๐๐๐ญ๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ, ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ Don’t mention the war. This is a controversial post. The tragedy of the “war” in Gaza is not caused by ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, where Hamas and the State of Israel aim at cancelling each other from the map. It is an ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ that already caused tens thousands of innocent victims of both sides. Where brutal assassinations, and ruthless devastations are the rules of the game. Since the horror of 7 October 2023, one can read thousands of daily posts on all social media, and newspaper articles on the “war” in Gaza. Most posts and articles support either the State of Israel, or the Palestinians. Many posts are full of hatred against the Jews, or against the Palestinians. Some posts even support Hamas. Most posts are written based on blind prejudice, without knowledge of the history of the Jews, of the State of Israel, of the history of Palestine, and of what and why is really happening in G...
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Van: Astsen voor Gaza ๐๐๐ง: ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ Caspar Veldkamp , Terwijl u uw handtekening zet onder een brief waarin u oproept tot een staakt-het-vuren, ontvangen wij dagelijks beelden van onze collega’s in ziekenhuizen in Gaza. ๐ Beelden van uiteengereten kinderen. ๐ Van uitgemergelde mensen die hun laatste adem uitblazen. ๐ Van artsen die, zonder medicijnen of middelen, de meest onmenselijke keuzes moeten maken ๐ Van artsen die worden ontvoerd, ambulances die worden vernietigd, en medici die worden vermoord. En u, minister, u spreekt intussen van “๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ค ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐๐ โ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ง๐”. ๐๐๐๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ซ: -U vorige week nog ๐๐-๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฌ๐ซ๐รซ๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ค๐ค๐๐๐ซ๐๐; -U beweerde dat het “๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ ” in Gaza; -U schermde met cijfers over voedseltrucks die ...
Suspend the EU–Israel trade agreement. Stop the genocide. For over a year and a half, we’ve been witnessing a brutal war tear through Gaza. The atrocities of the October 7 attack by the terrorist group Hamas — which is still holding hostages — were weaponised by the Israeli government not to pursue justice, but to unleash a devastating war on the Palestinian people. This is the first genocide broadcasted live on social media. Seen through the eyes of doctors working by flashlight, parents pulling their children from rubble, journalists sending their final messages before being killed.. For a long time, all we could do was watch, share, mourn and feel powerless. More than 54,000 people have been killed — mostly civilians. More than half of all the victims are women and children. 2 million people — nearly the entire population of Gaza — have been displaced. The Israeli army is systematically destroying hospitals, schools, and basic i...
JON DANZIG Jon Danzig is an award winning medical journalist and formerly an investigative journalist at the BBC. He specialises in health, human rights and the European Union. Currently, Mr Danzig is running a campaign, Reasons2Rejoin, presenting the arguments for Britain to rejoin the European Union. The posts on human rights and Brexit are very apt for this blog. Please follow Mr Danzig on: eu-rope.ideasoneurope.eu BlueSky Facebook LinkedIn YouTube
THIS IS THE USA TODAY © Paolo Bolzoni, March 2025 Transposition of "Those Were the Days" Original music by Boris Fomin (1900–1948) Original English lyrics by Gene Raskin Once upon a time there was a land When we had guns loaded with flowers Remember how we laughed away the hours Think of all the great freedom we had on hand? Those were the days, my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day We'd live the freedom we choose We'd fight and never lose For we were naive and sure to have our way Those were the days, my friend When the White House and we’d blend We thought they'd never end We loved the land forever and a day We had the freedom we chose For we knew the President felt the same way Then the Presidents told us truth We kept our freedom all the way If by chance I saw you in the booth We'd smile at one another and we'd say Here we fight, we fight Here we fight, we fight Stars and Stripes forever may glow Where are ...
ON SOVEREIGNTY, TERRITORY, OCCUPATION, AND THE RULE OF LAW COUNTRIES are political legal entities universally recognised by the world community. Countries differ from NATIONS , which are the peoples who share common heritage, history, language, values, traditions, beliefs, sometimes religion. For example, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are four Nations part on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. INTERNATIONAL LAW is the basis for Country. Countries are Full Members of the UNITED NATIONS , with the only exception of the Holy Seat (the Vatican Absolute Monarchy) which has the Observer Status. All Countries are Sovereign within their own territory . Every Country has the unrestricted and indisputable right to defend itself, its borders, and its people(s) from foreign aggression, invasion, submission, restriction of freedom and rights. The territory , the international borders, is defined by International Law , and can only be modified ...
OH, HOW A BEAUTIFUL WORLD Transposition of OH, COM'ร BELLO VIVERE © I Gufi, 1968 © Paolo Bolzoni, 2025 I Gufi (Roberto Brivio, Gianni Magni, Lino Patruno, Nanni Svampa) are legends of Milanese cabaret and my masters. Lino is foremost world master and scholar of classic jazz. I wrote song lyrics and theatre scripts with Roberto and Lino. Oh, how beautiful it is to live In this useless world Where hate and crimes Make up the only dignity Where in the end if things go badly There are those who will save you If you have a mother, forget her If you go to war, hide In the end medals and glory Time will fade memories away And those who returned already forgot Those who didn’t come back If you seek help, shoot yourself If you have a contract, burn it No one except someone Will ever honour it Betray those who trusted you Loyalty is only for losers If you pray to the saints, stop If you go to hell, stay there You’ll find many friends there Who will warm you Maybe it’s hot, but why should you...
