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Gino d'Artali
indept investigative journalist
radical feminist and women's rights activist 

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Added:

Muslim charities face discrimination as Palestinians are desperate for aid
 &  Cola Gaza Free
& The Lebanon ceasefire is a respite, not a solution for the Middle East
& "The Middle East Needs 'Women, Life, Freedom'"
& Gangsters block aid distribution in south Gaza
 

Previous report:
In Gaza dreams die, but hope remains
and
& "ICC arrest warrants: 'Binyamin Netanyahu's world has shrunk considerably'"
&
Facing genocide while disabled
& Stripped of our human dignity
 
& Woman Palestinian journalist speaks out about reporting Israel’s attacks  
 

Overview special reports
 

 


November 28 - 24 and earler stories, 2024
Is Netanyahu immune from ICC arrest warrant-NO!
 


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Shireen Abu Akleh
In commemoration of Shireen Abu Akleh,
the 'voice of Al Jazeera'
killed while revealing the true face of israel

Updated:

Nov. 2 - Oct. 24: Gazaian journalists under permanent siege by the idf
October 23 - 16, 2024: "Attacks, arrests, threats, censorship: The high risks of reporting the Israel-Gaza war"
All incl. Additional stories of utmost interest 
Click here for earlier stories/news

December 04 - 01, 2024
Food for thought:
'The Thinker' of Gaza is not nor will be silenced
no matter how hard netanyahu tries
and most likely the latter will be silenced soon
by the ICC.
Wisfull thinking?
just read the actual and fact-finding news

 

December 1 - November 28, 2024
Food for thought:
"US surgeon brakes down ..." and I (Palestine-free activist)
can hardly eat knowing/seeing what really is happening
and
"Let's not pretend: Although the war corroded Iran's deterrence, the 60-day cease-fire
in Lebanon is a temporary lull as far as both Israel and Hezbollah are concerned -
and if it was done so Netanyahu can prolong a futile war in Gaza, there is little to rejoice about"
Haaretz outlet editor-in-chief.

Read more and decide for yourself

November 28- 26, 2024
Food for thought:
"Let's not pretend: Although the war corroded Iran's deterrence, the 60-day cease-fire
in Lebanon is a temporary lull as far as both Israel and Hezbollah are concerned -
and if it was done so Netanyahu can prolong a futile war in Gaza, there is little to rejoice about"
Haaretz outlet editor-in-chief.
Read more and decide for yourself

 
When one hurts or kills a women
one hurts or kills hummanity and is an antrocitie.
Gino d'Artali
and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi figlio, non esistono notizie <vecchie> perche puoi imparare qualcosa da qualsiasi notizia.> Translated: <My son, there is no such thing as so called 'old' news because you can learn something from any news.>
Gianna d'Artali.


Children cry as they wait to receive meals in Khan Younis photo Doaa Albaz/Anadolu
Al Jazeera - Dec 4, 2024
<<People walk miles searching for bread amid Gaza's war shortages
Millions of Palestinians face the threat of famine as food supplies reach new lows. Faced with major food shortages after nearly 14 months of war, Palestinians describe long days hunting for flour or bread in the conflict-ravaged Gaza Strip. Every morning, crowds form outside the few bakeries open in the Palestinian territory, as people desperately hope to secure a little food. "I walked about eight kilometres (five miles) to get bread," said Hatem Kullab, a displaced Palestinian living in a neighbourhood of makeshift tents. Since the outbreak of Israel's war on Gaza last year, charities and international aid organisations have repeatedly warned of crisis levels of hunger for the enclave's two million or so people. A United Nations-backed assessment last month warned of famine looming in northern Gaza as an Israeli offensive all but halted the arrival of food aid to the area. Water and medicines are also scarce. People across Gaza now wake at dawn to try to ensure they can get some flour or bread, as availability reaches an all-time low. "There is no flour, no food, no vegetables in the markets," Nasser Al-Shawa, 56, said. Like most residents, he was forced to leave his home because of the bombings and lives with his children and grandchildren in central Gaza.
The price of the available food has skyrocketed.
Inside Gaza, where more than half of the buildings have been destroyed, production is almost at a standstill. Flour mills, warehouses storing flour and industrial bakeries are unable to function because they have been so heavily damaged by strikes. Humanitarian aid is trickling in but aid groups have repeatedly complained that Israel places many constraints on them - an accusation Israel denies. The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) announced on Sunday that it was halting aid deliveries to Gaza via the key Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing point, saying that deliveries had become impossible, partly due to looting by gangs. For Layla Hamad, who lives in a tent with her husband and seven children in southern Gaza's al-Mawasi, the UNRWA's decision was "like a bullet to the head". She said her family had regularly received "a small quantity" of flour from the UNRWA. "Every day, I think we will not survive, either because we will be killed by Israeli bombing or by hunger," she said. "There is no third option." >>
View photos here: https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/12/4/people-walk-miles-searching-for-bread-amid-gazas-war-shortages

