Nesrine Malik

'As fading Palestinian prisoners in dungeons appear before the eyes of the world, their deaths foretold, I think back to Abu Ghraib, and how much those pictures moved and scandalised and came to define an entire era of unbridled power, racism and cruelty. For that to happen, there needed to be a media and political class that pushed for investigation and accountability'

#gaza #palestine #israel #middleEast #humanRights

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Iran launched a missile strike against the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, one of several U.S. military bases across the Middle East, in retaliation for the U.S. bombing its nuclear sites. Qatari authorities say there were no casualties and that air defenses "successfully thwarted the attack and intercepted the Iranian missiles." Here's @AssociatedPress's liveblog.

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#News #Iran #Israel #UnitedStates #Qatar #MiddleEast

1/ #Billionaire #Ecoterrorism
Kill off, sicken, or weaken, your own citizens & neighbors so long as you can make billions?
The ruling families say, "Fuck, yes!"
Toxic gas putting millions at risk in #MiddleEast
[& in the US, but shhh.🤫 ]
""Very disturbing. Big oil companies (#BP, #Shell, et. al) & states in the Middle East are violating the human rights of millions of people by failing to tackle air pollution from fossil fuels.

"Despite the massive human suffering, Big Oil & #petrostates carry on with business as usual with total impunity & zero accountability."
#climate #pollution #AirPollution #health
bbc.com/news/science-environme…