OnlyBrownBluesky
banner
onlybrownbluesky.bsky.social
OnlyBrownBluesky
@onlybrownbluesky.bsky.social
Building safer community beyond Silicon Valley. 🤎 🖤 By and for brown, Desi, South and Southeast Asian, Afro+, Native/indigenous, Middle Eastern and biracial people.

🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ ☪️ ♀️ ⚧️ 🫶🏽✌🏿 🤙🏾 ✊🏿
Pinned
The sky is blue; the birds are singing, the only thing missing is an Edit button. ;)

Check timestamps to verify -- they will likely be essentially simultaneous.

See you (here), maybe. ;)

You're always welcome to get in touch, whenever you want. :)
Palestinian children freeze to death as Israel refuses shelter and medicine into Gaza, while Egypt "non-politically" pours USD$34 billion into the hands of the genocidal Israeli terrorist state; $18 billion will go directly "to the state coffers".

#palestine #gaza

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
Egypt says gas deal with Israel is ‘purely commercial’
Natural gas agreement worth approximately $35bn comes amid frayed relations over Israel's genocidal war in Gaza.
www.aljazeera.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Reposted by OnlyBrownBluesky
A fourth child has frozen to death in Gaza in just 10 days—two of them babies—as Israel continues blocking tents and winter shelter aid, despite UN supplies pre-positioned at the border that could immediately shelter more than 1.3 million displaced Palestinians.
December 19, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Reposted by OnlyBrownBluesky
WATCH ► award-winning documentary:

In the heart of Gaza’s war zone, Palestinian paediatrician Dr Hussam Abu Safia, former director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, became a symbol of courage when he walked towards an Israeli tank after being ordered to approach.
The Last Doctor Standing
In a Gaza hospital under siege, Dr Hussam Abu Safia saves lives amid blockade, tragedy and detention.
www.aljazeera.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Reposted by OnlyBrownBluesky
🚨 As Ehud Olmert and Tzipi Livni visit 🇨🇦 #Canada, the @hindrajabfoundation.be, CLAIHR and PCHR, have filed a complaint seeking their arrest for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Gaza during 2008 and 2009. These crimes will never be forgotten. Full details → https://bit.ly/4pgBVV3
December 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"Nearly all Israeli prime ministers since 1996, including:

- Ehud Barak
- Ariel Sharon
- Ehud Olmert
- Netanyahu

...have been investigated on charges of corruption, as have several other cabinet ministers, Knesset members, and mayors."

(+ @aljazeera.com)

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
Beyond Netanyahu: Israel’s major political corruption scandals
Every prime minister in Tel Aviv since 1996 has been investigated on charges of corruption.
www.aljazeera.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Reposted by OnlyBrownBluesky
BBC News - En qué países de América Latina ha estado presente Lev Tahor, la secta ultraortodoxa judía acusada de abuso infantil y recientemente detectada en Colombia
www.bbc.com/mundo/articl...
En qué países de América Latina ha estado presente Lev Tahor, la secta ultraortodoxa judía acusada de abuso infantil y recientemente detectada en Colombia - BBC News Mundo
Tras ser detectada en los últimos años en México, El Salvador y Guatemala, miembros de Lev Tahor fueron detenidos recientemente en Colombia.
www.bbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Reposted by OnlyBrownBluesky
O povo de "deus"e a sua "bondade"...

As autoridades colombianas anunciaram no domingo (23/11) o resgate de 17 menores de idade da seita judaica Lev Tahor.
Foram identificados cinco meninos, meninas e adolescentes com ordem de busca emitida pela Interpol, por sequestro e tráfico de pessoas...
Lev Tahor, a seita judaica ultraortodoxa acusada de tráfico e abuso de crianças na América Latina - BBC News Brasil
O grupo foi criado na década de 1980 em Jerusalém, pelo rabino Shlomo Helbrans. Desde então, já passou por vários países, incluindo na América Latina, tentando fugir da Justiça por diversas acusações.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Reposted by OnlyBrownBluesky
🚨 ICYMI: "Yoel Alter.. leader of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish cult, Lev Tahor, was arrested in Guatemala.. by Interpol.

"Police.. raided the cult's compound.. rescuing 160 children & 40 women from.. abuse by cult members."

Cult Leader Arrested For Child Abuse, Human Trafficking
tinyurl.com/y5juwwnx
November 24, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Reposted by OnlyBrownBluesky
The IDF executed two Palestinian men in Jenin. They verified that they were unarmed, told them to walk back to the building, and then shot them dead.
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Reposted by OnlyBrownBluesky
The Trump admin is pushing to create large "compounds" to house Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied portions of Gaza. Israeli officials have said they should not be allowed to leave, raising fears of "concentration camps within a mass concentration camp."
Trump Admin Plan Would Put Some Palestinians in 'Compounds' They May Not Be Allowed to Leave
After previous plans by Israel for the mass expulsion of Palestinians, onlookers fear it is creating "concentration camps within a mass concentration camp."
www.commondreams.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
"'The ceasefire risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal,' said Agnès Callamard, Amnesty’s secretary general, in a Thursday statement.

'The world must not be fooled. Israel’s genocide is not over...

...atrocity crimes committed against Palestinians...