Al Jazeera - Dec 3, 2024
<<Israel continues to pound Gaza, issue new evacuation orders
Israeli military has ordered areas of Khan Younis cleared while at least 14 people were killed in strikes in northern Gaza.
Israel has continued to pound Gaza, killing dozens and issuing new evacuation orders. The Israeli military launched strikes overnight that killed at least 14 people in the north of the enclave, according to reports on Tuesday. Meanwhile, new evacuation orders were issued, calling on people to leave areas in the southern city of Khan Younis. Medics reported that eight people were killed in a series of overnight strikes in Beit Lahiya, while four others were killed in Gaza City. A further two people were killed in attacks in Jabalia, the largest of Gaza's eight historic refugee camps in the northern part of the Strip. Later, the Israeli army ordered residents in the districts of Khan Younis to flee, prompting a westward exodus in the early morning hours. <For your own safety, you must evacuate the area immediately and move to the humanitarian zone,> the army said a statement on X, citing rocket launches by Palestinian groups. Research states that there are no <humanitarian zones> in which people can find safety, and that evacuation orders do not help those fleeing to find safety or shelter from harm. The use of these terms by Israel is aimed at bestowing legitimacy on forced displacement and creating the illusion of adherence to humanitarian law, the Action For Humanity nongovernment organisation stated.
Palestinian and United Nations officials also say that there are no safe areas in the enclave. Most of Gaza's 2.3 million people have been internally displaced, some as many as 10 times since the war began last year. Palestinian groups have accused Israel's army of trying to drive people from the northern edge of Gaza with forced evacuations and bombardments to create a buffer zone. The army denies this and says it has returned there to prevent Hamas fighters from regrouping in an area it had previously cleared. The Palestinian Civil Defence said its operations in Jabalia, Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoon have been halted for nearly four weeks due to Israeli attacks on their teams and fuel shortages. On Tuesday, it said that 88 of its members had been killed, 304 wounded, and 21 detained by Israel since the war started, while 13 of 27 vehicles in the central and southern Gaza Strip were out of operation due to fuel shortages.>>
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/3/israel-continues-to-pound-gaza-issue-new-evacuation-orders

Al Jazeera - Dec 3, 2024 - Al Jazeera Live - By Virginia Pietromarchi and Umut Uras
<<LIVE: Israel bombs Gaza as ceasefire with Hezbollah hangs by a thread
This video may contain light patterns or images that could trigger seizures or cause discomfort for people with visual sensitivities.
Gaza's health ministry says Israeli strikes have killed 36 Palestinians and wounded 96 others in the latest 24-hour reporting period.
The UN says "food availability is at an all-time low across the entire Gaza Strip" as Israel's blockade continues, with some Palestinians in the besieged north reporting completely running out of supplies.>>
Read more and video:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/12/3/live-israeli-forces-kill-11-in-south-lebanon-order-new-gaza-displacement

