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With so much of the news cycle focused on the crackdowns on American universities, I wanted to post news out of Palestine today:

Israel completes the shutdown of local Al Jazeera offices, making it that much more difficult to get out dissenting information:

Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices in ‘dark day for the media’ https://t.co/cGyowUye3g

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 5, 2024

Bombings continue in Rafah, where 7-month-old Hani Qishta, already orphaned, was killed himself. (I've blurred the image but if you click on source, it's unblurred.)


Muhammad Smiry 🇵🇸
@MuhammadSmiry
Child Hani Qeshta,

killed by israel in Rafah.

#Gaza
[image of a dead baby covered in ash on a hospital bed]
4:47 PM · May 5, 2024

This is how I learned that Orthodox Christians paint their Easter eggs red, not the pastel I'm used to. The number of Christians in Gaza is tiny and shrinking fast during this genocide.

Orthodox Christians in #Gaza celebrate Easter amidst Israeli genocide . pic.twitter.com/XvB8Z8kvUj

— Nour Naim| نُور (@NourNaim88) May 5, 2024

The person posting this, Hossam Shabat, is one of the last journalists in north Gaza. He's 21 years old and has already see more despair than most people will in a lifetime.

My dear uncle has passed away in agony and pain. I hope he will find peace in death, as he did not find it in his last couple of days. https://t.co/O9xHtEPGR9

— حسام شبات (@HossamShabat) May 5, 2024

All universities in Gaza have been destroyed, and thousands of students and hundreds of professors killed.

Today a Palestinian MA student from the destroyed Al Azhar University successfully defended his MA thesis in a tent in Rafah. The student now plans to do a PhD in Education. pic.twitter.com/QEaWkeg6f8

— Christian Henderson (@CjvHenderson) May 5, 2024

Congrats to this family and best wishes to young Haron. He has big shoes to fill.

It has been very very hard for us in the southern Gaza City for the last four days, but this morning had something good for me and for my family.

I had been blessed with a new GRANDSON and we named him Haron —the name of one of my nieces who had been killed along with around 50… pic.twitter.com/7Xg4qckST2

— Motasem A Dalloul (@AbujomaaGaza) May 5, 2024

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