Obama’s Defense Secretary Leon Panetta defended Biden’s handling of Israel’s actions in Gaza, saying “you cannot just be a puppet for Israel.” “You have to be a country that operates on what is in the best interest for achieving peace in the Middle East,” he told Dasha Burns. 🎧 politi.co/3QSvU4N

Saffron #India

Quite the analysis on the US-Iran conflict by @aljazeera.com Poker 🃏 versus chess ♟️ #USIranConflict

The @europarl.europa.eu is taking notice of growing violence against Afghani women by the Taliban: women are denied access to schools jobs and now even physical violence is being allowed by the vicious regime in Kabul.

The underlying message is brilliant! #quotes

🇵🇰 Dancing Santas and camel rides: Pakistan's Christians celebrate Christmas Hundreds of Christians celebrate Christmas on the streets of Karachi, with people dancing, riding camels and dressing up as Santa Claus.

RSS supremo Mohan Bhagwat calls for the removal (read:purge) of "non-caste Hindus" from the Indian Army to ensure it remains "pure." Can you imagine if you were a Dalit, a Muslim, Sikh or even a Hindu from a "lower caste" & you lived under the BJP/RSS saffron wave?

During his election campaign Zohran Mamdani compared Narendra Modi with Benjamin Netanyahu because Zohran’s family are Muslims from Gujarat, the State where the devastating Muslim pogrom of 2002 took place while Modi was Chief Minister: #ZohranMamdani

This is the shame of our times - UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese. No one has been more vocal, poised and courageous like Francesca Albanese, giving voice to the millions of voiceless Palestinians, all the while bearing the cross for humanity. #FrancescaAlbanese #Israel

So, what’s happening to Christian villages in the West Bank? Former CIA officer John Kiriakaou discusses with Joe Rogan #Israel #WestBank

Is this a victory? Is this an achievement? - Ehud Olmert, former Prime Minister of Israel, take on Benjamin Netanyahu #Israel #Palestine

Unapologetically Muslim, courageous and honourable. I really wish you win Zohran Mamdani, so you can show New York that Islam teaches tolerance, forbearance and peace.

The materials reviewed by The Intercept also indicate Amazon sold cloud-computing services to Israel’s nuclear program and offices administering the West Bank. interc.pt/3KZ8CY5

Israel is a failed State - globally recognised musician and artist, Roger Waters #Israel #Palestine

@harvard.edu stands with #Palestine

Wishing all our Hindu brothers & sisters in #Pakistan and all over the world a #HappyDiwali In Jinnah’s Pakistan, all citizens of the State are free to go to their temples, churches & places of worship, and practice their religion.

Netanyahu had killed - Hundreds of thousands of innocent men women & children - Hundreds of journalists - Hundreds of UN workers - Hundreds of aid workers - Hundreds of detainees are still being held - Gaza is rubble The only voice audible for peace is Francesca Albanese #Gaza

Miriam Margolyes on separating her Jewish identity from Israeli Zionism. Deep meaningful words! #Israel #Zionism

A few minutes of complete honest truth: Pam Bailey on the conflict in Gaza. “It’s never been about Israel & Hamas, but Israel versus the resistance..” Video credit: @mehdirhasan.bsky.social

A virtuous soul; strength, truth & resolve. The most honourable individual, noble enough for the Nobel Peace Prize. Dear Dr Francesca Albanese, you are a role-model for everyone who believes in justice, equity, rule of law & above all else - humanity. #NobelPrize

I hope peace returns to #Gaza & Netanyahu’s war machine ceases to maim, torture & kill. I hope the children of Gaza, the women, elderly & injured get access to food & medicine. I pray for an end to forced starvation & I pray for peace.

This is not a surprise to anyone on Bluesky. "A survey of more than 500 political scientists finds that the vast majority think the United States is moving swiftly from liberal democracy toward some form of authoritarianism." www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...

Daniella Weiss - Israel’s godmother of genocide

Video of the day: Greta Thunberg reaches Stockholm chanting “Free, Free, Palestine!” #Gaza #GretaThunberg

“Why are you punishing babies?” - Abby Martin explodes on Piers Uncensored What world do we live in? Is collective punishment including forced starvation, sniping 3-year olds, and killing innocent men, women & children, not a war crime?

