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Friends in #Gaza: western media are reporting that #Hamas has agreed to disarm in return for #Israel withdrawing from Gaza. This deal is reported to have been negotiated by the so-called

Trump says Board of Peace has reached agreement for disarmament of Hamas
A senior Hamas official has told the BBC they have agreed to the Board of Peace's plan. Israel has not commented.

If you lifted #Gaza up, turned it through 90°, and dropped it down in Galloway, it would fit between the Nith and the Water of Fleet, between the main A75 road and the sea. I've cycled more than half that distance this afternoon.
I've cycled through green woods and fields under a grey sky, to the sound of birds when there were no passing cars; the same journey in Gaza would be through r…

Zionists come in all shapes and sizes but they all share one thing in common: they’re all complicit in genocide.
#zionism #israel #genocide

RE: #Gaza. She is a young widow. She h…

RE: #Gaza today. Because the

Menschen in #Gaza
https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/israel-iran-gaza-100.html

Mensche in Gaza: Hilflos, traumatisiert und ohne jede Perspektive
Während die Welt auf das Abkommen zwischen Iran und den USA schaut, schafft Israel in Gaza Fakten. Die Bewegungsfreiheit der Menschen wird weiter eingeschränkt, fast täglich gibt es Angriffe. Viele Gazaner fühlen sich vergessen.

Lese- und Nachdenkempfehlung:
#Verfassungsblog

Solange die Hamas den Gazastreifen regiert, werde ich niemals Geld an Privatpersonen schicken. (Ich kenne niemanden aus dem Gazastreifen im RL.)
Hamas, das ist die Organisation, die Hilfsgelder dafür verwendet hat, Tunnelsysteme mit Waffenlagern unter Schulen und Spitälern zu bauen, im Vertrauen darauf, dass Israel niemals ein Spital angreifen würde. 😭
#Gaza

@…
The UN published this on #malnutrition deaths of children in #Gaza a year ago, but I have not found anything more recent. I am hearing of acute hunger now fr…

Malnutrition deaths mark ‘latest in the war on children’ in Gaza: UNRWA chief
At least 100 children in Gaza have died from malnutrition and hunger, prompting humanitarians to underscore the need to speed up medical evacuations from the enclave while also allowing more food to enter.

#Gaza: Die Eltern tot, die Schule zerstört: Kinder und Jugendliche suchen unter Trümmern nach einer Zukunft. Die @… hat drei von ihnen begleitet.

Just because it's legal doesn't mean it's right.
#PalestineAction #Gaza

This is a statement World Central Kitchen made a month ago about their operations in #Gaza. Since then, they've cut their Gaza operation by half, and laid off a lot of staff; and many people I'm in touch with in Gaza who were depending on food from them are no longer getting it.
/Continued

Your Gaza Questions Answered | Updated May 2026
WCK answers your questions about our efforts in Gaza. Your Gaza Questions Answered | Updated May 2026 Gaza

RE: #Israel #Gaza

Semi-subtoot: there's a certain kind of anti-genocide narrative that draws comparisons between the Gaza genocide and the genocide of Jews, queer, and disabled people during WW2, with an incredulous overtone, the subtext of which is: if the good nations invaded Germany to stop the Nazis' evil in WW2, it's hypocritical for this nations not to take action to protect Gazan civilians now. There are a couple of problems with this line of reasoning, but the most obvious from an anarchist perspective (which sees "good nation" for the oxymoron it is) is that it's ahistorical. The reasons for the various allies' entrance into WW2 are varied, but they weren't about good and evil, and in fact the full depth of the evils of the Holocaust *was not known* in allied countries until after the war. Nations never really do things to "fight evil" like some humans might; they always act out of a kind of (imperfect) self-interest. The motivations for many of the allies were simply "we don't want Germany to conquer and destroy us" (and the imperfection in that motive is amply evident in the appeasement that preceded the war). America was of course not swayed by that motive, and it was the Japanese that (thinking the issue would have to come to a head eventually and that a surprise attack was worth speeding it up) put America in a situation where it joined for similar reasons.
Why is this extra relevant right now? Because neither the US nor any European country is existentially threatened by Israel (or threatened at all in fact, quite the opposite they're all benefiting economically from the situation in Gaza). The lesson of history isn't "brave, good nations will stand up to fight against anyone who commits genocide or other major evils", it's "nations act in their narrow and twisted and often mistaken self-interest (the interest of the national entity, which is often counter to the interest of it's citizens), and they always mythologize their actions after the fact as having been a fight against evil, which sometimes by luck is partially true."
To double down on this point: in the European theater the U.S. war actions were pretty good overall, defeating an evil opponent through military force and being a fairly gracious victor to the civilian populations there. In contrast, in the Pacific theater the U.S. was one of two evil empires duking it out for global dominance at the expense of civilians on both sides. The Japanese empire was a vile regime and perpetrated horrors in China, Korea, and across southeast Asia. The U.S. was barely better, between Japanese internment camps at home, and mass targeting of civilians on Japan, both with the firebombing of Tokyo and especially the nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
So if your model of how we stop genocide is "convince the good guys to invade (or exert political pressure) and save the day", your model is wrong. That's not what happened in WW2. I'm not confident I know the perfect solution, but I do think it involves a mass of people making increasingly disruptive protest so that the cost *to rich companies and thus politicians* of falling to intervene is too high to stomach. That's a large part of what succeeded in South Africa, for example. Thankfully, there is already a vibrant protest movement to end the genocide in Gaza, and even though they haven't been fully successful yet, I'm optimistic that as things naturally (and through hard work) fall apart for various fascists politically, that movement will be able to succeed.
#gaza #genocide

