Tag: childhood

Israel’s Military Leaders Are Not ‘Only Obeying Orders.’ They Could Have Stopped the Gaza Massacre

We have heard it all before: ‘We were only obeying orders’. It’s the standard excuse by state sponsored murderers, torturers and assorted sadists when finally brought to book. As Gideon Levy points out in this latest column in Haaretz, it applies very much in Israel today. Gideon Levy; May 22, 2025 The Israel Defense Forces… Read More Israel’s Military Leaders Are Not ‘Only Obeying Orders.’ They Could Have Stopped the Gaza Massacre

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A picture that shocked the world: the story behind baby Siwar Ashour

Six-month-old Palestinian girl’s painfully emaciated body symbolised starvation in Gaza Malak A Tantesh in Gaza and Julian Borger Siwar Ashour, born in November, has only known war. Her mother, Najwa Aram, 23, gave birth in the one surviving room of a house that was otherwise destroyed and which 11 other people were sharing. Photograph: Doaa Albaz / Anadolu/Getty… Read More A picture that shocked the world: the story behind baby Siwar Ashour

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Juan Cole: As Israelis Blockade Food to Gaza, 9,000 Children have been Admitted for Acute Malnutrition

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said Friday that “Malnutrition is … on the rise. More than 9,000 children have been admitted for treatment of acute malnutrition since the beginning of the year.” At least 10 NGO aid kitchens have closed in recent weeks for lack of food, and 25 UN… Read More Juan Cole: As Israelis Blockade Food to Gaza, 9,000 Children have been Admitted for Acute Malnutrition

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George Orwell and me: Richard Blair on life with his extraordinary father

Yet Orwell has shaped his life. “My father was devoted to me,” he says. “Absolutely devoted.” And Blair is equally devoted to him. He regards himself as the keeper of the sacred flame for his father. ‘My father was devoted to me’ … Blair with Orwell. Photograph: Vernon Richards Richard Blair didn’t have the easiest start in life. At three… Read More George Orwell and me: Richard Blair on life with his extraordinary father

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Israel’s Systematic Destruction of Life Essentials in Gaza Has Forced Palestinians into a Hunt for Survival

Rasha Abou jalal GAZA CITY—Wael al-Masri sits on the rubble of a demolished building watching his teenage sons struggle to secure a plastic sheet to create some kind of meager shelter. Amid Israel’s resumption of its scorched earth campaign that began on March 18, the 52 year-old was forced to flee with his family from… Read More Israel’s Systematic Destruction of Life Essentials in Gaza Has Forced Palestinians into a Hunt for Survival

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18 March 2025: The day 183 children in Gaza were massacred by Israel

Entire generations of families wiped out during deadly attacks on Tuesday, as Israel appeared to deliberately target suhoor meal during Ramadan By Rayhan Uddin Published date: 19 March 2025 17:22 GMT Something that separates Ramadan from other times of the year is a change of routine. That includes waking up for suhoor, a pre-dawn meal which Muslims… Read More 18 March 2025: The day 183 children in Gaza were massacred by Israel

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On the Poverty of Student Life Considered in its Economic, Political, Psychological, Sexual, and Especially Intellectual Aspects, with a Modest Proposal for Doing Away With It (Strasbourg, 1966)

Situationist International and the Students of Strasbourg  November 1966 On the Poverty of Student Life: The Little Pamphlet that Started a Revolution The Situationist International (SI) was founded in 1957 by a half-dozen European avant-garde artists. Recent historical events, chiefly workers uprisings in East Germany, Poland and Hungary, convinced them that a social revolution was… Read More On the Poverty of Student Life Considered in its Economic, Political, Psychological, Sexual, and Especially Intellectual Aspects, with a Modest Proposal for Doing Away With It (Strasbourg, 1966)

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Teenage boys are in crisis. The message of ‘Adolescence’

Harmeet Kaur The world for kids today looks a lot different than it did for their parents. A scene from the hit Netflix series “Adolescence” captures just how vast that difference is. In the show’s second episode, Detective Inspector Luke Bascombe (Ashley Walters) is at a secondary school to investigate why 13-year-old Jamie Miller (Owen… Read More Teenage boys are in crisis. The message of ‘Adolescence’

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‘Mama, I’m tired – I want to die:’ Israel’s strikes leave a generation of Palestinian children traumatized / Israeli airstrikes kill over 400 in Gaza / Imagine if all those who are silent about the terrible evil being committed in Gaza spoke up

Mimicking the motion of combing locks of hair with a brush, Sama Tubail stares at her reflection in a mirror and begins to cry. “I’m just so sad there isn’t a single strand of hair to comb with my brush,” Sama told CNN with her head in her hands. “I hold the mirror because I… Read More ‘Mama, I’m tired – I want to die:’ Israel’s strikes leave a generation of Palestinian children traumatized / Israeli airstrikes kill over 400 in Gaza / Imagine if all those who are silent about the terrible evil being committed in Gaza spoke up

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