Haaretz - Dec 3, 2024
<<Israel at War Day 424 | Smotrich: Goal of War Is 'Effective Operational Control' of Gaza for Many Years
RECAP: IDF calls on residents of Khan Yunis in Gaza to evacuate, intercepts drone from east outside Israel
LEBANON: Rerports: Israeli drone struck in country's south. ISRAEL: IDF says it struck terrorist cell in West Bank. GAZA: Hamas, Fatah agree to jointly manage postwar Gaza; IDF intercepts rocket launched from Khan Yunis. IRAN: U.S. ships intercepted Iran-backed Houthi attacks on U.S. navy ships in Gulf of Aden, CENTCOM says. SYRIA: Vehicle struck from air near Damascus airport>>
Read more and video:
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-12-03/ty-article-live/reports-nine-people-killed-in-israeli-strikes-in-southern-lebanon/00000193-8a6b-d91d-affb-aa7f6f8e0000

Al Jazeera - Dec 2, 2024 - Al Jazeera Live - By Virginia Pietromarchi and Umut Uras
<<LIVE: Israel, Hezbollah trade fire; food supplies in Gaza ‘at all time low’
This video may contain light patterns or images that could trigger seizures or cause discomfort for people with visual sensitivities.
The UN says “food availability is at an all-time low across the entire Gaza Strip” as Israel’s blockade continues, with some Palestinians in the besieged north reporting completely running out of supplies.
Israeli forces have renewed attacks on south Lebanon, killing at least 12 people and threatening a ceasefire with Hezbollah that went into effect last week.>>
Read more and video here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/12/3/live-israeli-forces-kill-11-in-south-lebanon-order-new-gaza-displacement

Al Jazeera - Dec 2, 2024
<<'Appalling': ICC president says threats, sanctions put court in jeopardy
US politicians are threatening to sanction court officials over the arrest warrant against Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu. The president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has warned that attacks on the tribunal, which have come largely from Washington and Moscow, "jeopardise its very existence". Addressing ICC members in The Hague at an annual conference on Monday, ICC President Tomoko Akane said the court faced "coercive measures, threats, pressure and acts of sabotage" without naming the United States and Russia. The court has been facing rebukes from the two countries after issuing arrest warrants for Israeli and Russian officials over wars in Gaza and Ukraine. "The court is being threatened with draconian economic sanctions by another permanent member of the Security Council as if it was a terrorist organisation," Akane said in her address.
US politicians have been threatening to impose sanctions on ICC officials after the tribunal issued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant over suspected war crimes in Gaza. Last month, US Senator Lindsey Graham, whose Republican Party will be in control of both houses of Congress and the White House starting in January, called the ICC a <dangerous joke> and threatened penalties against the court and any country that cooperates with it. <To any ally - Canada, Britain, Germany, France - if you try to help the ICC, we're going to sanction you,> Graham said on Fox News. In June, the Republican-controlled US House of Representatives passed a bill to sanction the court in response to ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan's request for the arrest warrants against Israeli officials. The measure has so far not been considered by the Senate, which at this point is controlled by Democrats. After the ICC issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and a Hamas leader last month, US Senator Tom Cotton suggested using military force against The Hague-based tribunal. The US and Israel are not members of the ICC, and they have rejected the court's investigations of alleged abuses in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. However, the court has ruled that it has jurisdiction in those areas because the State of Palestine is a signatory to the Rome Statute, which established the tribunal.
"The court has been subjected to attacks seeking to undermine its legitimacy and ability to administer justice and realise international law and fundamental rights - coercive measures, threats, pressure and acts of sabotage," Akane said.
She called the efforts "appalling".
Last week, the court decried the "recent issuance of arrest warrants aimed at threatening the liberty and integrity of two judges". Russia had issued an arrest warrant for ICC Judge Haykel Ben Mahfoudh in November. Moscow also previously indicted Khan and other court officials after the ICC issued arrest warrants for President Vladimir Putin and Russian military leaders last year over alleged war crimes committed during Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Akane warned on Monday that the fall of the court through these threats would "imply the fall of the rule of law in the international community". "Victims would no longer be able to obtain justice. For many of them, a world without the ICC is inconceivable," the ICC president said.
"We firmly reject any attempt to influence the independence and the impartiality of the court," she added.
The ICC was established in 2002 to prosecute war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and the crime of aggression when member states are unwilling or unable to do so themselves. Its warrant against the Israeli leaders marked the first time the court issued an order for a staunchly close Western ally.>>
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/2/icc-president-warns-threats-and-sanctions-from-us-put-court-in-jeopardy


