#endtheblockade — Public Fediverse posts
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Statement by Arturo O'Farrill on #Trump's oil blockade on Cuba (from Facebook)
My name is Arturo O’Farrill. I am a composer, pianist and educator. I am also the founder of Belongó, formerly known as the #Afro #Latin Jazz Alliance, a non-profit which is breaking ground in the next few weeks on a Culture Hub in Harlem called Casa Belongó. I am the Bill Evans fellow at the New School for #Jazz and Contemporary Studies. I am the recipient of 6 #Grammy awards and 2 Latin Grammies. I have an Honoris Causa, an Honorary Doctorate from Tufts University and have served as Distinguished Faculty and Associate Dean for The University of California Los Angeles.
I speak out today in support of the sovereignty of #Cuba. The president of the #UnitedStates and his administration are reinforcing a cruel decades-old economic #blockade and have extended this cruelty to block #oil supplies for the island. [continues]
Full statement PDF: https://drive.proton.me/urls/W9BKBZDED0#70vsqpufgIuf
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The Crushing Cost of U.S. Sanctions on Cuba
[from Cuba In Context - weekly newsletter of the #BellyOfTheBeast news/video collective]
Cuba has released its annual report on the impact of U.S. sanctions on the island's economy. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the damages amount to $7.5 billion, the single biggest loss in a year since #Cuba began issuing these reports.
Also:
- Farm near Havana pioneers #agroecology
- Cuba wins gold at the Tokyo #Athletics World Championships
- Almost 1,000 same-sex marriages in Cuba last year
- Cuban reggaeton artist returns home after emigrating to #US
- Cuba extends tax exemptions on medicine and food imports
- Millions of Cubans struggle to get water
https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/43380
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList #LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #USpol #sports @cuba -
A Palestinian Story: Grief and Resistance
Meet Jenen — a Palestinian med student in Cuba, unable to return home. For two years, she’s lived in exile, as Gaza is devastated by the Israeli genocide.
[A video about #Cuba, hosted on the #PeerTube server #CuddlyTube, from the #video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
[#Arabic #AR with English subtitles]
https://cuddly.tube/w/2FjJexoJz5cwdgkGJQgLwS
#Palestine #Gaza #MedicalStudent #FreePalestine #VoicesFromGaza #GazaUnderAttack #StudentVoices #EndTheOccupation
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#news #politics
@cuba
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No Power. Dead Soil. A Family Started Over.
From degraded soils to resilience. This Cuban family turned their land into a model of #agroecology and #RenewableEnergy.
[A video about #Cuba, hosted on the #PeerTube server #CuddlyTube , from the #video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
[Spanish, with English subtitles]
🎬 Final short in our series ahead of Our Agroecology, Our Future. Full documentary premiered on @caribbeanagroecology. [IG]
https://cuddly.tube/w/h7ueQ6toPmPgBpRZyd7zUv
#FoodSovereignty #agriculture #farming #FamilyFarming
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList #LatinAmerica #Caribbean #news
#español #ES
@cuba -
see above post
One hundred thousand people came into the streets on Friday in Havana for Palestine#Palestine #Gaza #Cuba
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
@cuba
@palestine -
see above post from Cuba
Desde La Habana, #CubaConPalestina un aliado incondicional en la búsqueda de la paz y la justicia.[From Havana, #CubaWithPalestine, an unconditional ally in the search for peace and justice.]
[front row, third from left is Miguel Díaz-Canel, president of #Cuba]
#Palestine #Gaza @palestine
#español #ES #VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
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How Cuba’s Urban Gardens Feed Entire Neighborhoods
[A #PeerTube video on #CuddlyTube about #Cuba, from the #video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
Roger and Ismar had been farmers for years, but in 1994 they made a radical change, turning to organopónicos—urban organic farms that would soon spread across the country.
On just 1,280 square meters, their Cuban farm grows 250 species of plants—
100% organic. Hurricane-resistant. Community-powered.Part of our short series ahead of Our Agroecology, Our Future. Premieres next week (Oct 8) on @caribbeanagroecology.
https://cuddly.tube/w/wqkz7dmiKkiQycaqiA89tA
#Cuba #Organoponico #Agroecology
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList #LatinAmerica #Caribbean #español #ES
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Cuban capital back to normal, recovery moves forward from national blackout
from #Reuters
By Marc Frank and Nelson Acosta
September 11, 2025 8:35 PM EDTSummary
- More than half of generating capacity restored
- Officials hope to restore full service on Thursday
- Residents say they are frustrated
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList #LatinAmerica #Caribbean #Cuba
#news #politics
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#Cuba says power slowly returning after nationwide blackout
from #Reuters
By Marc Frank and Nelson Acosta
September 10, 2025 4:38 PM EDT UpdatedSummary
- Fourth grid collapse in less than a year, causes under investigation
- Residents face daily blackouts, economic crisis worsens
- Obsolete power plants struggle as oil imports dwindle
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList #LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics
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Playing Dirty: Rubio’s War on Cuban Athletes
[from Cuba In Context - weekly newsletter of the #BellyOfTheBeast news/video collective]
From basketball to table tennis to girls' softball, Cuban teams have been blocked from competing in international tournaments on U.S. soil.
This week, journalists Dariel Pradas and Reed Lindsay take a look at the de facto travel ban on Cuban #athletes that could include the World Baseball Classic and even the #Olympics.
Also:
- Former Trump officials make millions lobbying administration
- #Expedia dodges lawsuit over #Cuba bookings
- #Trump keeps WWI law against Cuba in place
- DoJ busts Florida smuggling ring
https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/42953
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList #LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #USpol #sports #US
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Inside the #US deportation flights to Cuba
Last Thursday, #Cuba received a deportation flight from the #UnitedStates, and our team was at the airport in #Havana to film its arrival and to talk to some of the 161 people deported.
[from Cuba In Context - weekly newsletter of the #BellyOfTheBeast news/video collective]
Other articles
- The #MiamiHerald lays the groundwork for more sanctions
- Pacemakers campaign saves lives in Cuba
- Cuba’s president visits East Asian allies
https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/42775
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList #LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #USA #USpol
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How Sanctions Destroyed Cuban Tourism
[A #video on #PeerTube about #Cuba from the video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
From Obama’s #tourism boom to #Trump’s #sanctions, #Cuban hosts saw their dreams collapse.
⚠️ #AirBNB & #Expedia left Cuba — families are paying the price.https://cuddly.tube/w/ivbryfZMstEChpKeGTFJwB
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics
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Is Cuba’s Military Really Holding Billions Overseas?
[from Cuba In Context - weekly newsletter of the #BellyOfTheBeast news/video collective]
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- Rep. Salazar goes after #Florida companies over exports to #Cuba
- #Grenada Minister targeted by #US over Cuba medical cooperation
- #Expedia beats latest lawsuit over Cuba bookings
- Florida politician wants PAHO to be sued in #US courts
- Travel to Cuba drops — again
- Two Cubans indicted for sabotage
https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/42448
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList #LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics
@cuba
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How Sanctions Destroyed #Tourism in Cuba
[from Cuba In Context - weekly newsletter of the #BellyOfTheBeast news/video collective]
Other items
- #Rubio goes after #Brazil, #Africa, #Grenada over #Cuban #medical missions
- Title III saga continues: American Airlines in the crosshairs*#Cuba releases Salvadoran terrorist behind hotel bombing
- Hundreds of thousands of #Vietnamese donate money to help Cuba
- Cuban-born billionaire targets #Florida politicians
- *Venezuela increases oil exports to Cuba
- A *Russian Silicon Valley in Cuba?
- Cubans flock to cinemas this summer
- #US warships head for the #Caribbean
https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/42274
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#news #politics #LatinAmerica
@cuba
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Table Tennis Star Beats the World – But Not U.S. Sanctions
from weekly newsletter of #BellyOfTheBeast video collective [contains text and video links]
July 10, 2025Other articles
- #Guantanamo: From war on terror to war on migrants
- Two Cubans deported to...South Sudan?
- Rubio professes “support” for the Cuban people
- #Florida enacts Cold War-style ban on Cuban science
- Cuba goes online with tourist visa application
- Importer is forced to pay Treasury $600k for shipping food to Cuba
- U.S. punishes Honduran officials for working with #Cuban #doctors
- Shattered dreams for Cubans who won U.S. visa lottery
https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/40814
#CubanMedicalSolidarity
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#Cuba #OAS #Trump #news #USPolitics #US #USA #LatinAmerica #MarcoRubio #medical
@cuba
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Table Tennis Star Beats the World – But Not U.S. Sanctions
from weekly newsletter of #BellyOfTheBeast video collective [contains text and video links]
July 10, 2025Other articles
- #Guantanamo: From war on terror to war on migrants
- Two Cubans deported to...South Sudan?
- Rubio professes “support” for the Cuban people
- #Florida enacts Cold War-style ban on Cuban science
- Cuba goes online with tourist visa application
- Importer is forced to pay Treasury $600k for shipping food to Cuba
- U.S. punishes Honduran officials for working with #Cuban #doctors
- Shattered dreams for Cubans who won U.S. visa lottery
https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/40814
#CubanMedicalSolidarity
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#Cuba #OAS #Trump #news #USPolitics #US #USA #LatinAmerica #MarcoRubio #medical
@cuba
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Table Tennis Star Beats the World – But Not U.S. Sanctions
from weekly newsletter of #BellyOfTheBeast video collective [contains text and video links]
July 10, 2025Other articles
- #Guantanamo: From war on terror to war on migrants
- Two Cubans deported to...South Sudan?
- Rubio professes “support” for the Cuban people
- #Florida enacts Cold War-style ban on Cuban science
- Cuba goes online with tourist visa application
- Importer is forced to pay Treasury $600k for shipping food to Cuba
- U.S. punishes Honduran officials for working with #Cuban #doctors
- Shattered dreams for Cubans who won U.S. visa lottery
https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/40814
#CubanMedicalSolidarity
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#Cuba #OAS #Trump #news #USPolitics #US #USA #LatinAmerica #MarcoRubio #medical
@cuba
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Table Tennis Star Beats the World – But Not U.S. Sanctions
from weekly newsletter of #BellyOfTheBeast video collective [contains text and video links]
July 10, 2025Other articles
- #Guantanamo: From war on terror to war on migrants
- Two Cubans deported to...South Sudan?
- Rubio professes “support” for the Cuban people
- #Florida enacts Cold War-style ban on Cuban science
- Cuba goes online with tourist visa application
- Importer is forced to pay Treasury $600k for shipping food to Cuba
- U.S. punishes Honduran officials for working with #Cuban #doctors
- Shattered dreams for Cubans who won U.S. visa lottery
https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/40814
#CubanMedicalSolidarity
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#Cuba #OAS #Trump #news #USPolitics #US #USA #LatinAmerica #MarcoRubio #medical
@cuba
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Table Tennis Star Beats the World – But Not U.S. Sanctions
from weekly newsletter of #BellyOfTheBeast video collective [contains text and video links]
July 10, 2025Other articles
- #Guantanamo: From war on terror to war on migrants
- Two Cubans deported to...South Sudan?
- Rubio professes “support” for the Cuban people
- #Florida enacts Cold War-style ban on Cuban science
- Cuba goes online with tourist visa application
- Importer is forced to pay Treasury $600k for shipping food to Cuba
- U.S. punishes Honduran officials for working with #Cuban #doctors
- Shattered dreams for Cubans who won U.S. visa lottery
https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/40814
#CubanMedicalSolidarity
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#Cuba #OAS #Trump #news #USPolitics #US #USA #LatinAmerica #MarcoRubio #medical
@cuba
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The OAS Caves to U.S. Pressure Yet Again
from weekly newsletter of #BellyOfTheBeast video collective [contains text and video links]
July 2025U.S. Pressure Lands #Cuban-American Hardliner on Human Rights Commission [lead article]
https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/40750
#CubanMedicalSolidarity
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#Cuba #OAS #Trump #news #USPolitics #US #USA #Latin America #MarcoRubio
@cuba
@cubainfo -
The OAS Caves to U.S. Pressure Yet Again
from weekly newsletter of #BellyOfTheBeast video collective [contains text and video links]
July 2025U.S. Pressure Lands #Cuban-American Hardliner on Human Rights Commission [lead article]
https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/40750
#CubanMedicalSolidarity
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#Cuba #OAS #Trump #news #USPolitics #US #USA #Latin America #MarcoRubio
@cuba
@cubainfo -
The OAS Caves to U.S. Pressure Yet Again
from weekly newsletter of #BellyOfTheBeast video collective [contains text and video links]
July 2025U.S. Pressure Lands #Cuban-American Hardliner on Human Rights Commission [lead article]
https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/40750
#CubanMedicalSolidarity
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#Cuba #OAS #Trump #news #USPolitics #US #USA #Latin America #MarcoRubio
@cuba
@cubainfo -
The OAS Caves to U.S. Pressure Yet Again
from weekly newsletter of #BellyOfTheBeast video collective [contains text and video links]
July 2025U.S. Pressure Lands #Cuban-American Hardliner on Human Rights Commission [lead article]
https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/40750
#CubanMedicalSolidarity
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#Cuba #OAS #Trump #news #USPolitics #US #USA #Latin America #MarcoRubio
@cuba
@cubainfo -
The OAS Caves to U.S. Pressure Yet Again
from weekly newsletter of #BellyOfTheBeast video collective [contains text and video links]
July 2025U.S. Pressure Lands #Cuban-American Hardliner on Human Rights Commission [lead article]
https://groups.io/g/cubanews/message/40750
#CubanMedicalSolidarity
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#Cuba #OAS #Trump #news #USPolitics #US #USA #Latin America #MarcoRubio
@cuba
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Israeli Parliament Votes for Making #Apartheid Official. #Fetterman: “I Haven’t Been Following It.”
Israel’s Parliament voted in favor of annexing the #WestBank. Other Democrats interviewed by The Intercept condemned the move.
Jessica Washington, July 26 2025
Excerpt: "The nonbinding resolution, which was advanced by Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu’s coalition and passed 71-13 in the Knesset, won’t legally change the reality in the West Bank — but it marks an escalation in the Israeli government’s efforts to annex the territory.
"Four Democrats in the Senate and House who spoke to The Intercept condemned the Israeli government’s vote. Others said they hadn’t been following the issue. Fetterman was one of three senators who told The Intercept on Thursday they were unaware of the Knesset vote. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, declined to comment.
"The resolution in the Knesset, or Parliament, called to apply 'Israeli sovereignty, law, judgment and administration to all the areas of Jewish settlement of all kinds in Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley' — which is how most Israelis refer to the West Bank.
Currently, 3 million Palestinians reside in the West Bank, alongside over 500,000 Israeli settlers, who’ve established settlements in the occupied territory in violation of international law."Annexation of the West Bank would be at odds with the U.S. official policy goal for two states — one for Palestinians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, and one state for Israel comprising its pre-1967 borders.
"The two-state solution has won official backing from successive presidents dating back to the late 1990s — except for Donald #Trump — to assuage concerns over Israel having permanent control over millions of Palestinians without full civil rights.
"Though the conditions already exist — there is a growing consensus that Israel in an apartheid state — making this control officially permanent would make apartheid indisputable.
"Both Democratic and Republican administrations have repeatedly undermined the possibility of a two-state solution by arming Israel as it continues to attack Palestinian people and seize their territory, which lawmakers in Congress have made excuses for.
As public sentiment turns against Israel, however, with voters increasingly opposing the Netanyahu government’s genocide in Gaza, some members of Congress have been more willing to criticize the Israeli regime."Full article:
https://theintercept.com/2025/07/26/fetterman-israel-annex-vote-apartheid/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/LgGMf#TwoState #FreePalestine #FreeGaza #OccupiedPalestine #WorldPol #EndTheBlockade #GazaGenocide #IsraeliWarCrimes #BibiIsAWarCriminal #Starvation #WarCrimes #StolenLand #USPol #JohnFetterman
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From 2021: #Palestine’s forgotten oil and gas resources
A fair distribution of #Oil and gas resources in the Levant Basin will be needed to achieve a lasting political and economic settlement between Israel and Palestine.
by Mahmoud Elkhafif
Published On 21 Jun 2021Excerpt: "The prolonged closure and recurrent military operations in Gaza have left more than half the territory’s population living below the poverty line and cost $16.7bn in lost GDP annually. This figure does not account for the huge opportunity cost of preventing the Palestinian people from using their natural gas field off the shores of Gaza.
