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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.
The Guardian - March 9, 2024 - by Arwa Mahdawi
<<The Week in Patriarchy
Israel-Gaza war
Opposing oppression is a feminist act - don't look away from Gaza
Watching what is happening in Gaza feels almost too painful to bear
sometimes, but it is important that none of us look away
Bearing witness is a feminist act
I want to state the following as clearly and unequivocally as possible:
Israel, with the help of the US, is deliberating starving the population
of Gaza to death. The (manmade) famine conditions unfolding in Gaza are,
many experts have noted, <unprecedented> in terms of their severity,
speed and scale. <We have never seen children pushed into malnutrition
so quickly in any conflict in modern history,> the UN special rapporteur
on the right to food, Michael Fakhri, has said. <We have never seen a
civilian population made to go so hungry so quickly and so completely
.... Israel is not just targeting civilians, it is trying to damn the
future of the Palestinian people by harming their children.> Not only is
Israel blocking aid from getting to Gaza, it is making the process of
getting what little aid does get in deadly. In a statement on Tuesday UN
experts accused Israel of <intentionally starving the Palestinian people
in Gaza since 8 October>, adding: <Now it is targeting civilians seeking
humanitarian aid and humanitarian convoys.> That statement was in
reference to what is being called the Flour Massacre. Last Thursday at
least 112 Palestinians were killed and 760 were injured in a desperate
attempt to get flour. Witnesses say Israel opened fire on the crowd and
caused panic, resulting in a stampede. This wasn't a one-off: there is
an established pattern of Israeli forces attacking Palestinians who are
trying to get aid. Again, I'm trying to state all this as clearly and
unequivocally as possible because the US government, and large swaths of
the US media, would have you believe the humanitarian catastrophe in
Gaza is inscrutable and unavoidable. There seems to be a widespread
attitude that while it's terribly sad innocent people are being bombed
to oblivion and starved to death, this is just the sort of inevitable
collateral damage that happens in a conflict. When Hillary Clinton was
recently asked if she was shocked by casualties in Gaza, for example,
she said: <Of course, I'm not shocked because that's what happens in
war.>
Let's be clear: collective punishment is not war. Starving people to
death is not war. Bulldozing cemeteries is not war. Firing on
humanitarian convoys is not war. All of those things are war crimes.
International law is very clear about this. (And, by the way, American
politicians are also very clear about this when the perpetrator of these
crimes isn't an ally.) And yet clarity has become another casualty in
this conflict. A lot of the US media has this curious habit of using
straightforward English when it comes to talking about most things, but
retreating into the verbal equivalent of interpretative dance when
describing violence perpetrated by Israel. Headlines are often so vague
they read like a murder mystery. See, for example, this headline from
the New York Times about the Flour Massacre: <Deaths of Gazans Desperate
for Food Prompt Fresh Calls for Cease-Fire.> One gets the impression
that these Palestinians just mysteriously flopped to the ground. Another
hallmark of US coverage of Israel-Palestine is to ensure the reader
knows, at every point, that even if an Israeli soldier fired a bullet, a
Palestinian was almost certainly to blame. See, for example, this
paragraph from an analysis of the Flour Massacre in the New York Times:
<More than 100 were killed and 700 injured, Gazan health officials said,
after thousands of hungry civilians rushed at a convoy of aid trucks,
leading to a stampede and prompting Israeli soldiers to fire at the
crowd.>
That framing is insidious: it casts the blame squarely on Palestinians.
