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Israeli authorities demolished five homes today in the West Bank town of Biddu, leaving 110 Palestinian civilians homeless.
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Bro I’m crying 🤣
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An alternative Christmas Gift! Friends, I am working to restore an ancient woodland and if you would like to make a donation as part of an alternative Christmas present for one of your friends or family, then to say thank you I would offer the lucky recipients the following 1 - A guided walk and talk around the woodland. Learn about woodlands, native species, rewilding and ecological restoration. 2 - They can plant a native tree in the wood and record the What3Words position so you can revisit in years ahead 3 - Finally, weather depended, we will get the storm kettle on and have tea and cake. Let me know if you are interested. The woodland is in East Lothian, Scotland. Thank you Alan the-wildwood.org.uk justgiving.com/crowdfunding/…
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🚨 donate urgently and directly to the children of gaza! 🚨 👉 For immediate contribution: chuffed.org/project/help-the… 💔 look at this man. look at what hunger has done to the people of gaza. This man is not just another face in a video. He is a human being living through a hunger crisis that no one should ever have to endure. He is living evidence of the famine and suffering that the world must not ignore. 💔 How much more suffering must the people of Gaza endure before the world truly listens? How many fathers must struggle to find bread for their children? How many mothers must watch their children go to sleep hungry, knowing they may have nothing to feed them tomorrow? How many children must stand in endless lines, waiting for a few pieces of bread? 🍞 In Gaza, bread has become a matter of survival. Families who once lived ordinary lives are now struggling to secure the simplest meal. Displaced children wait with empty bags. Parents search desperately for food. Hunger follows families from one day into the next. And this man is a painful reminder that behind every photograph and every video is a real human life. 🍞 Today, through Project Muhmmed, we distributed bread directly to hungry children and displaced families in Gaza. Amid the ongoing famine and devastating hunger crisis, our young Palestinian volunteers continue working tirelessly to bring bread to families struggling to survive. We traveled to displaced communities, stood among families who had lost almost everything, and placed bread directly into the hands of people desperately waiting for food. We saw the suffering with our own eyes. We heard the voices of children asking for bread. We met parents who had nothing left to give their families. Every piece of bread we distributed brought a moment of relief. But the bread we distributed today cannot protect a child from tomorrow’s hunger. 💔 The most heartbreaking reality is that donations have nearly stopped, but hunger has not stopped for a single moment. Every bread distribution requires flour, baking, transportation, and financial support. Without continued donations, we cannot keep reaching the families who depend on these distributions. Imagine feeding your children today, only to wake up tomorrow knowing you have absolutely nothing left to offer them. Imagine being a father who must look into his hungry child’s eyes without knowing where the next piece of bread will come from. 🚨 We are begging the world not to look away. Please help us continue these distributions. Every donation helps us purchase bread, cover transportation costs, and reach more families struggling to survive. 💔 This man should not have to suffer like this to prove that people in Gaza desperately need help. Let the world see his face. Let the world confront the human cost of famine and hunger in Gaza. If you cannot donate, please quote this post, repost it, and share this man’s story. Add your own words and encourage others to help. Your voice could reach someone whose donation makes our next bread distribution possible. ❤️ We cannot end Gaza’s hunger alone, but together, we can bring bread to more hungry children and displaced families. Our heartfelt gratitude to those who continue helping Gaza’s voices reach the world: 🤍 William Menaker — @willmenaker 🤍 Eyup Lovely — @eyuplovely 🤍 Felix — @ByYourLogic ❤️ Claire — @ZeroSuitCamus And to everyone who donates, shares our work, and stands beside the hungry children of Gaza: your compassion helps us continue bringing bread, dignity, and hope to families in desperate need. 🇵🇸 Please do not scroll past their suffering. Share, donate, and help us bring bread to the people of Gaza. 👉 Donate immediately to help feed the children of Gaza: chuffed.org/project/help-the…
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Hold a UK-wide public consultation on the environmental impacts of AI data centres, including whether further expansion should be restricted, paused or halted until impacts on #wildlife, habitats, #water, #energy use, #emissions, land and local communities are properly understood and addressed in full. petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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Data centres shouldn’t get a free pass to wreck our planet. After record summer heat, it’s ludicrous the public are warned against barbecues while tech bros get the green light for unlimited AI slop. Back my Charter for Community Rights. 👇
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Barry ODowd retweeted
We were nearly killed two days ago. Settler-terrorist Tomer Liani bashed my head against the ground repeatedly, then the IDF and police blocked the ambulances and prevented hospitalisation. All because we caught the settlers locking locking a gate to more than 20 Palestinian communities, trapping entire families. We exposed Tomer Liani, Shimon Atia and Nevo Nadalski directly committing crimes against humanity in Masafer Yatta, and we were punished by the Israeli police and court for this. Israeli state terrorism in the West Bank is at its peak, and the authorities are doing everything to keep Palestinian voices silent.
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Matt Hancock is named as referring 27 firms, Lord Feldman 21 and Lord Agnew 14 There's also Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson, who referred a small pharmaceutical company that was dissolved in 2022 Non-Tory politicians referred 5 firms. None won contracts
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Barry ODowd retweeted
The Gaza Strip, Israel are bulldozing it, pouring sand over all the bodies then building on top of it. While the world does nothing.
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Typical mean-spirited moaners 👇 Conservatives challenge government estate donation Local Conservatives have challenged the government's £1.9m donation to help conservation groups buy a vast upland estate. The Wildlife Trusts and Northumberland Wildlife Trust are raising £30m to acquire the 9,500-acre Rothbury Estate in its entirety as part of plans to boost wildlife, restore bogs and promote nature-friendly farming. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck1e…
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👉🏿 I was born under a dictatorship and have spent a great deal of my adult life denouncing authoritarian regimes. I am deeply shocked to read the threatening statement issued by the Met Police UK. Threatening to arrest people for providing "logistical support" to peaceful demonstrators is the kind of threatening statement we are used to getting from the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship in Nicaragua. This is not what I expect from PM Andy Burnham’s Government. The UK is supposed to be a democracy, where freedom of speech is a pillar of society. Churchill’s words remind us that a true civilisation relies entirely on these liberties to maintain democratic accountability. Criminalising and proscribing Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation is a shameful authoritarian overreach. @metpoliceuk @TheBJHRF #FreedomOfSpeech #FreedomOfPress #HumanRights @DefendOurJuries #StopGenocideInGaza #DeproscribePalestineAction
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"Where does it end?" Andreas Malm is an academic & one of the world’s leading climate scholars. The Labour govt has just banned him from coming to the UK to speak at a public event and academic conference. Outrageous. And we're still being told that Burnham represents change.
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PETITION. Act on UN Commission findings of Genocide of Palestinian Children. Vital to sign this one and put your name to a demand that our government acts in accordance with the law. Otherwise why should any of us comply with laws it imposes on us? petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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Barry ODowd retweeted
The day after the Chancellor never mentions climate once in his speech - Shell announces profits of over £8,000,000,000.
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Please plant a hawthorn! These native trees are wonderful for wildlife, supporting a wide range of species – including more than 300 insect species. The blossoms, berries and leaves are a good source of food for all sorts of creatures. More native trees: littlegreenspace.org.uk/feat…
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Israel is the only society to have actually voted for their government to commit genocide. Even Germany didn't do that.
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0.1% of people on the planet emit more CO2 than the poorest 3.5 billion people combined. One year’s worth of emissions from the top 1% will result in an estimated 1.3 million excess deaths from extreme heat. Just a few stats from Oxfam's incredible new report.
Natural disasters aren’t natural. A storm doesn’t decide who has insurance, savings or somewhere safe to go. People built the systems that leave others exposed. People can change them. Read #DisasterDivide: oxfam.org/en/research/disast… #ClimateJustice #MakeRichPollutersPay
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Barry ODowd retweeted
I know nobody cares about us Except a few, I know we're just a post and it's going to end but I'm really tired, I'm saying we're tired. If you’re scrolling, PLEASE leave a dot . it's just a dot. 💔 chuffed.org/project/help-gha…
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