"The 1995 Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the #WestBank and #GazaStrip, known as the #OsloII Accord, gave the #PalestinianAuthority (PA) maritime jurisdiction over its waters up to 20 nautical miles from the coast. The PA signed a 25-year contract for gas exploration with the#BritishGas Group in 1999, and a large gas field, #GazaMarine, was discovered at 17 to 21 nautical miles off the coast of Gaza the same year. However, despite initial discussions between the Israeli government, the PA and British Gas on the sale of gas from this field and the provision of much-needed revenue to the occupied Palestinian territories, the Palestinians have not realised any benefits.
"Since the blockade of Gaza in 2007, the Israeli government has established de facto control over Gaza’s offshore natural gas reserves. The contractor, British Gas, has since been dealing with the Israeli government, effectively bypassing the Palestinian government regarding exploration and development rights.
"Israel has also taken control of the #Meged oil and natural gas field, located inside the occupied #WestBank. Israel states that the field lies west of the armistice line of 1948, yet most of the reservoir is situated beneath the #PalestinianTerritory occupied since 1967.
"More recently, Israel has begun to develop new oil and gas finds in the Eastern Mediterranean, solely for its own benefit.
"In commandeering and exploiting Palestinian oil and gas resources, Israel is acting in violation of the letter and the spirit of #TheHague Regulations, the Fourth #GenevaConvention and a body of international #humanitarian and #HumanRights law that addresses the exploitation of common resources by an occupying power, without regard for the interest, rights and shares of the #occupied population."
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/6/21/palestines-forgotten-oil-and-gas-resources
#OccupiedPalestine #FreePalestine #WorldPol #FreeGaza #FreePalestine #EndTheBlockade #GazaGenocide #RoyalDutchShell #IsraeliWarCrimes #BibiIsAWarCriminal #IsraeliIsAPetroState #BritishGas #PetroCriminals #ShellOil #BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy #LevantBasin #Starvation #WarCrimes #StolenLand
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Behind #Israel’s ‘#EndGame’ for #Gaza: Theft of #OffshoreGas reserves
By Betsey Piette
November 14, 2023"In 1999, #BritishGas (BG) discovered the existence of natural gas in the Gaza Marine fields, 20 nautical miles off the coast of Gaza, at a depth of 610 meters below the surface. Further exploration by BG through two successful wells — Gaza Marine 1 and Gaza Marine 2 — determined the field could contain up to 1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. (EgyptOil-Gas.com, April 5, 2018)
"The Palestinian Authority was 'granted' the right to exercise sovereignty over its own maritime territory by the Oslo Accords in 1995. Four years later, following the findings of the offshore natural gas, the PA gave the international consortium BG a 25-year, 90% stake in a license to explore, develop any discovered fields, and install the required infrastructure. Since that time Israel has consistently blocked this development.
"In 2002, the PA approved BG’s proposals to construct a pipeline to a processing facility in Gaza. However, the Israeli state delayed this development, arguing that the pipeline should run to an Israeli-controlled port, and that Palestinians would have to supply Gaza Marine surplus fuel to Israel at far below market price.
"When Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections in Gaza in 2007, Israel established a militarized naval blockade, prohibiting further offshore development. Around the same time, #YamThetis, an Israeli gas consortium, challenged the awarding of the contract to BG, further delaying the process.
"In December 2008, in total contravention of international laws, Israel declared sovereignty over the Gaza Marine area, and BG closed its offices in Tel Aviv.
"#RoyalDutchShell bought out BG’s interests in the #GazaMarineFields for $52 million in 2016. By March 2018, Royal Dutch Shell backed out of their investment, leaving the PA to search for a replacement company to develop the field. (EgyptOil-Gas.com, April 5, 2018)."
