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Free Palestine, Free Congo, Free Sudan, Freedom from all Oppressors

Uma Mishra

08 Jan 2024 — 1 min read

As we return to our desks - Know that we are approaching 100 days since the 7th of Oct and even hundreds more days since the ongoing occupation and genocide of Palestinian people in Gaza and that atrocities continue, every day, for people in Gaza. Check on your Arab and SAWANA colleagues and follow their lead in providing resources for what they need right now.

Know ongoing genocides and atrocities are not in the media - from Kashmir to Sudan, to Congo, to Balochistan, to Manipur, and more. Check on your colleagues from the Global Majority and diaspora.

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The statistics from Gaza should horrify you. They should stop you in your tracks and then move you to action.

This Thursday and Friday - the ICJ will hold public hearings in the proceedings instituted by South Africa against Israel.

More than 60% of Gaza's housing units are destroyed or damaged
At least 22,835 people have been killed, including more than: 9,600 children and 6,750 women in Gaza
as of the 3rd of Jan, 87 journalists in Gaza have been murdered. The son of Al Jazeera’s Wael Dahdouh was murdered yesterday - Wael Dahdouh has already suffered great loss - in October four other members of his family were also killed - His wife Amna, his grandchild Adam, his 15-year-old son Mahmoud and seven-year-old daughter Sham all died in an Israeli strike.
More than 10 children per day, on average, have lost one or both of their legs in Gaza since the genocide started.

Actions:

Action by BDS Geneve - https://www.bds-info.ch/index.php/fr/articles/appel-a-laction-appel-a-contacter-la-direction-du-droit-international-public-dil-du-departement-federal-des-affaires-etrangeres-
Call on your governments to support South Africa's ICJ case against Israel

Sources:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67905566

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/longform/2023/10/9/israel-hamas-war-in-maps-and-charts-live-tracker

https://www.savethechildren.net/news/gaza-more-10-children-day-lose-limb-three-months-brutal-conflict

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