‘This is not a warning.

Famine has already arrived in Gaza. It is not a metaphor, nor is it a prediction. It is daily.

Noor, my eldest sister Tasneem’s daughter, is three; she was born on May 11, 2021. My sister’s son, Ezz Aldin, was born on December 25, 2023 – in the early months of the war.

One morning, Tasneem walked into our space carrying them in her arms. I looked at her and asked the question that wouldn’t leave my mind: “Tasneem, do Noor and Ezz Aldin understand hunger? Do they know we’re in a famine?”

“Yes,” she said immediately. “Even Ezz, who’s only known war and ruins, understands. He’s never seen real food in his life. He doesn’t know what ‘options’ are. The only thing he ever asks for is bread.”

She imitated his baby voice: “Obz! Obza! Obza!” – his way of saying “khobza” (a piece of bread).

She had to tell him, “There’s no flour, darling. Your dad went out to look for some.”’

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/7/24/did-you-eat-today-voices-of-gaza-speak-of-starvation-and-survival

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@Greenseer Re: our conversation yesterday, I'm sure you've seen plenty of this before, but this has become pretty standard behaviour for the Berlin police at Palestine protests, even with children.

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Protesters being brutalised by Berlin police
Protesters being brutalised by Berlin police

This evening there were sit-ins and demonstrations for on almost every Dutch central station. It were the most visited station sit-ins as far as I can remember. This is from CS were I attended. I guess there were almost 1000 people (not a few hundred like the media told us). The front hall was completely full (only a narrow strip, so people could get to their trains and busses). In CS there were according to the same media 1500 people.

After the sit-in, there was a march through Hoog Catharijne (main mall) and the old city center, ending at the city hall.

Video footage from the sit-in/demo in Utrecht CS.
Video footage from the sit-in/demo in Utrecht CS.