Read more:
https://iacenter.org/2023/11/15/behind-israels-end-game-for-gaza-theft-of-offshore-gas-reserves/#WorldPol #FreeGaza #FreePalestine #EndTheBlockade #GazaGenocide
#IsraeliWarCrimes #BibiIsAWarCriminal #IsraeliIsAPetroState #BritishGas #PetroCriminals #ShellOil #BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy #LevantBasin #Starvation #WarCrimes #StolenLand -
From Gaza to Cuba - 10/06/2024
[A #video on #PeerTube about #Cuba from the video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
The #US continues to fund #Israel's genocide in #Gaza, while Cuba, branded a State Sponsor of Terrorism by the U.S., is quietly training hundreds of #Palestinian doctors for free.
From Gaza to Cuba tells the story of Murid Abukhater, a Palestinian medical student from Gaza studying at Cuba’s #LatinAmericanSchoolOfMedicine (#ELAM). While his family and friends face the daily onslaught of Israel’s bombing, Murid struggles to focus on his studies. He dreams of returning to Gaza as a doctor to help save lives.
in #Arabic with #English subtitles, with #French as a CC option
Traduction en #français : Romane Frachonhttps://cuddly.tube/w/eoCYxq3BGRMBwz6XRRa6jG
#StopGazaGenocide
#StopStarvingGaza
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
@[email protected]
@cubainfo
@[email protected] -
From Gaza to Cuba - 10/06/2024
[A #video on #PeerTube about #Cuba from the video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
The #US continues to fund #Israel's genocide in #Gaza, while Cuba, branded a State Sponsor of Terrorism by the U.S., is quietly training hundreds of #Palestinian doctors for free.
From Gaza to Cuba tells the story of Murid Abukhater, a Palestinian medical student from Gaza studying at Cuba’s #LatinAmericanSchoolOfMedicine (#ELAM). While his family and friends face the daily onslaught of Israel’s bombing, Murid struggles to focus on his studies. He dreams of returning to Gaza as a doctor to help save lives.
in #Arabic with #English subtitles, with #French as a CC option
Traduction en #français : Romane Frachonhttps://cuddly.tube/w/eoCYxq3BGRMBwz6XRRa6jG
#StopGazaGenocide
#StopStarvingGaza
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
@[email protected]
@cubainfo
@[email protected] -
From Gaza to Cuba - 10/06/2024
[A #video on #PeerTube about #Cuba from the video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
The #US continues to fund #Israel's genocide in #Gaza, while Cuba, branded a State Sponsor of Terrorism by the U.S., is quietly training hundreds of #Palestinian doctors for free.
From Gaza to Cuba tells the story of Murid Abukhater, a Palestinian medical student from Gaza studying at Cuba’s #LatinAmericanSchoolOfMedicine (#ELAM). While his family and friends face the daily onslaught of Israel’s bombing, Murid struggles to focus on his studies. He dreams of returning to Gaza as a doctor to help save lives.
in #Arabic with #English subtitles, with #French as a CC option
Traduction en #français : Romane Frachonhttps://cuddly.tube/w/eoCYxq3BGRMBwz6XRRa6jG
#StopGazaGenocide
#StopStarvingGaza
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
@[email protected]
@cubainfo
@[email protected] -
From Gaza to Cuba - 10/06/2024
[A #video on #PeerTube about #Cuba from the video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
The #US continues to fund #Israel's genocide in #Gaza, while Cuba, branded a State Sponsor of Terrorism by the U.S., is quietly training hundreds of #Palestinian doctors for free.
From Gaza to Cuba tells the story of Murid Abukhater, a Palestinian medical student from Gaza studying at Cuba’s #LatinAmericanSchoolOfMedicine (#ELAM). While his family and friends face the daily onslaught of Israel’s bombing, Murid struggles to focus on his studies. He dreams of returning to Gaza as a doctor to help save lives.
in #Arabic with #English subtitles, with #French as a CC option
Traduction en #français : Romane Frachonhttps://cuddly.tube/w/eoCYxq3BGRMBwz6XRRa6jG
#StopGazaGenocide
#StopStarvingGaza
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
@[email protected]
@cubainfo
@[email protected] -
From Gaza to Cuba - 10/06/2024
[A #video on #PeerTube about #Cuba from the video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
The #US continues to fund #Israel's genocide in #Gaza, while Cuba, branded a State Sponsor of Terrorism by the U.S., is quietly training hundreds of #Palestinian doctors for free.
