U.S. opens embassy in Jerusalem as deadly clashes continue on the border with Gaza : Photo Lior Mizrahi: image via Getty Images News @GettyImagesNews, 14 May 2018
epa editor's choice 14 May 2018: #USEmbassyJerusalem #protest #Palestinian #Gaza #GazaStrip #Palestine #USA #epaphotos epa/efe Photo epa-efe / Luca Piergiovanni: image via epaphotos @epaphotos, 14 May 2018
XYMPHORA: Monday, May 14, 2018
Blood libel
They are celebrating the embassy move as only they can, with a full-out
Khazar massacre following their deepest and most profound ancient
traditions as a supremacist group: "Live Blog: Massacre in Gaza as US and Israel celebrate embassy move to
Jerusalem". Various aspects of this rite are called the 'blood libel',
the Khazar requirement for the blood of the goyim, particularly the
blood of children, to consecrate a monument or sacred event.
U.S. opens embassy in Jerusalem as deadly clashes continue on the border with Gaza : Photo @spencerplatt1 Lior Mizrahi: image via Getty Images News @GettyImagesNews, 14 May 2018
Steven Mnuchin, the US treasury secretary, and Ivanka Trump at the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem on 14 May: photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images, 14 May 2018
Senior
White House Adviser Ivanka Trump stands next to the dedication plaque
during the opening of the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem: Photo Ronen Zvulun: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 14 May 2018
Palestinian demonstrators run for cover during a protest against the U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem at the Israel-Gaza border: Photo Ibraheem Abu Mustafa: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 14 May 2018,
'I feel upset over what is happening. At the same time I continue to do my job': Reuters photographer Ibraheem Abu Mustafa on covering the Gaza Strip, his home and his subject. Photo Ibraheem Abu Mustafa: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 14 May 2018
When @Reuters photographer Ibraheem Abu Mustafa set off to cover the protests in Gaza he met an acquaintance. 'This morning, I said 'Hi' to a man ... By the end of the day I was at his funeral.' More from a Gaza photographer in 'a place of death': image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 14 May 2018
Palestinians carry a demonstrator injured during the clashes.: photo by Mahmud Hams/AFP, 14 May 2018
“I’m here because of our land that we want back. We have nothing to lose,” said 25-year-old Mohammed Nabieh, who said he was the descendant of refugees from a village near the Israeli city of Ashdod. “Nobody cares about us. Why should we wait to die slowly?”
Netanyahu said Monday was a “glorious day”. “Remember this moment. This is history. President Trump, by recognising history you have made history,” he said to applause.
Israel faces outcry over Gaza killings during Jerusalem embassy protests: Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel obliged to ‘defend its borders’ after
dozens of protesters die during Gaza’s bloodiest day since 2014 war: Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem and Hazem Balousha in Gaza City, The Guardian, 14 May 2018
Israel faced international condemnation after Gaza had its bloodiest
day in years on Monday when Israeli forces killed 55 Palestinians and
wounded at least 1,200 during protests against the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem.
The funerals of those killed are expected to take place in the coastal enclave today, coinciding with the day Palestinians mark the “Nakba”, or catastrophe, commemorating the more than 700,000 Palestinians who fled or were expelled from their homes in the 1948 war surrounding Israel’s creation.
The UN human rights chief, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, decried Monday’s “shocking killing of dozens”, saying “those responsible for outrageous human rights violations must be held to account”.
Turkey said it would recall its ambassadors to the US and Israel, and its president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, described Israel’s actions as “genocide”. South Africa also recalled its ambassador in protest at the “violent aggression carried out by Israeli armed forces”.
French president Emmanuel Macron “condemned the violence of the Israeli armed forces against protesters” in a telephone conversation with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan’s King Abdullah II. He also reaffirmed criticism of the US decision to move the embassy to Jerusalem.
Kuwait requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, which diplomats later told AFP the US had blocked.
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, joined the US in blaming Hamas for the deaths, and defended his country’s use of force, saying “every country has the obligation to defend its borders”.
The violent scenes on Monday contrasted sharply with the glossy inauguration of Washington’s new mission about 60 miles away in an affluent Jerusalem neighbourhood.
The US president’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, celebrated the opening to clapping and cheering from American and Israeli VIPs.
