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GAZA CITY - Palestinians launch boats from Gaza to protest Israeli blockade Photo @TomCOEX #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 29 May 2018
UPDATE
Palestinians launch boats from Gaza to protest Israel's blockade, a
move likely to further raise tensions after mortar fire from the enclave
earlier in the day and weeks of deadly unrest: image via AFP news agency
@AFP, 29 May 2018
You
will not find any explanation of what this city is doing but being deaf
that it does not hear a word of what we are saying. As usual, it turns
its back to us and faces its oppressor, who you will never see wishing
any city would disappear like #Gaza. - Muhammed Salam.: image via Maha Hussaini @MahaGaza, 29 May 2018
cool fireworks or - ?
BREAKING| Several places across the #Gaza Strip are being targeted by Israeli warplanes, and Palestinian
resistance responds with barrage of mortar shells towards the southern
occupied territories.: image via Maha Hussaini @MahaGaza, 29 May 2018
BREAKING| Several places across the #Gaza Strip are being targeted by Israeli warplanes, and Palestinian
resistance responds with barrage of mortar shells towards the southern
occupied territories.: image via Maha Hussaini @MahaGaza, 29 May 2018
Israeli shelling in the southern Gaza Strip: photo by Anadolu Agency, 27 May 2018
Israel shells southern Gaza; 3 Palestinians martyred: The shelling targeted Hamas position in southern Gaza: Nour Abu Aisha and Hani al-Shaer, Anadolu Agency, 27 May 2018
GAZA CITY, Palestine. Three Palestinians were martyred in an Israeli shelling of the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday, according to the Health Ministry.
In
a statement, ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra identified the martyrs
as Hussein al-Amor, 25, and Abdul Halim al-Naqah, 28, in the shelling
that targeted the eastern border of Khan Younis city in southern Gaza
Strip.
A third Palestinian, who was identified as Naseem al-Amor, 25, succumbed to his wounds sustained during the Israeli shelling.
Israeli
army spokesman Avichay Adraee, for his part, said an Israeli tank
shelled a Hamas watch tower in the southern Gaza Strip.
He said the shelling came in response to a roadside bomb attack near a security fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel.
On Saturday, Israeli warplanes struck two Hamas positions in Gaza, with no injuries reported.
Since
March 30, more than 115 Palestinians have been killed and thousands
injured by Israeli gunfire during anti-occupation rallies along Gaza
border.
The protesters demand their
return to their homes in historical Palestine from which they were
driven in 1948 to make way for the new state of Israel.
Hamas inmates in Israel may be not joining the millions watching the World Cup next month: photo by AFP, 27 May 2018
Israeli minister seeks World Cup TV ban for Hamas prisoners: Minister
and legal experts seek to change regulations before World Cup, which
runs from 14 June to 15 July: MIddle East Eye, Sunday 27 May 2018
Israeli
Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said on Sunday he is seeking to
ban Palestinian prisoners who are members of Hamas from watching the
upcoming World Cup.
"I have no intention of letting Hamas members
who are detainees in our prisons enjoy the World Cup matches while we
have Israeli hostages and soldiers in the Gaza Strip," Erdan said,
quoted by the YNet news website.
The minister said he had asked the Israel Prison Service to "put pressure" on jailed members of Hamas.
Under
current rules, prisoners have the right to watch television, but Erdan
said he is checking to see if regulations could be changed in time for
the World Cup, which runs from 14 June to 15 July.
The minister
has brought together legal experts to examine the possibility of
preventing security prisoners from watching specific TV channels - an
idea that is complicated by the fact that security prisoners and
detainees under arrest are not kept separated and that the regulations
say detainees have to be allowed to watch, the Times of Israel reported.
Prisoners who "support terrorism cannot benefit from a sporting competition which unites populations," the minister said.
The bodies of two Israeli soldiers killed in the 2014 Gaza war, Oren Shaul and Hadar Goldin, are believed to be held by Hamas.
About 6,500 Palestinians are detained in Israeli prisons, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Club.
Top minister warns Israel on cusp of war with Gaza : image via The Times of Israel @TimesofIsrael, 29 May 2018
'So what,’ Kremlin asks after Chelsea owner Abramovich becomes Israeli : image via The Times of Israel @TimesofIsrael, 29 May 2018
A Palestinian vineyard near Ramallah targeted in an apparent hate crime attack on May 29, 2018.: photo by Iyad Haddad/B'Tselem, 29 May 2018
Palestinian vineyard near Ramallah targeted in apparent hate crime:
100 vines chopped down in Kafr Milek; farmer finds rock spray-painted
with Hebrew phrase at scene: Jacob Magid, The Times of Israel, 29 May
2018
Roughly 100 grapevines were destroyed in a Palestinian village
near Ramallah Tuesday morning amid an apparent ongoing exchange of
agricultural hate crimes between Israelis and Palestinians.