From Gaza to Cuba tells the story of Murid Abukhater, a Palestinian medical student from Gaza studying at Cuba’s #LatinAmericanSchoolOfMedicine (#ELAM). While his family and friends face the daily onslaught of Israel’s bombing, Murid struggles to focus on his studies. He dreams of returning to Gaza as a doctor to help save lives.
in #Arabic with #English subtitles, with #French as a CC option
Traduction en #français : Romane Frachonhttps://cuddly.tube/w/eoCYxq3BGRMBwz6XRRa6jG
#StopGazaGenocide
#StopStarvingGaza
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
@[email protected]
@cubainfo
@[email protected] -
Another #CubanAmerican Senator Caught Distorting His Family History
[A video on #PeerTube about #Cuba from the video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
#TedCruz forgot it was #FulgencioBatista, not #FidelCastro, who tortured his father. Like #MarcoRubio and #RobertMenendez, he has pushed a false victim narrative to justify his political agenda.
https://cuddly.tube/w/pB8RNqiq59ntBKt5JnqnSj
@cuba
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
@cubainfo -
Another #CubanAmerican Senator Caught Distorting His Family History
[A video on #PeerTube about #Cuba from the video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
#TedCruz forgot it was #FulgencioBatista, not #FidelCastro, who tortured his father. Like #MarcoRubio and #RobertMenendez, he has pushed a false victim narrative to justify his political agenda.
https://cuddly.tube/w/pB8RNqiq59ntBKt5JnqnSj
@cuba
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
@cubainfo -
Another #CubanAmerican Senator Caught Distorting His Family History
[A video on #PeerTube about #Cuba from the video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
#TedCruz forgot it was #FulgencioBatista, not #FidelCastro, who tortured his father. Like #MarcoRubio and #RobertMenendez, he has pushed a false victim narrative to justify his political agenda.
https://cuddly.tube/w/pB8RNqiq59ntBKt5JnqnSj
@cuba
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
@cubainfo -
Another #CubanAmerican Senator Caught Distorting His Family History
[A video on #PeerTube about #Cuba from the video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
#TedCruz forgot it was #FulgencioBatista, not #FidelCastro, who tortured his father. Like #MarcoRubio and #RobertMenendez, he has pushed a false victim narrative to justify his political agenda.
https://cuddly.tube/w/pB8RNqiq59ntBKt5JnqnSj
@cuba
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
@cubainfo -
Another #CubanAmerican Senator Caught Distorting His Family History
[A video on #PeerTube about #Cuba from the video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
#TedCruz forgot it was #FulgencioBatista, not #FidelCastro, who tortured his father. Like #MarcoRubio and #RobertMenendez, he has pushed a false victim narrative to justify his political agenda.
https://cuddly.tube/w/pB8RNqiq59ntBKt5JnqnSj
@cuba
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
@cubainfo -
And another new update from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition:
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Lara, speaking from Brazil, has had no contact with her husband, Thiago Ávila, since he was abducted and detained illegally by Israeli forces from the 'Madleen'. Since then, Thiago has been placed in solitary confinement, denied communication with his family.According to Lara, Israeli authorities threatened Thiago with the psychological torment of isolation without light or ventilation. Despite this, Thiago remains on hunger strike, holding firm to his belief in justice for Palestinians and the right of every child to food, safety, and freedom.
From his prison cell, he wrote a letter to his 1-year-old daughter. Lara generously shares that with us today.
This is a call not just for Thiago’s release—but for the world to pay attention to Gaza, to Palestine, and to all people who are exploited, forced to live under occupation.
