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Here I explain why it's needed.
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Local sources in Gaza report that at least 70,000 tents have been flooded within 12 hours.
Gaza emergency services issue urgent call as winter downpours submerge displacement camps
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Gaza’s civil defense agency issued an urgent appeal for international mobilization on Saturday after a severe winter storm swept through the enclave, submerging entire displacement camps and destroying makeshift shelters housing hundreds of thousands of forcibly displaced Palestinians.
Emergency crews reported receiving over 1,500 distress calls across the Gaza Strip as torrential rain and strong winds swept away makeshift canvas tents and brought floodwaters inside temporary shelters.
The agency warned that civil defense personnel are unable to manage the compounding crisis due to the deliberate Israeli blockade preventing the entry of heavy machinery, water pumps, fuel, and replacement shelter supplies.
Speaking to Al Jazeera, the civil defense director stressed that women and children are currently stranded in flooded camps as floodwaters drown encampments and destroy family belongings.
Humanitarian groups emphasize that the catastrophe is a direct consequence of ongoing Israeli restrictions on basic relief materials and infrastructure rehabilitation following months of widespread destruction, leaving over 90 percent of Gaza's population exposed to severe winter weather in dilapidated and unsealed shelters.
One of Trump's deepest instincts is to find a woman to blame.
8 of his original second term cabinet were women, out of 23. That's now down to 3.
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Richard Sanders retweeted
This is the worst morning ever. No one in Gaza City slept last night. The rain completely flooded the tents, soaking mattresses and destroying families' belongings. We are underwater.
Thousands of families have been trying for hours to save what little they have left, with nowhere dry to go.
Richard Sanders retweeted
🚨 HORRIFIC SCENES IN GAZA: Displaced families’ tents are completely submerged in floodwater. After Israel destroyed their homes, families are now left with nothing but flooded tents, with nowhere else to go.
Is BAE colluding with your university to crush dissent on campus?
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Is BAE colluding with your university to crush dissent on campus?
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This is how you do it. Eyes on the prize.
👏👏👏👏 @ZackPolanski
"Israel would say ..."
This is an extraordinary compilation - an exhibit for the genocide museum.
The most painful part is the faces of the people from the region who just have to sit silent through what is essentially genocide denialism. /1
Richard Sanders retweeted
EXC: The lead drafter of the IHRA definition has condemned the UK govt for imposing it on schools, saying it's being pushed “at a time when there’s a big disagreement in the Jewish community over whether being a Zionist is required to be inside the tent or not”.
For @zeteouk 👇
- @vicderbyshire herself looks embarrassed to be still doing this.
So why do it?
Richard Sanders retweeted
At this very moment, as I write this post, shells are falling on the eastern areas of Gaza City. The sounds are absolutely terrifying.
They have literally gone insane. Aircraft are flying at extremely low altitudes and the situation is incredibly difficult.
Talk about what is happening here. Share our voices. Make Gaza the world's headline again.
Richard Sanders retweeted
My hotel room was forced while I was in the Supreme Court and the jamb spilt apart. But nothing was taken, £180 cash left on the table.
Please note just in case. I am not suicidal, I have the most wonderful family and friends and many battles to fight.
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@declassifiedUK is not going to be intimidated by anti-semitism smears put out by the pro-Israeli lobby.
Please join us.
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📹NEW VIDEO -- 'A Jew List': How pro-Israel media smeared our journalism
The right-wing press and pro-Israel lobby want to intimidate people who are demanding basic accountability for Britons who served in the IDF amid the Gaza genocide.
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What an outrageous distortion. You have to be asleep or deeply dishonest to argue that Corbyn was merely 'claiming to be persecuted by the media' as a 'distraction tactic'. Numerous careful media studies have shown that Corbyn was indeed persecuted right across the supposed media 'spectrum'. The Guardian and BBC led the way:
'She [Kuenssberg] deconstructs the techniques Farage has developed to dodge questions he dislikes: expressing total conviction even when he doesn’t know the facts; turning questions back on his interviewer; and claiming to be persecuted by the media when cornered – an incendiary tactic Corbyn also adopted and which Zack Polanski is beginning to use, though Kuenssberg says at least Polanski has a “swagger and a bluntness” which means he’ll usually answer a straight question. When a politician lashes out at the mainstream media, she argues, pay extra attention to what they’re actually doing: often it’s a distraction tactic.'
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Your regular reminder @guardian sacked the great Steve Bell ..... / 1