“Is you a prophet or is you for profit?” - Rosie O’Donnell quotes the song “Na$ty” by Kirby, to relay her feelings on #Gaza

Israel is paying up to $7000 per post on Instagram & TikTok to “influencers” to produce pro-Israel content. - Kim Iverson #Gaza #Israel

The bravest girl in the West @GretaThunberg #GlobalSumudFlotilla #SumudForGaza

Kat Abughazaleh calls out AIPAC for ‘buying elections’ to ensure pro-Palestinian voices in the US do not make it to Congress & State legislatures. I hope Kat wins, and average Americans begin to hold Israel accountable for its ongoing genocide. #Gaza

‎Bareilly Uttar Pradesh India. Muslims baton charged by police for demonstrating for the removal of FIRs lodged against ⁦‪”I Love Muhammadﷺ‬⁩” campaigners. ‎UP’s Chief Minister is the diminutive saffron-clad Yogi Adityanath, a Hindu extremist who is vehemently anti-Muslim. #India

Five ways to die in 2025 - by Palestinian author Plestia Alaqad Your silence isn’t neutrality, it’s complicity! #Gaza #GazaGenocide

Israel is losing support in America. 43% of Americans now believe Israel is committing genocide in #Gaza and opinion in the Republican Party - is also swinging against Israel’s policies. A telling reporting by @economist.com

Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs while speaking at a UN session on the situation facing Palestinian children broke down in tears. The genocide being committed by Israel is a collective global failure. Nothing more, nothing less. #Gaza

In #India if you are a Muslim the norm applies to you differently. Mehdi Hassan speaks to Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy who draws a parallel between #Gaza and Indian Occupied #Kashmir. A must watch clip.

US envoy to Syria Tom Barrack on the "end game" in the Middle East. Telling words, "there is no end game, peace is an illusion.. there is no Arabic word for submit.." Realpolitik 101 #MiddleEast

According to some estimates 71% of all H-1B visa seekers are Indians. We in Pakistan truly appreciate the excellent policies of Modi-Jaishankar & hope they continue to proceed further, serve longer, so they are exposed for the cons that they are. #India

Annie Lennox sings a hauntingly beautiful song for #Gaza

Your silence, your apathy at the fate of millions of innocent children is your cowardice. You may keep your dual nationalities, and have your elitist dinners, and flaunt your opulent lifestyles - but your silence will be your biggest fear and failure in this life. #Gaza

Together for #Palestine

Will our rabid parasitic "elite" wake up from their ignorant lives and instead of planning their next European sojourn commit to help alleviate the millions suffering at the hands of this ongoing natural disaster? Will their indifference be replaced with empathy? #Pakistan #floods

The impunity with which Israel has attacked sovereign nations with absolute & flagrant disregard for Int’l law is unprecedented since perhaps World War II, making the world gravely unsafe. It makes for ample reasons for huge military spend by countries vulnerable to Israeli aggression. #Qatar

Emma Fourreau MP of the EU stands with Palestine and so should you & I #GazaGenocide

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ شَـٰهِدًۭا وَمُبَشِّرًۭا وَنَذِيرًۭا ٤٥ "O Prophet! We have sent you as a witness, and a deliverer of good news, and a warner وَدَاعِيًا إِلَى ٱللَّهِ بِإِذْنِهِۦ وَسِرَاجًۭا مُّنِيرًۭا and a caller to ˹the Way of˺ Allah by His command, and a beacon of light." #eidmiladunnabiﷺ

Dear God save #Gaza

"How can we as humans, allow this to happen?" If Greta Thunberg can speak for Palestine, why can't you and me? #Gaza #GazaGenocide

Mark Ruffalo calls on US President Donald Trump to "do something" to stop the annihilation of Gaza and the Palestinian people: to end forced starvation and the killing of innocent men women & children #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust

"Children are so malnourished, they can't even cry." Save the Children UK describes what "famine" means for the people of #Gaza #GazaFamine

the chinese blockbuster ne zha 2, the english dub of which opens in theaters today, is an interesting case study in how western media still regards anything chinese with suspicion. wrote about this phenomenon, and the movie itself, for @slate.com slate.com/culture/2025...

The great singer Annie Lennox speaks about the famine & horror underway in Gaza. Why can't you speak louder about it? #Gaza