They started it, the framing insinuates, Israel just retaliated in
self-defence. Those crazy Palestinians! They're always finding new ways
to massacre themselves! It is impossible to overstate just how dire the
situation in Gaza is right now. <Unless something changes, the world
faces the prospect of almost a quarter of Gaza's 2 million population -
close to half a million human beings - dying within a year,> Devi
Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh,
wrote back in December. It's March now, and nothing has changed; things
have only got worse. The US continues to send extraordinary amounts of
weapons to Israel, using legal loopholes to keep these arms sales under
the radar. The US continues to attach no conditions to the military aid
it gives Israel. It continues to shut down any criticism of Israel,
including a UN resolution that would have condemned Israel for the Flour
Massacre. It continues to enable plausible genocide and ethnic
cleansing. In the face of a catastrophic famine, all the US has done is
airdrop a pitiful amount of food and made half-baked plans to build a
floating port. Performative doesn't even cover it. Writers haven't been
(completely) replaced with AI yet. We are human beings, not robots; we
feel things. I will be frank: it is almost unbearably painful, as
someone of Palestinian heritage, to write about what's happening in
Gaza. Not just because it involves reading about unspeakable horrors,
but because it seems like everything I write about Gaza boils down to a
plea for people to view Palestinians as humans. Do you know how debasing
that is? Do you know what it feels like to have to beg people to see you
as someone deserving of dignity and freedom? I know that Im not alone
when I say that the last five months have permanently altered how I see
the world. They have hollowed me out. Of course, writing about what's
happening is a luxury compared with living it. The pain I feel is
nothing compared with Rania Abu Anza, who spent 10 years trying to get
pregnant then lost her five-month old twins and husband in an Israeli
airstrike. It's nothing compared with the 700,000 women and girls in
Gaza who are trying to manage their menstrual cycles in camps where
there is only one toilet for 486 people. It's nothing to the nightmare
that 2 million people in Gaza are living every day. Watching what is
happening in Gaza feels almost too painful to bear sometimes, but it is
important that none of us look away. Im writing this on International
Women's Day (IWD) and I want to stress that bearing witness is a
fundamentally feminist act. Opposing oppression everywhere is a feminist
act. If you want to honour the original radical and anti-war spirit of
IWD, please do not look away from Gaza. Raise your voice and make sure
nobody in the future can ever say: 'I didn't know.'>>
Source:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/09/opposing-oppression-famine-gaza
And related view here the absolute truth i.e.
how journalist Richard Medhurst reveals the truth why the USA is, even
if denying it, has boots on Gazaian grounds and thus actually joined
israeli forces in its attempt to genocide the Palestinians:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ5UnKa42EE
Ezidi and Berivan Çiya
Jinha - Womens News Agency 22 Mar 2024 - by MEDYA HAWAR
<<Women journalists: We will realize the dream of Nujiyan
Seven years have passed since journalist Nujiyan Erhan was killed by the
KDP forces. In an interview with NuJINHA her colleagues, Nujin Ezidi and
Berivan Çiya, said, <We will realize her dream.>
Shengal (Sinjar)- Journalist Nujiyan Erhan went to Shengal when ISIS
began its attacks on Shengal in 2014 to make the voices of the Yazidi
community heard around the world while the whole world was playing
ostrich. She listened to stories and reported them. On March 3, 2017,
she was injured in the attack carried out by the forces of the Kurdistan
Democratic Party (KDP) while covering a clash that broke out in the
Xanesor town of Shengal. She was taken to a hospital in Rojava; however,
she died at the hospital on March 22. NuJINHA spoke to Nujin Ezidi and
Berivan Çiya, reporters of Çira TV in Shengal, about Nujiyan's
personality and the legacy she left to Yazidi women.
She made the genocide heard all around the world
Journalist Nujin Ezidi began to talk by commemorating all people, who
lost their lives during the genocide. <When ISIS attacked Shengal in
2014, Nujiyan and freedom fighters came to Shengal, the homeland of
Yazidis. Nujiyan wanted to report the genocide committed against the
Yazidi community and the betrayal of the KDP against the people of
Shengal. While the KDP forces were escaping from the Mont Çilmera,
Nujiyan recorded those moments and shared the footage on social media
platforms. Before the genocide by ISIS, 73 genocidal attacks had been
carried out against the Yazidi community but there was no footage or
video proving the attacks. Thanks to Nujiyan and her comrades, the
genocide against the Yazidi community by ISIS was heard all around the
world. She made the voices of the Yazidi community, especially women,
heard all around the world.
'We follow in her footsteps'
Pointing out that Nujiyan gave hope to Yazidi women, Nujin Ezidi said,>
We follow in her footsteps. Unfortunately, we did not have the chance to
meet and see the martyr Nujiyan. But we learned the personality of the
martyr Nujiyan by our colleagues. We learned what Nujiyan's dreams and
hopes were.>
'We get strength from her'
Nujin Ezidi told us that all journalists got strength from Nujiyan. <The
footage and images shot by her tell everything, reflecting the suffering
of the Yazidi people during the genocide. She felt and shared their
sufferings. As women journalists, we get strength from her.>
'We will realize her dream'
Nujiyan was targeted because she wanted to reveal the truth and betrayal
of the KDP and its partners, Nujin Ezidi added. <She was injured on
March 3 and died on March 22. Her wish was for Yazidi women to rise up
and fight. We will realize her dream. Martyr Nujiyan taught all the
young people around her how to use a camera to reveal the realities of
their society. Every year, the Yazidi women release statement to
commemorate her.>
'We will continue to follow the truth'
In her speech, Nujin Ezidi condemned the attacks against journalists.
