Once Geert Wilders’ right-hand man, Joram van Klaveren crafted messaging that described Islam as a “lie” & pushed for the Qur’an & mosques to be banned in NL. One decade on, he is a Muslim – the 2nd politician from the far-right PVV to convert. theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Horrendous

Sources to Haaretz:

3 separate Israeli strikes on the World Central Kitchen convoy

Survivors fled their vehicle after being targeted, only to be struck again in another car - then in another

They even managed to alert colleagues they were hit but all were killed

Cyprus says aid ships have turned back from Gaza with some 240 tons of undelivered aid after strike apnews.com/article/israel…

aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/1/…

Ramadan is a time of kindness, compassion and generosity.

Israel Gaza: the BBC goes onboard a plane dropping US aid into war zone. “It’s not perfect… Does it feel like a drop in the bucket? Maybe a little bit - but if you're a family on the ground who got some of this aid, it can be a lifesaver.” bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

Fadi Zant, 9, suffering from malnutrition, is treated after being evacuated from northern Gaza to the IMC field hospital in Rafah. The Gaza Strip faces famine as Israeli attacks continue into the sixth month. - Ali Jadallah

Jewish settlers set their sights on Gaza beachfront bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

Israeli forces shoot dead 12-year-old Palestinian who set off firework bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

Gaza medics tell BBC that Israeli troops beat and humiliated them after hospital raid ⁦Alice Cuddy⁩ bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

Whenever you think the Home Office and this Govt have hit rock bottom, there’s something else. This time it’s the idea that small shipping containers without windows and facilities are a good place for accommodating sick children. Shameful is too weak a word for describing this.

#Gaza famine:

An airdrop: 6 costly & chaotic tonnes
A new harbour: aid provided in 2 months

15 WFP trucks just blocked by IDF: 200 tonnes

500 trucks over crossings: 7.500 tonnes per day safely distributed

Donors: push Israel to open borders!
theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

Buiding a seaport for aid into Gaza City will take months during which many more children will die of malnutrition. But if Israel opened the Erez Crossing and cleared the road, aid could be sent in by truck now, and save lives immediately. So why isn't the US insisting on that?

Most of us at BBC Broadcasting House in London know George Anderson, Big Issue seller - charming, witty, kind. When he got pneumonia, the BBC news director Leila Mannish started an online crowdfunder for him which has raised nearly £10,000. ‘I’m absolutely delighted and very…

“At a time like this it is so important to see that there are people who think like I do,” she said, as she brought roses to the Wall of Grief, a monument to political repression under Stalin. ⁦The New York Times⁩ nytimes.com/2024/02/17/wor…

US drone strike kills Iran-backed militia leader in Baghdad. Watch ⁦Orla Guerin⁩ report from the scene of the attack bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

Turkey votes in favor of Sweden’s NATO membership after months of delay washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/…

Graphic reports of rape, sexual mutilation & killing against Israeli women and children the Hamas attacks against Israel on October 7th. nytimes.com/2023/12/28/wor…

A banner hanging in a neighbourhood of Istanbul: “A thousand greetings from Tophane to Abu Ubeyde.” Abu Ubuyde is the spokesman for the Al Qassam brigades, the military wing of Hamas.

“For the people of Gaza, the killing of civilians by the IDF is a daily reality”
thetimes.co.uk/article/c8ed11…