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I was Israel’s most senior diplomat. I urge Australia to recognise the state of Palestine | Alon Liel | The Guardian

…currently we are witnessing something new. The Benjamin Netanyahu-led ultra-nationalist government is racing towards annexation of the occupied Palestinian territories (OPT), a manoeuvre which will not only end any chance of a two-state outcome, but also permanently entrench the daily humanitarian and anti-democratic nightmare that the Israeli occupation has become. During the last six months these methods have spilled into Israel itself, to a point of endangering our own precious democracy – the basis of our proximity to the western world… Source: I was Israel’s most senior diplomat. I urge Australia to recognise the state of Palestine | Alon Liel | The Guardian

Russian ‘double tap’ missile strike kills seven near hotel used by journalists | Ukraine | The Guardian

The Iskander missiles that hit Pokrovsk had been launched 40 minutes apart, known as a “double tap”, leading to death and injury among those who rushed to the scene, near a hotel used by journalists, after the first strike… Source: Russian ‘double tap’ missile strike kills seven near hotel used by journalists | Ukraine | The Guardian

The more you walk, the healthier you can become, major study finds – UPI.com

A new study published Tuesday in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology says that a person can walk 3,967 steps a day to start to reduce the risk of dying from any cause and 2,337 steps a day to reduce the risk of dying from heart disease or blood vessel disease…

Source: The more you walk, the healthier you can become, major study finds – UPI.com

Biden Just Made Land Around the Grand Canyon a National Monument—Blocking New Uranium Mining There – Mother Jones

By establishing the area as a national monument, Biden effectively blocked all new uranium mining in the region, an action Native American tribes have supported for decades, the Associated Press reports. Uranium is typically used as fuel for nuclear energy, and mining it can contaminate the environment. “It’s really the uranium we don’t want coming out of the ground because it’s going to affect everything around us—the trees, the land, the animals, the people,” Havasupai Tribal Councilwoman Dianna Sue White Dove Uqualla told the AP. “It’s not going to stop.”  Source: Biden Just Made Land Around the Grand Canyon a National Monument—Blocking New Uranium Mining There – Mother Jones

A little of everything…by Magic Mixture – Magic Mixture

Some carbon

much of the water

The air I breathe

the holy land

the ether of the spirit

the form formed

We are complete, we complete

We spin with the Planet

In perfect synchronism

picking up incoming signals

From the deepest furthest

Strolling through the cosmos

we are also stellar

Brought from the ends of the skies

Full of dust from eternity.

Passing through here …

And to take on the trip ,

Only knowledge, wisdom

And love in the bag …

Source: A little of everything…by Magic Mixture – Magic Mixture