International Day of Non-Violence 2024

#NonViolence

Adopted, June 15th, 2007,

United Nations, General Assembly,

Resolution, 🔖 A/RES/61/271,

Observed, October 2nd,

Mahatma Gandhi’s, birthday 🎈

Secretary General's message - 2024

On the International Day of Non-Violence, we commemorate the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, and reaffirm the values to which he dedicated his life: equality, respect, peace and justice.

Our world today is bristling with violence.

Across the globe, conflicts are raging. From Ukraine, to Sudan, the Middle East, and far beyond, war is creating a hellscape of destruction, destitution, and fear. Inequality and climate chaos are undermining the foundations of peace. And hate whipped up online is spilling over onto the streets.

Last month’s Summit of the Future offered hope. Countries came together to lay the groundwork for a renewed multilateralism, equipped to support peace in a changing world. That includes a renewed focus on the underlying causes of conflict – from inequality to poverty and division. Now we need countries to transform those commitments into reality.

Gandhi believed non-violence was the greatest force available to humanity – more powerful than any weapon. Together, let’s build institutions to support that noble vision.

-António Guterres

The “Non-Violence” (or “Knotted Gun”) sculpture by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd

Consensual partners,

golden, shower,

jet, set, threat,

destabilization,

continued, colonization,

nuclear, proliferation,

global, implication,

signs, signals,

pretend, to be,

“limited”,

“localized”,

“targeted”,

“precise”,

“surgical”,

wholesale slaughter,

our children,

our babies,

feigned, pretense,

go ahead,

keep, all your,

name-sake days

“In one year, 902 families have been wiped off the civil registry,” the Government Media Office in Gaza said in a statement.

In 1,364 cases, all family members except for one survivor were killed, the office said. In 3,472 cases, only two members of the same family survived.

Give us room,

cry and grieve,

locked in world,

make-believe,

take a look,

when you can

🎥 Israel steps up Gaza attacks, dozens of Palestinians killed

Al Jazeera English | Oct 2, 2024

The Israeli military is significantly increased its attacks across the Gaza strip. killing at least 60 Palestinians overnight and into Wednesday morning. Air strikes targeted Gaza City in the north and Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. In a ground operation in Khan Younis in the south, Israeli forces killed at least 30 people. 12 of them from one family. Many residential buildings were destroyed while people were still inside. Medical sources say the Israeli army prevented paramedics and civil defence teams from reaching the bomb sites.

🎥 Israeli military continues its attacks on Lebanon, claiming to target Hezbollah sites

Al Jazeera English | Oct 2, 2024

Israeli air strikes have continued in Lebanon. Overnight attacks hit near the airport as well as the southern suburbs of Beirut. Civilian deaths and injuries are mounting as Israel escalates its operation against Hezbollah. These victims were displaced people when an air strike destroyed the building they were in near Lebanon's southern city of Siden. The death toll averages 100 a day, the UN says at least 80 children were killed in the past week alone.

Podium puppets,

response, proclaimed,

decisive and painful!,

Israel, to Iran,

what! chutzpah!,

sighted, their,

detached reality

FM Katz declares UN chief Guterres ‘persona non grata’ in Israel over response to Iran attack. The Foreign Ministry says the decision is a reaction to Guterres’s response after Iran’s missile attack last night, “in which he failed to mention Iran by name and did not unequivocally condemn its grave aggression.”

🎥 Israel on the Middle East - Security Council Media Stakeout | United Nations

United Nations | Oct 2, 2024

Switzerland, presides,

Security Council,

month, October

🔖 Programme of Work for October 2024

I don’t think a dream,

has quite so died,

as loud, profound,

as this..

United States,

terror-maker,

law-breaker,

partaker,

facilitator,

decision-maker,

devil, deal,

our blood,

the mighty dollar

I proceed, quote,

a few, remarks,

Ambassador Linda,

Thomas-Greenfield,

U.S. Representative,

United Nations,

today’s, emergency,

Security Council,

Middle East session

🎥 The situation in the Middle East - Security Council, 9738th meeting

Associated Press | Oct 2, 2024

I can’t believe I have to say this, but I will, because the IRGC and its allies are out. They’re peddling propaganda.

The decision to launch nearly 200 ballistic missiles at Israel was not in any way defensive. The IRGC was not protecting Iran from threats from another Member State.

The events of the past week should send an unambiguous message to Hamas’ leadership, which continues to cower in tunnels beneath Gaza: Hizballah and Iran will not rescue you.

Colleagues, as President Biden emphasized following yesterday’s attack: “The United States is fully, fully, fully supportive of Israel.”

Feels, like,

school-yard games,

in the, Arab,

neighborhood..

capture flag!

kick the can!

poker-face!

tag, you’re it!

tat, for tit!

ping-pong!

‘Biden’ says,

heads up, seven up

🔖 Readout of President Biden’s call with the G7

Today, President Biden joined a call with the G7 to discuss Iran’s unacceptable attack against Israel and to coordinate on a response to this attack, including new sanctions. President Biden and the G7 unequivocally condemned Iran’s attack against Israel. President Biden expressed the United States’ full solidarity and support to Israel and its people, and reaffirmed the United States’ ironclad commitment to Israel’s security.

Al Jazeera

A thousand cuts,

a thousand flowers,

wish, but one,

sensical reason,

our deliberate,

real-time,

extermination..

🎶 Portishead - Glory Box

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