«Nosotros no comerciamos con un estado genocida.» “We do not trade with a genocidal state.” Say it. Translate it. Share it. Make it a mantra — in all EU languages, all UN languages, all languages and dialects spoken. Because it’s not about a country’s name. It’s about its crimes. No trade with states that commit genocide, aggression, apartheid.
UN and partners must support the enforcement of the ICJ Advisory Opinion 2024, which orders Israel's total and unconditional withdrawal from the OPT. Gaza can no longer be occupied. And under genocidal blockade.
That Israel may have made and will make pressure on #Malta re the #flotilla is no surprise. Maltese authorities need support from principled states, especially in the EU, to: - assess the damage transparently (and involving the crew); - assist the ship and its crew to dock, repair and resail asap; - investigate the incident (including why #Palau apparently deflagged the boat, leaving it unprotected, as it was sailing and slightly before it was hit). Courage Malta. The world needs your principled action and humanity right now. The Flotilla is doing what Member States SHOULD be doing: break the siege - stop the genocide.
For more than 2 decades, @BBC has been my main daily news source on global affairs. That's over. Since the Israeli genocide in Gaza and their appalling coverage thereof, I hardly open their website any longer.
EU official says that “The [EU] association agreement with Israel is the legal basis of... dialogue with the Israeli authorities... to discuss issues and advance our point of views.” NO: a telephone is a tool for dialogue. The association agreement is a tool for Israel’s impunity and EU complicity.
I wonder whether the European Civil Protection Mechanism can be activated for people—especially children—burned alive in plastic tents, or is it just for trees.
Settler colonial Carpe Diem: If Israel—deemed the unlawful occupier of Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem by [@cij_icj]( )—demolishes homes and seizes land at an alarming pace, it’s because it counts on unprecedented lawlessness and cowardice from its international peers.
❌Gaza: Alarming news❌Since last night, I've received reports that armed gangs are looting the remaining food warehouses, while Israeli drones are allegedly targeting local police and volunteers attempting to stop them. Israel must cease fostering chaos in Gaza, on top of bombing, mutilating, and starving its entrapped population.
Yet another victory for those who fight for justice against all odds: Stella Maris, the rector of St Andrews University has won her appeal after being removed from her role for having called the genocide in Gaza "genocide". Lesson learnt: do not be silenced, human rights are our shield and our sword.
I have known @We Are Not Numbers since 2019, when I was researching on Palestinian youth in the Levant. Brilliant young people who have embraced writing as a form of liberation, both for the self and to resist the global invisibilisation of Gaza. Ad meliora, young talents of Gaza.