In absolutely horrible news I learned this morning that Hany was killed in an air strike- he was driving people from the North to the South when it happened. This is one of the last messages he sent me 💔 He leaves behind 8 kids, he was only 48 and he was very kind.

Our Secondhand Superstar David took Aoife Barry’s article (@sweetoblivion.bsky.social) & Sinéad Gleeson’s anthology (@SineadGleeson.bsky.social) & went searching through the shelves to find …

Euro-Med: Israel detonates 17 booby-trapped vehicles daily in Gaza—each blast equals a 3.7 magnitude earthquake.

After an Israeli strike on a residential block in Al-Shawa Square, Gaza City, Marah Al-Haddad and several members of the Masoud family remained trapped under the rubble from 1 a.m. until 11 a.m. today, some still alive beneath the debris.

#JUST_IN | Israel kills Palestinian athlete as he looks for aid in southern Gaza

Wrote about watching the incredible Russian documentary My Undesirable Friends - Part I: Last Air in Moscow with an audience in New York, where a record of the recent past that speaks to an American future was processed in the present.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital, including freelance journalist who worked for AP.

Nice story, a rarity these days Tramore community rallies around Albanian family facing deportation www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...

Two top BCG executives lose leadership roles over Gaza project https://on.ft.com/4ljeRD5

#BREAKING | Four Palestinians, including a child, were reported killed and 15 others injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Rimal Clinic, which was sheltering displaced civilians in western Gaza City.

Astonishing story. Huge questions over the company culture that allowed this. www.ft.com/content/c0e6...

BREAKING: Zeteo has released, globally, the film the BBC so controversially refused to air. "Gaza: Doctors Under Attack" is now available to watch in full at gazadoctors.film and zeteo.com. Here's the trailer:

"'Economy of Genocide': UN Expert Accuses Major Corporations of Profiting Off of Israel's Assault on Gaza" Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on Palestine, releases report accusing more than 45 entities of making money from Israel's Gaza genocide and illegal occupation of the West Bank:

A reminder that the documentary Gaza: Doctors Under Attack will be broadcast tonight, 2 July, on Channel 4 at 10pm, and presumably available on its streaming platform from then also.

Every paragraph of this is horrifying. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/w...

Palestinian child killed by Israeli army during West Bank raid

Highest number of domestic violence disclosures in 50 years is ‘just tip of iceberg’, says Women’s Aid. More than 41,000 women in Ireland reported abuse by partners or ex-partners in 2024. 44 per cent of women said they found the gardaí response unhelpful when they sought support.

📌 The Government Media Office Gaza: Over 500 Killed Seeking Aid Since May 27 📍 Total number of victims: 🔸 516 martyrs 🔸 3,799 wounded 🔸 39 missing Tuesday, June 24, 2025

While there is a large focus on Tuam at the moment, we can't let #Bessborough or any other #MotherAndBabyHomes with hundreds of missing burials slip by either. We need investigations. Into Bessborough, Sean Ross Abbey, and more, then we do memorialisation. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...

Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia graduate and pro-Palestinian activist, was released on bail after more than 100 days of detention on Friday. He said if President Trump’s goal had been to suppress pro-Palestinian speech, he had “absolutely failed.” nyti.ms/3ZJ6ZCb

“Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life.” — Abbas Kiarostami #BOTD Paying tribute today to the master - and the country from which he sprung. www.sheilaomalley.com?p=143941

Journalist in Israeli Channel 12: "who’s the heartless monster who bombs an hospital"

We are very glad that Blue Road - The Edna O'Brien Story has achieved this new record, and that people are coming to the cinemas to see documentaries. There are many brilliant ones out there 💙 Thank you @breakoutpictures.bsky.social @screenireland.bsky.social www.screendaily.com/features/mys...

“We all knew Edna O’Brien, but not the real Edna O’Brien.” @breakoutpictures.bsky.social reflect on the success of @sineadoshea.bsky.social's Blue Road – The Edna O’Brien Story, which has exceeded €300k at the UK-Ireland box office - a new record for an independently made Irish documentary. 📽️ 💚

A good surprise to see Blue Road - The Edna O'Brien Story on this list: www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...

