Palestine Action ruined a 1914 painting by Philip Alexius de László inside Trinity College, University of Cambridge of Lord Arthur James Balfour – the colonial administrator and signatory of the Balfour Declaration [1]. An activist slashed the homage and sprayed the artwork with red paint, symbolising the bloodshed of the Palestinian people since the Balfour Declaration was issued in 1917.  Arthur Balfour, then UK Foreign secretary, issued a declaration which promised to build “a national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine, where the majority of the indigenous population were not Jewish [2]. He gave away the Palestinians homeland — a land that wasn’t his to give away.   After the Declaration, until 1948, the British burnt down indigenous villages to prepare the way; with this came arbitrary killings, arrests, torture, sexual violence including rape against women and men, the use of human shields and the introduction of home demolitions as collective punishment to repress Palestinian resistance [3] [4]. The British were initiating the ethnic cleansing of Palestine, fulfilling the Zionist aim to build their ‘home’ over the top of what were Palestinian communities, towns, villages, farms and ancestral land, rich in heritage, culture and ancient archeological history [5]. The Palestinians refer to this time as the Nakba — which translates into the great catastrophe. In 1948, the Zionist militia, trained by the British, forced over 750,000 Palestinians into exile, destroyed over 500 villages and forced those who remained to live under a brutal reign of occupation [6].

The Sudanese American Physicians Association (SAPA) is appealing for donations, especially in the lead up to Ramadan.

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My wonderful friend Haya is only 18 years old and trying to get her sick mother (a kidney failure patient) and the rest of her family evacuated from Gaza to Egypt. They barely survived an airstrike that blasted all the windows out of the house they were in when Israel attacked Deir al-Balah a couple days ago, and the situation is extremely desperate. Please if you can spare even the smallest amount to help them, it would mean the world to us!! ❤️🇵🇸❤️🇵🇸❤️🇵🇸❤️

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Thank you for reading this and i hope all is well (or at least gets better if you’re having a tough time too).

As some of you may already know, im currently approved to move into a new BMR apartment and I am “fighting” my current place’s property management group for violating habitability codes for never resolving the roach issues in the building, among other maintenance and housekeeping failures. I am breaking my lease 6 months early due to this. Ive never lived with roaches and it has taken a toll on my physical & mental health. For the past 4-5ish months i have not cooked at my apartment due to the roaches triggering my ocd and anxiety. if i do eat, its at work or whenever im out before coming home. Along with the non working amenities and $200 increase in rent, being trapped in the building elevator for 15-20 minutes (that hasn’t been serviced since 2018!), these are my main motivations for moving out.

My new place will be closer to work and in a comparatively safer area, to where i can walk around outside unaccompanied without fear of physical violence or sexual assault that i have experienced growing up in Oakland.

the deposit is a lot cheaper than what i ahd to give for where i currently atay. Only $348.

The deposit Im trying to get back from my current dwellings is about $1,700. Which they have been uncooperative so far and want me to pay the next 6 months rent until they find a new tenant even after i move out. Legally, im entitled to break the lease because they had months to fix these issues or follow up with me and nevertheless did. I also may have to get rid of my tv and new couch that i am still paying off due to the roach infestation that’s been in the building prior to my move in. 😓

My move in date is March 2nd and I would be grateful for help in securing the deposit for a speedy process as i am currently tapped out until my next check.

Death to all israeli occupation soldiers. They are responsible for the bomb that tears a child's body in half. They are responsible for the destruction of the entire gaza landscape. They are responsible for the orphaned children for the disabled children. They are responsible for every parents tears. They are responsible for making hospitals battle grounds. They are responsible for the starvation and for the disease. There is no sympathy for people who commit these acts of absolute inhumanity. Netanyahu cannot do anything without willing happy murderers and an apathetic and hateful society. And worst some fucking zionist will screenshot this and talk about how "u need to have sympathy for iof bc they're drafted" they are the reason I see the limbs of my people all over the ground like torn pieces of clay.

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Where is Hind? Where are Yousef and Ahmed? Are they still alive? We want to know their fate. ⭕️150 hours have passed and the fate of our colleagues, Yousef Zeino and Ahmed al Madhoun, from the PRCS EMS team, who went to rescue the 6-year-old girl, Hind, remains unknown. #Save_Hind #HumanitarianHeroes #WhereAre_Ahmed_and_Yousef #WeNeedToKnow #NotATarget ❌ #Gaza #IHL — PRCS (@/PalestineRCS) February 4, 2024

Reminder that the US bombed Iraq a day ago. Reminder that this attack has killed 16 Iraqis, many of whom were civilians. Reminder that Iraq has already suffered enough at the hands of US imperialism, that to this day it’s recovering from the aftermath of being defamed to the world as terrorists, from its cities being destroyed under the guise of “exterminating ISIS” (an echo of Israel decimating Palestine to “exterminate Hamas,” interesting), that the US has so many ulterior motives to continue encroaching upon Iraq that have nothing to do with their seemingly noble rationale, and that it does all this while funding Israel’s ongoing genocide of Palestinians (which are basically doing their dirty work of pushing further in on Arab territory). It’s jarring that this is all happening on a world stage & yet nothing is being done to stop it. Hands off Iraq. Free Palestine. Hands off Iraq. Free Palestine.

Ahmed Saad, a Palestinian man who had to jump through an insane amount of loops to get the funds necessary for escaping Gaza, is asking us all to donate to his friend’s family fund.

Mohamed is a hemophilia patient who needs access to medicine and to do surgery on his knees, his 11-year-old daughter also needs thigh surgery (she was supposed to do it outside Gaza in November but couldn't travel due to the border issues). Mohammed’s condition is worsening rapidly and, with Israel destroying the last functional hospital in Gaza, things are looking dire.

Please donate generously!