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Hossam Shbat, Palestinian journalist, has been murdered by Israel

This afternoon, Hossam Shbat was killed in an Israeli airstrike. Israel was open about their decision to put him, along with five others, on a hit list. He regularly received death threats, but continued documenting and reporting. His photos helped to bring the truth of Israel's apartheid to national attention. He was only 23. About a year ago, he said "Before this genocide started, I was a young college student studying journalism. Little did I know I would be given one of the hardest jobs in the world: to cover the genocide of my own people."

He chose again and again to pursue and document the truth. Through death threats and bombings and airstrikes and hunger and cold. His final message was posted by his team to his instagram, @ hossam_shbat:

“If you’re reading this, it means I have been killed—most likely targeted—by the Israeli occupation forces. When this all began, I was only 21 years old—a college student with dreams like anyone else. For past 18 months, I have dedicated every moment of my life to my people. I documented the horrors in northern Gaza minute by minute, determined to show the world the truth they tried to bury. I slept on pavements, in schools, in tents—anywhere I could. Each day was a battle for survival. I endured hunger for months, yet I never left my people’s side. By God, I fulfilled my duty as a journalist. I risked everything to report the truth, and now, I am finally at rest—something I haven’t known in the past 18 months . I did all this because I believe in the Palestinian cause. I believe this land is ours, and it has been the highest honor of my life to die defending it and serving its people. I ask you now: do not stop speaking about Gaza. Do not let the world look away. Keep fighting, keep telling our stories—until Palestine is free.” — For the last time, Hossam Shabat, from northern Gaza.

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meme venting, the best kind of venting

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A Future Beyond War Starts With You

💔 I Lost My Family. I Lost My Home. But I Won’t Lose Hope.

My name is Naser, and my world has been turned upside down by war. I lost my mother and sister in an attack that shattered my life. Our home, once a place of warmth and security, was completely destroyed. My three brothers and I have been displaced twice, each time forced to start over with nothing but the clothes on our backs.

But even after losing so much, I refuse to lose hope.

🌱 We Still Have Dreams Despite our struggles, we still dream of a better future. Each of us holds onto a vision of who we want to become:

🔹 One of my brothers wants to be a doctor—to help others, so no one else has to experience loss like ours. 🔹 Another wants to become an engineer—to rebuild, to create something meaningful from the ashes. 🔹 My youngest brother? He just wants to be a kid again. To laugh, to play, to live without fear.

🏡 But Right Now, We Have Nothing We don’t have a home. We don’t have stability. We don’t have the means to continue our education. Every day is a battle for survival.

💙 This Is Where You Can Help Your kindness can change our lives. A small donation can provide food, shelter, and hope. If you can’t donate, sharing this post helps more than you know.

🙏 Please, Stand With Us. Help us rebuild, help us dream again. Thank you for believing in us. Thank you for being the reason we don’t give up. ❤️

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A Small Step, But Still a Step Forward" 💙✨

Every day feels like a battle—against loss, against despair, against the uncertainty of tomorrow.

But today, we’ve reached $1,580 out of our $90,000 goal. It may not seem like much, but to us, it means hope. It means someone is listening.

The journey is long, and the need is great. But every share, every kind word, and every bit of support reminds us that we are not alone.

💙 If you can, please help us move forward.

🙏 I deeply appreciate your time and support. If this tag disturbed you in any way, I sincerely apologize. Please feel free to ignore this post if it doesn’t feel right for you.

Thank you for believing in us. Your kindness gives us strength. ❤️

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[...] During the early stages of the war, the army gave sweeping approval for officers to adopt Lavender’s kill lists, with no requirement to thoroughly check why the machine made those choices or to examine the raw intelligence data on which they were based. One source stated that human personnel often served only as a “rubber stamp” for the machine’s decisions, adding that, normally, they would personally devote only about “20 seconds” to each target before authorizing a bombing — just to make sure the Lavender-marked target is male. This was despite knowing that the system makes what are regarded as “errors” in approximately 10 percent of cases, and is known to occasionally mark individuals who have merely a loose connection to militant groups, or no connection at all. Moreover, the Israeli army systematically attacked the targeted individuals while they were in their homes — usually at night while their whole families were present — rather than during the course of military activity. According to the sources, this was because, from what they regarded as an intelligence standpoint, it was easier to locate the individuals in their private houses. Additional automated systems, including one called “Where’s Daddy?” also revealed here for the first time, were used specifically to track the targeted individuals and carry out bombings when they had entered their family’s residences.

In case you didn't catch that: the IOF made an automated system that intentionally marks entire families as targets for bombings, and then they called it "Where's Daddy."

