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Kenneth Roth

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6 months

Credibility: The Israeli army said it had targeted “a suspicious vehicle containing several terrorists” The only people in the car were three girls, ages 14, 12, and 10, their grandmother, and their mother. All were killed except the mother.

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Too clever by half, @ElonMusk just gave away the store. By making clear that he prioritizes @Twitter 's presence in a country over the platform's free-speech principles, he has invited endless censorship demands. To gain compliance, governments will just threaten to expel Twitter.

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The Swedish clothing giant H&M cuts all ties with its Chinese supplier in Xinjiang due to alleged use of the forced labor of Uighur Muslims--a serious threat for any company operating from Xinjiang. H&M won't source any more cotton from Xinjiang.

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Where is Pakistani TV anchor Imran Riaz Khan? He was arrested by airport police in Punjab. Is he dead or alive? Why will Pakistani authorities not produce him?

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6 years

Sad thing is it's hard to decide which side's lack of women is less surprising.

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The fearmongers were wrong. Five years since Merkel admitted 1M refugees, they have largely been a success story, judging by their employment, mastery of the language, university attendance, and integration. The predicted violence came from the far right.

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Among Israel's 146 criminal investigations since Oct 7 for speech offenses: A man posted on Instagram “The eye weeps for the residents of Gaza.” "40 minutes later, 20 police officers came to his house to arrest him for supporting a terrorist organization."

Israeli Civil and Human Rights Degrade in a Time of War

Many have been arrested, public demonstrations have been banned or discouraged—even social media postings have been policed.

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Pakistan: An immediate, independent, transparent investigation is needed into allegations that Shahbaz Gill, a senior official with the opposition party Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI), was beaten and otherwise tortured in custody, says @HRW .

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7 years

Says it all.

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11 months

It is the date the Beijing would like us all to forget: June 4. But we remember: Tiananmen Square, 1989.

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4 months

A list of 40 Israeli commanding officers believed to be executing and planning the assault on Gaza has been submitted to the International Criminal Court prosecutor for investigation for complicity in possible war crimes and crimes against humanity.

International Criminal Court: Investigate These Israeli Suspects in War Crimes, Crimes Against...

(Washington D.C., December 20, 2023) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor should investigate as suspects for war crimes and crimes against humanity the senior Israeli commanders...

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It is not helpful to use the term "terrorism" in a war when the White House only ever applies it to one side. Better to remind both Hamas and the Israeli government that humanitarian law makes it a war crime to target or indiscriminately fire on civilians.

Statement from NSC Spokesperson Adrienne Watson Condemning Terrorist Attacks Against Israel | The...

The United States unequivocally condemns the unprovoked attacks by Hamas terrorists against Israeli civilians. There is never any justification for terrorism. We stand firmly with the Government and...

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A bad week for India's Muslims -- a predictable consequence of the overt Hindu nationalism and Islamophobia of Prime Minister Modi's BJP. Disturbingly little media coverage.

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Israel placed in solitary confinement "a grey-haired, softly spoken history and civics teacher" for "a series of Facebook posts he’d made, mourning the civilians killed in Gaza, criticizing the Israeli military, and warning against wars of revenge."

‘It is a time of witch hunts in Israel’: teacher held in solitary confinement for posting concern...

Meir Baruchin, who was fired and jailed for criticising the military, says that many who agree with him are afraid to go public

www.theguardian.com

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Why does Gaza not already have a seaport where the US could deliver aid? Because Israel, part of its ongoing occupation which it pretends didn't exist, prevented Palestinians from building one. The same with an airport.

Biden to announce construction of temporary port on Gaza coast for humanitarian aid

President Biden will announce a plan in his State of the Union address for the U.S. military to help establish a temporary port on the Gaza coast, administration officials said.

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4 years

I flew to Hong Kong to release @HRW ’s new World Report. This year it describes how the Chinese government is undermining the international human rights system. But the authorities just blocked my entrance to Hong Kong, illustrating the worsening problem.

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The 100th child killed in the West Bank since Oct 7 was "wearing his football kit and carrying his school bag when he was shot in the head and killed" by Israeli forces. “It was an execution,” says his father.

‘It was an execution’: family mourns boy shot dead by Israeli forces

Nihal Abu Ayash, 16, was reportedly the 100th Palestinian child to be killed in the West Bank since Hamas’s 7 October attack

www.theguardian.com

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4 months

In memory of some 12,000 children killed in Gaza. The Netherlands.