RE: #Gaza today. They are being strangled, squeezed ever tighter into a smaller and…

I've done a wee experimental feed aggregator for #Gaza #blogs here:
https://www.journeyman.cc/~simon/tmp/gazab

RE: #Gaza is being slowly strangled.

"I've been giving to people on the ground in #Gaza for more than a year now. Inevitably, the people I'm choosing to support are among the most vulnerable of those who are able to reach me...
But, realistically, the people I am supporting have little real chance of survival..."
#GazaGenocide

Helping Gaza

RE: #Gaza

Genocide cheat sheet:
• Pro: complicit
• Neutral: complicit
• Anti: not complicit
Ask yourself: am I complicit in genocide?
(You’ll have to live with the answer for the rest of your life.)
#israel #genocide

"For most #Palestinian nationals in #Gaza, this means they are entirely cut off from the protection they would otherwise be entitled to under international law. Theoretically, they have a right to seek asylum. In practice, that right cannot be exercised. Without safe and legal routes to reach the …

Refugee Convention and protection for Palestinians in Gaza
As we mark Refugee Week, Nath Gbikpi reflects on the principles of protection enshrined in the 1951 Refugee Convention.

RE: #Gaza. Malak is verified. She says:
" we live…

RE: #Gaza in need, and one person cannot support them all…

A friend whom I know well and trust has just messaged me about bombing she can hear close to her position in #Gaza tonight.
Another friend, in a different part of Gaza, posted photographs this morning of the aftermath of bombing that had happened close to her last night.
The #Blitz of Gaza contin…

A UK MP reported a constituent to the police for the 'crime' of writing to him about #Gaza
What's worse, she was arrested at 04:33 -- which presumably means they went into her house in the middle of the night to arrest her. I've had this happen to me fifty years ago -- over a plan to ship schoolbooks to

Brighton woman acquitted on charge of persistent emails to cause annoyance to Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and local MP about Israel’s conduct in Gaza | Doughty Street Chambers
A Brighton woman, CK, was charged with a single offence under s.

The Grauniad is reporting that Andy#Burnham (almost certainly the UK's next Prime Minister) claims that he will change policy on #Gaza.
If he delivers on this, it could be a very big deal.
Andy Burnham apologises for Labour’s stance on Gaza and says it ‘didn’t get it right’ | Andy Burnham | The Guardian

Andy Burnham apologies for Labour’s stance on Gaza and says it ‘didn’t get it right’
Exclusive: PM-in-waiting says party must ‘do better’ in approach to Middle East and he will put more pressure on Israel

#Gaza is a hot, arid place, Scotland a cool damp one. There aren't that many commonalities between them. But here, too, we pick, and sing about, the wild mountain thyme. Fortunately for us, we have other things to eat with it.
I've seen several people from Gaza lately commenting the wild thyme is the last thing they have left to add savour to their food. Here @…