In Gaza’s hospitals, dozens of casualties were in a critical condition, and medics said the dead included a 14-year-old boy. There were reports that a man in a wheelchair who had been pictured using a slingshot had also been killed.
The sky was blackened with thick smoke as protesters lit tyres. Intermittent sniper fire was heard and crowds of protesters were seen rushing towards the fence, although Israel’s military said none had managed to breach it.
Fury and desperation at Trump’s December declaration on the embassy helped to ignite the six-week protest movement. To international condemnation, Israeli snipers have regularly fired on demonstrators in past rallies. Monday’s shootings raised the total deaths close to 100 and made it the bloodiest day in the coastal enclave since the 2014 war.
Gaza’s rulers Hamas has fought three conflicts with Israel but say they support peaceful ideals advocated by civilian protest leaders.
Donald Trump, who had tweeted that Monday was a “great day for Israel”, did not attend the embassy opening but spoke in a video message, saying he extended “a hand in friendship to Israel, the Palestinians and to all of their neighbours. May there be peace.”
Amnesty International criticised the bloodshed as “another horrific example of the Israeli military using excessive force and live ammunition in a totally deplorable way”.
At the ceremony in Jerusalem, Washington’s ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, stood on a stage painted with the US flag and said: “Today’s historic event is attributed to the vision, courage, and moral clarity of one person to whom we owe an enormous and eternal debt of gratitude: President Donald J Trump.” The crowd cheered and gave a standing ovation.
The only direct reference to the bloodshed came from Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who said: “As we have seen from the protests of the last month and even today those provoking violence are part of the problem and not part of the solution.”
In Washington, the White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah was repeatedly challenged to condemn the Israeli response. “We believe Hamas is responsible for these tragic deaths,” he told reporters. “Their rather cynical exploitation of the situation is what’s leading to these deaths and we want it stopped.”
Israel has portrayed the protests as a terrorist ploy by Hamas. Naftali Bennett, Israel’s education minister, told Israel Radio that anyone who approached the fence would be considered a terrorist. A foreign ministry spokesman labelled protesters “murderous rioters”.
The army said it had almost doubled the number of troops surrounding Gaza and in the occupied West Bank on Monday.
The Israel Defence Forces said in a statement: “The rioters are hurling firebombs and explosive devices towards the security fence and IDF forces, and are burning tires, throwing rocks and launching flaming objects in order to ignite fires in Israeli territory and harm IDF troops.”
The funerals of those killed are expected to take place in the coastal enclave today, coinciding with the day Palestinians mark the “Nakba”, or catastrophe, commemorating the more than 700,000 Palestinians who fled or were expelled from their homes in the 1948 war surrounding Israel’s creation.
The UN human rights chief, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, decried Monday’s “shocking killing of dozens”, saying “those responsible for outrageous human rights violations must be held to account”.
Turkey said it would recall its ambassadors to the US and Israel, and its president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, described Israel’s actions as “genocide”. South Africa also recalled its ambassador in protest at the “violent aggression carried out by Israeli armed forces”.
French president Emmanuel Macron “condemned the violence of the Israeli armed forces against protesters” in a telephone conversation with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan’s King Abdullah II. He also reaffirmed criticism of the US decision to move the embassy to Jerusalem.
Kuwait requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, which diplomats later told AFP the US had blocked.
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, joined the US in blaming Hamas for the deaths, and defended his country’s use of force, saying “every country has the obligation to defend its borders”.
The violent scenes on Monday contrasted sharply with the glossy inauguration of Washington’s new mission about 60 miles away in an affluent Jerusalem neighbourhood.
The US president’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, celebrated the opening to clapping and cheering from American and Israeli VIPs.
In Gaza’s hospitals, dozens of casualties were in a critical condition, and medics said the dead included a 14-year-old boy. There were reports that a man in a wheelchair who had been pictured using a slingshot had also been killed.
The sky was blackened with thick smoke as protesters lit tyres. Intermittent sniper fire was heard and crowds of protesters were seen rushing towards the fence, although Israel’s military said none had managed to breach it.
Fury and desperation at Trump’s December declaration on the embassy helped to ignite the six-week protest movement. To international condemnation, Israeli snipers have regularly fired on demonstrators in past rallies. Monday’s shootings raised the total deaths close to 100 and made it the bloodiest day in the coastal enclave since the 2014 war.
Gaza’s rulers Hamas has fought three conflicts with Israel but say they support peaceful ideals advocated by civilian protest leaders.
Donald Trump, who had tweeted that Monday was a “great day for Israel”, did not attend the embassy opening but spoke in a video message, saying he extended “a hand in friendship to Israel, the Palestinians and to all of their neighbours. May there be peace.”
Amnesty International criticised the bloodshed as “another horrific example of the Israeli military using excessive force and live ammunition in a totally deplorable way”.
At the ceremony in Jerusalem, Washington’s ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, stood on a stage painted with the US flag and said: “Today’s historic event is attributed to the vision, courage, and moral clarity of one person to whom we owe an enormous and eternal debt of gratitude: President Donald J Trump.” The crowd cheered and gave a standing ovation.
The only direct reference to the bloodshed came from Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who said: “As we have seen from the protests of the last month and even today those provoking violence are part of the problem and not part of the solution.”
In Washington, the White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah was repeatedly challenged to condemn the Israeli response. “We believe Hamas is responsible for these tragic deaths,” he told reporters. “Their rather cynical exploitation of the situation is what’s leading to these deaths and we want it stopped.”
Israel has portrayed the protests as a terrorist ploy by Hamas. Naftali Bennett, Israel’s education minister, told Israel Radio that anyone who approached the fence would be considered a terrorist. A foreign ministry spokesman labelled protesters “murderous rioters”.
The army said it had almost doubled the number of troops surrounding Gaza and in the occupied West Bank on Monday.
The Israel Defence Forces said in a statement: “The rioters are hurling firebombs and explosive devices towards the security fence and IDF forces, and are burning tires, throwing rocks and launching flaming objects in order to ignite fires in Israeli territory and harm IDF troops.”
Israel’s military said its troops had killed three
“terrorists” attempting to place an explosive device adjacent to the
fence in the southern area of the strip “under the cover of violent
riots”.
Hamas has encouraged and funded the protests and said it would not
stop people from attempting to break the metal fence. Loudspeakers at
the frontier called for people to push through as Israeli drones dropped
teargas on the crowds.
Until this week, no Israeli had been harmed since protests began on
30 March. An IDF spokesman, Lt Col Jonathan Conricus, said one soldier
had been “slightly wounded by shrapnel” on Monday but he did not have
details on the source of the injury.
No one had crossed the fence despite several attempts, Conricus said.
“Our troops have not taken any sustained direct fire,” he added.
Protest organisers have called for an end to a decade-old
Israeli-imposed blockade, and for Palestinian refugees and their
descendants to be allowed to return to their ancestral homes.
Mosques in Gaza called for people to protest as a general strike was
observed. Buses ferried residents to the perimeter. Black clouds
billowed from piles of burning tyres – which organisers say are used as a
smokescreen against Israeli snipers. People have been shot tens of
metres from the fence.
“I’m here because of our land that we want back. We have nothing to lose,” said 25-year-old Mohammed Nabieh, who said he was the descendant of refugees from a village near the Israeli city of Ashdod. “Nobody cares about us. Why should we wait to die slowly?”
Large protests also took place throughout the occupied West Bank and inside Jerusalem at the same time as the embassy event.
Trump's Jerusalem declaration dismayed Palestinians, who see East Jerusalem as the capital of their
future state. The holy city has been one of the most contentious issues
in past negotiations, and broad international consensus has been that
its status will be settled under a peace deal, although Trump has said
Jerusalem is now “off the table”.
About 800 people attended the inauguration ceremony for the Jerusalem
embassy. US ambassador Friedman, has moved his office from Tel Aviv
into what had been a US consulate building.
Many Israelis have praised the decision to move the diplomatic
mission. The Friends of Zion Museum has put up posters in Jerusalem
saying: “Make Israel Great Again” and US flags have been hung from
buildings in the city.
Netanyahu said Monday was a “glorious day”. “Remember this moment. This is history. President Trump, by recognising history you have made history,” he said to applause.