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Why is a university, under full Israeli control, a legitimate military target for Israeli forces to destroy? Why is that not a blatant war crime? Were the landmines used bought with U.S. funds? Were they supplied by the U.S.? We need some answers here.

Nicola Perugini

@PeruginiNic

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The Israeli military just blew up the University of Palestine in Gaza City with 315 mines. All the universities in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed. We need a full academic boycott.

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2 years

"Pakistan’s media regulatory authority imposed a ban on the live broadcast of [Imran Khan's] speeches on news television channels. Several [sympathetic] journalists and talk show hosts...say they have been harassed & threatened by the state authorities."

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Charged Under Terrorism Act (Published 2022)

The move against Imran Khan is a major escalation of the power struggle between the government and the former leader and risks renewed public unrest.

www.nytimes.com

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11 months

For the Pakistani government to threaten to prosecute Imran Khan in compromised military courts is a virtual admission that the "case" against him is weak. If he really did something wrong, why not prosecute him in independent civilian courts?

Imran will be tried in military courts for ‘planning, executing’ May 9 attacks: Rana Sanaullah

Interior minister claims the planning of attack on military installations on May 9 was carried out by Imran himself, says there is evidence to back claim.

www.dawn.com

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3 months

The British Home Office refused to grant a visa to a Palestinian refugee even though she had received a full scholarship to study for a doctorate at the London School of Economics. It claimed a visa would "harm the public interest." No further explanation.

Home Office refuses visa for Palestinian refugee supported by prestigious UK scholarship

Amena El Ashkar, a former recipient of a Chevening scholarship, has been awarded a full scholarship to study at the London School of Economics

www.middleeasteye.net

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I wish the US government were as quick to suspend military aid to Israel upon a ICJ finding of plausible genocide (not to mention abundant evidence of war crimes) as it is to suspend aid to UNRWA over 12 employees' alleged complicity in the Hamas attack.

Statement on UNRWA Allegations - United States Department of State

The United States is extremely troubled by the allegations that twelve UNRWA employees may have been involved in the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel. The Department of State has tempora...

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The problem clearly isn't available aid for the starving people of Gaza. It is Israel's obstruction of the delivery of that aid -- a war crime.

Jan Egeland

@NRC_Egeland

2 months

Hundreds of aid trucks wait in line to cross into Gaza at the Rafah and Kerem Shalom crossings to a starving civilian population. There has not been a single day we have gotten the needed 500 trucks across. The system is broken and Israel could fix it for the sake of the innocent

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The Pakistani military is trying to silence even Pakistani journalists outside the country by charging them regarding the May 9 violence. If the military cannot justify its efforts to sideline Imran Khan, censoring journalists isn't going to help it.

Anchorpersons Sabir Shakir, Moeed Pirzada booked for May 9 vandalism

FIR registered at Abpara Police Station in Islamabad.Complainant claims charged public took orders from suspects.He says suspects worked for foreign anti-state agencies.Anchorpersons Sabir...

www.geo.tv

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3 years

The Chinese government's vision for UN Security Council "action." Via @AungHla55116886

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7 months

It cheapens the concept of antisemitism--a real global curse--for defenders of the Israeli government to pretend that it is somehow antisemitic to hold Israel to the same standards of international humanitarian law as we use to assess Hamas's conduct. A war crime is a war crime.

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“Hamas was financed by the Israeli government [via Qatar] in an attempt to weaken the Palestinian Authority,” says the European Union's foreign policy chief. That way Israel could avoid pressure to pursue a two-state solution.

EU’s top diplomat accuses Israel of funding Hamas

Josep Borrell makes explosive claim right before Israeli foreign minister arrives in Brussels on Monday.

www.politico.eu

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7 months

"Saudi Arabia has sentenced a secondary schoolgirl to 18 years in jail and a travel ban for posting tweets in support of political prisoners" -- the latest example of the crown prince's utter intolerance of independent critical voices.

Saudi Arabia sentences schoolgirl to 18 years over tweets, says rights group

Report comes after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman blamed 'bad laws' for death sentence against a Saudi man over social media posts

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2 months

It is hard to believe that this massive destruction of Gaza was needed to fight Hamas. It seems more likely an effort to collectively punish the people of Gaza, if not to render the area unlivable to force out 2.3 million Palestinians -- another Nakba.

