cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/5843763

a conscience piqued

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UEFA unfurls Gaza-related plea banner after Palestinian tribute fallout

UEFA has unfurled a banner with the message “Stop Killing Children. Stop Killing Civilians” on the pitch before the Super Cup football match between Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham in Udine, Italy, in the wake of heavy fallout over its meek tribute to a Palestinian player killed by Israel.

“The message is loud and clear,” European football’s governing body said in a post on X om Wednesday.  “A banner. A call.”

Nine children refugees from Palestine, Afghanistan, Ukraine, and Iraq carried the banner onto the field of play before the game began.

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah last week criticised a UEFA tribute to the late Suleiman al-Obeid, known as the “Palestinian Pele”, after European football’s governing body failed to reference the circumstances surrounding his killing.

The Palestine Football Association said al-Obeid, 41, was killed by an Israeli attack on civilians waiting for humanitarian aid in the southern Gaza Strip.

In a brief post on X, UEFA called the former national team member “a talent who gave hope to countless children, even in the darkest of times”.

Salah responded, “Can you tell us how he died, where, and why?”

Speaking to Al Jazeera last week, Bassil Mikdadi, the founder of Football Palestine, said he did not expect the football body to respond to the criticism.

“UEFA have not issued a follow-up, and frankly, I’d be surprised if they do,” he said, citing the “complete silence” of football and players’ bodies since the start of the war on Gaza.

Even UEFA’s tribute to al-Obeid “was a bit of a surprise”, Mikdadi said.

“Suleiman al-Obeid is not the first Palestinian footballer to perish in this genocide – there’s been over 400 – but he’s by far the most prominent as of now.”

Salah, one of the Premier League’s biggest stars, has advocated for humanitarian aid to be allowed into Gaza during the nearly two-year-long war.

But some responding to Salah’s post asked why it had taken the 33-year-old Egyptian so long to weigh in on Israel’s genocidal war.

The banner move came a day after the UEFA Foundation for Children announced its latest initiative to help children affected by war in different parts of the world – a partnership with Medecins du Monde, Doctors Without Borders (known by its French initials MSF), and Handicap International.

They are charities “providing vital humanitarian help for the children of Gaza,” UEFA said in a news release on Tuesday.

UEFA has supported projects regarding children affected in conflict zones in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Sudan, Syria, Yemen and Ukraine.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/34617940

I still remember the day Shireen Abu Akleh was martyred. My mother called me crying. She had grown up watching Shireen, who was an invited guest into her home every day while she lived in Palestine. I remember when my mom called me after Israel dropped their first bomb in Gaza, the same tears, a different type of violence. And yesterday, my mom called me again to talk about Anas. Anas al-Sharif’s voice was one I’ve come to intimately know over the last two years, and one we will never hear again. Because, like the almost 300 journalists in Gaza that Israel has killed, Anas represented the truth. And truth is a threat to Israel.

For 22 months, the international community has watched Israel systematically murder journalists and called it acceptable losses in a just war. Nearly 300 media workers have been killed, the deadliest conflict for journalists in recorded history. Yet the world’s response has been to write strongly worded letters while shipping more weapons. Where are the sanctions that followed Russia’s invasion? Where are the war crimes tribunals that prosecuted Rwandan generals? Where is the global media solidarity that should transcend borders and politics? Apparently that only exists when the victims are not Palestinian.

Under Article 79 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions, journalists are explicitly protected as civilians in armed conflict zones. Intentionally directing attacks against civilians, including journalists, constitutes a war crime under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and amounts to grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions. The law is clear. The crime is obvious. But, Israel has transformed every Palestinian journalist into a “legitimate target” by simply calling them terrorists first.

After the Dinah Project ~~revealed~~ falsified dozens of testimonies of rape, sexual assault and intentional mutilation on October 7 and against hostages, the UN secretary-general will add the terrorist organization to the list of perpetrators of sexual violence in wars; draft report to be presented to the Security Council also contains warning that Israel may be included on list

Wed 13 Aug 2025 05.00 EDT

She called for an embargo on all arms sales to #Israel and a cessation of trade agreements – as well as accountability for the war crimes and crimes against humanity with which the international criminal court has charged top #Israeli officials. She also called for a complete Israeli withdrawal from occupied territory by the 17 September deadline set by the #UN general assembly.

