Gerd_Brodowski13h ago

#israel #lebanon : #militaryinvasion / #civilianwarvictims / #devastation

(I just call the U.S.-Israeli military strategy in the Middle East the "Carthage Strategy.").

"#Displacement is increasing incredibly quickly. Right now, hundreds of thousands of people left their homes. Many leaving with very little, just the clothes they were wearing," said the U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator Imran Riza.“

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/civilians-pay-a-heavy-price-as-war-in-lebanon-drives-death-displacement-un-says

Civilians pay a heavy price as war in Lebanon drives death, displacement, UN says

GENEVA, March 17 - Civilians are paying a heavy price as the war in Lebanon continues to expand, driving death, injuries and displacement the United Nations said on Tuesday. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Straits Times
Gerd_Brodowski14h ago

#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #genocide / #blockade / #aidrestrictions / #family / #nutrition / #hunger / #dailylife / #civilianwarvictims / #devastation / #infrastructure / #economy

„In Gaza, scarce aid, soaring prices and dangerous shelters leave families reliant on soup kitchens, struggling to find even one meal during Ramadan.“

http://www.africanews.com/2026/03/17/hunger-and-fear-in-khan-younis-as-gaza-families-depend-on-aid-to-survive/

Hunger and fear in Khan Younis as Gaza families depend on aid to survive | Africanews

In Gaza, scarce aid, soaring prices and dangerous shelters leave families reliant on soup kitchens, struggling to find even one meal during Ramadan.

Gerd_BrodowskiMar 9

#israel #palestine : #war / #genocide / #devastation / #infrastructure / #transport / #mobility

https://theintercept.com/2026/03/09/israel-gaza-iran-war-transportation/

Israel Destroyed Gaza’s Roads and Transit. Now, We Walk Everywhere.

Israeli bombing left cars in Gaza immobile and roads impassable. The assault on Iran has only spiked prices and worsened conditions.

The Intercept
Show threadTim ☑️ 🔭🌃📷🪨🚴🌳Mar 5

It's not just around my town. A few years ago, another council destroyed the Den of Cowie outside Stonehaven. It used to be a beautiful cool shady stroll beneath tall beech trees, valuable on a summer's day. But now we have to have gravel paths and no trees.

#environment #stupidity #devastation #scotland #photo

Gerd_BrodowskiFeb 24

#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #devastation / #truce / #media / #radio

„Hona Ghazza was launched on air as an independent media outlet on February 11 – the first radio station to broadcast within the Palestinian enclave in more than two years. All 23 local radio stations that existed before the war have been destroyed by the Israeli army.“

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/02/24/here-gaza-and-the-rebirth-of-radio-within-the-devastated-territory_6750808_4.html

'Here Gaza,' and the rebirth of radio within the devastated territory

Hona Ghazza was launched on air as an independent media outlet on February 11 – the first radio station to broadcast within the Palestinian enclave in more than two years. All 23 local radio stations that existed before the war have been destroyed by the Israeli army.

Le Monde
WIST QuotationsFeb 16

A quotation from Montesquieu

When the savages of Louisiana want some fruit, they cut down the tree at the base and gather the fruit. That is how a despotic government works.
 
[Quand les sauvages de la Louisiane veulent avoir du fruit, ils coupent l’arbre au pied, & cueillent le fruit. Voilà le gouvernement despotique.]

Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
Spirit of Laws [The Spirit of the Laws; De l’esprit des lois], Book 5, ch. 13 (5.13) (1748) [tr. Stewart (2018)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montesquieu/82151/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montesquieu #spoils #autocracy #despotism #destruction #devastation #exploitation #inefficiency #pillage #taking #thoughtlessness #tyranny #unsustainability

Montesquieu - Spirit of Laws [The Spirit of the Laws; De l’esprit des lois], Book 5, ch. 13 (5.13) (1748) [tr. Stewart (2018)] | WIST Quotations

When the savages of Louisiana want some fruit, they cut down the tree at the base and gather the fruit. That is how a despotic government works. [Quand les sauvages de la Louisiane veulent avoir du fruit, ils coupent l’arbre au pied, & cueillent le fruit. Voilà le gouvernement despotique.]…

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Gerd_BrodowskiFeb 16

#usa #israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #devastation / #truce / #uspeaceplan / #board / #reconstruction

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260216/p2g/00m/0in/018000c

See also:

„Gaza: $70 billion needed to rebuild shattered enclave, says UN“
https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/10/1166096

Trump says Board of Peace will unveil $5 billion in Gaza reconstruction pledges at inaugural meeting - The Mainichi

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Sunday that members of his newly created Board of Peace have pledged $5 billion toward rebui

The Mainichi
WIST QuotationsFeb 10

A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt

A consciousness of the fact that war means practically total destruction is the reason, I think, for the rising tide to prevent what seems such a senseless procedure. I understand that it is perhaps difficult for some people, whose lives have been lived with a sense of the need for military development, to envisage the possibility of being no longer needed. But the average citizen is beginning to think more and more of the need to develop machinery to settle difficulties in the world without destruction or the use of atomic bombs.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) First Lady of the US (1933–1945), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1961-12-20), “My Day”

More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/81…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #atombomb #destruction #devastation #diplomacy #internationalrelations #nuclearwar #nuclearweapon #peacemaking #war #worldpeace

Roosevelt, Eleanor - Column (1961-12-20), "My Day" | WIST Quotations

A consciousness of the fact that war means practically total destruction is the reason, I think, for the rising tide to prevent what seems such a senseless procedure. I understand that it is perhaps difficult for some people, whose lives have been lived with a sense of the need for…

WIST Quotations
WIST QuotationsFeb 4

A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded. I have seen men coughing out their gassed lungs. I have seen the dead in the mud. I have seen cities destroyed. I have seen two hundred limping, exhausted men come out of line — the survivors of a regiment of one thousand that went forward forty-eight hours before. I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933–1945)
Speech (1936-08-14), Chautauqua, New York

More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #fdr #franklinroosevelt #franklindelanoroosevelt #franklindroosevelt #casualties #death #destruction #devastation #war #wounded

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano - Speech (1936-08-14), Chautauqua, New York | WIST Quotations

I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded. I have seen men coughing out their gassed lungs. I have seen the dead in the mud. I have seen cities destroyed. I have seen two hundred limping, exhausted men…

WIST Quotations
Gerd_BrodowskiJan 23

#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #truce / #devastation / #daulylife / #electricity / #solarenergy

„Solar energy is praised worldwide for #sustainability. But here, it represents a form of #abandonment.“

https://progressive.org/latest/when-the-sun-decides-your-day-living-on-solar-in-gaza-herzallah-20260122/

When the Sun Decides Your Day: Living on Solar in Gaza

Solar energy is praised worldwide for sustainability. But here, it represents a form of abandonment.

Progressive.org