Elizabeth O'Shaughnessy 🇵🇸 @ElizabethOS2

Write about what is happening in Gaza right now. This has literally gone beyond reason and crossed every boundary of humanity and human decency. A transport vehicle carrying a very large number of people was just targeted. The scene is beyond words; some of the people inside the vehicle literally disappeared in the force of the explosion, while others were thrown through the air over long distances. People in the tents surrounding the vehicle were also injured. There were children, women, and elderly people among those at the scene. Civilians who were simply on their way suddenly found themselves in the middle of an explosion that destroyed everything around them. Where is the world? Where is the so-called Peace Council? Where is all the talk about humanity and protecting civilians? Write about this. Speak about it. Show the world what is happening in Gaza right now. Do not let these scenes pass in silence.

The CEO of VRAI is also the co-founder of IDSA, an Irish arms lobby group that meets regularly with officials from Dept of Defence. VRAI have received over €800k from Enterprise Ireland and EI own shares in VRAI. How is this not being covered in MSM? ontheditch.com/enterprise-ire…

During the 7 previous times Ireland held the EU presidency, we had no need for help to defend our shores against imaginary Russians or anyone else. Our neutrality protects us! FFG & MSM are trying to manufacture an uneasiness about security to ease us into a bloody Nato alliance.

According to the United Nations additional 9% of all buildings in Gaza were destroyed by Israeli bombardment after the declaration of the ceasefire in October 2025.

Just left prison visit in Ulm Germany with Daniel Tatlow Devalley.. Shocked at the inhumane conditions. Locked-up 23 hours a day alone for 10 months, treated as a dangerous criminal for protesting against the export of weapons to Israel's genocide in Gaza. Brutal and inhumane.

TheJournal.ie @thejournal_ie

3 months ago

A group of seven Irish politicians have travelled to Germany to attend the trial of an Irish man and four other pro-Palestinian activists charged with causing about €1 million worth of damage at the factory of an Israeli-owned defence company. jrnl.ie/7108780

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Today is the 10 year anniversary of Israel's murder of the 4 Bakr boys, cousins Ahed (9), Zakaria (10), Mohammed (11) & Ismail Bakr (9) as they played football on a beach in Gaza City. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anamacha. #stopthegame @FAIreland

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I don’t know if the world still cares about what I have to say, but I want to speak about one of the harshest realities we in Gaza are living through today: the struggle to leave. Thousands of patients, wounded people, students, and others with urgent humanitarian needs are waiting for a chance to leave, while only about 20 people are allowed to leave through the Rafah crossing in each group. Imagine the humiliation of waiting while your life depends on being allowed to travel. Thousands urgently need medical treatment, including cancer patients, kidney patients, and people with severe injuries, yet they remain trapped because the care they need is unavailable in Gaza. With every passing day, more patients’ conditions worsen, and some lose their lives before they ever get the chance to receive treatment. One of my friends has been seriously injured for nearly three months and is still waiting for permission to leave for medical care. Every day that passes increases the risk that he will lose his leg or even his life. Patients are not the only ones paying the price. Students who earned scholarships abroad have been prevented from continuing their education because they cannot leave Gaza. Years of hard work have come to a halt at a closed crossing. We are living inside a prison. Even when your only chance of survival is outside Gaza, you cannot reach it. You cannot save yourself or your family. How much humiliation must a person endure just to be given the chance to try to survive?

If you render your victim invisible you don’t have to face the reality or consequences of your crimes. That’s how it has been since 1948.

Ori Goldberg @ori_goldberg

3 months ago

Palestinians do not exist in Israeli discourse or in Israeli consciousness. They are, at best, a hindrance. They are not there. Even for bloodthirsty settlers, Palestinians are simply not a human reference. It is the most radical evil, worse than bloodshed. They do not exist.

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The Irish state doesn't regulate big capital. Its role is to facilitate & enable capital's profiteering. From the banks to the vulture funds, from the datacenters to the social media giants, well connected & renumerated officials can be found greasing the wheels of exploitation.

The Ditch @wereontheditch

3 months ago

A senior Irish regulator influential in state data centre policy was set to attend Peter Thiel’s secretive Dialog event in the Powerscourt Hotel. Tanya Harrington is an ex-adviser to a Fianna Fáil environment minister during the Corrib pipeline scandal. ontheditch.com/energy-regulat…

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Instead of carrying bags of fruit and chocolates back to our children after a long day of work, we carried the remains of this father and returned with them to his home so his children could say goodbye. I want you to imagine that you didn't find your father's body, but instead found some scattered flesh, gathered it, placed it in a plastic bag, and buried it. Can you imagine the magnitude of the pain we are going through?! Fuck Israel, as many times as the breaths of all humanity.

