Bearing Witness
Robina QureshiDocumenting Palestine so we can never forget.
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Yanis Varoufakis: Gaza’s “panic imprint” was harvested by Palantir to create an AI product that was then sold to the NHS.
In a recent YouTube video posted on June 1, 2026, Yanis Varoufakis recounted a conversation he had at a dinner in the Gulf with a Palantir employee.
The story is brief but deeply disturbing. See the transcript at the end.
A Palantir empl...
Israel puts Palestinian paediatrician in solitary confinement after 17 months held without charge or time limit
This photograph was taken today of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, showing signs of severe exhaustion, as well as apparent marks of torture and ill-treatment.
He has so far been held for over 17 months and is now being kept in solitary confinement...
Barely a headline
Last night in Taybeh, an ancient Christian village in occupied Palestine, Israeli settler squatters are setting fires.
The 5th-century Church of St. George is under threat.
Homes are burning.
This is the place that Prophet Jesus, peace...
A message for Anas Al Sharif
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya asked his lawyer to deliver a message to his son:
“If you can reach Anas al-Sharif, ask him to remind the world of our cause and our suffering.”
He didn’t know that Israel murdered Anas in August 2025.
Dr Hussa...
The love letter
Fadwa Barghouti, Palestinian lawyer, activist, and the wife of imprisoned Palestinian political leader Marwan Barghouti, in a message on Facebook, after she saw the video of Ben Gvir taunting her husband:
“It’s true, I didn’t recognise you...
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