The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems, the thoughts, the reviews, the photos, the paintings and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Monday October 30th, 2023
The Day Guterres Became Relevant by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
The relevance given to a UN Secretary-General is often judged by the degree of controversy caused. In history, the most relevant are usually targeted. Dag Hammarskjöld, refusing to remain a mere bauble of international office, was almost certainly murdered over his intervention in the Congo civil war in 1961.The least relevant (who was that sweet little fella, Ban Ki-Moon?) have barely registered a note of dissent. The big powers like to know they can render such figures impotent, if not insignificant.
It was, for that reason, refreshing to see the current occupant of that post make the less than startling remark that the atrocious attacks of October 7 staged by Hamas and Islamic Jihad on Israeli soilcould not be seen as standalone acts of individual, unprovoked outrage.António Guterres was careful to also note that there was “nothing” that could “justify the deliberate killing, injuring and kidnapping of civilians, or the launching of rockets against civilian targets”.
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Lake #poem & #painting by Amir Khatib
“The lake lies in the fall,
no daydreams haunting it
No dream pains disturbing its sleep…
Its face is covered by a sheet of withered leaves
Floating together in one fate…”
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AntySaurus Prick #077 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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