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I have spent a couple of days in Oslo, the deserted coastal capital of the troubled, Far Northern, tribally-divided kingdom of Norway, trying to understand how tribal customs contribute to the dire humanitarian crises affecting the country.
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gathara
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Inveterate complainer, armchair activist, keyboard warrior, cartoonist, writer, columnist. Snr Editor for Inclusive Storytelling at The New Humanitarian.
- #BREAKING Polls are set to open in 48 hours across the US as the authoritarian regime of Donald Trump attempts to consolidate its hold over the troubled, oil-rich, nuclear-armed, north American nation. Analysts are sceptical the election will end months of political violence.
- A reminder that at the height of the 1994 Rwanda genocide, the US opposed any international action to stop it, refused to label it "genocide", and instead promised humanitarian supplies. We've been down this road before.More boxes of @USAID food aid are now headed to Egypt before moving on to Gaza. Access to humanitarian aid is critical for civilians and I'm committed to working with our partners to increase the supply of food, water, and medicine, without diversion by Hamas.
- Western media keeps uncovering facts that Palestinian journalists reported long ago.An NBC News investigation into seven deadly airstrikes has found Palestinians were killed in areas of southern Gaza that the Israeli military had explicitly designated as safe zones. @HalaGorani reports from Israel.
00:00 - It is telling that people are more horrified that Israel deliberately murdered 6 white people than they are that it has deliberately murdered 40,000 Palestinians, and is deliberately starving two million more. This too is dehumanization.
- "Hot-tempered lover" is how NTV chooses to describe the perpetrator of such a vicious assault? Terrible.Nelly Wanjiku: My boyfriend wanted us to start living together but I was not ready... he poured hot water on her face ow.ly/JFYZ50Tlu6R
- It is important to remember that Kenya stood with apartheid South Africa too.I love this! Nairobi is standing up for Israel. Thousands of Kenyans โ Christians, young people, leaders โ came out today to show their love and support. All share the same belief as Israelis... That light will defeat darkness.๐ฐ๐ชโค๏ธ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฅIG bonabismackokello
00:00 - A reminder from 7 years ago that this is not a normal country. It is a brutal, apartheid state built on the legitimation of genocidal violence against Palestinians.Israel's supreme court rejects human rights group's request to declare it unlawful for soldiers to shoot at unarmed civilians. apne.ws/T6K8KOz
- Israel is a crime against humanity.The Israeli occupation forces expel a Palestinian family from their home in the village of Hazma near Jerusalem ahead of demolishing it.
00:00 - Notice how this report is careful to avoid the obvious: that Gazans are not just starving. They are being deliberately starved by Israel.Gaza: Starving children and adults dying the 'size of a skeleton', says World Food Programme boss. Read more ๐ news.sky.com/story/gaza-staโฆ
