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“I was stunned to see how much worse it had got.” Children “are starving” in Gaza and it’s made worse by “forced water deprivation” which is a “purely political” choice, UNICEF’s James Elder says in the latest episode of The Fourcast.

“I truly hope that people understand what’s happening.” “I’m a UN pro bono official — I’m not even paid. Yet suddenly I’m a threat to the global economy. Why? Because I asked big tech to comply with international law and stop profiteering from genocide.” — Francesca Albanese

"Unspeakable trauma is being inflicted on parents and children" theguardian.com/culture/2025/j…

"Sumoud: refusing to give up or leave"... theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Essential, chilling article by Bodleian's Richard Ovenden re war on books/free libraries/librarians..."defenders of an open, pluralist society" observer.co.uk/news/internati…

A joy listening to this championing of both children and music!

I have no words left, and I fear that even words can wound. I implore the EU and others who are 'preserving dialogue' with Israel: use it to end all unlawful detentions under int'l law. All hostages - Palestinians and Israelis - must be allowed to safely return home.

Brave Israeli Human Rights advocates in B'Tselem keep calling out to fellow Israelis to wake up to terror carried out in their name. Scroll down...

Fine historian William Dalrymple on Israel Palestine & the Middle East: "a lot of education needs to take place"...totally absorbing & essential watching. youtu.be/M5uX0Iwv6Xw?si…

Two people are confirmed to be dead after Israeli strikes on Holy Family Church, the only Catholic Parish in Gaza, this morning. Several people have been injured, included Fr. Gabriele Romanelli, whom Pope Francis used to call every night. The building has also been damaged.

My Jo'burg school was run by Holy Family nuns. I can't imagine it being bombed...

Heartbreaking... "Our silence didn't protect him"... theguardian.com/global-develop…

"The horror, the horror..." Two more beautiful children deliberately wiped out... theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…

The killing of young siblings at a Gaza water point shows how seeking life’s essentials is now a deadly peril. Karam al-Ghussain, 9, and Lulu, 10, were fetching water from a nearby distribution station when an Israeli strike hit it, and them. theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…

Today's Heart of Darkness includes...

“Teenagers being shot by Israeli soldiers.” Nick Maynard is a British gastrointestinal surgeon, who is currently in Gaza, working at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.  We began by asking him what he can tell us about the shootings near the aid distribution sites this morning.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Starvation is an Israeli weapon of mass destruction (WMD) in Gaza.

Just heard Rev Mitri Raheb say "we are being treated as children of a lesser God" on Inside Story. He hasn't 'Permit' to visit Jerusalem less than 6 miles away...

Alex de Waal, World Peace Foundation: "Gaza is unique in the annals of starvation..." lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/may/…