Giovanna Paladino, PhD Group Senior Director - Head of Technical Secretariat of the Presidency IntesaSanpaolo, Director and Curator Museo del Risparmio, Senior Director Fondo Beneficenza Office of ISP. TRANSLATED TEXT Last Friday, the world day refugees was celebrated, a way to remember that in a world full of wars and persecutions there are people who have to flee their country to stay in the world and who can, with their talents, if welcomed and respected, also help the progress of our countries. Among the many projects that we support in 2025 with the ISP Charity Fund, I want to mention two that for their impact and design can be considered best practices. We support UNHCR for the creation of an integrated program of protection and empowerment of refugee and asylum-seeking women who have survived or are at risk of gender-based violence in Sicily (Catania, Syracuse, Ragusa) and Lazio (Rome, Frascati). 1,400 refugees and asylum seekers will be involved thanks to the work of a multidis...
Jan Paternotte Member of the Netherlands Parliament for D66 ENGLISH TRANSLATION Why is the Netherlands not taking measures against the ethnic cleansing of Gaza? Because the VVD always blocks concrete action. And therefore never has a majority in favour. The VVD spokesperson lashes out wildly when you point this out. "Naive!" "Predicant's language!" As if the VVD members have been trained by Trump. I just don't get it. We stand side by side with the VVD to support Ukraine and to march in the pride in Budapest, because freedom and human rights are at stake there. Together we call what Putin does war crimes. Of course! Now people in Gaza are being shot dead while queuing for food. Hundreds. That is even the order that soldiers are given, they tell the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. The UN and other aid organisations have been banned by Israel. It is such a gross violation of everything we call humanity. And the Netanyahu government makes no secret of w...
LIBERTAS IVS FREEDOM IS AN INALIENABLE RIGHT HUMAN RIGHT. IT MUST NEVER BE LIMITED IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM. LIBERTAS IVS is a blog aimed at discussions on the value of FREEDOM. Freedom is a fundamental value of mankind. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a milestone document in the history of human rights. The Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 (General Assembly resolution 217 A) as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations. Authors are invited to post their opinion on democracy, equality, freedom, gender discrimination, racial discrimination, international relations, military conflicts, religion and sociology. As freedom of thought is a universal right, you are welcome to post your opinion in FAVOUR or AGAINST freedom. Just explain why. All posts and comments in which the author supports hate, incitement to violence, racism and sexual abuse, will be immediately deleted. FOR MANKIND, Paolo B...
The most wonderful love poem ever written. The unity of all beings, no hate, no wars, no discrimination. Pierce Bysshe Shelley. Love’s Philosophy, 1819 The fountains mingle with the river And the rivers with the ocean, The winds of heaven mix forever With a sweet emotion NOTHING IN THE WORLD IS SINGLE, ALL THINGS BY A LAW DIVINE IN ONE ANOTHER'S BEING MINGLE Why not I with thine? See the mountains kiss high heaven, And the waves clasp one another No sister-flower would be forgiven If it disdain'd its brother
And the sunlight clasps the earth, And the moonbeams kiss the sea What is all this sweet work worth If thou kiss not me?
HERE WE ARE BURIED FOREVER - THE BALLAD OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDER I Gufi, 1968, by Lino Patruno - Walter Valdi I Gufi are a legend of Milanese cabaret This wonderful poem plays a tribute to the unknown solder. Solders who died in all wars, fighting a war they did not ask for. It does not matter whether they were the enemies or the victims. They are just ashes, they died for wars too often unnecessary. Today, the world faces the war in Ukraine, initiated by the Russian Federation. The world witnesses the horrifying atrocities and the crimes committed the Russian armed forces. The world witnesses the war in Gaza, Yemen, genocides in Gaza, Africa and in Asia. Their leaders never listened to this poem. It’s high time they do. TEXT BY LUIGI LUNARI Here we are buried forever; and for us, the world stopped that day; somebody mourned us, somebody still remembers us from time to time. However, a few steps from here, a few steps from where the others say ‟may they rest in peace”, cars swoosh p...
DE DISCRIMEN GENTIS - ON RACIAL DISCRIMINATION - WHAT DID PHILOSOPHERS SAY? Racial discrimination plagued mankind since the dawn of civilisation. Fuelled by ignorance and fear, religion played, and continues to play the starring role. In a German-language letter to philosopher Eric Gutkind, dated 3 January 1954, the physicist Albert Einstein wrote: “The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this.... For me the Jewish religion like all other religions is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions . And the Jewish people to whom I gladly belong and with whose mentality I have a deep affinity have no different quality for me than all other people.... I cannot see anything “chosen” about them.” It is a great comfort to see that, with only a couple of exceptions...
Caecilia Johanna van Peski is a Commander at the Royal Dutch Nayy. This is what she stands for. MY CAUSE From the inception of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals in 2000 to the subsequent formulation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the UN 2030 Agenda in 2015, Caecilia Johanna van Peski has been generating action in support of a more safe, secure and equitable world. Through her work on SDG#16 ‘Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions’, she actively contributes to the building of peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development. Commander van Peski
Giorgio Gaber - La libertร (Freedom), 1972 Giorgio Gaber is a legend of Milanese cabaret and a poet. LA LIBERTร - FREEDOM I want to be free, free like a man I would like to be free as a man Like a new born man Who only faces nature Walking through a wood With the joy of pursuing an adventure Always free and full energy Who makes love as if he were an animal Reckless like a man Pleased with his own freedom Freedom is not standing on a tree It is not even the flight of a blowfly Freedom is not a free space Freedom is participation I would like to be free as a man Like a man who needs to wander with his imagination And who finds that space Only in democracy Who has the right to vote And that who spends his life delegating And in being told what to do He found his new freedom Freedom is not standing on a tree It's not even having an opinion Freedom is not a free space Freedom is participation I would like to be free as a man Like the most evolved man Who stands on its own intellect A...