Leyan
Al Jazeera - Dec 2, 2024
<<The Take: All That Remains – a 13-year-old Gaza amputee’s journey to hope
Fault Lines follows Leyan on her journey to the US for life-changing treatment.
A 13-year-old amputee from Gaza named Leyan seeks treatment in the US
At just 13, Leyan, an amputee from Gaza, travels to the United States for medical treatment. Her journey reflects the immense challenges faced by thousands of children who have lost limbs in the war, underscoring their ongoing struggles and the urgent need for the world’s attention. Our guest, filmmaker Rhana Natour, tells Leyan’s story in All That Remains, a Fault Lines documentary on Al Jazeera.>>
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/podcasts/2024/12/2/the-take-all-that-remains-a-13-year-old-gaza-amputees-journey-to-hope

BBC - Dec 1, 2024 - By Robert Greenall
<<UN suspends aid deliveries through main Gaza crossing
Reuters Trucks carrying humanitarian aid destined for the Gaza Strip queue at the Kerem Shalom crossing in southern Israel.Reuters
The biggest UN agency providing aid to Palestinians has said it is suspending deliveries through the main crossing between Israel and Gaza because of security concerns.
The head of Unrwa, Philippe Lazzarini, said two recent convoys had been looted by armed gangs near the Kerem Shalom crossing and called on Israel to maintain law and order.
Israel has previously said that it facilitates the passage of aid into Gaza and accused Hamas of hijacking and stealing deliveries.
Kerem Shalom is the main route for delivering aid to the more than two million people in Gaza, which the UN has warned is on the brink of famine.
Recent weeks have seen a series of increasingly violent thefts by criminal gangs, which aid workers have said are now the main obstacle to the distribution of supplies.
On 16 November, a convoy of 109 lorries carrying food was attacked by masked men who held the drivers at gunpoint before stealing 97 of the lorries.
A notorious Gazan criminal family later blocked the main road leading away from Kerem Shalom for two days, erecting iron barriers and reportedly firing on lorries trying to access an aid distribution point.
Aid workers and locals have also alleged that armed men operate within plain sight of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in a restricted zone at the Israel-Gaza border.
Announcing the pause in deliveries, Mr Lazzarini said the road away from the crossing "has not been safe for months", citing the theft of five more lorries on Saturday as well as the incident last month.
The announcement also followed the death of three people employed by World Central Kitchen (WCK), a food charity, and two others in an Israeli strike on Saturday.
Israel said the target of the strike was a WCK employee who had taken part in the 7 October attacks.
"The delivery of humanitarian aid must never be dangerous or turn into an ordeal," Mr Lazzarini said.
He said there had been a "breakdown of law and order" and that the responsibility to protect aid workers lay with Israel.
"They must ensure aid flows into Gaza safely and must refrain from attacks on humanitarian workers," he said.
Israel has in recent months opened a number of other crossings into central and northern Gaza following international pressure to increase the flow of aid, but Kerem Shalom remains the one through which most aid enters Gaza.
Food charity pauses Gaza work after staff killed in Israeli strike
US to start immediately on fresh push for Gaza ceasefire
Israel building new military dividing line across Gaza, satellite images suggest
Speaking at the UN in September, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted his government was allowing the equivalent of "more than 3,000 calories a day for every man, woman, and child" into Gaza.
He accused Hamas of stealing aid deliveries and selling food at exorbitant prices as a means of maintaining control in the strip.
Responding to Unrwa's announcement, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, which oversees the Israeli government's civilian policy in Gaza, said there were other humanitarian organisations delivering aid.
"We will continue to work with the international community to increase the amount of aid making its way into Gaza, through the Kerem Shalom Crossing as well as the other four crossings between Israel and Gaza," it said.
Last month, a review by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification - which is run by the UN and a group of international charities - said the number of aid shipments crossing into Gaza was lower than at any time since the current conflict began in October 2023.
It warned that the "humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip [was] extremely grave and rapidly deteriorating", adding that, under a "reasonable worst-case scenario, a risk of famine existed for the whole of the Gaza Strip".
The review said "immediate action [was] required from all actors who are directly taking part in the conflict, or have influence on its conduct, to avert and alleviate this catastrophic situation".>>
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1ln5592v46o

