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Gaza Situation - Report 17

24 hour reports by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Due to the dramatic escalation in violence over the past few days and the massive assault on Gaza, UNRWA has declared an emergency in all five areas of the Gaza Strip. It is closely monitoring the situation and stands ready to mount an emergency response should that become necessary. The priority for the Agency has now shifted to emergency operations, providing assistance to those who have been displaced and sought shelter in UNRWA schools, while attempting to continue regular operations. Urgent funding needs persist and are increasing Key parts: “ According to the Protection Cluster, 83 Palestinians have been killed during this reporting period, including twelve women and nine children. The total number of Palestinian deaths reported by the Protection Cluster currently stands at 839 and the number of wounded, as reported by the Ministry of Health has reached 5,345. The number of displ

O Manifesto “Chamada derradeira”

Isto é mais do que uma crise económica e de regimem: é uma crise da civilização Los ciudadanos y ciudadanas europeos, en su gran mayoría, asumen la idea de que la sociedad de consumo actual puede “mejorar” hacia el futuro (y que debería hacerlo). Mientras tanto, buena parte de los habitantes del planeta esperan ir acercándose a nuestros niveles de bienestar material. Sin embargo, el nivel de producción y consumo se ha conseguido a costa de agotar los recursos naturales y energéticos, y romper los equilibrios ecológicos de la Tierra. As cidadãs europeias, na sua maior parte, assumem a ideia da sociedade de consumo actual poder melhorar de cara ao futuro (e mesmo deveria fazer). Ao tempo, boa parte das habitantes do planeta aguardam se achegar aos nossos níveis de bem-estar material. Porém, o nível de produção e consumo foi alcançado a costa de esgotar os recursos naturais e energéticos, e de rachar com os equilíbrios ecológicos da Terra. Nada de tudo isto é

Gaza Situation - Report 16

24 hour reports by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Due to the dramatic escalation in violence over the past few days and the massive assault on Gaza, UNRWA has declared an emergency in all five areas of the Gaza Strip. It is closely monitoring the situation and stands ready to mount an emergency response should that become necessary. The priority for the Agency has now shifted to emergency operations, providing assistance to those who have been displaced and sought shelter in UNRWA schools, while attempting to continue regular operations. Urgent funding needs persist and are increasing Key parts: “ The total number of Palestinian deaths reported by the Protection Cluster currently stands at 756. The number of displaced people is now nearly triple the peak number from the 2008/9 conflict, and exceeds 141,338 in 83 schools. ” “ According to the Protection Cluster, the number of Palestinians reported killed in the current escalation

Gaza Situation - Report 15

24 hour reports by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Due to the dramatic escalation in violence over the past few days and the massive assault on Gaza, UNRWA has declared an emergency in all five areas of the Gaza Strip. It is closely monitoring the situation and stands ready to mount an emergency response should that become necessary. The priority for the Agency has now shifted to emergency operations, providing assistance to those who have been displaced and sought shelter in UNRWA schools, while attempting to continue regular operations. Urgent funding needs persist and are increasing Key parts: “ The total number of Palestinian deaths reported by the Protection Cluster currently stands at 656. The number of displaced people is now more than double the peak number from the 2008/9 conflict, and now exceeds 117,468 in 77 schools. ” “ Movements are severely restricted by a 3km ‘buffer zone’ instituted by the Israeli Defense Force (I

The "rationalists" and the "anti-Semitic irrationalists"

An example of how the system builds the profile of the “rational” voter, or, another conspiracy theory if you prefer by system failure An article in a big newspaper in Greece focused on a study presented in a scientific conference in Berlin by three Greek scientists, concerning the broadness of the anti-Semitism in Greece. At the end of the first paragraph one can read: “ In this sense, the specific study did not show anything much different from previous ones in Greece and abroad and which they are verified by an objective and relatively 'suspicious' observer of the behaviour and 'beliefs' of the Greek society.” For a start, the "objective" and "suspicious" observer is separated from the rest of the Greek society, as being a, say, higher intelligence, which observes the behaviour of millions of people without being affected by this behaviour. Subsequently, one can read: “ The relative originality of this study, however, is