Carlos Azevedo
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Last night I dreamt that I had left academia and owned a cafe by the sea with great food, drinks and music. Today I told my dream to a friend, also an academic, who immediately replied: 'If one day you decide to do it, may we explore it together?' It seems that I have a Plan B.
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A school bus carrying children. Children.
An Israeli strike near a bus carrying school children this morning in Lebanon’s south resulted in multiple injuries among the students
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Perhaps it is time for us academics to start asking Israeli academics: 'Do you condemn the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza?'
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I just read that some people in Germany are posting food pictures to make fun of Muslims fasting. If anything, that's a form of encouragement. If I were a Muslim, looking at German food would make me want to fast forever.
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When I started my PhD, a Muslim academic told me:
'A white female colleague, supposedly feminist, asked me if my wife wears a burqa. I calmly replied that the question was offensive, and she said I was aggressive and started crying.'
That day, I realised how academia works.
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Portugal has just announced an extra donation of 1,000,000 EUR for
@UNRWA
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My fellow EU citizens, never forget that
@vonderleyen
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@EU_Commission
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Can someone please explain to me as if I were a 10-year-old kid what makes Joe Biden, a man who lied to support the genocide of more than 20,000 Palestinians, better than Donald Trump?
Please put in some effort because it will not be easy. To me, Joe Biden is a monster.
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I will repeat this once again. Israel must be isolated. Every single Israeli institution must be isolated, including Israeli universities. We are speaking about a genocidal state supported by most of Israeli society. Full boycott now.
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Even if the Israel pays for its crimes one day, the lives of thousands of Palestinians are forever lost. Nothing can change that.
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Israeli forces are ordering Palestinians in Jabalia to evacuate south and Palestinians in Rafah to evacuate north while they bomb everything. What is this called?
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Each day, Israel sinks lower than the previous day. The level of sadism is beyond repulsive. We need a new word for this.
Each day, academia shows its cowardice and hypocrisy. My field, always competitive, is trying to win the gold medal.
I have never seen anything like this.
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The Portuguese parliament has approved by a large majority a recommendation to the government to recognise the state of Palestine. The government postponed doing it because it needs to decide it within the EU. But if Germany can do whatever it wants, why must we wait? 1/2
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I'm seeing many Portuguese youth wearing a keffiyeh. It's such a beautiful act of solidarity.
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A reminder that Rafah was the place Palestinians were told to evacuate to. A reminder that there is no safe place in Gaza. A reminder that this is a genocide.
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In the last months, I've witnessed the worst of humankind. On the one side, a genocidal entity trying to erase a group of people from the face of the Earth with the support of the West. On the other, the cowardice and silence of most, including people I used to respect. 1/2
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This is a professor of political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Please judge by yourselves. 1/3
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Today, Mum told my sister & me that we'll not join the rest of the family for Christmas. If Bethlehem, where Jesus born, cancelled the celebrations, so will we in solidarity. We'll have a Christmas dinner & then will go to the mass at midnight. Mum says it's no time for parties.
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Before dinner, on my way to Mum's home, I passed in front of Porto's city council. There was a vigil for Gaza with a small group in their early 20s. I stopped to speak with them. One of them was a Palestinian studying in Porto. 1/3
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I will repeat this once again. Israel must be isolated. Every single Israeli institution must be isolated. This includes Israeli universities. We are speaking about a genocidal state supported by most of Israeli society. Full boycott now.
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Palestinians in Gaza are still being murdered by Israel, but academic extractivism could not wait. Please note that this internal advert for someone to work with Dr Anne Irfan does not mention what's happening in Gaza or the words 'Palestine' and 'Palestinians' even once.
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Now that Israel is about to commit an unimaginable genocidal crime in Rafah, European countries are starting to distance themselves from Israel. Yet, never forget their complicity. And never let them forget.
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Hind's mum's words are profoundly moving. We will never forget Hind, but she should still be alive. Never forget that a little girl was murdered by a genocidal entity, alone and in panic for hours.
Hind Rajab's mom on Columbia students naming Hind's Hall:
"I started crying because I wanted all of these movements & support to come while Hind was still alive."
Hopes protests don't stop till permanent ceasefire.
"Wake up now! Why are others like Hind still going through this?"
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In some years, when an Israeli director makes a film telling the story of distressed and traumatised Israeli veterans, remember the videos that they are sharing now and save your empathy for those whose lives they destroyed.
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'The biggest difference between Gaza and the Jewish ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe is that Gazans, many Gazans, most Gazans, are still alive, and the world still has an opportunity to do something about it.'
— Masha Gessen (in Germany today)
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I am feeling things I have never felt. It is a mix of rage, contempt, impotence, shock, and grief. I will never forget this genocide and will fight the system that allowed it to happen. It is a promise.
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Me: Let's support the boycott of Israeli universities.
People: How dare you?!
Me: Israel destroyed all universities in Gaza and killed several academics.
People: [silence]
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Every day at 10pm there's a vigil for Palestine in front of Porto's city council. People are bringing candles to pay respect to those murdered by Israel in Gaza. A Palestinian made this banner. This is what he wants for his people, and he's absolutely right.
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September 30, 2000. I have never forgotten what happened that day.
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Some of the Palestinian bodies recovered from several mass graves around hospitals in Gaza were handcuffed. Handcuffed.
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Someone told me it feels like falling back into Europe in the 1930s. It is much worse because we know what and how it happened and did not learn anything. And now we also know that 'never again' was nothing but performative guilt without any value other than self-absolution.
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All countries that suspended their funding to UNRWA are also responsible for the deaths of 25 Palestinian children in Gaza who were starved to death. Those countries are the US, UK, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, Finland, Canada, Australia, Estonia, Japan & Romania.
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I'm watching horrifying images from Rafah. I'm really, really sorry. I'll never forget this.
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Palestinian
@AlJazeera
journalist Wael Al Dahdouh shows the world daily what dignity truly means. I cannot even imagine what it means to be in his place. He has my admiration and respect in a way few humans have.
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People with British and Israeli citizenship have joined the Israeli army and are participating in the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. Will they lose their British citizenship, like Shamima Begum when she joined ISIS at 15, or does that only happen to Muslim female adolescents?
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I think about this often. Some of us have good intentions, but Palestinians in Gaza are being murdered by thousands, and we are useless. That's the truth.
You are all useless
Without shame watching us getting killed one by one
Will wait my turn to be killed by Israel
And believe me you are gonna do nothing
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Nothing will ever be the same. I will not forget this and will do whatever I can to support those seeking justice. Criminals must pay for their crimes, and cowards must not be allowed to forget their cowardice. It's a promise. 2/2
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What is the point of marking 75 years of the Genocide Convention if the world is not capable of stopping the ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza?
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I know the reason, but I do not accept it. Germany will drag other EU states to the mud it is sinking in. It is not the time for cowardice. The Spanish government is considering recognising the state of Palestine without the EU's blessing. That is still a national competence. 2/2
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Every day, I watch horrifying videos and try to put myself together, but there's always some that break me completely.
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We live in a world where one can be pro-genocide without suffering any consequences and lose their job for being against it.
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Today, I learned that the US supports extrajudicial executions of people lying in a hospital bed.
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Mum doesn't understand a single word of Arabic, but after watching this video of Hind's mother, she texted me saying, 'I don't need to understand Arabic to know what she was saying. Each facial expression said everything. Monsters.'
🚨Mother of Hind, a psychologist, receives her daughter's body.
For two weeks, she pondered how to help Hind cope the horrific crime she witnessed the killing of her family in front of her inside the car, and her pleas for help over the phone
Unaware they killed her too ‼️
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To many, and this is very clear within academia, those who speak out regularly against the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza are overreacting, perhaps even being too emotional. Yet, being silent in the face of genocide is considered normal. 1/2
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People often conflate niceness and kindness. It is a huge mistake. Academia is full of nice people who haven't a drop of kindness within them.
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Calm down. Southern Portugal is full of English people who don't understand a word of Portuguese and we are still a nation.
Just tried to film in Whitechapel for over an hour and everyone we asked to interview said that they couldn’t speak English. How can you have a unified nation we can’t even speak the same language? This is the future of Britain.
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Masha Gessen compared Gaza to ghettoised Jews in her essay 'In the Shadow of the Holocaust.' Due to that, Heinrich Boll Stiftung cancelled the Hannah Arendt Prize that should have been awarded to her this Friday. At this point, a prize cancelled in Germany is a badge of honour.
