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“ Much of the work of midlife is to tell the difference between those who are dealing with their issues through you and those who are really dealing with you.”

who dressed HER as North

Alicia Keys doesn’t want to accept she’s an Alto

Just imagine we had the recording of a 6 year old Israeli girl, desperately ringing the emergency services after Hamas militants slaughtered her relatives in a car, including 3 other kids. Imagine we also had a prior recording of her 15 year old cousin, desperately pleading for help, before you hear her being violently murdered by Hamas gunfire. Imagine then an Israeli ambulance sent to rescue this little girl was then blown up by Hamas militants, killing both paramedics. What would be the response? You know what the response would be. It would be offered up as evidence of the supreme evil and barbarism of Hamas. We would be told it showed they’re worse than the Nazis. It would also be offered up as justification for the need to wipe Hamas off the face of the earth. Every politician in the West would issue statements dripping with grief and righteous fury. None of that has happened here. Instead, the West continue to arm and back Israel’s mass slaughter, with occasional handwringing which its politicians know has zero impact on the behaviour of Israel. Even as Israel commits some of the worst atrocities of the 21st century - live streamed for the world to see - these Western powers refuse to describe a single act of Israel as a war crime. Two things. Firstly, none of this is to downgrade the value of Israeli civilian life. The value attacked to Israel innocent civilians’ lives is correct. It is just transparently not applied to Palestinian life. Indeed, secondly, it is nauseating that I even have to indulge in these “imagine if!” scenarios. It becomes necessary because Palestinian life has been stripped of nearly all value. In South Africa’s submission to the ICJ, this horror was described as the world’s first live streamed genocide. I think even more than that, it’s the live streaming of the suicide of the West. Much of the world already regarded the West’s claims of moral superiority with contempt. Well, contempt doesn’t even begin to describe those sentiments now. I don’t think it’s remotely appreciated how much fury at Western power - which has shrunk with every major conflict involving Muslim nations in the 21st century - is being whipped up. Finally, this nauseating episode has answered a question I’ve always been haunted by when studying the atrocities of the past. How did so many people who regarded themselves as humane, moderate, “normal” become so willingly complicit in self evident evil, either by not speaking out or actively cheering it on? Well, think of the badly decomposing remains of Hind and her family, and the incinerated remains of the paramedics sent to save her, and there’s your answer. There’s your answer!

Bombing during the Super Bowl and even running ads. Evil.

Surely the decision for Labour to oppose a ceasefire was a mistake, then? An apology is called for and the party should vote for immediate ceasefire at the first opportunity. Otherwise, this is fraudulent. Just hot air before a tricky by-election.

“Why are they bombing us??” “They told us this was a safe zone!” “They told us to come here, so why are they bombing us!?” This woman just like many Gazans went to seek safety in Rafah but Israel is carpet bombing it as we speak.

Israel was able to create an ad, have it approved, pay for it to run during THE SuperBowl, and air it while bombing the area where 1.2 million Palestines are kettled in. Rafah, where they said it’s a safe zone? There’s bombed body parts everywhere.

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For anyone who’s unsure about what’s happening in Congo, I hope this helps. #FreeCongo 🇨🇩

I’m so sick of hearing about the self inflicted male loneliness epidemic. 1. Because the world is the way it is due to their refusal to change so its self inflicted 2. Women be lonely too but we’re not terrorizing everybody because of it. We’re building community

How come no one is talking about Ghetts ‘On Purpose with Purpose’ rollout right now? I’m confused You are telling me he won the MOBO Pioneer Award, collaborating with Gymshark, the release of his tracklist, released 2 songs (Tumbi & Double Standards ft Sampha) all in two weeks ??

Videos of stripped and blindfolded Gazan detainees posted online by Israeli soldiers could breach international law, experts say bbc.in/3Sx9cMM

South African Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister Naledi Pandor has spoken to the Minister of Police following threats by Israeli agents.

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