Palestinians run for cover from tear gas during clashes with Israeli security forces.: photo by Mohammed Abed/AFP, 14 May 2018
A Palestinian woman waves her national flag during clashes with Israeli forces near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip: photo by Mohammed Abed/AFP, 14 May 2018
Palestinians set tyres on fire near Gaza-Israel border in Khan Yunis, Gaza.: photo by Anadolu Agency/Getty Images, 14 May 2018
Then
comes the most difficult part of the day: Family members rush to
identify their loved ones at a morgue, clear the documents and retrieve
it so that they may prepare the body for proper ceremonial rites,
prayers and burial. But first they mourn.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
Then
comes the most difficult part of the day: Family members rush to
identify their loved ones at a morgue, clear the documents and retrieve
it so that they may prepare the body for proper ceremonial rites,
prayers and burial. But first they mourn.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
Then comes the most difficult part of the day: Family members rush to identify their loved ones at a morgue, clear the documents and retrieve it so that they may prepare the body for proper ceremonial rites, prayers and burial. But first they mourn.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
Then comes the most difficult part of the day: Family members rush to identify their loved ones at a morgue, clear the documents and retrieve it so that they may prepare the body for proper ceremonial rites, prayers and burial. But first they mourn.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
On
to the protest front: Protesters burn rubber tires meant to reduce
visibility for Israeli forces. Then they take out barb wire fence and
try to drag it out. To be fair, they also fling plenty of solid
projectiles towards the border. Then comes the volley of tear gas
canisters.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
On to the protest front: Protesters burn rubber tires meant to reduce visibility for Israeli forces. Then they take out barb wire fence and try to drag it out. To be fair, they also fling plenty of solid projectiles towards the border. Then comes the volley of tear gas canisters.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
On
to the protest front: Protesters burn rubber tires meant to reduce
visibility for Israeli forces. Then they take out barb wire fence and
try to drag it out. To be fair, they also fling plenty of solid
projectiles towards the border. Then comes the volley of tear gas
canisters.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
On to the protest front: Protesters burn rubber tires meant to reduce visibility for Israeli forces. Then they take out barb wire fence and try to drag it out. To be fair, they also fling plenty of solid projectiles towards the border. Then comes the volley of tear gas canisters.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
Sometimes
if there are no medics nearby due to the size of the protest,
volunteers would haul the wounded and some variety transportation would
show up. This time, a horse and a cart.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
Every
time I hear a certain *crack* sound, someone falls, screams ensue,
blood stain the ground, people rush to their aid, then carried in a
stretcher, and then ambulance to a field clinic.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
Every time I hear a certain *crack* sound, someone falls, screams ensue, blood stain the ground, people rush to their aid, then carried in a stretcher, and then ambulance to a field clinic.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
Every time I hear a certain *crack* sound, someone falls, screams ensue, blood stain the ground, people rush to their aid, then carried in a stretcher, and then ambulance to a field clinic.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
Every time I hear a certain *crack* sound, someone falls, screams ensue, blood stain the ground, people rush to their aid, then carried in a stretcher, and then ambulance to a field clinic.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
Second dispatch: At least 52 Palestinians dead, more than 2,200 wounded at Gaza border as U.S. moves embassy to Jerusalem.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
Second dispatch: At least 52 Palestinians dead, more than 2,200 wounded at Gaza border as U.S. moves embassy to Jerusalem.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
Second dispatch: At least 52 Palestinians dead, more than 2,200 wounded at Gaza border as U.S. moves embassy to Jerusalem.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
Second dispatch: At least 52 Palestinians dead, more than 2,200 wounded at Gaza border as U.S. moves embassy to Jerusalem.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
Death
toll in Gaza today rises to 52, over 2,400 wounded. At Shifa hospital a
doctor who worked there for 17 years said he had never seen a day like
this.: image via Sharif Kouddous @sharifkouddous, 14 May 2018
When your Nokia phone stops a projectile and saves your life. Seen at the field clinic near Gaza city.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
Funeral service for Jamal Abdul-Rahman Affana, 15, who died from his wounds sustained from last Friday's protest on the border fence separating Israel and Gaza.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 13 May 2018
