A New Canadian Group Launches to Defend Palestinian Journalists, by @kristendejager.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2025/06...

“This should have been done a long time ago.” On June 25, the Canadian Journalists for Justice in Palestine announced its formation in a dual press conference held in Vancouver and Toronto. @kristendejager.bsky.social reports. #cdnpoli #topoli #vanpoli #CdnMedia

A few days ago, I personally emailed Canada’s foreign affairs department to seek comment about the government’s response to the genocide in Gaza. They responded. Here's what they said:

The turning point that wasn't: the way the world talks about Israel's war has changed. Nothing else has | Nesrine Malik

HARD DISAGREE with this headline but this was an incredibly fun conversation with @christress.bsky.social about how The Onion is punching so damn hard right now, and why that's good for both business and the world at large. www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...

always optimistic that the journalism industry can become a fairer and more inclusive place, and pointing out structural failures and biases where they occur is part of building that future. to that end, please read this editorial from IndigiNews:

Why you won’t see IndigiNews among those sharing in the $100M Google news fund As the CJC hands out millions to ‘Canadian’ media under the federal Online News Act, our Indigenous newsroom is left behind indiginews.com/first-person...

Sharing this again today, as we mark nine years of a public health emergency that we know how to solve, but still see government neglecting people by ignoring science.

My final newsletter for the Narwhal 💚😭 and with that, -30-

over the moon to share this new fellowship we're offering at @thenarwhal.ca!

I wrote something for @theglobeandmail.com about my experience photographing the toxic drug supply crisis and the people I love who continue to fight for evidence-based solutions. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

NEW: Hossam Shabat’s Last Article Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun. Translated through tears by Sharif Kouddous dropsitenews.com/p/hossam-sha...

Israeli forces intensify ground operations in northern and southern Gaza as Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz warns of seizing territory in the besieged enclave if all captives not released ⤵️

I posted in the CAJ Slack asking them about the fact that they legitimized a right-wing rag that has harassed other journalists. The CAJ did not reply. Instead, the CAJ deactivated my access to the Slack channel, despite an ongoing conversation with other members. I'm really disgusted.

At least nine Palestinians, including three journalists, have been killed and several others wounded in an Israeli drone attack on Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, according to Palestinian media ⤵️

The Tyee wrote about my photography exhibition that opens this Sunday at Gallery 881 in Vancouver. The reception is from 2-5pm.

As the fate of the ceasefire remains uncertain, mothers in Gaza write their children's names on their bodies to ensure they are identified and buried in a marked grave if killed in an Israeli attack. 🔴 LIVE updates:

Watching an administration of violent, sieg heiling christo-fascists use Jewish vernacular while enacting Nazi policies against a marginalized group is more obscene than anything I could ever draw. Hope they all get what they richly deserve. 👍

Israeli soldiers used an 80-year-old Gazan as a human shield. Then they killed him - https://www.972mag.com/gaza-human-shield-mosquito/

UPDATE: CanLit Responds says it “celebrates” the Giller’s decision to end its partnership with Scotiabank, but will continue the boycott until the foundation also cuts ties with Indigo and the Azrieli Foundation. www.thestar.com/entertainmen...

Israel has destroyed multiple buildings in the occupied West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp, hours after its forces killed a 73-year-old Palestinian man, says the Palestinian Ministry of Health ⤵️

Honestly fuck America for making me engage in any hint of nationalism because ew

Israel’s far-right minister Bezalel Smotrich has praised President Trump’s proposal to clear Gaza's Palestinians out and move them to Jordan and Egypt and is working to turn it into an “operational plan”, reports The Times of Israel. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/njc5ar

Israeli settlers have set vehicles and properties on fire under the protection of Israeli forces while also injuring several Palestinians across the occupied West Bank.

In the West Bank, Palestinian unemployment is now Israeli policy - https://www.972mag.com/west-bank-unemployment-permits-israel/

NEW: If climate activist Zain Haq is forced to leave on Jan. 25, Canada could become one of the first countries to ever deport a climate activist. Green Party Leader Elizabeth May is urging federal ministers to step in: thenarwhal.ca/climate-acti...

Canadian water bombers battling L.A. fires are just one example of cross-border climate action. The Narwhal spoke with International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen on Canada’s past, present and future role in the worldwide fight against climate change: thenarwhal.ca/canada-globa...

"We want to live like everyone in the world is living." Palestinians in Gaza are shocked and disappointed to learn Israel still hasn’t approved the truce deal with Hamas. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/sddiim

A ceasefire won’t stop Israel’s genocidal agenda - https://www.972mag.com/ceasefire-trump-biden-israel-genocide/

I’ve been thinking about this a lot over the past couple of years. I wrote some words to accompany a big feature that was in the works for several months, hope you’ll take some time to read

Wildfires are reshaping life on Earth. The choices we make now about how we coexist with the flames can prepare us for our fiery future, or they can leave the vulnerable behind. These are the stories of the people on the frontlines in B.C. — and life in the time of wildfire. https://buff.ly/3WCw9RB

Gaza’s Government Media Office has called “on the international community, the UN and other international organisations to support efforts in counting victims and recovering thousands of bodies in the Gaza Strip”. 🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️

Peer-reviewed study published in The Lancet found that the death toll in Gaza is ~41% higher than the official estimates. More than 64,000 killed by June of 2024, not including deaths from lack of food/health care, nor the ~10k ppl buried under rubble. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza continues, as the UN’s relief chief says efforts to save the lives of Palestinian survivors in the besieged enclave are “at breaking point.” 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/kg15ku

"Israel’s push to normalise the mass killing of journalists threatens not just Palestinian media workers. If such behaviour in war zones is normalised, then no journalist, no matter what passport they carry, would be safe." — #AJOpinion by Daoud Kuttab ⤵️

Israel ignores WHO appeals and attacks another hospital in northern Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-war-israel-attacks-areas-near-indonesian-hospital

"If H5N1 does become the next pandemic, it will be on our doorstep within the next few years, if not the next few months. When it starts, we will have to answer with 'you do you' — masking, physical distancing, air purification." @crof.bsky.social for @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

"Israel's U.S.-backed assault on the Gaza Strip continued unabated on the first day of 2025, with airstrikes and drone attacks across the besieged enclave killing more than 20 people on Wednesday, including women and children."

Israeli forces arrest Gaza hospital chief after ‘burning doctors and patients alive’ - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-forces-arrest-gaza-hospital-chief-after-burning-doctors-and-patients-alive

Israeli forces ‘sexually assaulted, beat and insulted women’ during Gaza hospital raid - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-forces-sexually-assaulted-beat-insulted-women-during-gaza-hospital-raid

Gazans reveal horrors of Ofer Camp: Inmates at Israel's shadowy new facility face non-stop abuse — from deadly beatings and electric shocks, to constant handcuffing and skin diseases www.972mag.com/ofer-camp-to...

Five journalists murdered in a van *parked at a hospital* www.bbc.com/news/article...

An utterly damning and horrific image.

At some point liberals are going to start saying, okay there was a genocide but it’s really the fault of the left for how annoying they were about pointing it out

Israeli forces have bombed another UN-run school in southern Gaza, killing at least 20 displaced Palestinians sheltering in the building, witnesses told Al Jazeera. 🔗: aje.io/otnvl2

Just literally releasing idf statements

As I've been saying: "A wave of South Asian racism is sweeping Canada." www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

No one *wants* to be right about this. There is *nothing to gain* from being right about a genocide unfolding. Yet for over a year people and organizations vilified those of us calling it a genocide. With each verification comes a renewed, suffocating, and endless grief.