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 When one hurts or kills a women
one hurts or kills hummanity and is an antrocitie.
Gino d'Artali
and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi figlio, non esistono notizie <vecchie> perche puoi imparare qualcosa da qualsiasi notizia.> Translated: <My son, there is no such thing as so called 'old' news because you can learn something from any news.>
Gianna d'Artali.



March 25, 2024
Palestine Victory Speech on UNSC Ceasefire Resolution Adoption Shakes The World!
Watch a Palestinian press/speech conference here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzP5UUu_tBU&si=i8NMxft0K5uFDLuD

Earlier Pro-Free Palestine reports:
The Guardian - March 9, 2024 - by Arwa Mahdawi
<<The Week in Patriarchy
Israel-Gaza war
Opposing oppression is a feminist act - don't look away from Gaza
Watching what is happening in Gaza feels almost too painful to bear sometimes, but it is important that none of us look away
Bearing witness is a feminist act
I want to state the following as clearly and unequivocally as possible: Israel, with the help of the US, is deliberating starving the population of Gaza to death. The (manmade) famine conditions unfolding in Gaza are, many experts have noted, <unprecedented> in terms of their severity, speed and scale. <We have never seen children pushed into malnutrition so quickly in any conflict in modern history,> the UN special rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri, has said. <We have never seen a civilian population made to go so hungry so quickly and so completely .... Israel is not just targeting civilians, it is trying to damn the future of the Palestinian people by harming their children.> Not only is Israel blocking aid from getting to Gaza, it is making the process of getting what little aid does get in deadly. In a statement on Tuesday UN experts accused Israel of <intentionally starving the Palestinian people in Gaza since 8 October>, adding: <Now it is targeting civilians seeking humanitarian aid and humanitarian convoys.> That statement was in reference to what is being called the Flour Massacre. Last Thursday at least 112 Palestinians were killed and 760 were injured in a desperate attempt to get flour. Witnesses say Israel opened fire on the crowd and caused panic, resulting in a stampede. This wasn't a one-off: there is an established pattern of Israeli forces attacking Palestinians who are trying to get aid. Again, I'm trying to state all this as clearly and unequivocally as possible because the US government, and large swaths of the US media, would have you believe the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza is inscrutable and unavoidable. There seems to be a widespread attitude that while it's terribly sad innocent people are being bombed to oblivion and starved to death, this is just the sort of inevitable collateral damage that happens in a conflict. When Hillary Clinton was recently asked if she was shocked by casualties in Gaza, for example, she said: <Of course, I'm not shocked because that's what happens in war.>
Let's be clear: collective punishment is not war. Starving people to death is not war. Bulldozing cemeteries is not war. Firing on humanitarian convoys is not war. All of those things are war crimes. International law is very clear about this. (And, by the way, American politicians are also very clear about this when the perpetrator of these crimes isn't an ally.) And yet clarity has become another casualty in this conflict. A lot of the US media has this curious habit of using straightforward English when it comes to talking about most things, but retreating into the verbal equivalent of interpretative dance when describing violence perpetrated by Israel. Headlines are often so vague they read like a murder mystery. See, for example, this headline from the New York Times about the Flour Massacre: <Deaths of Gazans Desperate for Food Prompt Fresh Calls for Cease-Fire.> One gets the impression that these Palestinians just mysteriously flopped to the ground. Another hallmark of US coverage of Israel-Palestine is to ensure the reader knows, at every point, that even if an Israeli soldier fired a bullet, a Palestinian was almost certainly to blame. See, for example, this paragraph from an analysis of the Flour Massacre in the New York Times: <More than 100 were killed and 700 injured, Gazan health officials said, after thousands of hungry civilians rushed at a convoy of aid trucks, leading to a stampede and prompting Israeli soldiers to fire at the crowd.>
That framing is insidious: it casts the blame squarely on Palestinians. They started it, the framing insinuates, Israel just retaliated in self-defence. Those crazy Palestinians! They're always finding new ways to massacre themselves! It is impossible to overstate just how dire the situation in Gaza is right now. <Unless something changes, the world faces the prospect of almost a quarter of Gaza's 2 million population - close to half a million human beings - dying within a year,> Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, wrote back in December. It's March now, and nothing has changed; things have only got worse. The US continues to send extraordinary amounts of weapons to Israel, using legal loopholes to keep these arms sales under the radar. The US continues to attach no conditions to the military aid it gives Israel. It continues to shut down any criticism of Israel, including a UN resolution that would have condemned Israel for the Flour Massacre. It continues to enable plausible genocide and ethnic cleansing. In the face of a catastrophic famine, all the US has done is airdrop a pitiful amount of food and made half-baked plans to build a floating port. Performative doesn't even cover it. Writers haven't been (completely) replaced with AI yet. We are human beings, not robots; we feel things. I will be frank: it is almost unbearably painful, as someone of Palestinian heritage, to write about what's happening in Gaza. Not just because it involves reading about unspeakable horrors, but because it seems like everything I write about Gaza boils down to a plea for people to view Palestinians as humans. Do you know how debasing that is? Do you know what it feels like to have to beg people to see you as someone deserving of dignity and freedom? I know that I’m not alone when I say that the last five months have permanently altered how I see the world. They have hollowed me out. Of course, writing about what's happening is a luxury compared with living it. The pain I feel is nothing compared with Rania Abu Anza, who spent 10 years trying to get pregnant then lost her five-month old twins and husband in an Israeli airstrike. It's nothing compared with the 700,000 women and girls in Gaza who are trying to manage their menstrual cycles in camps where there is only one toilet for 486 people. It's nothing to the nightmare that 2 million people in Gaza are living every day. Watching what is happening in Gaza feels almost too painful to bear sometimes, but it is important that none of us look away. I’m writing this on International Women's Day (IWD) and I want to stress that bearing witness is a fundamentally feminist act. Opposing oppression everywhere is a feminist act. If you want to honour the original radical and anti-war spirit of IWD, please do not look away from Gaza. Raise your voice and make sure nobody in the future can ever say: 'I didn't know.'>>
Source:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/09/opposing-oppression-famine-gaza

