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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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

Άλλη μια "θεωρία συνωμοσίας" του system failure Εντύπωση κάνει ένα πρόσφατο άρθρο της Καθημερινής που βασίζεται σε έρευνα που παρουσίασαν πρόσφατα τρεις Έλληνες ερευνητές σε επιστημονικό συνέδριο στο Βερολίνο και έχει ως βασικό θέμα την έκταση του αντισημιτισμού στη Ελλάδα, όπως αναφέρεται στην αρχή του άρθρου. Στο τέλος της πρώτης παραγράφου διαβάζουμε: “ Με αυτή την έννοια, η συγκεκριμένη έρευνα δεν έδειξε κάτι πολύ διαφορετικό από προηγούμενες που έγιναν τελευταία στην Ελλάδα ή στο εξωτερικό και που επαληθεύονται από τον αντικειμενικό και σχετικά «υποψιασμένο» παρατηρητή των συμπεριφορών και των 'πεποιθήσεων' της ελληνικής κοινωνίας.” Για αρχή λοιπόν, διαχωρίζεται “εντέχνως”, ο “αντικειμενικός” και “υποψιασμένος” παρατηρητής από την υπόλοιπη Ελληνική κοινωνία, σαν να είναι, ας πούμε, ένα ανώτερο ον που παρακολουθεί από κάπου τις συμπεριφορές εκατομμυρίων ανθρώπων, εντελώς αποστασιοποιημένα και χωρίς να επηρεάζεται από αυτές. Στη συνέχεια δι...

Esto es más que una crisis económica y de régimen: es una crisis de civilización 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. Nada de esto es nuevo. Las investigadoras y los científicos más lúcidos llevan dándonos fundadas señales de alarma desde principios de los años setenta del siglo XX: de proseguir con las tendencias de crecimiento vigentes (económico, demográfico, en el uso de recursos, generación de contaminantes e incremento de desigualdades) el resultado más probable para el siglo XXI es un colapso civilizatorio. Hoy se acumulan las noticia...

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 currently stands at 582. The number of displaced into UNRWA schools is now double the peak number from the 2008/9 conflict, and now exceeds 102,000 in 68 schools. ” “ Serious concerns were raised over the past 24 hours regarding respect for International Humanitarian Law (IHL). UNRWA strongly condemns an attack...

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 number of displaced people in UNRWA schools has since gone beyond the peak number from the 2008/9 conflict, and now exceeds 83,000 in 60 schools. ” “ The past 24 hours marked the deadliest period since the current escalations of violence began, with 107 Palestinians killed, including 23 women and 35 children. Tragically, the total number of child...

A story witnessed by the war correspondent Panos Haritos* In Gaza, it doesn't matter what you did, where you went, what you've learned and what you have in mind to write. In the end, Gaza itself will guide you on the subject. So, yesterday, after a three-hour wandering in the Zeitoun neighborhood and one hour during the afternoon in the city of Gaza, I returned to the hotel. I stayed in the dining room for while, discussing with the rest of my colleagues and then I went upstairs in my room on the second floor of the Beach Hotel, in front of the beach. Instinctively, my first move when I walked in, was, as always, to open the window, so that the shock wave would not break the glasses during the bombardments. I sat on the table, switched on my computer, and looked at the time on the upper side of the screen. It was 16:16 when I heard the first sound caused by a missile explosion which came from a warship of Israel. The shock wave blocked the air speed for a whi...