Al Jazeera - Dec 1, 2024
<<Four Palestinians killed in Israeli attack near Jenin in occupied West Bank
Attack on village of Sir brings Palestinian death toll in the territory to at least 790 since beginning of Gaza war. At least four Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli operation in the occupied West Bank, according to authorities. The attack occurred in the village of Sir near Jenin on Sunday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. It said the killings were a result of "the occupation’s aggression". Israel's military also confirmed that four Palestinians were killed, describing them as <terrorists>. The Palestine Red Crescent Society, meanwhile, reported that Israeli forces had been "preventing our teams from reaching the bombing site". Fares Irshaid, a resident of Sir, described the attack to the AFP news agency. "In the morning, the planes came and started bombing this area," Irshaid said. "Shortly after that, the army stormed the entire area. They declared it a closed military zone. There was a group of young men, including my nephew and the son of our neighbours, and we do not know their fate," he told the news agency. Israel has not released the bodies of those killed although the military identified one of the dead as 31-year-old Wael Lahluh.
There has been a surge in Israeli military operations and violence by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank since the war in Gaza began on October 7, 2023.
At least 780 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank, adding to the 44,429 Palestinians killed in Gaza since the outbreak of the war.
Israel said 24 Israelis have been killed in the West Bank during that period while Hamas’s attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killed at least 1,139 people.
'Drone attack'
Speaking to Al Jazeera, Willem Marx, a journalist based in the West Bank, said Sunday's operation was initially "a drone attack, using bullets against cars. It seems the men inside [the cars] then fled on foot to a nearby agricultural storage space in quite a remote region just southeast of the city of Jenin," he said. He added the Israeli military has said those killed were reportedly responsible for several attacks on Israeli settlers. The military said Lahluh had killed a 23-year-old settler in August. While Israeli settlements are illegal under international law and are seen as a major obstacle to a future Palestinian state, the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has continued their expansion. The military regularly intervenes to protect Israeli settlers. The latest Israeli operation was carried out after Israel last month launched several raids in Jenin, killing nine people. Two Palestinians, including a teenage boy, were also killed during an Israeli raid in the West Bank village of Yabad on November 24, according to the Palestinian Authority.>>
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/1/palestinians-killed-israeli-attack-jenin-occupied-west-bank

Haaretz - Dec 2, 2024 - by Josh BreinerBar Peleg
<<Senior Police, Prison Officials Close to Israel's Ben-Gvir Suspected of Ethics Violations, Bribery
Israel Prison Service Commissioner Kobi Yaakobi and two senior police officials were questioned by the Justice Ministry's department for investigating police officers over alleged leaks. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir: 'This is a coup'
Israel Prison Service Commissioner Kobi Yaakobi, along with senior police officials close to National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, were questioned on suspicion of offenses related to unethical conduct.>>
Source/video: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-12-02/ty-article/.premium/senior-police-prison-officials-close-to-israels-ben-gvir-questioned-over-ethics-abuses/00000193-86df-d27f-a597-afff64420000