Funeral
service for Jamal Abdul-Rahman Affana, 15, who died from his wounds
sustained from last Friday's protest on the border fence separating
Israel and Gaza.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 13 May 2018
Funeral service for Jamal Abdul-Rahman Affana, 15, who died from his wounds sustained from last Friday's protest on the border fence separating Israel and Gaza.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 13 May 2018
Funeral
service for Jamal Abdul-Rahman Affana, 15, who died from his wounds
sustained from last Friday's protest on the border fence separating
Israel and Gaza.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 13 May 2018
The
most interesting moment came after this protester braved rounds of tear
gas, ran into smoke column from the burning tires near the border
fence, risked getting hurt from gunfire, to take a selfie. #GreatMarchOfReturn: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 11 May 2018
Projectiles
were flung, tires were burned, flags were waived, canisters of tear gas
were volleyed and gunfire ensued when the crowd got too close to the
border fence.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 11 May 2018
Projectiles were flung, tires were burned, flags were waived, canisters of tear gas were volleyed and gunfire ensued when the crowd got too close to the border fence.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 11 May 2018
Projectiles were flung, tires were burned, flags were waived, canisters of tear gas were volleyed and gunfire ensued when the crowd got too close to the border fence.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 11 May 2018
Projectiles were flung, tires were burned, flags were waived, canisters of tear gas were volleyed and gunfire ensued when the crowd got too close to the border fence.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 11 May 2018
First dispatch from the Gaza Strip: At least one killed, hundreds injured as Gazans protest near Israel border for #GreatMarchOfReturn: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 11 May 2018
First dispatch from the Gaza Strip: At least one killed, hundreds injured as Gazans protest near Israel border for #GreatMarchOfReturn: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 11 May 2018
And mutual fear brings peace;
Till the selfish loves increase.
Then Cruelty knits a snare,
And spreads his baits with care.
He sits down with holy fears,
And waters the ground with tears:
Then Humility takes its root
Underneath his foot.
Soon spreads the dismal shade
Of Mystery over his head;
And the Catterpiller and Fly,
Feed on the Mystery.
And it bears the fruit of Deceit,
Ruddy and sweet to eat;
And the Raven his nest has made
In its thickest shade.
The Gods of the earth and sea,
Sought thro' Nature to find this Tree
But their search was all in vain:
There grows one in the Human Brain.
This photo of Fadi Abu Saleh, a Palestinian in Gaza confronting Israeli soldiers, was widely circulated last week. Israeli troops shot him dead today.: image via Alex Kane @alexbkane, 14 May 2018
Il y a 70 ans, David Ben Gourion proclamait officiellement la naissance de l'État d'Israël: image via AFP Archives @AFPArchives, 14 May 2018
Projectiles were flung, tires were burned, flags were waived, canisters of tear gas were volleyed and gunfire ensued when the crowd got too close to the border fence.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 11 May 2018
Projectiles were flung, tires were burned, flags were waived, canisters of tear gas were volleyed and gunfire ensued when the crowd got too close to the border fence.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 11 May 2018
Projectiles were flung, tires were burned, flags were waived, canisters of tear gas were volleyed and gunfire ensued when the crowd got too close to the border fence.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 11 May 2018
Gazans
used a hook and pull tactic to remove the barb wire fence which was
protecting the border fence. Loud cheers ensued as the barb wire dragged
through the sand and kicked up a dust cloud.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 11 May 2018
First dispatch from the Gaza Strip: At least one killed, hundreds injured as Gazans protest near Israel border for #GreatMarchOfReturn: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 11 May 2018
First dispatch from the Gaza Strip: At least one killed, hundreds injured as Gazans protest near Israel border for #GreatMarchOfReturn: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 11 May 2018
William Blake: The Human Abstract
Pity would be no more,
If we did not make somebody Poor:
And Mercy no more could be,
If all were as happy as we;
If we did not make somebody Poor:
And Mercy no more could be,
If all were as happy as we;
And mutual fear brings peace;
Till the selfish loves increase.
Then Cruelty knits a snare,
And spreads his baits with care.
He sits down with holy fears,
And waters the ground with tears:
Then Humility takes its root
Underneath his foot.
Soon spreads the dismal shade
Of Mystery over his head;
And the Catterpiller and Fly,
Feed on the Mystery.
And it bears the fruit of Deceit,
Ruddy and sweet to eat;
And the Raven his nest has made
In its thickest shade.
The Gods of the earth and sea,
Sought thro' Nature to find this Tree
But their search was all in vain:
There grows one in the Human Brain.
