The Amalekites story says that they attacked Israel from behind and Israel went to war with them. God vowed to blot them out from under heaven (Exodus. 17:14) The Amalekites no longer exist... The Palestinians are now painted as the "evil" Amalekites.

The Director of the UN's New York office just resigned after thirty years at the organisation over the UN's handling of the ongoing genocide of Palestinians. The entirety of his resignation letter is a necessary read but this first page blew me away.

- Free ebooks on the origins of the state of Israel, its military industrial complex, and the BDS movement, and more. - Essays on how the media has aided in Israeli obfuscation and falsehoods. - A podcast interview on Israel's relationship with the global far right.

"The Palestinian death toll has reached 9,061. Women and children are 62% of these victims." - @unocha "Settler violence has also escalated dramatically, averaging seven attacks a day. In more than a third of these attacks, firearms were used." - @unhumanrights

📣📗📘Scholars of #MormonStudies - this book is available for review over at Reading Religion : Irish Mormons Reconciling Identity in Global Mormonism (2023, Illinois Press ) by Hazel O'Brien Hazel O'Brien readingreligion.org/9780252087202/…

Call for Papers! Do you research Irish policy-related issues? UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy has an online platform publicpolicy.ie where we publish research to inform #economic #social #health #educational & #environmental policies in #Ireland. publicpolicy.ie/submit-your-re…

A cautionary tale: I submitted a *minor* revision in January 2022 to PLOS ONE. Because the original editor was unavailable, an in-house team recently reviewed it & rejected our QUAL paper because it had "no validated research instruments." (1/3)

Next Saturday in MU Sociology with Peelers And Sheep and a great cast: Ireland from below 1917-23 Food and agroecology past, present, future Radical politics of housing protest past and present eventbrite.ie/e/spirit-of-re…

Uncover the mysteries of Epigenetics! Join Scientist Dr. Adriana Cunha Nueves tomorrow at SETU Carlow Campus (L115) from 11AM to 12PM. Learn how behaviors and environment influence your genes in this fascinating talk for Social Sciences students🧬 #ScienceWeek #EpigeneticsTalk

Completely appalled by Jürgen Habermas’s statement on the war in Gaza (normativeorders.net/2023/grundsatz…). The belief that supporting whatever the Israeli regime and army do will protect Germany from its past is itself antisemitic. Saying that the mass slaughter of Palestinians and the 1/

Johannah came to Ireland for this part of her PhD study and I was beyond thrilled to be asked to help guide that phase. Between her, myself and Hadleigh there are now at least THREE researching Irish LDS ☘️

If you are a #palliativecare patient or family #caregiver, a research team from South East Technological University would love to hear about your experiences of #energy heating your home. For more information, please contact: [email protected]

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Today World Health Organization (WHO) led a very high risk United Nations assessment mission to Al-Shifa hospital in #Gaza. The team saw a hospital no longer able to function: no water, no food, no electricity, no fuel, medical supplies depleted. Given this deplorable situation and the condition of many patients,

Today a team representing the United Nations bodies United Nations visited us at Al Shifa hospital. We explained that the hospital is out of medical supplies, food, electricity, and water for over a week, and they have to take action to evacuate the patients outside the hospital. The United Nations

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Join us tomorrow South East Technological University Waterford, Carlow and Wexford 10:30-11:30 to learn about Sanctuary, and creating a culture of welcome and inclusion for refugees and people seeking protection. Wonderful lineup of speakers. All welcome! Schools of Sanctuary Ireland Places of Sanctuary Ireland EDI SETU SETU President

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