Thyme, Heavier Than Hunger 🌿💔
In Palestine, thyme needs no introduction. It is the scent of old homes, the memory of quiet mornings, and a small piece of our land that we carry with us wherever we go. 🇵🇸

'Met de maatregel wordt niet alleen de import, maar ook de tussenhandel in goederen uit de nederzettingen verboden. Ook Nederlandse bedrijven in het buitenland moeten zich eraan houden. De sanctie geldt in principe voor drie jaar.
Invoerverbod producten uit illegale nederzettingen Israël gaat in op 22 september
#Israël #Gaza #bezettegebieden

RE: #Gaza now need medical support -- which is inevitable given the continual shelling and…

RE: #Gaza are hungry. Most of the people I am in touch with have eaten nothing but grains and w…

RE: #Gaza

Here's @… with an extraordinary story of honesty and community solidarity from within #Gaza

🍎 The Children Ran Toward the Fruit… But What Happened Next Left Me Speechless. 💔
In one of Gaza's neighborhoods, a street vendor's cart lost its balance, and fruit spilled across the road. 🍎

Remember, folks, facts are antisemitic. Avoid facts whenever possible.
#israel #genocide #Gaza #Palestine

@… here's your new post published. I think this is a particularly effective one!
#Gaza
#GazaGenocide

Gaza... Where Life and Death Walk the Same Street 🕊️💔
There are places in the world where beginnings and endings remain distinct—where birth is separated from funerals, joy from grief, life from death. But Gaza has long since transcended these boundaries.

From a friend, a young woman, in #Gaza, just now:
"The bullets are reaching me.
I can't move freely. I'm trying to protect myself and my children."

Israel is bombing people in tents.
#israel #genocide #Gaza #Palestine

RE: #Gaza are starving now. Each single family honestly needs far more than the total I…

RE: #Gaza over the past few weeks. S…

Thinking about how I give money to people in #Gaza ...
I can afford to give £330 a month; that's roughly one third of my pension. After taking off money changers' fees, that means I can afford to give three gifts of £25 each per week.
Almost everyone in Gaza is in dire need. I imagine there are some landowners, and gangsters, and merchants who are doing well, but almost everyone …

Friends, I know that somewhere on the web there's guidance for how someone in the West can set up a #GoFundMe campaign on behalf of someone in #Gaza
Could someone point me to that guidance, please?

RE: #Gaza, but this one is urgent.

Yet another beautiful and powerful piece by @… . It is a harsh world in which someone so young can experience so much loss and grief, yet she writes about it beautifully.
#Gaza

The City of Tents 🏕️💔
What does it mean to see the city where you were born and raised, then return to it and realize that it is no longer the city you knew?

RE: #Gaza is a place of so many tragedies. In any civilised country, Mohammed's daughter would …

RE: #Gaza, ten euros for vitamins to help a child survive seems a small ask. Sure…

RE: #Gaza.

RE: #Gaza

RE: #Gaza. knowing that

Over the past few weeks I've had correspondence with more than one person from #Gaza who has had posts blocked by the moderators of a particular mastodon instance, and who are not clear why. These are not intemperate people; they are desperate people and may be seen to have posted too many requests for help, I don't know.
Are there particular instances where moderators are known to be s…

RE: #Gaza is obviously getting worse. There's clearly not enough food …

This is @… 's story, in her own words.
When you were sixteen, could you have carried her burden?
#Gaza
#GazaGenocide

My name is Layan
My name is Layan. I am 16 years old. At my age, I should be worrying about school, dreaming about my future, and laughing with my friends over little things. Instead, war chose a different life for me.

RE: #Gaza now reporting acute hunger. The situation in the markets there is obvio…

I was doing a session today with a photographer friend, and as I arrived she took this picture. I like it!
#PalestineAction
#Gaza
#GazaGenocide

If you're hoping that the #InternationalCourtOfJustice #ICJ is going to have any serious effect on the #Gaza crisis any time soon, don't hold your breath.

"The #UK government has let down #Palestinian people and failed to make it economically impossible for #Israel to continue to act with impunity in the West Bank and

RE: #Gaza

"Every time we are forced to flee, I feel like I grow ten years older overnight." -- @…
This must be the experience of many #Palestinians. Almost every family in #Gaza

My name is Layan
My name is Layan. I am 16 years old. At my age, I should be worrying about school, dreaming about my future, and laughing with my friends over little things. Instead, war chose a different life for me.