And related view here the absolute truth i.e. how journalist Richard Medhurst reveals the truth why the USA is, even if denying it, has boots on Gazaian grounds and thus actually joined israeli forces in its attempt to genocide the Palestinians:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ5UnKa42EE

Other actual news:


Jinha - Womens News Agency 28 Mar 2024
<<Over 13,000 Palestinian children killed since Oct.7
13,750 Palestinian children have been killed in Israel's attacks on Gaza since October 7, 2023, said the UNRWA situation report on the situation in the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
News Center- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) published a report on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem on Wednesday. 13,750 Palestinian children have been killed in Israel's attacks on Gaza since October 7, 2023, the report said. According to OCHA, 434 Palestinians, including at least 106 children, were killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, between October 7 2023 and March 21 2024. <Despite the adoption of the resolution, Israeli Security Forces (ISF) continued military operations across Gaza, particularly in the Al Rimal area near Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza city, central Khan Younis, and the vicinity of Al Amal and Nasser hospitals also in Khan Younis,> the report said. <This has resulted in further civilian casualties, displacement, and destruction of houses and other civilian infrastructure. Airstrikes and bombardment continued in Rafah, where UNRWA estimates a total of 1.2 million people are now living, the vast majority in formal and informal shelters.> According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza as of 25 March, at least 32,333 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since October 7. About 70 per cent of those killed are reported to be women and children. Another 74,694 Palestinians have been reportedly injured. According to the Gaza Health Cluster, hospitals in the north Gaza and Gaza face challenges due to recent military operations, and are in dire need of fuel, medical supplies and medical staff. Hospitals are operating with limited resources, facing electricity shortages and witnessing an increase in trauma cases and malnutrition. This highlights the urgent need for continued support and assistance from all clusters/sectors. Israeli authorities had informed the UN that they will no longer approve any UNRWA food convoys to northern Gaza. Since 22 March, five UNRWA food convoy requests to access the north have been denied by Israeli authorities, UNRWA Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini said on March 24.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/over-13-000-palestinian-children-killed-since-oct-7-34830?page=1

Displaced children
Jinha - Womens News Agency 28 Mar 2024 - by ŞERIN MIHEMED
<<Displaced women: Our resistance in camps continues
Women, who have been displaced from Afrin and Serekaniye (Ras al-Ayn) by the Turkish state, say that they endure difficult living conditions in IDPs camps in the hope of returning to their homeland one day.
Qamishlo- Newroz camp, a formal internally displaced person (IDP) camp located in the countryside of Derik, hosts thousands of people, forcibly displaced from Afrin and Serêkanîyê (Ras al-Ayn). Despite the difficult living conditions in the camp, women resist to return to their homeland.
Adoul Hassan, a displaced woman from Afrin, lost her husband in Afrin 10 years ago. <I started living with my father after my husband died. I have lived alone since my father died. Now, I endure all the difficult living conditions in the camp alone.>
Their living conditions deteriorating every day
Adoul Hassan dreams of returning to Afrin one day. <Due to the ongoing Turkish attacks, we face many problems such as power and water shortages. We cannot even meet our basic needs,> said Adoul Hassan. <The Turkish attacks have destroyed civilian infrastructure, including hospitals, health centers, power and water stations, in the region. The ongoing Turkish attacks have exacerbated our suffering. The living conditions in the camp have been deteriorating every day due to the Turkish attacks and the lack of support by the international humanitarian organizations.>
'One day we will return'
Adoul Hassan told us that they had a happy life in Afrin before their city was occupied by the Turkish state and Turkish-backed factions. <Our life in Afin was good and we could easily meet our daily needs. We used to earn a living from olives, fruits and vegetables. However, the Turkish state and Turkish-backed factions cut down our olive trees, plundered houses, agricultural lands and animals. One day we will return to Afrin and we will resist until we return to our homeland.>
'We will keep resisting'
<Living conditions in the camp are very difficult. It is hot in summer and cold in winter,> said Hadla Mustafa, a displaced woman from Serekaniye. <Despite all the difficult living conditions, we keep resisting so that we will return to our homeland. We all hope to return.>
'Everyone dreams of returning'
Speaking about their lives in the camp, she said, <We have built a new life in the camp. We improve ourselves thanks to the communes in the camp. We will liberate our homeland and rebuild our lives there. Although each displaced person has a different story, everyone dreams of returning to Serekaniye and Afrin.> In her speech, Hadla Mustafa also called on the international community not to <remain silent against the crimes committed by the Turkish state and Turkish-backed factions in the occupied areas. The international community should break its silence.> >>
Source incl. video:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/displaced-women-our-resistance-in-camps-continues-34828?page=1

Jinha - Womens News Agency 28 Mar 2024 - by MEDINE MAMEDOGLU
<<Women of Kerboran: We will vote to demand peace and freedom
Women of Mardin's Kerboran (Dargeçit) district say they will vote in the upcoming local elections to <demand peace and freedom. Municipalities belong to the people and we demand municipalities provide services to the people.>
Merdin- Political parties speed up their election campaigns for the local elections that will be held in Turkey and Northern Kurdistan on March 31, 2024. One of the districts where the People's Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) speeds up its election campaigns is Mardin's Kerboran (Dargeçit) district. The elected mayor of Dargeçit Municipality was replaced by a state-appointed mayor in 2016. In 2019, the AKP won the municipality by bringing police officers and soldiers from other cities and registering them as voters in the district. The municipality held by the AKP has sold the municipal properties, zoned agricultural lands for construction without serving the people. The DEM Party has speeded up its election campaign in the district to regain the municipality. DEM Party’s Co-mayoral candidate for the district is Asya Gezer, sister of Garibe Gezer, who died under suspicious circumstances in prison. The people of the district are determined to take back their municipality from the AKP in the upcoming local elections. NuJINHA spoke to women of Dargeçit about the upcoming local elections.
'Kerboran deserves better services'
<We will vote for ourselves, for our own existence and identity,> said Kadriye Demir, pointing out that they received no services from the municipality held by the AKP. <Kerboran deserves better services. We will vote for ourselves (meaning the DEM Party). We will take what belongs to us in the elections.>
'We will vote to demand peace'
Halime Demir told us that they would vote for the DEM Party defending their language and identity. She also pointed to the isolation imposed on Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan in Imrali prison and said, <We will vote to lift the isolation.> <Our children are tortured in prisons. This isolation and torture must end. Our young people go to European countries to build a better future for themselves. We will vote in the elections to end this war and isolation. We will vote for ourselves, the DEM Party. Neither our votes nor our will are for sale. All we want is peace and freedom. We have been demanding peace for years and we will vote to demand peace again. We will take back our municipality.>
'We will do our best to regain our municipality'
Safiye Dogan told us that the Dargeçit Municipality held by the AKP has not provided any services to them since 2019. <We will do our best to regain our municipality. We will visit street by street to regain our municipality. We are Kurds and all Kurds should vote for themselves. I call on all Kurds not to sell themselves and their votes. Vote thinking about your language, your villages and your past. Municipalities belong to the people and we will take back our municipality on March 31.>
Munsime Aydın and Mecbure Kuçukkaya also told us that they would vote to demand peace and freedom. <The municipality does not work for the people. It used to build roads but it does not do that anymore. As the people of Kerboran, we will take back our municipality with a majority of votes.> >>
Source incl. video:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/women-of-kerboran-we-will-vote-to-demand-peace-and-freedom-34827?page=1


