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Sliman Mansour (Palestinian, 1947)

Homeland, 2010

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By Antony Loewenstein, author of The Palestine Laboratory (2023)

[...] The problem in Israel isn’t solely Netanyahu. He’s the symptom of a major larger societal shift. Replacing him with another carbon copy will change little for the millions of Palestinians who live under a brutal military occupation. One possible successor, Benny Gantz, has spent his career proudly promoting the destruction he’s caused in Gaza in previous wars. [...] Back in 2019, I wrote for the Jewish Forward outlet in the US that anti-Palestinian racism was ubiquitous in Israel, undeniably exploding since 7 October, and Netanyahu had simply been a reflection of contemporary Israel.   A 2016 poll found that close to half of Jewish citizens wouldn’t live in the same apartment blocks as Arabs. Fast forward to early 2024 and 68 percent of Israeli Jews opposed facilitating humanitarian aid to Gaza, according to an Israeli Democracy Institute study. This is at a time when Palestinians in Gaza are starving to death due to Israel’s deliberate policy of withholding lifesaving aid into the besieged territory. As far back as a 2012 poll, a majority of Israeli Jews opposed voting rights for Arabs if the Jewish state annexed the West Bank, and one-third of Israelis wanted Arabs in Israel to be denied the right to vote. In other words, apartheid was the Israeli vision for Palestine.

. . . continues on MEE (1 Apr, 2024)

#Israelis will protest against their “right wing leader” while completely ignoring that there are ppl living on that land who have been #killed for protesting for the past 75 yrs. Newsflash it’s always been a right wing gov and you’re a part of that.

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Sliman Mansour (Palestian, b. 1947)

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thank you Allah for allowing me to remember You.

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Hugo Charlemont - Summer hyacinths (Galtonias), ca. 1901

#art

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A Land Without People series by Palestinian artist Dana Barqawi, 2018

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Masjid Al Aqsa (Jerusalem, Palestine)

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Children in Rafah are preparing to welcome the holy month of Ramadan, after 145 days of genocide in the Gaza Strip.

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Crotalaria cunninghamii, also known as green birdflower or regal birdflower, is a plant of the legume family Fabaceae.

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The United States sells more weapons of war than the rest of the world combined.

I think if you're responsible for selling more than half the world's deadly weapons you shouldn't get to be on the UN "Security Council" with the ability to veto calls for ceasefires and other binding resolutions. Conflict of interest. Major conflict of interest.

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someone invents a recipe > their child loves it > they grow up and replicate it for their own child > their child loves it > they grow up and replicate it for their own child > their child loves it > they grow up and replicate it for their own child > their child loves it > (this continues indefinitely)

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We are organizing this page on behalf of a dear friend who is currently in Khan Younis, in Gaza, Palestine. He is currently displaced and sheltering in a tent in a school in Khan Younis after he was forcefully displaced when his home was bombed last month. His family has been displaced many times. His wife is pregnant and him and his children are struggling to survive in all imaginable ways.

We are asking for support for this family to be able to buy food (canned goods, flour) when available. They also would like to pay for some goats that are there to be able to eat them and share them with other families.

This is literally matter of survival. We appreciate your contribution.

Please spread this around if you cannot donate.

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Nicolas Demeersman aka Pretty Punk (b. 1978, Seclin) Worldwide ongoing Fucking Tourist series 2009-2014 Captures The Resentment Of Locals With A Simple Gesture. (Info with each pic)