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How to Use Free Satellite Imagery to Monitor the Expansion of West Bank Settlements

Since the beginning of 2024, the US has issued a series of sanctions against a small number of Israeli settlers for jeopardising peace and security …

How to Use Free Satellite Imagery to Monitor the Expansion of West Bank Settlements

Government adviser on disruptive protest accused of conflict of interest | Protest | The Guardian – UK

Activists have accused the government’s independent adviser on political violence of a conflict of interest, after it emerged that he had lobbying links to companies that would benefit from curbs to protesting.

John Woodcock, formerly a Labour MP and now a crossbench peer, has prepared a review of “far-left” involvement in disruptive protest, which includes activism against climate change and war. At the same time, he has been chairing and advising lobby groups representing arms manufacturers and fossil fuel firms.

Woodcock’s review is due to be released next week, more than three years after it was commissioned. Over the weekend he said that, among about 40 recommendations, it would propose bans on at least two protest groups, naming Just Stop Oil, the climate activist campaign, and Palestine Action, which acts against arms companies that supply Israel’s military.

Source: Government adviser on disruptive protest accused of conflict of interest | Protest | The Guardian

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Israel troops continue posting abuse footage despite pledge to act

Instagram Palestinian detainee is pictured with an Israeli flag draped over their back

A Palestinian detainee pictured with an Israeli flag draped over their back

International law says detainees must not be exposed to unnecessary humiliation or public curiosity, yet human rights experts say the posting of detention footage does just that.

In February, BBC Verify reported on IDF soldiers’ misconduct on social media during the war in Gaza which began after a 7 October Hamas attack on Israel, which killed about 1,200 people. More than 252 others were taken hostage. More than 34,000 people have since been killed by Israel’s offensive in Gaza, the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry says.

During our earlier investigation, we noticed – and began looking into – a similar pattern of behaviour in the West Bank, which has experienced a spike in violence over the same period.

Despite the BBC’s previous reporting on Israeli soldiers’ social media misconduct, and the military’s subsequent promise to act on our findings, a former Israeli soldier, Ori Givati, says he is far from shocked to hear that this activity is continuing.

A spokesperson for Breaking The Silence – an organisation for former and serving Israeli soldiers which works to expose alleged wrongdoing in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) – Mr Givati added that in fact he believed current far-right political rhetoric in the country is encouraging it further.

Source: Israel troops continue posting abuse footage despite pledge to act

#art, Tarsila do Amaral – Serie de mujeres artistas – Women Artists Series 2024 – JaZzArt en València

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El cuadro Abaporu (1928) de Tarsila do Amaral dio pie al Movimiento Antropofágico para los pintores de Brasil… Estudio arte y pintura con grandes pintores en Brasil y luego en París… Tarsila nació en São Paulo, Brasil en 1886 y murió en la misma ciudad 86 años después… Se le reconoce como una artista modernista… Ha expuesto su obra en Europa y en las bienales de São Paulo y el MoMA expuso su obra siendo Tarsila la primera mujer artista latinoamericana y la octava retrospectiva a nivel latinoamericano después de Diego Rivera, Cándido Portinari, Roberto Matta, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Armando Reverón, José Clemente Orozco y Joaquín Torres García.

Source: #art, Tarsila do Amaral – Serie de mujeres artistas – Women Artists Series 2024 – JaZzArt en València