Gaza
Jinha - Womens News Agency 27 Mar 2024
<<Death toll in Gaza rises to 32,490
At least 32,490 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s attacks on Gaza since October 7, 2023, the Gaza’s health ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
News Center- At least 32,490 Palestinians have been killed, 74,889 others injured in Israel's attacks on Gaza since October 7, 2023, the Gaza's health ministry said in a written statement on Wednesday. At least 76 Palestinians were killed and 102 others were injured in the last 24 hours, the statement said. According to the statement, many people are still trapped under rubble and the civil defense crews and healthcare workers cannot not reach them due to the ongoing Israel's attacks.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/death-toll-in-gaza-rises-to-32-490-34823?page=1

Jinha - Womens News Agency 27 Mar 2024
<<Law and human rights organizations call on CPT to take urgent action
Bar associations and human rights organizations in Turkey and Northern Kurdistan sent a letter to the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) to take an urgent action to prevent rights violations in Imrali prison.
News Center- Bar associations and human rights organizations in Turkey and Northern Kurdistan sent a letter to the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) on January 12, 2024, stating that rights of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, Omer Hayri Konar, Hamili Yıldırım and Veysi Aktaş, who have been held in İmralı Prison, to see their families and lawyers are violated.
'We wrote that we expected them to contribute to the solution'
The undersigned organizations and associations held a press conference at IHD headquarters. <We drew attention to the absolute isolation imposed on Abdullah Ocalan in the letter,> said IHD Co-chair Huseyin Kuçukbalaban at the press conference. <Since the situation of incommunicado in Imrali prison has been deteriorating and there is no change in stuation, we wrote in the letter that we expected the CPT to fulfill its responsibilities according to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and to contribute to the solution. Abdullah Ocalan, Omer Hayri Konar, Hamili Yıldırım and Veysi Aktaş have not been allowed to see their lawyers and family members for about three years. <As the undersigned human rights and law organizations, we would like to announce to the public that we call on the CPT to take an urgent action to solve this unacceptable problem according to international legal norms and human rights values and principles and that we will follow this process.> >>
Click here for the list of the Signatories:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/law-and-human-rights-organizations-call-on-cpt-to-take-urgent-action-34822?page=1


10 million children
Jinha - Womens News Agency 27 Mar 2024
<<Almost 10 million children remain in urgent need of humanitarian assistance in Yemen
Nine years ago, a devastating conflict began in Yemen. Almost 10 million children remain in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, warns UNICEF.
News Center- The Yemeni civil war began in late 2014 between the internationally recognized Yemeni government forces and the Ansar Allah Houthi group. While the reduction in active conflict since April 2022 has led to a decrease in civilian casualties and distress across communities, the situation remains fragile without a sustainable political settlement, especially critical at a time when more than half of the population- 18.2 million people, including 9.8 million children remain in need of lifesaving support. The fragility is most clearly demonstrated by persistent malnutrition in the country, where more than 2.7 million children are acutely malnourished and 49 per cent of children under the age of five suffer from stunting or chronic malnutrition. This condition hinders children from growing to their full potential with irreversible damage to long-term physical and cognitive development, said UNICEF in a statement on Tuesday.
Devastating impact on the lives of the most vulnerable children in Yemen
<The vicious combination of years of protracted conflict, a shattered economy, and a failed social support system have had a devastating impact on the lives of the most vulnerable children in Yemen,> said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell. <Far too many children continue to be deprived of basic necessities, including proper nutrition, which could threaten generations to come unless urgent action is taken to provide children with the preventive measures and treatment they so desperately need.> Despite the truce-like conditions, intermittent fighting and exchanges of fire continue in many parts of the country with children being the victims of landmines and explosive remnants of war. Since the start of the conflict in 2015, more than 11,500 children have been killed or injured as a result of the conflict, including 3,900 children killed and 7,600 maimed, UNICEF said.
<UNICEF and partners will continue our life-saving work in Yemen to help ensure that children who have suffered so much will have brighter days - and futures - ahead,> said Catherine Russell. <To do this, we need continued support, commitment and solidarity from our partners and the international community.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/almost-10-million-children-remain-in-urgent-need-of-humanitarian-assistance-in-yemen-34821?page=1