Like what is there even to say anymore? It's so depraved you almost think you have to be misreading it...

“We were not interested in killing [Hamas] operatives only when they were in a military building or engaged in a military activity,” A., an intelligence officer, told +972 and Local Call. “On the contrary, the IDF bombed them in homes without hesitation, as a first option. It’s much easier to bomb a family’s home. The system is built to look for them in these situations.” The Lavender machine joins another AI system, “The Gospel,” about which information was revealed in a previous investigation by +972 and Local Call in November 2023, as well as in the Israeli military’s own publications. A fundamental difference between the two systems is in the definition of the target: whereas The Gospel marks buildings and structures that the army claims militants operate from, Lavender marks people — and puts them on a kill list.  In addition, according to the sources, when it came to targeting alleged junior militants marked by Lavender, the army preferred to only use unguided missiles, commonly known as “dumb” bombs (in contrast to “smart” precision bombs), which can destroy entire buildings on top of their occupants and cause significant casualties. “You don’t want to waste expensive bombs on unimportant people — it’s very expensive for the country and there’s a shortage [of those bombs],” said C., one of the intelligence officers. Another source said that they had personally authorized the bombing of “hundreds” of private homes of alleged junior operatives marked by Lavender, with many of these attacks killing civilians and entire families as “collateral damage.” In an unprecedented move, according to two of the sources, the army also decided during the first weeks of the war that, for every junior Hamas operative that Lavender marked, it was permissible to kill up to 15 or 20 civilians; in the past, the military did not authorize any “collateral damage” during assassinations of low-ranking militants. The sources added that, in the event that the target was a senior Hamas official with the rank of battalion or brigade commander, the army on several occasions authorized the killing of more than 100 civilians in the assassination of a single commander.

. . . continues on +972 Magazine (3 Apr 2024)

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Niko Riam by Brendan Wixted for Carnale Room Magazine July 2024

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life is harsh here in Gaza where there is no work for us because of the great destruction. There is no life here. Donate so that I can live.

Donation🫶

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Malin Byström in Ivo van Hove's production of Salome. Dutch National Opera, 2017. (Photo: Clärchen & Matthias Baus)

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02/17/25

Hello! My friend Charlotte is homeless with her dog and suffering from cancer and diabetes! She is $235 away from getting a weekly motel, but she only has til the end of the night to get it! Please help a trans woman survive the winter!

VENM0 @ruby_arnone

$charlottegraham86

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Jade O' Belle at Sinéad O'Dwyer SS 2025

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I'm still not over one of Trump's lawyers going to court this past week to defend Trump's executive order against "gender ideology," only for the judge to ask very plainly for the lawyer to explain what gender ideology is and the Trump lawyer to respond "its whatever the president thinks and I'm loathe to speculate what exactly that could be" and the judge was like are you fucking kidding me you're a lawyer and you can't explain things your client has said to a judge???

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I'm so scared to losing my family 💔💔🥺

✅ Vetted by @90-ghost  -vetted link

For all kidness people and humanity please consider me as your sister that need a shelter for her husband and baby.

My baby is too little for this bad suffering.

All I need from you is to help us by donating with a little amount of money and if you can't you can share at least 🙏🙏🙏🙏🚨🚨🚨

The money for evacuation is:

$5000 for me

$5000 for my husband

$2500 for my baby

All remaining funds will go to affording Adam’s surgery and helping us survive until we find jobs and start our new life.

You can donate here

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Support a Family in Need ❤️

Mohamad has endured immense loss and is now burdened with debt while trying to protect his sister and her five children. He desperately needs our help to secure their safety and give them a fresh start.

We’ve reached 19% of our goal (€3,715/€20,000), but there’s still a long way to go. Every euro makes a difference. Every share spreads hope.

This isn’t about names, backgrounds, or beliefs. It’s about humanity.

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@bilal-salah0 Here

🔗 Donate & share: Donation Link (gofundme.com)

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We Palestinians don't just want to live! We want to live in our homeland!! Our homeland! 🗝️

Donate here to our families to restore our lives .

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i honestly don't know how to say this but the survival of an entire group of people who are going through a active genocide should not have to depend on how well they are able to articulate and present their condition to you in a post.

but it is. a person gets donations to buy necessities if their post ends up being eye catching or something that grabs the reader's attention. what happens to those who cannot make such posts? no one's survival should depend on something like this.

i urge you to help alaa and her two young children. she needs to buy food and other necessities which are very expensive. she also needs to buy firewood regularly to keep warm.

her fundraiser has been verified.

please donate and help her out