Spray-painted on a rock adjacent to the vineyard in Kafr Milek,
farmers found the Hebrew phrase “Regards from Esh Kodesh,” an illegal
Israeli outpost near the central West Bank settlement of Shiloh.
Police said they were aware of the incident and were on their way to the scene to open an investigation.
Residents of outposts near Shiloh as well as the northern West Bank
settlement of Yitzhar have lamented over-policing in their communities
over the past week, pointing to ID checks at the entrance to their
towns, which had never before been the norm.
A defense official told The Times of Israel that the security
establishment is concerned that a “price tag” attack perpetrated by
settlers in one of those communities during the month of Ramadan could
spark a broader conflict in the West Bank.
But Tzvi Succot, a Yitzhar resident who heads the far-right Otzma
Yehudit group, warned that the over-policing is what could spark
violence.
“The next time someone slashes a tire or God forbid throws a stone at
them [Palestinians], remember that there was someone forcefully pushing
for that to happen,” Succot said, apparently blaming law enforcement
for a potential attack perpetrated by a Jewish extremist against
Palestinians.
Tuesday’s incident in Kafr Milek followed similar ones throughout the West Bank over the past two months.
On Sunday, residents of the Palestinian village of Bani Naim near
Hebron filed a police complaint regarding massive destruction to their
vineyards over the weekend, with hundreds of vines uprooted or
destroyed. The attack took place at “a field not far from two other
fields that were vandalized in the past two weeks,” according to the
advocacy group Yesh Din.
On a nearby building, investigators found Hebrew graffiti reading “Stop the agricultural terror, we will reach every place.”
Recent
months have seen many attacks primarily against Palestinians, including
the chopping down of dozens of olive trees, the torching of a mosque,
stones thrown through car windows, the slashing of tires, and graffiti
calling for the murder of Arabs. Police are investigating the various
crimes, but no arrests have been reported.
A stone near a Palestinian vineyard near
Ramallah targeted in an apparent hate crime attack on May 29, 2018
spray-painted with the Hebrew phrase “regards from Esh Kodesh.”: photo by Iyad
Haddad/B’Tselem, 29 May 2018
God
has plagued the Arab peoples with heads who were only characterized by
the oppression of their peoples and did nothing to it but the
suppression of freedoms and increased ignorance
These are Assad's achievements in Yarmouk camp in #Syria: image via Amer almohibany @Amer_almohibany, 27 May 2018
Deana Lynn @Deana_Lynn73
Yarmouk
Camp is a perfect example of how Assad/Putin have used ISIS as an
excuse to completely destroy the refuge of Palestinian-Syrian civilians,
causing more displaced ppl in #Syria!
Has anyone noticed how areas surrounding Damascus are being emptied of its residents?: image via Deana Lynn @Deana_Lynn73, 19 May 2018
Yarmouk
Camp is a perfect example of how Assad/Putin have used ISIS as an
excuse to completely destroy the refuge of Palestinian-Syrian civilians,
causing more displaced ppl in #Syria!
Has anyone noticed how areas surrounding Damascus are being emptied of its residents?: image via Deana Lynn @Deana_Lynn73, 19 May 2018
Yarmouk
Camp is a perfect example of how Assad/Putin have used ISIS as an
excuse to completely destroy the refuge of Palestinian-Syrian civilians,
causing more displaced ppl in #Syria!