Jinha - Womens News Agency 27 Mar 2024 - by LINA EL-XETIB
<<Pregnant women at risk in IDPs camps of Idlib due to lack of healthcare services
Thousands of pregnant women living in IDPs camps of Idlib are at risk due to the lack of healthcare services and medications.
Idlib- Thousands of pregnant women live in IDPs camps located in Idlib, northern Syria. Although they have to have a prenatal visit every month, they cannot because they have no access to healthcare services for many reasons. Salam Al-Jadoua says that pregnant women in IDPs camps face difficult living conditions and poverty and the lack of healthcare services have doubled their suffering.
'I do not know how I will be transferred to hospital'
A six-month pregnant woman (22) in the Ma'arrat Misrin camp has been experiencing an uncertain period and that uncertainty frightens her. <Doctor told me that I should get enough nutrients during my pregnancy to protect my baby and myself,> she told NuJINHA. <However, I cannot buy vegetables and fruits due to their high prices. My baby will be born unhealthy due to malnutrition. In addition, the closest health center is far from the camp. I do not know how I will be transferred to hospital when labor pain starts.>
She died after giving birth
The maternal mortality rate in IDPs camps is very high. Ola Al-Asaad (26) was a displaced woman living in a IDPs camp of Idlib. She died while giving birth. <Her labor pains started late in the evening. We had to get help from a midwife living in a nearby village,> her mother, Sanaa Al-Adl, said. <After giving birth, she lost too much blood so we took her to the closest hospital, five miles away from us. She died before we reached the hospital.> 33-year-old Hanan Al-Bakour died in the seventh month of her pregnancy. <My daughter was pregnant with preeclampsia. She suffered from high blood pressure and her kidneys and liver did not work normally. Her health condition deteriorated due to high blood pressure and she died in the seventh month of her pregnancy,> said her mother, Ayoush Al-Bakour.
'Malnutrition causes maternal deaths'
<Pregnant women in IDPs camps suffer from hunger and malnutrition,> said gynecologist Maram Alwan. <Malnutrition causes maternal deaths. The lack of healthcare services and the decrease in the number of specialists cause pregnant women not to have a prenatal visit every month. This situation affects the health of displaced women in the camps and causes pregnant women to go through the hardest months of their lives. Pregnant women need to access healthcare services every month.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/pregnant-women-at-risk-in-idps-camps-of-idlib-due-to-lack-of-healthcare-services-34820?page=1


Mint El-Moctar
Jinha - Womens News Agency 27 Mar 2024 - by ZOUHOUR MECHERGUI
<<Mauritanian women demand law combating gender-based violence
A draft law on gender-based violence has been rejected three times by the Mauritanian parliament. Mauritanian women wait for the draft law to be passed.
Mauritania- A draft law on gender-based violence has been rejected three times by the Mauritanian parliament. NuJINHA spoke to Aminetou Mint El-Moctar, human rights activist and founder of the Association of Women Heads of Households (French: Association des Femmes Chefs de Familles, AFCD), about the draft law rejected by the parliament. <Gender equality should be achieved unconditionally all over the world,> said Aminetou Mint El-Moctar, drawing attention to oppression faced by women in countries, where women's movements are weak.
'Women are deprived of their rights'
Pointing to the low literacy rates among women in Mauritania, she said, <This prevents women from participation in politics, the labor force, and decision-making positions. Women are deprived of their rights because they do not have a law protecting them from violence.> Article 56 of the Personal Status Law (PSL) states that a husband constitutes the head of household while a wife's role is to assist him in managing the family. A Mauritanian man may pass his nationality to his non-Mauritanian wife upon marriage. However, the law does not specifically provide for a Mauritanian woman to confer her nationality to her foreign husband. The draft law contains many articles defining and punishing rape and sexual harassment, creating special criminal court chambers to hear sexual violence cases, and allowing nongovernmental groups to bring cases on behalf of survivors.
Aminetou Mint El-Moctar spoke about the rejection of the draft law by the parliament. <The draft law has been rejected three times by the parliament since 2012. The draft law has sparked discussions among extremist movements.>
'Women should unite'
She criticized the lack of unity among women's organizations and human rights organizations in Mauritania. <The lack of unity negatively affects women's struggle for rights. Women activists should unite for women’s rights.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/mauritanian-women-demand-law-combating-gender-based-violence-34824?page=1

Jinha - Womens News Agency 27 Mar 2024
<<Israeli airstrike kills at least seven in Southern Lebanon
At least seven people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Nabatieh in Southern Lebanon on Tuesday.
News Center- On Tuesday, Israeli air strikes near two towns in northeast Lebanon killed at least seven people. The Lebanese Civil Defense confirmed that an Israeli airstrike targeted the Islamic Group's emergency and relief center in Hebbariyeh village in Southern Lebanon on Tuesday, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. WAFA also reported that at least seven people were killed in the Israeli airstrike.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/israeli-airstrike-kills-at-least-seven-in-southern-lebanon-34818

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