Zak Essa 🇵🇸
@zak-e.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at London School of Economics | Interested in climate adaptation, social protection, and the just energy transition
Israel kills at least 31 Palestinians, including several children, in relentless Gaza bombardment, one of the highest one-day tolls since the start of 'ceasefire' aje.news/8xzvds
Israel kills 31, including several children, in relentless Gaza bombardment
Israel carries out deadly attacks on Gaza a day before the Rafah crossing is due to reopen.
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"List of aid groups working in Gaza that Israel is suspending": 1. Action Against Hunger 2. ActionAid 3. Alianza por la Solidaridad 4. Campaign for the Children of Palestine 5. CARE 6. DanChurchAid 7. Danish Refugee Council 8. Handicap International: Humanity & Inclusion (cont)
America has 925 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.9 trillion in wealth. The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth. When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
Just 0.001% of humanity hold three times the wealth of poorest half, report finds - that's fewer than 60,000 people vs 4bn - World #Inequality Report says such extreme divides are no longer sustainable for societies or ecosystems 1/2 www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
theguardian.com
"A 2,000-household survey in Gaza... suggested that the official figures were likely to be undercounting the number of people killed in the war by roughly 39 percent... The majority of those killed — some 56 percent — were women, children and the elderly." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...
Opinion | What Happened in Gaza Might Be Even Worse Than We Think
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it is as if we are back in the days of the East India Company - impossible to tell state and business apart, and they’re consistently collaborating to plunder and oppress
Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 12mo agoLook who came with
There’s room for joy in our politics @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
🚨 BREAKING - FIVE Lift The Ban key spokespeople arrested in dawn raids. Arrested for addressing Open Calls during which legal information on the risks of opposing Labour’s absurd ban on Palestine Action have been shared. Video: Paddy Friend, a law student, arrested at home.
"It also intends to incinerate nearly $10 million worth of contraceptives, despite offers from the United Nations to buy the items, and has wasted hundreds of thousands of mpox-vaccine doses that are now so near expiration that they can’t be shipped to the African countries experiencing an outbreak"
Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · last yr.The fire sale at the end of the empire www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
If you’re doing a ‘double tap’ strike on a hospital, you’re a war criminal and a terrorist.
Kareem Chehayeb@chehayebk.bsky.social · last yr.#GAZA: Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital, including a freelance journalist who worked for @apnews.com. At least 8 people were killed in a double-tap strike on the 4th floor, Gaza's Health Ministry said, the second attack came as rescue crews arrived.
Sally Rooney: “I would happily publish this statement in a UK newspaper–but that would now be illegal. The present UK Gov has willingly stripped its own citizens of basic rights & freedoms, including the right to express & read dissenting opinions, in order to protect its relationship with Israel.”
The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · last yr.Sally Rooney: I support Palestine Action. If this makes me a ‘supporter of terror’ under UK law, so be it
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘If these words reach you … Israel has succeeded in killing me’: the last words of a journalist killed in Gaza
Anas al-Sharif, an Al Jazeera reporter, was killed by an Israeli airstrike on Sunday night. This is the message he had prepared for his family, and his call for the world not to forget Gaza
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My goodness this is so disturbing, a regime with a mania for violence - a people that have chosen to destroy their own humanity through the dehumanisation of others
Jonathan Cook@jonathan-cook.bsky.social · last yr.Human rights group B'Tselem releases shocking video of Palestinian journalist Awdah Hathaleen filming his own murder at the hands of Israeli settler Yinon Levi. As is usual in Israel, a judge quickly released Levi, even though the footage shows he shot Hathaleen in cold blood.
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
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+972 Magazine@972mag.com · last yr.Revealed: Microsoft storing Israeli intelligence trove used to attack Palestinians The tech giant developed a customized version of its cloud platform for Israel’s Unit 8200, which is housing audio files of millions of calls by Palestinians. www.972mag.com/microsoft-82...
I was lucky enough to hang out with the Climb Malawi team, a group of enthusiastic young climbers who want to see the sport grow in the country. "I like the community feeling...You’re like one of the gears trying to move something and then, if you’re not part of it, it’s not going to move."
‘It’s all about trusting yourself, pushing your limits’: Malawi’s first climbers take their sport to new heights
From a wall in a back garden to their first international contest, a dedicated community of young climbers is attracting new recruits in the south African country
theguardian.com
Palestinian statehood is not a bargaining chip. It is not a threat. It is an inalienable right of the Palestinian people. Our demands on this shameful government remain the same: end all arms sales to Israel, impose widespread sanctions, and stop the genocide, now.
I’m witnessing the deliberate starvation of Gaza’s children – why is the world letting it happen? | Nick Maynard
I’m witnessing the deliberate starvation of Gaza’s children – why is the world letting it happen? | Nick Maynard
A permanent ceasefire, the free and safe flow of aid, and the lifting of the blockade are needed now – all could be achieved with political will, says UK surgeon Nick Maynard
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Wow—the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named after Raphael Lemkin, a Holocaust survivor who coined the term genocide) says plainly: "No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits…IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT." "HISTORY WILL DETERMINE THE RECTITUDE OF YOUR ACTIONS."
Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends. But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month. See you soon, NYC.
BREAKING: At least 116 Palestinians, including 38 people near Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid sites, have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza today, according to medical sources in the enclave. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/f6uvdq
Watch as an activist is arrested in Glasgow for displaying a sign reading 'genocide in Palestine, time to take action' 'We're not terrorists', he said as he was taken away by police
Earlier this month, the government blocked an inquiry into its complicity in the Gaza genocide. We don’t need their permission to uncover the truth. That’s why, today, we are announcing The Gaza Tribunal. Sign up at thegazatribunal.uk.
“I rushed there to get a food basket. My father was killed, and I have no one to help my family.” Fadi, 13. Children and families in Gaza are risking everything for their survival.
Risking everything for survival in the Gaza Strip
With aid being prevented from entering Gaza at scale, even accessing the meagerest supplies is fraught with danger
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“This is the cruel reality confronting many in Gaza today after months of insufficient aid being allowed into the territory, and parties to the conflict failing to uphold basic responsibilities to protect civilians.” - UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell Full statement: unicef.link/40Kib1K
