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Mona
@monalock.bsky.social
Social Anthropologist. Specialist in children's rights. Israel/Palestine issues.
Research: IDF, Magav, Israeli police & children's rights.
She/her.
13 år gammel jente til politiet: "Da jenta forsøkte å gå mellom foreldrene, tok moren kvelertak på henne og slo henne, forklarte hun."

Og saken handler om at mor ikke fikk ha sin datter, som hun tok kvelertak på, hos seg.

www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnm...
Betalte 250.000 til ofrene og sendte hele barnevernet på kurs
Etter en grov voldsepisode i hjemmet ble 13-åringen tatt fra moren i nesten et år. Nå har barnevernet i Berlevåg innrømmet at de sviktet.
www.nrk.no
January 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Thomas Hylland Eriksen.
Norge er fattigere uten deg.
November 27, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Sad to learn Thomas Hylland Eriksen has passed away. A remarkable social anthropologist. A brilliant man. His writings are what made me fall in love with anthropology - a true inspiration.
“History is not a product of the past but a response to the requirements of the present.”
November 27, 2024 at 9:13 PM
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As respect for international law is buried under the rubble in Gaza the institutions finally stand tall. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
ICC issues arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged Gaza war crimes
Warrants for Israeli PM and former defence minister put them at risk of detention if they go to some other countries
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:53 PM
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as reported by al jazeera, the US purported justification for this is telling (not that it’s anything but crystal clear what the US agenda is): the US does *not* support an unconditional ceasefire. that’s the US rationale for the veto. the US official position is against unconditional ceasefire
The US just vetoed *another* UN Security Council resolution. It demanded "an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire" & "immediate and unconditional release of all hostages."

14 voted in favor.
1—the US—opposed.

This is the 4th UNSC ceasefire resolution US has vetoed.
November 20, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Vil anbefale det norske Kongehus å få en forsvarer for Høiby som er dyktig, empatisk og profesjonell. Med det mener jeg at hen ikke bruker instagram til å klage på det norske rettsvesenet når den tiltalte tross alt i personlig forstand er barnebarnet til Norges statsoverhode.
November 20, 2024 at 4:59 PM
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Over the course of 13 months of bombing, Israeli forces have dropped more than 85,000 tons of bombs on the Gaza Strip ⬇
Israel's munitions and attacks have poisoned Gaza's soil
Over the course of 13 months of bombing, the Israeli army dropped more than 85,000 tons of bombs on the Gaza Strip.
www.newarab.com
November 20, 2024 at 11:07 AM
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Israel is conducting an ever-escalating shadow war against UNRWA, and their newest laws spell a disaster in the context of a catastrophe.
Israel Has Escalated Its Shadow War Against UNRWA. What Happens Now? – PRIO Blogs
On 4 November, the Israeli Foreign Ministry cancelled the agreement the country signed with UNRWA in 1967. A week earlier, the Knesset had passed legislation banning UNRWA from operating in Israel and...
blogs.prio.org
November 20, 2024 at 9:25 AM
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According to the head of the Berlin police, "a majority of antisemitic violence is directed at the police" - a perfect encapsulation of the dangerous and dishonest emptying of meaning from the concept, which is now widespread in Germany
www.zeit.de/gesellschaft...
November 19, 2024 at 10:47 AM
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I cannot, and I stress *cannot*, emphasize just how bad things are in Sudan, and how much worse they are about to get. Catastrophe of biblical proportions might not even cut it
November 18, 2024 at 9:29 PM
I'm not sure why, but scrolling this app triggers my vertigo. I tried to change to dark mode to see if it helps. Anyone else experiencing this? It is very distinct from 🐦 .
November 18, 2024 at 7:52 PM
The fact that "add a Bluesky button" has the same or stronger language than comments on the extermination of a people.
November 18, 2024 at 5:46 PM
As someone who works with children in foster care in Norway, I can say far too few children of all ethnicities in Norway and Scandinavia are removed from harmful and abusive homes, or are removed far too late.
Al Jazeera series on children in care attacked by Sweden’s government
Sweden’s PM has said an AJ documentary series on children taken into social care poses a security threat to his country.
www.aljazeera.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Greater Israel in the making.
Jerusalem Post justifying & encouraging the ethnic cleansing, re-occupation & resettlement of south Lebanon.

The author is a former deputy comms director for Netanyahu.

Believe Israeli intentions & plans for Lebanon. You only have to look at the death & destruction it inflicts.

archive.ph/zY4mY
November 17, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Since then, most attacks that reach international media attention are categorised by IDF as an attack on Hamas "command and control center."
This is important. Israeli claims of civilian sites being used as Hamas HQs as justification for assault must be investigated one by one.
A year on from the IDF's assault on Gaza's largest hospital, it has yet to provide any compelling evidence to suggest facility was a Hamas HQ, as alleged by Isreal and US. Attack set the tone for a campaign that has since decimated Gaza's medical system. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/1...
November 17, 2024 at 8:25 PM
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This is important. Israeli claims of civilian sites being used as Hamas HQs as justification for assault must be investigated one by one.
A year on from the IDF's assault on Gaza's largest hospital, it has yet to provide any compelling evidence to suggest facility was a Hamas HQ, as alleged by Isreal and US. Attack set the tone for a campaign that has since decimated Gaza's medical system. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/1...
The case of al-Shifa: Investigating the assault on Gaza’s largest hospital
The evidence presented by the Israeli government falls short of showing that Hamas had been using the hospital as a command and control center, a Post analysis shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2024 at 8:05 PM
I wish there was bookmarks here, but for now this post is a note to myself 📝📎
Science Portal is a free digital platform to share the medical evidence we gather as part of our medical humanitarian work. You can find peer-reviewed articles, conference materials and other content from the hundreds of research studies and analyses we do each year. #MedSky 🧪

scienceportal.msf.org
November 17, 2024 at 6:12 PM
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Science Portal is a free digital platform to share the medical evidence we gather as part of our medical humanitarian work. You can find peer-reviewed articles, conference materials and other content from the hundreds of research studies and analyses we do each year. #MedSky 🧪

scienceportal.msf.org
November 17, 2024 at 6:10 PM
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As Israeli twitter begins migrating here we're getting some really excellent journalists like Times of Israel's political reporter @talschneider.bsky.social.
I updated the starter pack to include her and will keep updating as folks join

go.bsky.app/Hu1pXyZ
November 17, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Coming here and realising I could post about research, findings and opinions without being immediately attacked is something I have to get used to. I'm getting major imposter syndrome by the friendly tone on this app!
November 17, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Twitter can be a horrible place to be. I am daily called a terrorist, Hamas, Jew hater, Zionist and rape & genocide apologist. All sides consider me stupid and misinformed, and this is predominantly because I am fat.
November 17, 2024 at 1:42 PM
I guess I'm back here. It's been a few months of life, but with all the chatter over on the old bird, I finally remembered to log in again.
November 17, 2024 at 1:35 AM