William Blake (1757-1827): The Human Abstract, from Songs of Experience, 1794
This photo of Fadi Abu Saleh, a Palestinian in Gaza confronting Israeli soldiers, was widely circulated last week. Israeli troops shot him dead today.: image via Alex Kane @alexbkane, 14 May 2018
Mohammad Alsaafin Retweeted yasser fathi qudih
Mohammad Alsaafin added,
The
photographer who took this shot of a Palestinian hitting a tear gas
canister with a tennis racket is Yasser Qudih. He's in critical
condition after being shot by Israeli snipers today. (via @MarahWadia)
image via Mohammad Alsaafin @malsaafin, 14 May 2018
Il y a 70 ans, David Ben Gourion proclamait officiellement la naissance de l'État d'Israël: image via AFP Archives @AFPArchives, 14 May 2018
#Nicaragua Students of the Autonomous National University of Nicaragua (UNAN), who are demanding justice, democracy and the departure of President Daniel Ortega, fire a handmade mortar during a demonstration at the UNAN premises in Managua. #AFPphoto by Diana Ulloa: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 14 May 2018
#cannes2018 Russian model Natasha Poly arrives for the screening of the film "BlacKkKlansman" Photo @albertopizzoli #AFP: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 14 May 2018
#cannes2018 US model Bella Hadid Photo @albertopizzoli #AFP: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 14 May 2018
#cannes2018 Australian actress and President of the Jury Cate Blanchett Photo @albertopizzoli #AFP: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 14 May 2018
#cannes2018 Canadian model Winnie Harlow Photo Anne-Christine Poujoulat #AFP: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 14 May 2018
#cannes2018 Japanese actor Masahiro Higashide and Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi help Japanese actress Erika Karata after her heel got stuck in her dress Photo @ValeryHache #AFP: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 14 May 2018
#cannes2018 US actress and member of the Feature Film Jury Kristen Stewart removes her shoes on the red carpet Photo @albertopizzoli #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP 14 May 2018
#cannes2018 US actress and member of the Feature Film Jury Kristen Stewart removes her shoes on the red carpet Photo @albertopizzoli #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP 14 May 2018
#cannes2018 US actress and member of the Feature Film Jury Kristen Stewart removes her shoes on the red carpet Photo @albertopizzoli #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP 14 May 2018
MEDITERRANEAN SEA - A migrant rests on the deck of the MV Aquarius as it sails into the Sicilian port of Messina Photo @lgouliam #AFP:image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 15 May 2018
פעילי הזרוע הצבאית של החמא״ס פרוסים ברחובות, לצורך אכיפת השביתה הכללית. כדי שכולם יגיעו לגדר
נלחמים בלהבות
Hamas military wing operatives are deployed in Rehovot to enforce the general strike: image via nir dvori @ndvori, 14 May 2018
לוחמות קרקל בגבול עזה Fighting the flames: image via nir dvori @ndvori, 14 May 2018
לוחמות קרקל בגבול עזה Fighting on the Gaza border: image via nir dvori @ndvori, 14 May 2018
וגם צבי אחד שנמלט מהאש. And one deer escaped from the fire.: image via nir dvori @ndvori, 14 May 2018
הכנות למהדורה. שלמה אשכנזי המפיק הכל יכול Preparing for the broadcast. Shlomo Ashkenazi is the omnipotent producer.: image via nir dvori @ndvori, 14 May 2018
Jerusalem, Israel. Guests attend the ceremony for the transfer of the US embassy to Jerusalem. Donald Trump’s administration will officially transfer the ambassador’s offices to the consulate building and use it temporarily as the new embassy in Jerusalem: photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images, 14 May 2018
14 May
Toppling house on sliding hillside tilted
a bit more abruptly than new-normal creeping landfill hillside subsidence ground-sag
not built on firm foundations in tectonic
at about midnight with shock
impact
of metal on metal. House rockd. Heart stopt
Cats silently
scatterd
as happens every time broken
glass in street reported A next dark morn out catfeeding
the two sisters
and later on in the long closing day of fog and blood clot upon the freeway feeder
Israel faced international condemnation after
the 7.15 PM quake
seemd like business as usual.
Thexpense of spirit in a waste
of shame. Leaden cloud bank w eerie pink underside hanging offshore over golden gate
fields at sundown.
not built on firm foundations in tectonic
at about midnight with shock
impact
of metal on metal. House rockd. Heart stopt
Cats silently
scatterd
as happens every time broken
glass in street reported A next dark morn out catfeeding
the two sisters
and later on in the long closing day of fog and blood clot upon the freeway feeder
Israel faced international condemnation after
the 7.15 PM quake
seemd like business as usual.
Thexpense of spirit in a waste
of shame. Leaden cloud bank w eerie pink underside hanging offshore over golden gate
fields at sundown.
WEST BANK - An Israeli border guard takes a picture of another guard in Ramallah, as Palestinians protest over the inauguration of the US embassy following its controversial move to Jerusalem. Photo @Abbasmomani #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 14 May 2018
Wall of Voodoo: Tse Tse Fly | Live Dark Continent era
ReplyDeleteAt 3.20 Stan can feel the tse tse flies in his hair. We've all been there. So long ago. With the hair that is.
They're always out to bite us.
I was walking through the jungle, and I Was looking for good business Something to take away the risk Break or bust or call it quits See an object in the air See an object touch my hair I was walking through the jungle, and I Was looking for good business My energy is draining Touching down on my arm I'm feeling kinda sleepy now Chorus: I was bitten by a tse-tse fly I was bitten by a tse-tse fly I was walking through the jungle, and I Was looking for good business Gotta invest in insect bombs No-pest strips and firearms On the tickertape came the note "Tse-tse fly: no antidote" I was walking through the jungle, and I Was looking for good business My energy is draining Touching down on my arm I'm feeling kinda sleepy now Chorus repeat x2 Swat that fly!
Don’t you just love that plaque, Ivanka? Show us your teeth so we can see your bloody gums.
ReplyDeleteA poem I wrote today:
ReplyDeleteThey Call It ‘A Great Day’
When will they learn?
None is a David against Goliath,
and “every country has an obligation
to defend its borders.”
The man in the wheelchair
readying his slingshot takes a hit
before his stone can find a mark.
The youth desperately backhanding
his tennis racket lobs too late
to return the sniper’s serve.
Ivanka stands clapping — she’s sixty
miles away — while Mnuchin pulls off
the big reveal: the president’s name
writ larger than the thing it dedicates.
We see it all, live, this Nakba, the burning
tires, the streams of tear gas, a baby
grounded, inhaling dirty smoke in Gaza.
What is not breached is the barb wire
fence that both contains and ignites
these thousands of sources of injury.
The women in black abaya still wave
their colorful flags, their sons flinging
projectiles. Kicking up a dust cloud,
one of them even risks a selfie.
Vassilis,
ReplyDeleteLet's not be unkind. Vonky's gums are only bloody because she had to have a speedy fang removal done the night before. This is all kinda like Cannes 2018 as we know, pure phantasmagoria and cosmetics. The real business is always going on somewhere else - sixty miles away as Maureen says. With an army in between.
Maureen,
Not only because it's important to have a log of events in a time of bewildering - well, bewilderingly predictable - events like these - so that if and when the fang dripping blood fury ever subsides, we can remember... or somebody can remember - that's a damn fine poem.
Please do keep caring and witnessing. I don't know that it helps. I don't know how many of us there are left to witness and care. I don't know how to go on. I don't know how to stop going on.
Well, dying, the one way.
But the depth of the problem?
From Guardian live blog at the UN today:
Haaretz’s diplomatic correspondent, Noa Landau, says US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, left the security council meeting room when Palestine’s permanent observer began his address. Palestine is not a member of the UN, but was named a “non-member observer state” in November 2012.
Noa LandauVerified account @noa_landau
The #UNSC on #Gaza: looks like @nikkihaley left the room when the Palestinians took the mic
9:00 AM - 15 May 2018
By the way, for those muricans who now believe what their telly has conveniently told them, that the palestinians in gaza are acting up in this curious suicidal way because something very bad called hamas pays or otherwise makes them do it, not because they have any sort of legitimate grievance, dream on. murica is now choking on its own problem. it's the problem that can never declare itself in any other way. and it is not hamas. and it can't be cloaked in vonky's outfits. the candelabra keep annoyingly poking through the costuming.
ReplyDeleteVassilis, thank you.
ReplyDeleteAs I read somewhere this morning, the voices have to remain louder than the attempt at erasure.