Has anyone noticed how areas surrounding Damascus are being emptied of its residents?: image via Deana Lynn @Deana_Lynn73, 19 May 2018
SYRIA - Displaced from Ghouta, Syrians seek refuge in emptied Afrin Photo @NazeerAlk #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 29 May 2018
SYRIA - Displaced from Ghouta, Syrians seek refuge in emptied Afrin Photo @NazeerAlk #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 29 May 2018
SYRIA - Displaced from Ghouta, Syrians seek refuge in emptied Afrin Photo @NazeerAlk #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 29 May 2018
#NIC Fresh clashes erupt as peace talks resume in an attempt to temper Nicaragua's turmoil AFPphoto by @intiocon: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 29 May 2018
#NIC Fresh clashes erupt as peace talks resume in an attempt to temper Nicaragua's turmoil AFPphoto by @intiocon: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 29 May 2018
#NIC Fresh clashes erupt as peace talks resume in an attempt to temper Nicaragua's turmoil AFPphoto by @intiocon: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 29 May 2018
#NIC Fresh clashes erupt as peace talks resume in an attempt to temper Nicaragua's turmoil AFPphoto by @intiocon: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 29 May 2018
heatwave
#Pakistan Pakistani
youths cool off in a stream during a hot day, as temperatures reached
around 40 degrees Celsius, on the outskirts of Islamabad. Photo @aamirqureshi14 #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 29 May 2018
SYRIA - A general view shows the sun setting over a rebel-held area in Daraa Photo @abazidmohamad #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 29 May 2018
#Brazil Boys play football on a pitch at Tavares Bastos favela in Rio de Janeiro Photo @CarldeSouza1 #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 29 May 2018
#Libya Libyan youths play basketball in the Corniche area before breaking the fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Tripoli. Photo
Mahmud Turkia #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 29 May 2018
#Haiti Children are seen playing football in the commune of Petion Ville, in Port-au-Prince Photo @hectorretamal
#AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 29 May 2018
#Afghanistan An Afghan Muslim man prays outside a mosque during the holy month of Ramadan in Herat Photo @hoshangAFP #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 29 May 2018
#Indian Occupied Kashmir A Kashmiri Muslim touches a wall of the Shah-i-Hamdaan Shrine during the holy month of Ramadan in downtown Srinagar
Photo @TauseefMUSTAFA #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 29 May 2018
#Afghanistan An Afghan woman sits with her child as she begs during the holy month of Ramadan in Hera Photo @Noorullah700 #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 29 May 2018
#Indonesia A woman reads a copy of the Koran while another woman takes a nap during Ramadan at the Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta
Photo @BerryAdek #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 28 May 2018
GAZA
CITY - Palestinian national Waleed el-Hattab cooks and distributes a
soup to the needy during the holy month of Ramadan, in Gaza City
Photo @MahmudHams #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 28 May 2018
#Afghanistan An Afghan Muslim man sleeps in front of a shop during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Jalalabad Photo @Noorullah700 #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 28 May 2018
#Belgium 4500
shoes representing every life lost in the Israel-Palestine conflict
since 2009 have been displayed ahead of the EU Foreign ministers meeting
in Brussels. Photo
John Thys #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 28 May 2018
#Bangladesh A
Bangladeshi volunteer prepares Iftar food for Muslim devotees before
breaking their fast during the holy month of Ramadan at a shrine in
Dhaka Photo @uz_munir #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 28 May 2018
#Afghanistan An Afghan cigarette vendor waits for customers at his stall along the road in Kabul. Photo @kohsar
#AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 28 May 2018
Coexistence VII: Aunt of Tiger (Auntie Looks Up To Blackie)
Coexistence [Dhaka]: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 4 May 2018
Coexistence [Dhaka]: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 4 May 2018
Coexistence [Dhaka]: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 4 May 2018
Aunt of Tiger | Mirpur-7, Dhaka. Bangladesh. Due to the influence of fairy tales, cats are popularly known as " Aunt of tiger" in subcontinent. I
was familiar with them before knowing the English alphabets, before
reading with my mother A for 'Apple', B for 'Ball' and C for 'Cat',
because I had been seeing them from my childhood in our home. How could I avoid their enchanting eyes? They were introduced to me as aunt of tiger.
who could disagree? There are many similarities. But where is the
ferociousness of tiger? Hmm, I had seen much. It is greater than
earthquake, when two cats quarrel. But with human who domesticated them,
the story is so different. Here, they lost to their nephews:) Although
I never pet a cat, I wrote cat on paragraph writing of 'Your Pet
Animal' in my early school days. Because it was easy to write about
them. Many of us do that, writing about something that we didn't experience before in personal
life. Rather than cat, I had the eagerness to pet a dog. But, it was a
quite luxurious thought for me on that time.
Here, we can be reminded of Bangladeshi legendary painter SM Sultan, for his
great affection for pet animals. He lived along with cat, dog,
bird, snake, bear and monkey in his home in Narail. After his death some
of
his pets were so depressed that they didn't take any meal for several
days. Legendary photographer Nasir Ali Mamun, portrayed Sultan with his
pets in many great photographs on black and white. Superstitious
mind of human has got many things on cats. I experienced some rumors in
my life like; if you can't take out fish bone from your throat, you
should ask for pardon by grabbing cat's legs. Another one is to give an
amount of salt in water for the salvation of sin, if someone kills a cat
anyway. In this context the past history of superstition was strange
and darker for cat itself. They had been worshiped, mummified or
sometimes brutally killed by human. Black cat was so unlucky to be
counted as symbol of human luck. Cats are treated differently
in two parts of the world. Maybe they are annoying to you or, a cause
of happiness in some parts of your mind. After all, they are with us for
thousands of years. With us in human jungle.: photo by Dabashis Chanda, 5 September 2011
Dear Auntie