Haaretz - Dec 1, 2024 - by Aluf Benn
<<Opinion | Haaretz Will Not Be Silenced by Netanyahu
Netanyahu has never liked our reporting and our strong stance against his policy of occupation and annexation, and his overall denial of Palestinian rights. Now his political henchmen want to delegitimize and strangle us financially - but we are not alone in the government's crosshairs
"Wake up, it's war," said Amos Harel, our military analyst, calling me early on October 7, 2023. It was Simhat Torah, the last of the High Holy Days, the unofficial end of the Tel Aviv summer, and after staying out late the night before, I slept through the rocket attack sirens that went off at 6:29 A.M. "What war, against whom?" I wondered, still dizzy. "It's Hamas," said Harel as he laid out in crisp detail what would happen now: a long fight, aggressive Israeli counteroffensive, strong international criticism.>>
Source/video: https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024-12-01/ty-article/.premium/haaretz-will-not-be-silenced-by-netanyahu/00000193-7eba-d548-abf7-ffbef84d0000

Haaretz - Dec 1, 2024 - by Ofer Aderet
<<German University Cancels Lecture by Leading Israeli Historian Benny Morris Following Student Protests
The University of Leipzig said it had planned the lecture by Prof. Benny Morris as a critical discussion but had to cancel it over students' opposition and security concerns. The University of Leipzig in Germany canceled a planned lecture by Israeli historian Professor Benny Morris following student protests. In a statement released on Friday, the university explained that students objected to Morris's planned appearance because of comments in recent interviews that they described as offensive and racist.>>
Source/video: https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/2024-12-01/ty-article/.premium/german-university-cancels-lecture-by-leading-israeli-historian-following-student-protests/00000193-81ac-de89-abff-99ff0e1c0000

Le Monde - Dec 1, 2024
<<Kuwait ruler urges 'immediate ceasefire' for Gaza
Speaking at a summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council on Sunday, Emir Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah hit out at what he described as the 'double standards in the application of relevant international laws, charters and resolutions.' Kuwait's ruler on Sunday, December 1, urged an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, as he addressed a summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council held after nearly 14 months of war in the Palestinian territory.
Emir Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah called on the international community to implement "an immediate ceasefire, providing international protection for innocent civilians and ensuring the opening of safe corridors and the arrival of urgent humanitarian aid." The meeting of the six-member GCC comes at a time of acute and ongoing uncertainty for the Middle East following Hamas's October 7, 2023, attack on Israel and a subsequent war on Gaza, which has repeatedly threatened to spillover into a wider regional conflagration. Sheikh Meshal hit out at what he characterized as the "double standards in the application of relevant international laws, charters and resolutions" which he said had undermined "the region's security and stability." He said Kuwait was "optimistic" about a ceasefire agreed between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon that he said would contribute "to reducing escalation in the region." Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar and other countries also welcomed last week's truce after a year of conflict that killed thousands in Lebanon and caused mass displacement on both sides of the border. Fighting escalated in September after continuous cross-border strikes, initiated by Iran-backed Hezbollah in support of Hamas. The Kuwaiti ruler spoke in support of Saudi's work to form a global body pushing for an independent Palestinian state and lauded "positive and constructive" work by Iran and the GCC. Saudi Arabia had appeared close to a normalization deal with Israel prior to October 2023 but Riyadh indicated it was unwilling to move ahead while Israel pursued its campaign in Gaza, hardening its position in recent months by saying it would not recognize Israel without an independent Palestinian state. Anxious about being drawn into tit-for-tat strikes between Israel and nearby Iran, also precipitated by fighting in Gaza, the wealthy and traditionally western-allied Gulf monarchies have sought to cultivate improved relations with Tehran. An Israeli air raid on Iran in October was the most recent in a series of retaliatory attacks between the two countries.
Le Monde with AFP>>
Source: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/12/01/kuwait-ruler-urges-immediate-ceasefire-for-gaza_6734783_4.html
 


The Gazaian Thinker

"When the world,
at the brink of an WW3 outbreak,
is so troubled
you can/have/are
(to be) the solution."

and

"I was 'not' a child
I only wanted
a little bit dead,
just short,
to then wake-up again
on the banks
of the river to the sea
and a free Palestine"
Gino d'Artali
ghost-poet/writer of The Thinker - Gaza

 


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