Israel blocked the medical evacuation of two-year-old Maryam Abu Daqqa despite WHO approval. She died a few weeks later. That's it, there's no punch

Blue Road - The Edna O'Brien Story is on tonight at 10pm on Sky Arts 💙

🔴 NEW: Pregnant Palestinian Doctor, Husband, and Unborn Child Killed in Israeli Strike Near Al-Aqsa Hospital A medical source in Gaza told Drop Site that Dr. Aya Al-Madhoon, a recent medical school graduate, was killed today along with her husband and their 9-month-old unborn child.

Zip tying children by ICE

I am so disgusted I am beyond words #freepalestine

This weekend, far-right Israelis rampaged through occupied Jerusalem in an annual march designed to assert dominion over Palestinian space in the city. Backed by police and the state, they held Israeli flags, yelled genocidal slogans, and committed violence and destruction against Palestinians.

The pre-sale for my UK and EU starts now! This is your last chance to sign up for pre-sale access here: tanitatikaram.tmstor.es General sale starts this Thursday - can’t wait to be back on the road ☀️

When I was ten years old, I was in the care of an adult that should not have been allowed to be around children. I watched as missing children appeared in the newspaper. I cut out their pictures and biographical info and glued it into my notebook, in case I ever ran into them.

💡NEW at @dropsitenews.com: The Massacre of Nine Children of the Al-Najjar Family “I turned on my camera and began recording. I didn’t know yet that the fire was burning the bodies of my neighbors’ children.” Dispatch by Donya Abu Sitta www.dropsitenews.com/p/massacre-a...

Europe needs to keep up the pressure on Netanyahu | Opinion https://www.ft.com/content/548d2a75-ecac-4522-826c-f1d89cd4d1cd

Wrote about how perceived hypocrisies and double-standards regarding who gets met with the law and broader action in the context of Israel's war on Gaza causes trust to collapse.

Israel killed 25 mostly children & women as they slept. Set ablaze they were. We won’t hear their names or learn the ambitions they once held.

"We spent a night that felt like certain death for my family. I am pregnant and I need your continuous support, my dear friends." gofund.me/f816f59f

Blue Road - The Edna O'Brien Story finally finishes its cinema run in Ireland this week. We've been screening since January 31st. Final tickets here in the @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social and still on in cinemas in the UK: ifi.ie/film/blue-ro...

NEW: Israel Bombs Gaza Prosthetic Hospital and Medical Supply Warehouse as Health System Collapses

@siffnews.bsky.social SIFF-ting through cinema, day 2: Playing today at the Seattle International Film Festival...BLUE ROAD: THE EDNA O'BRIEN STORY (4pm at AMC Pacific Place). Recommended! My review: denofcinema.com/siff-2025-bl...

I just saw a clip of people retrieving a leg separated from the body of a Palestinian in Gaza from the rubble of a house that was just bombed. Our people are literally being killed, burned alive, incinerated, and cut into pieces in their tents and in what’s left of their homes.

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 4702: Writing authentically makes you vulnerable. That’s because you’re expressing real feelings; real fear; real love; real experience. If you’re avoiding those things, you’ll never make a real connection with your readers. And yes, it’s scary. Live with it.

Why is Bluesky deleting the accounts of starving Palestinians trying to save their kids from death? @moderation.bsky.app

A lovely evening discussing Blue Road - The Edna O'Brien Story with Edna's great friend Andrew O'Hagan and @lrb.co.uk We screen next this eve in the Kiln. Some tickets still available: kilntheatre.com/whats-on/blu...

BREAKING: Israeli Forces Kill 12-Year-Old Eyewitness to Rafah Paramedic Massacre Mohammed Bardawil, 12, was shot and killed by Israeli forces in the Mawasi area of Gaza this week.

I had to freeze the frame of this interview with Andrew O'Hagan in the Edna O'Brien documentary, Blue Road, because I thought I saw a certain album cover. Indeed I did: there's a copy of Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation behind his turntable. (Blue Road plays @siffnews.bsky.social on May 16 and 20.)