come, visit my homeland, the beauty of #Gaza..." Have a good evening, everyone #Palestine Photography: Ahmed Kamal

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

"An additional batch of aid donated by the Palestinian community in Israel has entered the #Gaza Strip through the 'Standing Together' initiative." #Palestine

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Unknown Soldier Street in #Gaza City yesterday morning, Thursday, January 9, 2025. #Palestine Photography: Mohammed Balousha

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What's left of #Hamad Town northwest of Khan Younis in the southern #Gaza Strip after heavy shelling and airstrikes targeting the neighborhood consisting of 130 residential buildings. #Palestine Photography: Mohammed Asad

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Echoes from the past... In memory of photographer and journalist Saed Abu Nabhan. "Breakfast atmosphere on the beach in Gaza." #Palestine Photography: Saed Abu Nabhan

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Good morning from the abandoned Palestinian village of Al-Ja'una east of Safed. The settlement of Rosh Pinna now occupies the village site. Many of the houses remain. Some are used by the residents of the settlement, and other stone houses have been abandoned and destroyed. #Palestine

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Civil Defense in #Gaza: • Several firefighting and rescue vehicles in Gaza, central Gaza, and Khan Younis have stopped working due to the unavailability of spare parts and maintenance tools required for their repair and operation. #Palestine

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Massive destruction in the vicinity of the Abu Qamar neighborhood in the #Jabalia refugee camp in the north of the #Gaza Strip. #Palestine

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3 Palestinians were killed, and others were injured by an Israeli strike targeting an apartment of the Al-Zubda family in the #Rimal neighborhood west of #Gaza City yesterday evening. The names of the Palestinians killed are: • Ahmed Al-Zubda • Hiba Al-Zubda • Hamza Al-Zubda #Palestine

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UK charity regulator says 'not lawful' for charities to raise funds for Israeli soldiers - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-charity-regulator-says-it-not-lawful-british-charities-raise-funds-soldiers-israeli-army

submitted 52 days ago • 4 comments

As wildfires devastate California, incarcerated people are coerced to risk their lives fighting the fires making as little as $6 a day. Cruelty to people in prison should not be part of emergency response plans.

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"The Fires in Gaza are the Fires in LA" CODEPINK's #WarIsNotGreen campaigner Aaron draws the connections between the war machine and the climate crisis. Read their article on Substack: https://buff.ly/4aaHcXq

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According to reports, photographer and journalist Saed Abu Al-Nabhan was killed by Israeli occupation forces after besieging him and other journalists in #Nuseirat refugee camp in the central #Gaza Strip. #Palestine

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Here is CCTV footage that captures the moment Israeli extremists attacked the village of #Immatin in #Qalqilya, occupied #Westbank, throwing stones at homes in the neighborhood. Cars were also set on fire, which is not captured on this video, though. #Palestine

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"Anything related to Palestinian heritage, the keffiyeh, the flag, and the olive tree—they destroyed it and left nothing." A Palestinian recounts the details of the Israeli forces storming his ceramics factory in #Hebron and destroying some of its contents at dawn today. #Westbank #Palestine

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"This is not #Gaza, #Jenin, or southern #Lebanon. This is a house that was demolished by the occupation in Kafr ad-Dik, #Salfit District. Their daughter went to school in the morning and when she returned she found her parents’ house in ruins." #Westbank #Palestine

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My name is Dr. Arjun Sinha. I am a nephrologist. I call for the immediate release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and his colleagues. He was abducted by Israeli forces. I am calling for protection of hospitals and HCW in Gaza, and an end to the genocide. #FreeDrHussamAbuSafiya

submitted 61 days ago • 1 comment

Happy New Slaughter... 😞

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In the first hours of 2025, Israeli occupation forces issued a displacement threat for some areas in Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central #Gaza Strip. #Palestine

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The Palestinian Ministerial Committee, comprising representatives from the Ministries of Culture, Interior, and Telecommunications, has announced the suspension of the broadcast operations of the Qatar-based Al Jazeera Media Network in #Palestine. #Westbank english.wafa.ps/Pages/Detail...

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10 Palestinians were killed earlier this morning by an Israeli airstrike targeting a group of residents in #Jabalia al-Nazla in the north of the #Gaza Strip. #Palestine

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#FreeDrHussamAbuSafiya “Dr Hossam Abu Safiya, Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, is seen in his medical coat approaching Israeli soldiers and tanks storming the hospital. He is now detained for running the last hospital serving northern Gaza amid Israeli attacks,” writes Anas Al-Sharif.

submitted 65 days ago • 1 comment

Northern #Gaza courtesy of Israeli war crimes.

submitted 66 days ago • 1 comment

The issue with Zionism is that it emerged at an awkward time for settler-colonialism—the kind that seeks to annihilate or displace native populations. Zionism was built on the assumption that it is normal to simply remove the population it sees as an obstacle to its goals. 1

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The year in patriarchy: coconut trees, ‘childless cat ladies’ and crimes against humanity | Arwa Mahdawi

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Israeli extremists attacked a Palestinian farmer in the town of #Silwad east of #Ramallah earlier today. #Palestine

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