#FreedomFlotilla #Madleen #Thiago #IOF #WeWillSail #BreakIsraelsSiege #EndTheBlockade
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✊🏽actu militante✊ European Civil Society Calls for the Protection of the Freedom Flotilla and an End to the Gaza Blockade: The Madleen, a vessel launched by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), is heading toward Gaza,… #FreedomFlotilla #GazaBlockade #HumanRights #EndTheBlockade #PeaceForGaza
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✊🏽actu militante✊ European Civil Society Calls for the Protection of the Freedom Flotilla and an End to the Gaza Blockade: The Madleen, a vessel launched by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), is heading toward Gaza,… #FreedomFlotilla #GazaBlockade #HumanRights #EndTheBlockade #PeaceForGaza
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...and another Freedom Flotilla Coalition update:
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Freedom Flotilla Coalition Update – June 10, 2025Eight from the 'Madleen' remain illegally detained by Israel after being abducted in international waters while attempting to deliver aid to Gaza.
Today, they were brought before a detention tribunal at Ramleh. Israel continues to falsely claim they “illegally entered”—despite taking them at sea and transferring them into Israeli territory against their will.
The state has imposed 100-year entry bans on all of those aboard the 'Madleen'. Thiago Ávila has been on hunger and water strike since early yesterday. Others report unsanitary conditions, including bed bug infestations and no access to safe drinking water.
The seizure, detention, and attempted deportation of the our team are clear violations of international law and Israeli law. They must be released immediately and unconditionally. We will not be silent. The blockade is illegal. Our mission remains: to break the siege and deliver aid to Gaza.
Artwork by Zina Zindah, 11 years old, during an art workshop by [Julien Guichon] from Gaza.
#FreedomFlotilla #EndTheBlockade #Gaza #HumanRights #LetThemGo #Madleen #WeWillSail
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Cuba Sends #Doctors, the US Sends #Sanctions
The #UnitedStates calls #Cuba’s medical internationalism "human trafficking" — but it’s really an internationalist lifeline for the #GlobalSouth.
from #Jacobin
By #HelenYaffe
March 8, 2025On February 25, #US secretary of state #MarcoRubio announced restrictions on visas for both government officials in Cuba and any others worldwide who are “complicit” with the island nation’s overseas #medical-assistance programs. A #USStateDepartment statement clarified that the sanction extends to “current and former” officials and the “immediate family of such persons.”
https://jacobin.com/2025/03/cuba-medical-programs-us-sanctions
#CubanMedicalInternationalism
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#news #press #politics #healthcare #embargo
@cubainfo -
U.S. #Unionists Press #Biden to Remove Cuba from ‘Terrorism’ List
from #WorldOutlook
By Mark Friedman
November 29, 2024Unionists across the United States are organizing a campaign to get fellow trade unionists, elected officials, and others to sign a letter to President Biden demanding he remove Cuba from the U.S. list of "State Sponsors of Terrorism."
“On October 30th, for the 32nd consecutive year, the #UnitedNations General Assembly overwhelmingly condemned the U.S. embargo on #Cuba. Once again, the global community stood in near-unanimous solidarity with the #Cuban people, recognizing that this decades-long policy is not only cruel and dated but also in direct violation of international law."
https://world-outlook.com/2024/11/29/u-s-unionists-press-biden-to-remove-cuba-from-terrorism-list/
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#Workers #Unions #Labor #TradeUnions #LaborMovement #LaborUnions #USA #US #USPolitics #politics #news #press
@cubainfo -
from #Bhekisisa - Centre for #Health #Journalism
They arrived in #Cuba with a suitcase and returned to #SouthAfrica as #doctors. We followed 5 to see where they work today
https://bhekisisa.org/article/profiles/2024-08-13-sa-doctors-trained-in-cuba-now-in-high-positions/#CubanMedicalInternationalism
#LatinAmericanSchoolOfMedicine #ELAM #medicine #Africa
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#news @cubainfo -
from #Bhekisisa - Centre for #Health #Journalism
They arrived in #Cuba with a suitcase and returned to #SouthAfrica as #doctors. We followed 5 to see where they work today
https://bhekisisa.org/article/profiles/2024-08-13-sa-doctors-trained-in-cuba-now-in-high-positions/#CubanMedicalInternationalism
#LatinAmericanSchoolOfMedicine #ELAM #medicine #Africa
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#news @cubainfo