[1 of x]
November 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Reposted by OnlyBrownBluesky
He declared 17 November 2025 “a day of shame,” but insisted that the Palestinian struggle for freedom will continue, with or without support from the global powers.
November 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Reposted by OnlyBrownBluesky
Craig Mokhiber, an international human rights lawyer and former UN senior official, slammed the Security Council’s approval of the US-Israel resolution on Gaza, calling it a “US-Israel colonial outrage” and a betrayal by the UN, especially after countries failed to stand for international law.
November 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The United States and Israel replaced the United Nations to distribute aid, creating the "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation".

This resulted in the slaughter of over 2,000 Palestinian civilians who were being starving to death by the terrorist Israeli military.

[1 of x]

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/w...
Gaza Operations of Much-Criticized U.S. Aid Group Unravel
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This United Nations (OCHA) report, released 12 November 2025, details escalating Israeli genocidal terrorism in the West Bank.

Western countries pretend there is ceasefire in Gaza as Israelis bomb, kidnap and murder Palestinian civilians every day.

#palestine #gaza

www.ochaopt.org/content/huma...
Humanitarian Situation Update #339 | West Bank | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Occupied Palestinian Territory
More than 1,500 Palestinians have been displaced by lack-of-permit demolitions so, far in 2025, including about 1,000 in Area C and 500 in East Jerusalem.
www.ochaopt.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 AM
@support.bsky.team

The Discover feature has stopped working for this account, instead displaying the following:

"This feed is empty! You may need to follow more users or tune your language settings."

At time of writing, this account follows at least 322 other BlueSky users and has 656 followers.
November 14, 2025 at 4:02 AM
"Wealthy governments that funded and supported the genocide have looked away.

They accept a few cases, or none.

Their refusal to act, to acknowledge Palestinian children’s suffering, to accept their humanity is another sign of moral bankruptcy."

#palestine #gaza

www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
It’s not just Israel to blame for the medical evacuation crisis in Gaza
Injured children like my cousin Ahmad are languishing in Gaza because foreign governments will not take them in.
www.aljazeera.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Reposted by OnlyBrownBluesky
La Fondation Hind Rajab dépose une plainte contre l'ancien premier ministre israélien Ehud Olmert pour crimes de guerre lors de la campagne de bombardements sur Gaza de 2008-2009, qui avait fait plus de 1300 morts www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/li...
Ex-Israeli PM Olmert faces war crimes complaint over 2008 Gaza offensive
www.middleeasteye.net
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Reposted by OnlyBrownBluesky
Hind Rajab Foundation files war crimes complaint against former Israeli Premier Ehud Olmert
Hind Rajab Foundation files war crimes complaint against former Israeli Premier Ehud Olmert
The Hind Rajab Foundation filed a criminal complaint in Germany accusing former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of war crimes for Israel’s 2008 – 2009 military offensive in the Gaza …
www.middleeastmonitor.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Reposted by OnlyBrownBluesky
"Israel ha empleado la violencia sexual y de género contra los palestinos para aterrorizarlos y perpetuar un sistema de opresión”. Navi Pillay, presidenta de la Comisión Independiente de Investigación de la ONU. Marzo 2025 www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
“More than a human can bear”: Israel's systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence since October 2023
GENEVA - Israel has increasingly employed sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence against Palestinians as part of a broader effort to undermine their right to self-determination ...
www.ohchr.org
October 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Reposted by OnlyBrownBluesky
World must fight Israel’s genocide in Gaza like it did apartheid, pioneering South African judge says.
Former UN inquiry chair Navi Pillay says ‘what’s so unusual about this genocide’ is that ‘we are all witnesses to it.’

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
World must fight Israel’s genocide in Gaza like it did apartheid, pioneering South African judge says
Former UN inquiry chair Navi Pillay says ‘what’s so unusual about this genocide’ is that ‘we are all witnesses to it’
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
"In Khan Younis, Palestinians receive rice, canned beans and oil; many leave empty-handed.

Ziad Abu al-Jazar has seen hundreds of trucks crossing: “Since ceasefire started, no organisation distributed aid to us.

We want to know where these trucks went.”

#palestine #gaza

aje.io/jkj6v6?updat...
Updates: Israel kills 3 in Gaza, food scarce amid ceasefire
Israel continues deadly attacks on Gaza, killing three in the south and wounding children in Gaza City.
aje.io
November 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Reposted by OnlyBrownBluesky
“Condé was content to hold Teen Vogue up as a prop for diversity, youth representation and progressive ideals when it benefited it, and then to unceremoniously discard the entire publication”

a sad, too-fucking-familiar story
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Reposted by OnlyBrownBluesky
Shireen Abu Akleh was an American citizen and journalist who was assassinated by Israel in broad daylight while wearing a blue PRESS vest.
zeteo.com Zeteo @zeteo.com · Oct 27
“My findings were beyond reasonable doubt that this was an intentional killing of Shireen Abu Akleh.”

Retired Army Colonel Steve Gabavics tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social that the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, was intentional according to his findings.

Watch the episode:
zeteo.com/p/breaking-a...
October 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Reposted by OnlyBrownBluesky
Palestinian Hijazi Qawasmeh from Hebron bid farewell to his son, who is battling cancer, before being detained by Israeli occupation forces in a night raid.
October 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM