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appassionato, 5 hours ago to Israel

World Court orders Israel to halt assault on Gaza's Rafah

https://www.reuters.com/world/world-court-rule-request-halt-israels-rafah-offensive-2024-05-24/

@palestine
#Gaza
#Israel
#ICJ

appassionato, 10 hours ago to Birds

A kingfisher snatches a fish from the water in Yeadon, near Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK. The little birds are only 15cm long, but when diving they can travel at 25mph

Photograph: Jamie MacArthur/Animal News Agency

@photography
#birds
#kingfisher

appassionato, 10 hours ago to Birds

Three Atlantic puffins wait for mates during breeding season on Great Saltee Island, County Wexford. The uninhabited Saltee Islands off Ireland’s southeastern coast are a seabird paradise – a crucial breeding ground for fulmars, gannets, shags, kittiwakes, guillemots, razorbills and puffins, situated along an important migration route

Photograph: Artur Widak/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock

@photography
#birds
#puffins

appassionato, 16 hours ago to photography

About 60 people cross the Channel on a small boat, 6 March 2024

Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA-EFE

@photography
#EnglishChannel
#migration

appassionato, 16 hours ago to palestine

“The city of Rafah is now comprised of three entirely different worlds: the east is an archetypal war zone, the middle is a ghost town, and the west is a congested mass of people living in deplorable conditions.”

“People have no choice but to put their faith in so-called ‘humanitarian safe zones’ designated by the forces that have killed their family members and destroyed their homes.”

Norwegian Refugee Council

@palestine
#Gaza
#Rafah

appassionato, 17 hours ago to Israel

Demonstrators hold up cutouts of hostages during a protest demanding the immediate release of hostages, after the release of a video showing the capture of female Israeli soldiers before they were taken to Gaza during the deadly October 7 attack by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, near the Ministry of Defence in Tel Aviv, Israel. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

@palestine
#Israel
#hostages
#protest

appassionato, 15 hours ago to books

Cephalopod Atlas, 1910

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/321903#page/197/mode/1up

via
https://www.themarginalian.org/2020/03/03/cephalopod-atlas-carl-chun/

@bookstodon
#books
#nonfiction
#MarineLife
#cephalopod

appassionato, 16 hours ago to Israel

A man photographs his children in an arsenal off the Tkuma moshav in southern Israel, 11 December 2023

Photograph: Simon Townsley

@palestine
#Israel
#children
#munitions

appassionato, 17 hours ago to DadBin

A Palestinian girl carries bottles to collect water as she walks by houses which were destroyed in an Israeli strike in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

@palestine
#Gaza
#KhanYounis
#children
#water

appassionato, 2 days ago to palestine

Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports that Defense Minister Gallant has announced he will expand the law to allow Israeli settlers, who were evicted during a 2005 disengagement plan, to return to settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Settlers are Israeli citizens who live illegally on private Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. The vast majority of the settlements have been built either entirely or partially on private Palestinian land.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/6/who-are-israeli-settlers-and-why-do-they-live-on-palestinian-lands
@palestine

appassionato, 3 days ago to palestine

Former ICC official Eric Witte says that the decision does not imply that the actions of each side’s leaders are equal but that they will be “equally scrutinised under the law”.

“It’s impossible to compare the two. “But what we can say is that victims on both sides are deeply deserving of justice, accountability …"

“There are standards even during wartime. Even if you feel your cause is justified, it doesn’t mean that you can use any means whatsoever to pursue that cause.”

@palestine
#ICC

appassionato, 3 days ago to DadBin

“We are running out of words to describe what is happening in Gaza. We have described it as a catastrophe, a nightmare, as hell on earth. It is all of these, and worse.”

Edem Wosornu, senior UN aid official

@palestine
#Gaza
#displaced
#children

appassionato, 3 days ago to Palestine

#Handala

West Bank Wall graffiti art in Bethlehem: Handala and Liberty as "Pietà".