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I told him I felt ashamed for how my part of the world was behaving. He told me: 'At least I'm in Portugal. I can do a vigil, speak about this openly, wear my keffiyeh, and many Portuguese support me.' I rarely felt so proud of being Portuguese. And I hugged him and cried. 2/3
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I'm usually too stupid and proud to cry, but I needed to do it because I felt better afterwards. We exchanged contacts, and I headed to Mum's home. When I arrived there, I told them and they cried too. Mum's ironic comment: 'Nice. Now we are a family of crying babies.' 3/3
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What's next? A badge on the arm of every Arab in Germany?
"The Berlin police turned 'Arab Street' into a military barracks, with inspection checkpoints & the deployment of large forces to prevent any demonstrations of protest against the genocide in Gaza.
Despite this, chants of “Freedom for Palestine & Gaza” come from everywhere."
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Ursula von der Leyen is one of the most hypocritical and despicable European top officials. She supported the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and has their blood on her hands. Nazi Germany would be proud of her.
It has been another momentous year.
In a world shaken by conflicts, let us keep making our Union stronger, and safer, for all Europeans.
And for now, let us reflect, recharge and cherish time with loved ones.
I wish you all a Merry Christmas.
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In October, two scholars (Hebrew Uni & Oxford Uni) wrote a blog in which they argued that in certain cases, war crimes are morally permissible and should be carried out. One is a chair in the study of the Protection of Minorities and Vulnerable Groups. 1/2
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I'm sick of Germany's performative guilt. It's all lies. If the country were being honest about it, it would not be supporting genocide & calling war crimes "mistakes". The only thing Germany regrets is the price it had to pay for the Holocaust.
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Dutch police attacking students with a bulldozer. Hope no one ever dares to tell me again how Europe is the land of freedom.
The encampment at University of Amsterdam had the riot police called on it in its first 12 hours. UvA called the police on its own students, who then razed unarmed student protestors with a bulldozer. Over a 100 protestors are now arrested.
power to the students. in our lifetime
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Gaza is now an extermination camp. May all those responsible for this by action or inaction pay for their crimes. May those who attacked who spoke against genocide not have a minute of peace for the rest of their lives. May those who were silent never get rid of the shame.
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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich says that 70% of the Israeli public supports the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza. Now, try to explain to me why we shouldn't boycott Israeli institutions when a vast majority of Israelis support their genocidal government.
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Feminist academics remain silent while Palestinian women are raped by Israeli soldiers inside a hospital in Gaza. No words can express my deep despise for part of the academic community.
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I was listening to Palestinian journalist Noor Harazeen saying that she has evacuated her children out of Gaza via Rafah Crossing to keep them safe, and now she has returned to Gaza to continue doing her work. I have no words to express all my admiration and respect.
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Never forget that the UK supported South Africa's apartheid almost until the end. The UK government vetoed a UN resolution to impose sanctions on South Africa in 1986.
BREAKING -- David Cameron says the UK is completely opposed to South Africa's war crimes case against Israel.
"I don't think that is helpful, I don't agree with it, I don't think it's right".
#DCUKparliament
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Japanese students stand against genocide. ✊ 🇵🇸
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Why there's no public outrage following the news of Palestinian women and girls raped and sexually abused by Israeli soldiers? Western outrage is highly selective.
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@amrakunj
With due respect, at this point, I don't give a shit to what is better to the US.
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I'm not in London now, but a friend just sent me this from Downing Street. 🇵🇸 ✊
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Two academics (Jerusalem and Oxford universities) wrote a blog in which they defended that in certain cases, war crimes are morally permissible and should be carried out. One is a chair in the study of the Protection of Minorities and Vulnerable Groups.
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At this point, all states with some pretence of decency should expel the Israeli ambassador.
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I think this is a defining moment. If no state allows the Freedom Flotilla ship to use its flag, they do not really oppose what's happening in Gaza an Palestine in general.
Once again, Israel has obstructed the Freedom Flotilla ship.
They need a state flag to proceed.
PLZ help if u can
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What's happening in Rafah is monstrous. Never again speak to me about humanity. Humanity died in Gaza, Palestine.
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The Israeli ambassador to Portugal is criticising Portugal's government for an extra donation of 1 million EUR to UNRWA. I, Portuguese, do not care about the opinion of the representative of a genocidal entity.
A UNRWA é uma organização que nasceu em pecado e há anos que não cumpre a sua missão.
Há outras formas de apoiar os palestinianos em Gaza em vez de financiar um organismo cujos membros estão envolvidos em actividades de terror e incitamento. É por isso que muitos países
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A reminder that Palestinians are being murdered in Gaza while people discuss a painting. Now, right now.