I am writing these words to you from inside Gaza City, and I say this with complete honesty: the situation has become extremely dangerous, perhaps worse than ever before. Temperatures continue to rise, and the tents have turned into real ovens. More than 170,000 tents across Gaza City are sheltering thousands of families in conditions that are impossible to describe. Inside these tents, temperatures exceed 50°C (122°F). There is no electricity, no fans, no air conditioning, and none of the basic necessities needed to survive. The tents are packed tightly together, with almost no space between them. Many families are forced to leave their tents and sit in the streets because remaining inside has become unbearable. Water is desperately scarce, and the extreme heat is making thirst even more severe. And this is only the beginning of summer. Every day, I see the effects of the intense heat on children’s bodies heat rashes, exhaustion, and suffering while insects emerging from the ground make life even harder. The coming days could be even more devastating if these conditions continue. The tents are no longer places of shelter; they have become another source of danger. Please don’t let these families be forgotten. Speak about them. Write about them. Share their stories with others. Keep their voices alive and let the world know what is happening. Behind every tent is a family struggling to survive. They need to be seen, they need to be heard, and they need your solidarity.

There is something heartbreaking that I notice every day while distributing water to different camps across Gaza. Each time, I expect to see men gathering to fill water containers, but the reality is completely different. Most of the people standing in line are children, women, and the elderly. Young children, some no older than ten years old, struggle to carry heavy water jugs that seem far too large for their small bodies. Women walk long distances under the scorching sun, carrying burdens that are difficult even for many adults. And the elderly stand alone, exhausted and worn out, waiting patiently for their turn. Today, I asked one of the camp leaders about the reason behind what I keep seeing every day. His answer was enough to break my heart. He told me, “Many of these children have lost their fathers in the war, and there is no one left to carry these burdens for them. These women are widows whose husbands were killed, so they are now forced to take on every responsibility alone. As for the elderly, many have lost their sons or been separated from their families, leaving them with no choice but to rely on themselves.” Since that conversation, I have looked at these faces differently. I no longer see people simply collecting water I see stories of loss, grief, and resilience. I see a child whose childhood was stolen far too soon, a woman carrying the weight of an entire family on her shoulders, and an elderly person struggling against both age and sorrow. Sometimes it feels as though what we are enduring here is beyond what any human being should have to bear. Years of loss, deprivation, and fear, yet people continue to fight for survival day after day. But one question never leaves my mind: How much longer will our children be forced to carry burdens heavier than their own childhoods? And how much longer will this harsh reality be the only life people here know?

Project Crimson Thread is about to seal the fate of the Jordan Valley, cutting it off from the rest of the West Bank. This may be the most important development happening in the region right now, and it is flying completely under the radar.

Honestly, I don’t know how to describe what I lived through today. Even though I have been living in Gaza and documenting what is happening since the beginning of the war, what I witnessed today was one of the most shocking and painful scenes of my entire life. A group of families living in a very remote camp, almost directly beside the Israeli sand berms, contacted us. They told us they had not received water for a long time. At first, we hesitated because reaching the area with a water truck meant entering an extremely dangerous zone. In the end, we decided to try. Throughout the journey, I saw destruction and rubble everywhere, but the scene that awaited us near the camp was unlike anything else. Directly in front of us were the sand berms and Israeli cranes, surrounded by a landscape of devastation where little remained except tents and ruins. When the water truck was still about a kilometer away, people began shouting and running toward it. Women, children, and elderly people carried empty water containers and ran with all the strength they had, terrified that the water would run out before their turn came. The moment the truck stopped, large numbers of people emerged from among the rubble and damaged tents. They were not looking for food, shelter, or anything else. They were looking for water. Just water. This time we distributed 6,000 liters of clean water, more than we had distributed before, but even that was not enough. Many people remained waiting, and some left without receiving enough water for their families. As we distributed the water and documented what was happening, fear never left us for a single moment. Yet what I felt in the face of such immense suffering was greater than fear itself. Today I witnessed a level of thirst I never imagined I would see. I saw mothers running after a water truck, and children clutching empty containers as if they were holding on to their last hope. I thought I had already seen everything during this war, but what I witnessed today made me realize that the humanitarian catastrophe is far greater than what the world sees on television screens. This is not simply a shortage of services or difficult living conditions. It is a daily struggle for the most basic necessities of survival. We are facing a real humanitarian disaster that grows worse with each passing day, while thousands of families wake up every morning searching for one thing only: water.

Starmer calling Corbyn's Labour morally bankrupt in his resignation speech — from a man who defended collective punishment in Gaza, fed intelligence to Israeli génocidaires, and had activists trying to stop it arrested as terrorists. Not a decent man. An indecent sociopath.

Setting fire to houses with families inside them: legitimate concerns Criminal damage to an arms company supplying a genocide: terrorism

On the Six One News Minister McEntee spoke about being horrified at the treatment of Irish citizens and called for sanctions on Israel. Two hours later she voted against sanctions on Israel. Enough said.

REVEALED: It took 18 months, and multiple FOI battles, but we can now reveal Ireland approved €20 million in military-capable dual-use exports to the IDF and Israeli Ministry of Defense during the height of its military assault on Gaza in 2024. thecurrency.news/articles/22697…

END TRADE WITH ISRAEL The European Left Alliance have launched an EU Citizens Initiative calling for suspension of the EU Israel Association Agreement. eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public . Sign it and share it! eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/