<We are targeted because we report the truth. Free press is targeted in
four parts of Kurdistan. Unfortunately, we, as journalists, are
subjected to many attacks in Shengal. These attacks show the weakness
and fear of the enemy. We will continue to follow the truth. We will
follow in the footsteps of Nujiyan to the end.>
'She had only a camera'
Berivan Çiya began to talk by commemorating the fighters who lost their
lives while fighting for freedom. <The Yazidi community has been
subjected to dozens of genocidal attacks and the last genocide committed
against them took place in 2014. Yazidi women and girls suffered a lot
during the genocide committed by ISIS in 2014. But the last genocide was
documented by journalist Nûjiyan. When she came Shengal in 2015, there
was no journalist. She was alone and had only a camera. She reported the
sufferings of the Yazidi women. Despite all the difficulties, she made
great efforts to make the voices of the Yazidi women heard all around
the world.>
'She was the voice of the truth'
She was targeted because she was the voice of the truth, Berivan Çiya
emphasized. <The Turkish state, the KDP and their partners attacked
Xanesor to occupy it. Martyr Nujiyan recorded everything to be the
voices of the Yazidi community, especially Yazidi women and girls. She
was targeted because she was the voice of the truth.>
'My parents named one of my sisters after Nujiyan'
After the killing of Nujiyan, dozens of Yazidi young women began to do
journalism. <Nujiyan was loved by everyone. My parents named one of my
sisters after Nujiyan. Now, there are many girls named Nujiyan. Many
women journalists were targeted because they were the voice of the
truth. If there had been no journalist in Shengal, no one would know how
the KDP Peshmerga fled from Shengal and turned their backs on us. Thanks
to Nujiyan, everyone knows the betrayal of the KDP against the Yazidi
community.> >>
Source incl. video:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/women-journalists-we-will-realize-the-dream-of-nujiyan-34797?page=1
Dicle Muftuoglu
Jinha - Womens News Agency 22 Mar 2024
<<Journalist Dicle Muftuoglu granted human rights award
2024 Sevinç Ozgüner Human Rights, Peace and Democracy Award has been
granted to journalist Dicle Muftuoglu, who was held in pre-trial
detention for 10 months.
News Center- The Istanbul Chamber of Medicine (ITO) has announced the
winners of the 2024 Sevinç Ozguner Human Rights, Peace and Democracy
Award. The award has been granted to journalist Dicle Muftuoglu,
Co-Chair of the Dicle Fırat Journalists Association and editor of
Mesopotamia Agency (MA), who was sent to prison on May 3, 2023, World
Press Freedom Day, and released from prison on February 29, 2024 after
being held in pre-trial detention for 10 months. The award has also been
granted to Ilhan Sami Çomak, who has been held in prison since 1994
without a fair trial, and the Akbelen resistance against the
deforestation of the Akbelen Forest by a coal mine project.
The award ceremony will be held on May 23, 2024.
The Istanbul Chamber of Medicine (ITO) has been granting the <Sevinç
Ozguner Human Rights, Peace and Democracy Award> in memory of Sevinç
Ozguner, a dentist and member of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB)
who was killed in an armed attack on May 23, 1980.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/journalist-dicle-muftuoglu-granted-human-rights-award-34799?page=1
Newroz fire lit in Beirut
Jinha - Womens News Agency 22 Mar 2024
<<Newroz fire lit in Beirut
Kurdish people, their friends and representatives of political parties
and associations in Lebanon gathered around the Newroz fire in the
Damour town of Beirut. The area, where the Newroz celebration took
place, was decorated with posters of Abdullah Öcalan, Mazlum Dogan and
PKK flags. At the celebration, the speakers demanded the physical
freedom of Abdullah Ocalan and called for unity.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/newroz-fire-lit-in-beirut-34794?page=1
Jinha - Womens News Agency 22 Mar 2024
<<204 people detained during Newroz celebrations in Amed released
204 people, including 38 children, who were detained during Newroz
celebrations in Amed on Thursday, have been released.
Amed (Diyarbakır) 204 people, including 38 children were detained during
Newroz celebrations in Amed on Thursday for wearing Kurdish traditional
clothes and carrying red-yellow-green flags. Being detained on charges
of <propagandizing for a terrorist organization> and <opposing the Law
on Demonstrations and Marches No. 2911>, 204 people have been released
after the legal procedure at the police station was completed. According
to the received reports, 26 young people, who were taken into custody in
house raids conducted in the city on March 19, were released last
night.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/204-people-detained-during-newroz-celebrations-in-amed-released-34800?page=1
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