“Ending the question of #Palestine in line with international law is possible and necessary: end the genocide today, end the permanent occupation this year, and end apartheid,” she said.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/34601111

reprinted with an introduction by World-Outlook
August 11, 2025

“I read and translate testimonies of people who walk 7 kilometers each way in order lug a sack of flour weighing 30 kilos in this horrific heat. How can we even imagine that? The extreme heat is also playing a part.

“It’s terribly frightening because every time, you feel as if you’ve crossed another threshold from which it’s already impossible to return. For example, the erasure of #Gaza — there is no way back from that. What that means is, that even if the last soldier returns to Israel today and the Gaza Strip is opened to the world, we’re in a situation in which there is no way to exist in Gaza.”

Something is wrong with my posts here, both the group and the personal ones.

I get the warning message "Quiet Public" instead of "Public" even thought, I have selected my posts to be public.

#Mastodon #Restriction #QuietPublic #Censorship #SocialMedia
#Help #NeedHelp #MastodonRequest #HelpRequest

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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/5813214

Airdropped aid kills nurse

Western and regional states, who remain in lockstep with Israel and its genocidal policy, are continuing their attempts at public relations management by boasting of airdropping meager amounts of food aid.

But the crossings remain largely sealed, Palestinians are killed in vast numbers at US and Israeli so-called aid distribution sites, and the Gaza population is facing catastrophic levels of starvation.

This week, Canada, Germany and Belgium, along with the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Jordan, airdropped aid, as Gaza government officials once again warned that the amount of assistance is only a small fraction of what is needed.

On 1 August, Palestinians in Gaza filmed themselves opening up some of the airdropped aid parcels from Spain, showing that some of the food packets were covered in black mold

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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/5823224

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Prominent Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif and five others were assassinated in an Israeli airstrike on a media tent at Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital late on 10 August.

Journalists Mohammad al-Khalidi, Mohammad Qureiqaa, Ibrahim Zaher, Moamen Alaywa, and Mohammad Nofal were killed alongside him.

“The number of martyred journalists [since the start of the war] rises to 238 after the announcement of the martyrdom of journalist Mohammad al-Khalidi, joining his five colleagues killed in yesterday’s massacre,” Gaza’s Government Media Office said in a statement on 11 August.

“We hold the Israeli occupation, the US administration, and the countries complicit in the genocide – such as the UK, Germany, and France – fully responsible for committing these heinous, brutal crimes. We call on the international community, international organizations, and all bodies concerned with journalism and media around the world to condemn the occupation’s crimes, work to deter it, prosecute it in international courts for its ongoing crimes, and bring its criminals to justice,” it added.

Source (no additional information): https://english.almanar.com.lb/2475101

Following the murder, 'Israel' shared a document it claimed was from Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades, intended to prove Al-Sharif's membership. This document, whose authenticity is vehemently denied by his family, Al Jazeera and international organizations, was meant to be the final word, a definitive justification for targeting a member of the press.

Even if one were to entertain the authenticity of this document for the sake of argument, its contents incriminate the 'Israeli' military completely. The document alleges that in early 2023, months before the October 7 attacks and the subsequent 'Israeli' assault on Gaza, Anas Al-Sharif was wounded in a training explosion. It goes on to detail the consequences of this incident, stating he was left with severe, debilitating injuries: "Severe hearing loss in the left ear + vision impairment in the left eye + dizziness and headaches."

The document’s own conclusion is unambiguous: as a result of these injuries, Anas Al-Sharif was deemed incapacitated and unfit for military service. This is not a footnote; it is the central point. By the logic of the very document 'Israel' presented to the world as justification, Anas Al-Sharif held zero military capacity or role during the entire period of the war in which he was killed.

Absolutely repulsive news reporting by the swedish conservative "Svenska Dagbladet" about the assasination of Palestinian Al-Jazeera reporters.

https://www.svd.se/a/dR3MGB/expert-israel-delvis-ratt-i-kritiken-mot-al-jazeera

They chose the headline : "Expert: Israel is partially right about Al-Jazeera"

With image of control room of the TV station.

It makes me sick to read this crap.

#Media #Sweden #Genocide #WarCrime #Israel #Gaza

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