Mary Ryder

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War is back in vogue and a zeal for war is spreading. The principle established after the Second World War, which prohibited nations from using force to violate the borders of others, has been completely undermined. #Peace is no longer sought as a gift and a desirable good in itself. Instead, peace is sought through weapons as a condition for asserting one’s own dominion. This gravely threatens the rule of law, which is the foundation of all peaceful civil coexistence. vatican.va/content/leo-xi…

It’s been three months since the ceasefire was announced in Gaza. UNICEF Spokesperson @1james_elder reports from the ground how children and families, despite hardships, are acting with determination and resilience, and how UNICEF is supporting them.

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It’s #Friday folks. Have the best #weekend you can. You know the drill: Be #kind Be #gentle Be #true Be like #bees… Don’t murder mothers in their cars. Don’t invade other countries for oil. Don’t put up with it. Don’t normalise it. Don’t move on. Move mountains. Together!

Gaza was once at the center of the world’s attention, its news trending at number one across social media platforms. Today, emotions have cooled, voices have faded, and people have turned away—so much so that you can barely find any news about this devastated city. The tragedy has not changed, and the suffering has not stopped. What has changed is people’s indifference and fatigue. Do not stop speaking about Gaza, even if you stand alone. Standing with the oppressed is an honor the indifferent will never know.

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Juliet Stevenson: "There are 4 fully equipped mobile maternity clinics waiting to cross the border.. they're not allowed across... the Israeli govt has blocked [them].. we have to stop selling arms to Israel, we have to stop supporting that regime" Well said.

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BREAKING!! Israel's unlawful occupation is bombing Gaza again! Dozens of civilians killed, including children. With most journalists killed/humanitarians blocked, Israel advances its genocidal violence UNNOTICED, aimed solely at forcing Palestinians out. The shame of the century.

#Palestineaction hunger strikers are at critical point. They have never been charged with a crime. instagram.com/reel/DTP3pdlih…

Actor Hugh Bonneville on the “abomination” that is Israel's ban on aid organisations in Palestine: "I call on all in my community, and that includes you, to speak up"

WATCH THIS NOW! Doctor on scene: I'm a physician. Ice agent: I DON'T CARE They shot her three times in the face and head and then denied her medical care and it's all ON CAMERA.

Human's are causing the Earth's sixth mass extinction. 83% of wild mammals have already been pushed past the brink. If nature goes, its taking us with it. No time to wait. #ActOnClimate #biodiversity #natureneedshalf #biodiversity

President Connolly has said that the recent loss of lives in Venezuela is "appalling" and "often overlooked" when the US raid on the capital is discussed jrnl.ie/6920418

Hi, Hi, I'm Jewish. Many of my closest friends are Jewish. I love them all. My whole family is Jewish, I love them all too. My community is Jewish. Love them all. I love Judaism. I host shabbat dinners, celebrate Jewish holidays, sing Jewish prayers, study Torah & Talmud, and love Jewish culture, history and expression. But I'm not a Zionist. Zionism was an ideology that said, let's create a Jewish state in a country that's 97%+ non-Jewish. That's why, when Zionists bought land in Palestine from the 1900s-1948, they uprooted the people living on the land because they weren't jewish. That's why, when Zionists created cooperatives in Palestine in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s, they insisted on "Hebrew Labor", i.e., "Jews only" -- no Arabs allowed. That's why, in the 1930s, Zionists expelled Palestinian Arabs from working at Jewish companies and business. Jews only! jstor.org/stable/10.1525… That's why, in 1948, Zionists militias ethnically cleansed 750,000 Palestinians from their homes. That's why, from 1949-1956, Israeli forces shot & killed b/w 2,700-5,000 overwhelmingly unarmed Palestinians trying to return to their homes after the war. Because they were the wrong religion/ethnicity (source: Benny Morris, Border Wars, p.416). That's why Israel expelled another ~30-40,000 Palestinians from Israel from 1949-1959. palestinenexus.com/articles/israe… That's why Israel expelled another ~250,000 Palestinians from Gaza & the West Bank when it occupied those territories in 1967. That's why Israel continued to expel Palestinians from the occupied territories from 1968-1993, many hundreds of thousands of them. They had the wrong DNA. palestinenexus.com/articles/israe… The Zionists wanted to create a Jewish State with a Jewish majority in a land of overwhelmingly Palestinians. That's why Israel has become such a pariah state over the years, because it's insistence on jewish rule in a country with so many Palestinians. That's why Zionism has led Israel to become an apartheid state, according to every relevant human rights organization (@ICAHD in 2010, @UNESCWA in 2017, @YeshDin in 2020, @AdalahCenter in 2020, @btselem in 2021, @hrw in 2021, @fidh_en in 2021, @alhaq_org in 2022, @Addameer in 2022, @AlMezanCenter in 2022, @cacalqudsuni in 2022, @AdvocacyJlac in 2022, @miftahpal in 2022, @ICJ_org in 2022, @DAWNmenaorg in 2022, @amnesty in 2022), since it cannot grant the ~5-6 million occupied Palestinians Israeli citizenship. Israel chose apartheid and Jewish supremacy over democracy. Zionism also explains why Israel is now committing genocide (according to @amnesty, @hrw, @btselem, @MSF, IAGS, @alhaq_org, @UNHumanRights, @UN_HRC, @pchrgaza, @AlMezanCenter, @WarOnWant, @PHRIsrael, @fidh_en, PHROC, @LemkinInstitute, @theCCR, @ECCHRBerlin , @unitedforrights @JURDIasso, @TheElders, @Oxfam ), because, what a Zionist dream it would have been had Palestine been a land without any people on it! the ideology incentivized genocide. So, please don't conflate Judaism -- that has existed for 3,300+ years -- with your 150-yr-old anti-Jewish ideology founded on the principles of forcible displacement & genocide Judaism will last as long as their are humans on the planet. Zionism is imploding in real time. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

We condemn in the strongest possible terms the shooting and killing of a woman in Minneapolis by a federal agent during immigration enforcement operations today. The Trump administration has taken the life of yet another person through the unnecessary use of lethal force - driven by its cruel, anti-immigrant agenda - and again blatantly lied about the circumstances. The growing presence of ICE, along with militarized crackdowns on protests we have witnessed in recent months, have violated the right to freedom of expression and made our communities unsafe, harming all of us. This killing, as well as all ICE-related custodial deaths, must be thoroughly investigated and those responsible for abuses held accountable. More broadly, the attack on our communities by the Trump administration must stop now.

So, EIGHTY (80) people killed when the US kidnapped Maduro A fact that you would struggle to hear on UK mainstream media Like the daily deaths of Palestinians, it seems THESE deaths somehow do not matter

No new infrastructure. Such a disappointment. irishtimes.com/opinion/editor…