An iconic symbol of Palestinian identity and defiance. The character has been described as "portraying war, resistance, and the Palestinian identity with astounding clarity".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handala

By Mujaddara, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=91038990

@palestine
#Palestine
#WestBank
#resistance
#liberty
#art
#graffiti

appassionato, 3 days ago to australia

Rainbow Valley conservation reserve, Northern Territory | #Australia

Photographer Baillie Farley: ‘This image captures the breathtaking scene at Rainbow Valley conservation reserve, where the southern Milky Way gracefully arches above a remarkable formation of colourful sandstone. This area exudes a unique charm, with its vibrant hues and stunning geological formations creating a mesmerising landscape’

@photography
#astrophotography
#MilkyWay
#Outback
#landscape

appassionato, 3 days ago to astrophotography

The vanity of life | Wadi Rum desert, #Jordan

Photographer Mihail Minkov: ‘The concept behind this shot is to highlight the stark contrast between the vastness of the cosmos and the minuscule nature of humanity. The composition intentionally draws the viewer’s focus to a small figure, underscoring our insignificance in the grand scheme of the universe, while the majestic Milky Way core dominates the background.

@photography
#astrophotography
#MilkyWay

appassionato, 3 days ago to chile

Blue Lagoon Under the Stars | #Atacama desert, #Chile

Photographer Yuri Beletsky: ‘I captured this view at one of the remote sites of the Atacama Desert in Chile. The Galactic centre was already shining high in the sky, with the zodiacal light beautifully complementing it on the right. The blue colour was as real as the stars in the sky, adding a touch of magic to the scene’

@photography
#astrophotography
#MilkyWay
#desert
#lagoon

appassionato, 3 days ago to chile

The Lions’ Den | #Atacama Desert, #Chile

Photographer Lorenzo Ranieri: ‘The plateau of the Atacama desert, a potentially dangerous area due to its designation as a mountain lion reserve. The area around this remarkable mass of rocks adorned with tufts of burnt grass was littered with the bones of small animals and footprints of a significant size, indicating the presence of lions’

@photography
#astrophotography
#MilkyWay
#desert

appassionato, 3 days ago to KindActions

“We are running out of words to describe what is happening in Gaza. We have described it as a catastrophe, a nightmare, as hell on earth. It is all of these, and worse.”

Edem Wosornu, a senior UN aid official

A food aid truck sits abandoned near the entrance to the Kerem Shalom border crossing on May 17 [Shannon Stapleton/Reuters]

@palestine
#Gaza
#aid

appassionato, 4 days ago to brazil

A drone view shows Coca-Cola boxes and bottles floating in the water near trucks, amid flooding in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

@photography
#Brazil
#flood
#polution
#CocaCola

appassionato, 4 days ago to palestine

Timeline of major Israeli attacks on Gaza’s hospitals

The World Health Organization has documented 445 Israeli attacks on Gaza’s medical sector that affected 101 health facilities, including 32 hospitals.

@palestine
#Gaza
#hospitals
#WHO

appassionato, 4 days ago to palestine

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has applied for arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes.

The Hague-based court has also sought the arrest of three Hamas leaders over war crimes.

@palestine
#Gaza
#ICC
#ArrestWarrants

appassionato, 4 days ago to astrophotography

Aurora Dome Sky

The image was captured on May 10 during early morning hours from Arlington, Wisconsin, USA. The panorama is a composite of several 6-second exposures covering two thirds of the visible sky, with north in the center, and processed to heighten the colors and remove electrical wires. The photographer (in the foreground) reported that the aurora appeared to flow from a point overhead but illuminated the sky only toward the north.

@photography
#astrophotography
#APOD
#aurora

appassionato, 5 days ago to Germany

Police arrest antiwar protesters in Berlin

[Ebrahim Noroozi/AP]

@palestine
#Gaza
#Germany
#protest
#police

appassionato, 5 days ago to palestine

Palestinians carry the body of a person killed in an Israeli strike on a house in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, May 18, 2024 [Rami Zohod/Reuters]

@palestine
#Gaza
#Jabalia

appassionato, 5 days ago to DadBin

Palestinian children carrying their belongings arrive in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday [AFP]

@palestine
#Gaza
#children
#displaced