Youth Worker. Activist. Fellow @atlanicfellows. MSc student Inequalities and Social Science @LSE. All views are my own.
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Michaela Rafferty retweeted
"Ordinary people, the brilliant people of Belfast were able to come together and get people to safety - in the failure of any state authority being able to do so."
Micheala Rafferty from the Anaka Women's Collective in Belfast.
#BBCTheview | @MarkCarruthers7
Michaela Rafferty retweeted
For the love of god, they were just playing football, young displaced #Palestinian kids enjoying a match & for a brief period forgetting the war, the grief & their displacement, until #Israel bombed them killing 29 & injuring over 53.
Michaela Rafferty retweeted
Join us, Big Ride for Palestine, on Sat 20th July as we cycle Belfast - Glengormley - Crumlin - Belfast for Palestinian Freedom, Justice & Equality.
Total distance approximately 40miles. We will be cycling as a group going slow manageable pace with no one left behind. We will have 3 stops, lots of support and good vibes 🇵🇸❤✊
Register here booking.thebigride4palestine…
Fee £10-£20 to cover insurance. Fundraising for Gaza Sunbirds is encouraged
Anyone seeking asylum and would like to join please let us know sponsorship is available
Please share with others. Hope to see you on the road @gazasunbirds @bigride4pal
Michaela Rafferty retweeted
“We had dreams to go and compete in the Paralympics this year in Paris…20 out of 25 of our team members are displaced.”
MintPress speaks with Karim Ali, the co-founder of Gaza Sunbirds, a para-cycling team based in the Strip, who had dreams of competing in the Paralympics in Paris.
Michaela Rafferty retweeted
You can watch his important film here: youtu.be/2VysTdcRUYc?feature…
Michaela Rafferty retweeted
Children are clear in the footage also. Please amend.
Footage shared from Gaza City appears to show Israeli soldiers rounding up a group of men stripped down to their underwear.
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Michaela Rafferty retweeted
"Witnesses say a number of people, including women, children, and babies, were killed execution-style by Israeli forces while they were sheltering inside a UNRWA school."
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Michaela Rafferty retweeted
to leave my dad, her soulmate, to leave my brother and my nieces behind. My mum's case show that once Palestinian, there's no escaping forced segregation, even when humanitarian efforts are involved! She lost over 40 relatives & the home she worked all her life to secure 4 us.
Michaela Rafferty retweeted
why are you holding white flag?
Little Child : I don’t know , I don’t know!!!
A heart wrenching sight : A little child holds a white flag whilst fleeing with his family from Israeli bombardment in #Gaza
Unjustly world ‼️
Michaela Rafferty retweeted
"Believe me, my sweet girl, I was going to make a birthday party for you"
A bereaved mother in #Gaza bids farewell to her daughter, who was murdered by Israeli airstrikes today.
Michaela Rafferty retweeted
While speaking to Piers Morgan on Tuesday, Hungarian-Canadian physician and Holocaust survivor Dr Gabor Mate disputed that there was “coexistence” between Palestinians and Israelis prior to 7 October, saying there was “oppression, periodic massacres and land occupation” instead.
Michaela Rafferty retweeted
There is no such thing as a "humanitarian pause". We need a #PermanentCeasefireNOW.
#SaveGaza #EndTheSiege #FreePalestine
