Israel has killed an average of seven children each day in Lebanon since March, according to the Save the Children relief organization.
Alexandre Raffoul
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Power-sharing, ethnic conflict, climate crisis.
Israel's genocide means joy cannot be allowed to exist in Gaza, and thus they surgically murder anyone who creates joy in the death camp that they made out of Gaza.
CNN@cnn.com · 3mo agoPalestinians in Gaza have had the opportunity to collectively watch the World Cup, but the man who had been organizing the watch parties was killed by an Israeli strike ahead of the event.
There were watch parties throuhout Gaza for the Egypt matches. They were put on by an Egyptian aid society, led by a man named Fawaz El Wahidi. Israel killed him 3 minutes into the match with Argentina.
Mona Khalil, Lebanon’s most well-known sea turtle conservationist, died of her wounds today after being injured by an Israeli strike I feel sick
Megaphone News@megaphone.news · 4mo agoMona Khalil spent over 20 years protecting sea turtles on Mansouri Beach. After she was injured in an Israeli attack, activists continued her initiative at Rmeileh Beach, where they protected the first loggerhead nest of 73 eggs on Thursday. youtu.be/fbBKzK4JNRc
Crazy that this is getting barely any coverage. This year’s European Press Prize was just awarded to an investigative report by the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant. Titled 'What the Wounds Tell Us' and in it, the journalists Maud Effting and Willem Feenstra document the cases of 114 children in Gaza.
Gunshot wounds in Palestinian children indicate targeted fire
Doctors in Gaza observed a disturbing pattern: children with a single gunshot wound to the head or chest, a sign that they had been deliberately targeted. This emerges from research by de Volkskrant, ...
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A reminder that Israel claims it wants the Lebanese army to replace Hezbollah. I’ve said this 50 times and I’ll say it again: the goal is the complete destruction of Lebanon as a state. Not Hezbollah. Lebanon.
Megaphone News@megaphone.news · 4mo agoIsrael escalated its targeting of rescue teams and the Lebanese Army in the South on Wednesday. The Army Command announced the death of conscript Omar Khodor, who was targeted in an Israeli strike while traveling on the Nabatieh–Kfar Tebnit road. 1/🧵
"The village we were operating in belonged to wealthy people, full of villas with pools, luxury cars, jewelry. Almost every house had valuables... Once we realized that the area was clear, the real mission would begin – to find valuable stuff." www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
'It was okay to be crazy': IDF soldiers discuss moral decay in Lebanon
'The Feeling Is That the IDF Has Become Like an Army of Vikings – They Let Soldiers Loot So They'll Be Happy and Keep Fighting,' One Soldier Says. Five Told Haaretz About the Horrors and Disillusionme...
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Israeli officers 'threaten Gaza flotilla activists with death' during interrogations - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-flotilla-activists-receive-death-threats-while-israeli-custody
Israeli officers 'threaten Gaza flotilla activists with death' during interrogations
Lawyers says two activists are being subjected to 'psychological torture' as their detention is extended for another week
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Israel’s National Security Minister Ben Gvir received a birthday cake decorated with a giant gold noose from his wife. The Hebrew text reads in part “sometimes dreams come true”—referring to Ben Gvir’s now-achieved dream of legalizing the death penalty for Palestinian prisoners in Israel.
Thousands of kilometres away from Gaza, off the coast of Greece, Israeli forces intercepted boats in the Global Sumud Flotilla in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Trump has destroyed federal guardrails meant to ensure secure and fair elections. Some fear his actions are aimed at making sure the upcoming midterms go his way.
Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections
When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would l...
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UU STAFF & STUDENTS: Establish a Policy of Ethical Academic Ties
*Svenska nedanför* Uppsala University currently lacks a central policy or designated body for assessing the ethical dimensions of its formal agreements with international partners. At present, these ...
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British universities paid security firm to ‘spy’ on pro-Palestine students… Firm, has been paid at least 440,000 pounds ($594,000) by universities since 2022. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/...
British universities paid security firm to ‘spy’ on pro-Palestine students
Investigation reveals how Horus, a company led by ex-military intelligence officials, was hired during protest movement.
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In Gaza, the effects of war do not end when the bombing stops. A silent health crisis is emerging among pregnant women and their children. Since the start of Israel’s assault, maternity wards have reported alarming increases in miscarriages, premature births, and rare congenital disabilities.
War Pollutants May Be Poisoning a Generation of Mothers and Their Babies in Gaza
The impact of war goes beyond immediate destruction, quietly shaping the health of future generations.
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These images are deely shocking. Israel erases the roots and memories of countless families who have already been fragmented and dispersed by decades of violence. My village has not been detonated, but life has flown out of it. It's sad to a point no westerner understands. Entire worlds obliterated.
elia ayoub@ayoub.bsky.social · 6mo agoIsraeli soldiers are detonating entire villages in South Lebanon while taking selfies. Ancient mosques, churches, cemeteries, schools, hospitals - all being obliterated by the genocidal regime www.instagram.com/reel/DWrg5xi...
Israeli soldiers are detonating entire villages in South Lebanon while taking selfies. Ancient mosques, churches, cemeteries, schools, hospitals - all being obliterated by the genocidal regime www.instagram.com/reel/DWrg5xi...
Thanks to everyone who joined us for our panels at @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #PSA26 earlier this week!
Wonderful panel on Ethnic Diversity and Conflict Management at #PSA26 organised by @psaethnopolitics.bsky.social Thanks to all the speakers and fabulous audience! @bizunehyimenu.bsky.social @muzafferkutlay.bsky.social
Second @psaethnopolitics.bsky.social panel of the day on Rethinking the Dynamics of Power-sharing in Deeply Divided Societies #PSA26. Fabulous discussion with @lpcooley.bsky.social @awraffoul.bsky.social @altingjeta.bsky.social and others!
Statements of "concern" or "condemnation" of Israel's war on Lebanon are utterly meaningless. The only meaningful action is to sanction Israel. We need economic boycotts.
As long as we don't acknowledge Israeli expansionism, we won't understand the logic of its wars in the Middle East. www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
Smotrich urges Israel to annex southern Lebanon as assault intensifies
Israel's far-right finance minister says Litani River must be 'the new Israeli border', as attacks on Lebanon ramp up.
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🎙️ In a new episode for our pod Researching Peace, we discuss power-sharing as a tool for ethnic conflict management with @awraffoul.bsky.social, who recently defended his thesis on the subject. His data reveal some striking findings. 🎧 Podbean: researchingpeace.podbean.com/e/45-a-new-l...
Haunting footage of an Israeli aistrike taking down an entire building in Bashoura, Central Beirut.