jgarren.bsky.social
@jgarren.bsky.social
Over-educated old potter. Cares: (1) growing US fascism; (2) what isn’t told in western media re Palestine. Posts from non-west sources & anti-musrump matters=FB suspension. Elephant’s Child: politics/science/art/history/theatre/kitties/books/garden/etc.
December 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
NOTE: GRAPHIC OUT OF DATE - Total now higher than 2024
(18:15 GMT) Israeli assault in occupied WB fuels new displacement crisis: UN. >95,000 Palestinians affected by recent expanded Israeli operations in northern area...Settler attacks have continued “unabated”...with ≥1,680 violent incidents...”
December 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
JUST THE FACTS, M'AM...
NYT 12-5-25
December 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
WHAT ISRAEL HAS DONE TO THE WEST BANK OLIVE HARVEST (the main source of income for many):
www.aljazeera.com/news/longfor...
The worst Palestinian olive harvest in collective memory
December 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
MEANWHILE, outside of the "yellow line":
(20:30 GMT) 5 killed in Israeli strikes in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis, including two children. Kuwaiti Hospital says they were killed when drone hit tents housing displaced people
December 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
HILARIOUS & SPOT-ON--best book on the Bible & Christianity I've read, and I've shelves of them:
December 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
UPDATED TO DEC. 1:
December 3, 2025 at 2:38 AM
December 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
(14:15 GMT) ISRAELI DRONE KILLS PHOTOJOURNALIST MAHMOUD WADI in central Khan Younis; journalist Muhammad Abdel Fattah Aslih - brother of photographer Hassan Aslih killed in drone attack on Nasser Hospital in May – was injured in the attack.
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Israel has killed >250 media workers in Gaza.
December 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Daily Maverick Dec. 1, 2025 😍
PICTURE OF THE DAY
“King Penguins on South Georgia.”
Adrian Bertschinger
December 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
November 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
November 30, 2025
says it all...
November 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
IMHO, ISRAEL SIMPLY LOVES KILLING & TERRORIZING. Yet to see how it makes Israel safer. (07:15/8:46GMT) ≥13 Syrians killed (inc. women/children) in Israeli attacks in Beit Jinn (08:00 GMT) Israeli forces continue 3-day raid in WB Far’a camp (12:30 GMT) UN ‘appalled’ by Israeli ‘summary executions’
November 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
(21:00 GMT) ISRAEL ORDERS DEMOLITION OF 23 BLDGS IN JENIN REFUGEE CAMP as it ramps up its “Iron Wall” incursions into the north WB launched in January. The assault involves large-scale raids, killings & infrastructure destruction across Jenin & surrounding areas.
Forced evac of Jenin 11-27-25[AFP]
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
November 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
November 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
BEYOND EVIL (21:15 GMT) VIDEO SHOWS ISRAELI TROOPS SHOOTING BOY, LEAVING HIM TO DIE Rept from Ramallah: “...shot him in the back, then watched on as [he] signals for help, tries to move & sit up, before...collapsing. [He] bled to death over 35 mins..'We tried to get to him. The soldiers stopped us'”
November 20, 2025 at 11:06 PM
AI: Many US cities have a population around 70,000, including Kalamazoo, Michigan; Gainesville, Georgia; and Tamarac, Florida. Other examples that are close to this population range include Flagstaff, Arizona, and Terre Haute, Indiana.
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
FYI from Pew Research
Interesting.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
November 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
WORTH SAYING AGAIN: READ THIS BOOK!
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
AND IN THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK...
SALFIT, November 16, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli forces uprooted approx 135 olive trees, each over 7 years old, belonging to three local farmers. Forces & settlers have carried out 2,350 attacks since Jan: army responsible for 1,584 attacks; settlers 766.
November 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
WAFA 11-16-25
Gaza: Death toll rises to 69,483 since October 7, 2023
November 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
& NO SHELTER SUPPLIES ALLOWED IN
(10:15 GMT) GAZA RAIN = DANGER, MISERY Rept from GC“... raining for 2 days...areas are completely submerged...inside bombed-out buildings...leaking &...risk that with the heavy rains, the buildings could collapse...tents near the coast are at risk of strong tides...”
November 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Nov. 15, 2025
November 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
OF COURSE. WHY? THE PRESIDENT IS FOR SALE.
NYT 11-15-25 "A Tiny West Wing Office Is Big on Trump Messaging - The Oval Office study has become a room for Trump merchandise." [article has a paywall]
November 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM