…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
World Bank says Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ law violates its values | Reuters
The World Bank said on Tuesday it would halt new lending to the Ugandan government after concluding that its anti-LGBTQ law, which has been condemned by many countries and the United Nations, contradicts the bank’s values. Source: World Bank says Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ law violates its values | Reuters
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Austria and UNRWA sign new three-year multi-year agreement for Health Programme in the occupied Palestinian territory | PNN
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
Brazilian president Lula pledges ‘new Amazon dream’ at rainforest summit | Amazon rainforest | The Guardian
Starbucks loses court challenge against order to rehire union supporters | Memphis | The Guardian
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
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