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Why did BBC, CBS, Channel 4, CNN, DW, Fox News, Sky News, etc. not broadcast the hearing at the ICJ?
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11 Palestinian children have been murdered by an Israeli drone in a playground. The monstrosity of all of this is unbearable.
In the past hour an Israeli drone fired a missile into a group of children in a playground. 11 children have been killed with more injured.
Hani Mahmoud reporting.
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'Palestinians in Gaza not only have the right to live. They have the right to contempt, the right to feel angry, the right to fury, the right to not want to forgive, not want to be graceful, not want to be perfect victims.'
— Mohammed El-Kurd (
@m7mdkurd
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The Clooney Foundation for Justice (
@ClooneyFDN
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And yet, no word about the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza. How selective of them.
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Ryanair has cancelled all its flights to and from Tel Aviv. I may even forgive the company for all the issues I have had flying with them.
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The Gaza government announced that 7 children died of famine in Gaza. Do people in our privileged societies understand what that means? Children dying due to lack of food?
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This untitled painting by Palestinian artist Heba Zaqout (1984-2023) depicts a happy family moment. Heba, her husband and their children were killed by an Israel bombardment in Gaza in October 2023. Like them, thousands of Palestinian families were destroyed.
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I just watched some footage of the invasion of Nasser Hospital in Gaza by Israeli troops. I no longer know how to describe what I see. It is as if language has lost the capacity to describe such horrors.
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I cannot get out of my mind that the world is not in shock with hundreds of bodies in mass graves in hospitals. It should be on the first page of all newspapers and opening news on TV.
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@Chimpy_Harry
That does not work with me. I know who I am and what my values are. If they called me that, I'd merely send them to hell.
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An anthropologist based in German academia. You know, that higher education system where international students should go because 'Germany has become an open and liberal society in contrast to what the UK government is implementing'.
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Full academic boycott now.
The Israeli military just blew up the University of Palestine in Gaza City with 315 mines. All the universities in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed. We need a full academic boycott.
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I had to use my Portuguese bank account to donate to UNRWA.
UK banks now blocking civilian donations to UNRWA. The West’s descent into fascist authoritarianism is accelerating. Shit is going to continue to get worse from here.
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We live in a world where no one is capable of stopping a genocidal entity that's acting in the eyes of the world. Palestinians in Gaza are losing their lives, but we are also losing something. I'm unsure what it is, and it's not the moment to think about it. But I'm sure we are.
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🧵 The Hebrew University (HU) has suspended Palestinian Professor Shalloub-Kevorkian, stating that the institution is a “proud Israeli, public, and Zionist institution”. 1/5
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Thinking of a German academic who said this was 'civilised violence' as opposed to 'barbaric violence'.
The scene from Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza shows Israeli occupation artillery and airstrikes persisting for more than two weeks without cessation.
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'We get our pride from staying principled.'
— Refaat Alareer
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Ursula von der Leyen travelled to Israel and gave its political leaders 'unconditional support' without speaking to the EU state members. When she did it, on October 14, more than 4,000 Palestinians in Gaza had been killed by Israel. Never forget.
The situation in Gaza has come to a tipping point.
All routes must be used to reach people in need.
This is where the Cyprus maritime corridor comes into play.
The EU will have a coordination team in Cyprus and will finance and steer the flow of goods.
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Decency was outside the House of Commons, and not inside.
"To see this chaos in the House of Commons. It is really British politics at its lowest. This is disgraceful and shameful... after 100,000 Palestinians killed, maimed, injured", Husam Zomlot, the Palestinian Ambassador in the UK tells Channel 4 News.
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@angiebual
@StagecoachSW
In 2022, in Avon and Somerset, UK, Rosa Parks, the American civil rights activist who refused to relinquish her seat on a public bus in the 1950s, would not even be allowed to take the bus.
#racism
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My sister had an issue at work due to her position on the ongoing genocide in Gaza. She's a lawyer, and her reply was short: 'I suggest you stop now unless you want to continue this conversation in court.' That's how one replies to stupid people.
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Regardless of how it ends, the genocide that has been going on in Gaza and pretty much everything related to it will remain forever one of the most immoral and sickening moments I have witnessed in my life. Most illusions had long died, but the few left died here.
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Some of the Palestinians recovered from a mass grave in Gaza were buried alive and some were children. Fuck this world.
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