The Qataris funded Hamas for years, harbored its leaders and legitimized it as a political power. But everything it did was done with full Israeli consent and encouragement / Alon Pinkas
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Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that Israel must control the territory in the Gaza Strip and significantly reduce the number of Palestinian residents in Gaza
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Israel's bombing of Gaza is the most destructive of this century, analysts say.

Developments in satellite technology over the past decade have made it possible to assess from space the destruction brought by the war in the small Palestinian enclave.

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Four years ago today a doctor in Wuhan reported a mystery pneumonia, whose origin was an unknown virus. Today, transmission of that virus is as high as it has ever been since that point. Millions of people a day. This is total, utter and astounding failure

🚨Breaking: Dr. Said Al-Zubda, the president of the University College of Applied Sciences in #Gaza , along with his wife and children, killed by an Israeli airstrike targeting their home.
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‘The Onion’ Stands With Israel Because It Seems Like You Get In Less Trouble For That theonion.com/1850922505

'On n'a plus de mots pour décrire l'horreur de ce qui se passe aujourd'hui à #Gaza ', s'est alarmée mardi 26 décembre sur ⁦franceinfo⁩ Guillemette Thomas, coordinatrice médicale de la mission Médecins sans frontières (MSF) en Palestine. ⁦ francetvinfo.fr/monde/proche-o…

Ofcom has published a list of swearwords by degree of offensiveness, which really is a f****** great service for non-native speakers. So here it is (thread)

One that the REB should not have approved actually

BREAKING: Israeli minister says that even if the hostages were returned, the war would not end.

Protect the CaRMS medical placement process against manipulation by pro-Israel groups as reported by CBC News. Stop the anti-Palestinian bigotry! cjpmecontent.org/end_carms_bigo…

Justin Trudeau Justin are we still using dehumanizing language? Palestinians are humans deserving of safety, food, medicine and life. I can’t believe after 20,000 lives lost we are still using the same language and tactics.

136 of our colleagues in Gaza have been killed in 75 days – something we have never seen in United Nations history.

Most of our staff have been forced from their homes.

I pay tribute to them & the thousands of aid workers risking their lives as they support civilians in Gaza.

Hunger is present, and famine is looming in #Gaza .

People are facing starvation and selling their possessions in exchange for food. Parents are going hungry so their children can eat.

This is catastrophic to the health of people across the Strip.

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Yesterday, I sent my letter of resignation as a board director to Canadian Medical Association. As the national organization that represents physicians and medical learners in Canada, I am profoundly disappointed and appalled by their actions and behaviour.

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❄️'Chilling effect': People expressing pro-Palestinian views censured, suspended from work and school
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“How can Premier Legault & his ministers claim out-of-province students “anglicize” QC &, in the same breath, complain they leave the province after graduating? Which is it? Do they infect us with English, or do they exploit cheap tuition & then flee, never to be heard again?”

“Why is this government OK with other provinces subsidizing the many Quebec students (6,400 students in Ontario alone!) currently studying in the ROC, while it contemptuously chooses not to do the same? What happens when/if other provinces retaliate in kind?” #Quebec #qcpoli