“People as things, that’s where it starts” – #Orkney News

[Quote from Terry #Pratchett]

The #Knesset, Israel’s #Parliament, voted to impose #death sentence (by #hanging) on #Palestinian #prisoners

- It is State #Execution based on #ethnicity. Students of history will realise that the world has been here before – in the #Germany of the 1930s and 40s

Israel runs an #Apartheid system

When most people think of Apartheid ...

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Some #islanders in #Orkney attend weekly #vigil on #Kirk Green in #Kirkwall every Saturday between 1 and 2pm

hey have been doing so since the end of October 2023. #Photographs & #films are made which are seen by #Palestinians in #refugee camps, and those who have been displaced. It gives them hope when they find that even as far away from them as Orkney is, that there are people who know of their #suffering, and who care.

https://theorkneynews.scot/2026/04/04/people-as-things-thats-where-it-starts/

#humanity #humanism #morals #compassion

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“People as things, that’s where it starts.”

This week the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament, voted to impose the death sentence (which would be by hanging) on Palestinian prisoners. Israel runs an Apartheid system. When most people think of…

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