UNRWA

@UNRWA

2 months

Shocking footage shows unimaginable destruction in📍 #Gaza city, including our health centre. +70% of civilian infrastructure- including homes, hospitals & schools- have been destroyed or severely damaged. 84% of health facilities have been affected by attacks. Nowhere is safe.

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11 months

This is what a "free-speech absolutist" looks like? Under Elon Musk, "Twitter has approved 83% of censorship requests by authoritarian governments." such as criticism of the ruling party in India and Turkey.

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3 years

A Myanmar protester message to the Chinese government, whose veto is the main obstacle to strong UN Security Council action: "How many dead bodies needed for UN to take action?" via @YuPaingHan1

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4 years

The latest round of sectarian violence in Delhi began when a local Hindu nationalist politician (photo) insisted that police remove a group of Muslims protesters or his thugs would. PM Modi's selective impunity encourages such Hindu nationalist assaults.

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7 months

The International Committee of the Red Cross rarely speaks publicly, but it felt compelled to say: “the horrific attacks Israel suffered last weekend” “cannot in turn justify the limitless destruction of Gaza.” It is 100% correct.

Rare ICRC Public Statement Calls for "Pause" in Gaza Fighting

ICRC says instructions for Gaza City civilians to "immediately leave their homes, coupled with the complete siege explicitly denying them food, water, and electricity, are not compatible with...

www.justsecurity.org

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2 months

An Israeli mother held hostage by Hamas "was more worried at times that she and her daughter...and sons...would be killed by the Israeli offensive than by their captors, who once shielded the family with their bodies as shrapnel rained around them."

‘We were constantly in terror’: Israeli hostage tells of captivity in Gaza

Taken from her home on 7 October with three of her children, Chen Almog-Goldstein recalls being held captive by Hamas

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5 years

Disorder? Hardly. Watch how today's nearly two million Hong Kong protesters politely make way for an ambulance.

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6 months

There has been much discussion about whether the Israeli government is committing genocide in Gaza. Netanyahu's citation of "Amalek" -- a Biblical injunction to "slay both man and woman, infant and suckling" -- will be cited as evidence of intent.

Netanyahu cites 'Amalek' Theory to justify Gaza Killings - Times of India

Middle East News: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has faced criticism for justifying the killing of Gaza residents during the Israel-Hamas conflict using the

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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2 years

"Making heavy use of social media and livestreaming," Imran Khan is "getting his message out, even if banned from mainstream broadcasters and underreported in print media," as he broaches "taboo" subjects in Pakistan including criticism of the military.

Imran Khan’s Revolution

The ousted prime minister is challenging the taboos of Pakistani politics.

foreignpolicy.com

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7 years

Showing courage & principle to Trump's cowardly bigotry, @JustinTrudeau says Canada will take refugees US rejects.

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3 months

Diala Ayesh is a Palestinian human rights lawyer in the occupied West Bank. Israeli authorities are holding her in “administrative detention,” "meaning she will be held without trial or charge for four months." For doing what? Being a human rights lawyer?

Israel holds female Palestinian rights lawyer without trial or charge

Human rights defender Diala Ayesh, 28, has been held in administrative detention since January 17.

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A classified Pakistani government document suggests that the US State Department "encouraged the Pakistani government in a March 7, 2022, meeting to remove Imran Khan as [the elected] prime minister over his neutrality on the Russian invasion of Ukraine."

Secret Pakistan Cable Documents U.S. Pressure to Remove Imran Khan

“All will be forgiven,” said a U.S. diplomat, if the no-confidence vote against Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan succeeds.

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3 months

This is the 100% accurate video that Australia's @ABCNews fired Antoinette Lattouf for posting on Instagram. Why? Because it was "controversial," a euphemism for criticizing Israel. @antoinette_news

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9 months

As Pakistan's military-dominated authorities throw 150 prosecutions at former Prime Minister Imran Khan, they accomplished their point today by disqualifying him from running for office in the next election, where they fear his popularity.

Imran Khan: former Pakistan prime minister sentenced to three years in jail

Khan arrested in Lahore after court ruling bans him from politics for five years for corruption

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UNRWA vowed to prosecute any employee who joined Hamas's Oct 7 attack. Israel hasn't moved to prosecute its war criminals or even promised to comply with the ICJ's genocide ruling. Yet governments suspend funds to UNRWA as military aid to Israel continues.

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The Harvard Kennedy School denying me a fellowship is not going to stop me from speaking out. But I worry about younger academics who are watching this sorry episode and take away the lesson that if you criticize Israel, your career can be stymied.

‘Criticise Israel, you can be cancelled’: Outrage after former HRW chief denied Harvard fellowship

Kenneth Roth tells MEE his criticism of Israel led to dean denying him a fellowship. Now, hundreds are calling for the dean's expulsion

www.middleeasteye.net

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The wrong lesson from the Holocaust: the German government deports a leading war surgeon who was elected as Rector of the University of Glasgow this month to prevent him from describing in Berlin the atrocities he witnessed while serving in Gaza.

Germany Deporting British-Palestinian Surgeon to Prevent Him from Reporting on Israeli Atrocities...

(April 12, 2024, New York): Germany’s deportation of Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a leading war surgeon who recently served in Gaza who was elected as Rector of the University of Glasgow this month, is a...

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"An Israeli tank that killed a Reuters journalist and wounded six others in Lebanon last year fired two 120mm rounds at a group of “clearly identifiable journalists” in violation of international law, a UN investigation has found."

Israel broke international law with tank shelling that killed journalist, UN finds

IDF fired two rounds at ‘clearly identifiable journalists’ in Lebanon last year when there was no exchange of fire in area

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Under international humanitarian law, war crimes by one side do not justify war crimes by the other. The duty to spare civilians as much as possible the hazards of war is absolute, not contingent on the behavior of opponents. I explain in the @Guardian :

The attack on Israel has been called a ‘9/11 moment’. Therein lies a cautionary tale | Kenneth Roth

If the Israeli government responds to this moment like George W Bush, it will soon follow the route of his government from global sympathy to global outrage

www.theguardian.com

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Israel has held "an estimated 10,000 Palestinian children...in military detention over the past 20 years" -- "as many as 880 Palestinian children this year." They are “the only children in the world who are systematically prosecuted in military courts.”

What Palestinian Children Face in Israeli Prisons

Under Israel's military laws, Palestinian children are systemically imprisoned. Here's what they face in detention.

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With Imran Khan's arrest, it is essential that Pakistani authorities guarantee his safety and a fair trial based on public evidence. This should not be a ploy for Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's government to rid itself of a popular political opponent.

Imran Khan, Pakistan’s Ex-Leader, Is Arrested

Mr. Khan, a former cricket star, has staged a comeback since being ousted, openly challenging the powerful military. His detention raises fears of mass protests.

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“Stop kidnapping at night" is the latest message from Myanmar anti-coup protesters. “Our nights aren’t safe anymore” and “Myanmar military is kidnapping people at night” have circulated widely on social media.

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But Hamas’s attack did NOT take place in a vacuum. We have to be able to discuss the context of endless occupation, repression, and apartheid without suggesting that such Israeli abuse excuses Hamas’s unjustifiable atrocities. Civilians should never be targeted.

Barak Ravid

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BREAKING: Israeli foreign minister cancels his meeting with the UN secretary general planned for later today in New York in protest of Guterres' claim that Hamas' October 7th attack "didn't take place in a vacuum"

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The Myanmar military junta claims to have blocked Facebook for the sake of "stability," meaning to make it harder for people to protest its overthrow of the country's democracy. 53 million people in Myanmar use Facebook. Many equate it with the internet. ]

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Myanmar's coup leader Min Aung Hlaing was so out of touch with the people of his country that, Trumpian style, he seemed to believe that the only way his party could have lost the recent election was through fraud. In fact, his party was trounced.

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The Pakistani military doubles down on prosecuting civilian supporters of Imran Khan in military courts despite a lack of independence. They operate "behind closed doors with no access to media or rights groups." Why is the army afraid of a fair trial?

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Israel ordering 1.1 million people to flee northern Gaza does NOT then justify indiscriminate attacks on anyone who remains. Many civilians cannot or will not flee their homes. Israel STILL has a duty not to target or indiscriminately fire upon them.

Israel orders the evacuation of 1.1 million people from northern part of Gaza, the UN says

Israel’s military has directed the evacuation of northern Gaza, a region that is home to 1.1 million people, within 24 hours. That's according to a U.N. spokesman.

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At a secret meeting, the Pakistani military, fearful of the popular support for Imran Khan, ordered the major Pakistani media to stop covering him. That outrageous censorship resulted in most coverage of him disappearing from the country’s media.

In Secret Meeting, Pakistani Military Ordered Press to Stop Covering Imran Khan

Pakistan’s military secretly ordered the heads of news organizations to stop covering Imran Khan, the former prime minister roiling Pakistani politics.

theintercept.com

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We shouldn't call it a "battle zone" (as this article does) when the Myanmar junta's security forces fire live ammunition at unarmed pro-democracy demonstrators. It's slaughter. And a horrible crime.

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Australia's ABC has fired a journalist for posting on social media a Human Rights Watch video summarizing a report on starvation in Gaza -- all 100% true. Can ABC not stand up to pressure to censor criticism of Israel?

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Disturbing that ABC has confirmed journalist Antoinette Lattouf @antoinette_news was terminated for re-posting of @hrw material deeming it ‘controversial’.

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This Egyptian opposition journalist said state security forces stormed his father’s home and arrested his two brothers days after he released a video showing army soldiers mutilating and burning the body of a young man in the Sinai.

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Closing its eyes to Indian PM Modi's persecution of Muslims in Kashmir (and his tolerance of violence against Muslims throughout India), the United Arab Emirates honors him.

Meeting ‘brother’ in UAE, PM Modi urges NRIs to invest in J&K, Ladakh

Ahead of the meeting, Modi said that as far as Article 370 is concerned, the internal steps were taken in a “completely democratic, open, transparent and constitutional manner”.

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Does she look like Hamas? Why did Israeli forces kill her (and her rescuers)?

Body of 6-year-old killed in ‘deliberate’ Israeli fire found after 12 days

Relatives find body of Hind Rajab who had begged rescuers to send help after being trapped by Israeli military fire.

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"Without the U.S. airlift, Israel would not have had the ordinance to sustain the Gaza offensive because it lacks the domestic manufacturing capacity." In other words, Washington is actively aiding and abetting Israeli war crimes and plausible genocide.

The End of Prosperity in Israel

For decades, the quality of life had been rising for most Israelis—until Oct. 7.

foreignpolicy.com

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An urgent need to investigate Israel's killing of three men in a West Bank hospital: 1. The Israelis disguised themselves as medical personnel (the war crime of perfidy). 2. They shot all three in the head with silenced pistols (seeming executions).

Israeli special forces disguised as doctors kill three militants at West Bank hospital

Counter-terrorism officers enter Jenin’s Ibn Sina hospital wearing doctors’ scrubs and women’s clothesMiddle East crisis – live updates

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Because of Israel's obstructions, “people in Gaza risk dying of hunger just miles from trucks filled with food,” says @WFP . This is not a natural consequence of war but a deliberate strategy, despite denials by Israel's lawyers in the ICJ genocide case.

Preventing famine and deadly disease outbreaks in Gaza requires faster, safer aid access and more...

ROME/GENEVA/NEW YORK – As the risk of famine grows, and more people are exposed to deadly disease outbreaks, a fundamental step change in the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza is urgently needed,...

www.wfp.org

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One prominent Pakistani television journalist who went missing last week because of his support of former prime minister Imran Khan, Sami Abrahim, has returned home. But another, Imran Riaz Khan, is still missing in government custody. Where is he?

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Within hours of Biden threatening to suspend U.S. military aid to Israel, Netanyahu agrees to open a major crossing for humanitarian aid into northern Gaza, where starvation is widespread. Biden always had that leverage but wouldn't use it.

Israel to reopen Erez crossing into Gaza after Biden sounds warning over protecting civilians

Steps approved in Israel to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza include temporary reopening of crossing in the north

www.theguardian.com

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Pakistan's "mess has only one solution. The generals must...get out of politics. Pakistan otherwise has no chance of getting the better governments it needs." "Imran Khan, Pakistan’s most popular politician, must be free to contest timely elections."

Pakistan’s perma-crisis

Imran Khan, Pakistan’s most popular politician, must be free to contest timely elections

www.economist.com

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In a powerful and impressive speech to the UN General Assembly, Myanmar's Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun says "the military coup is not acceptable in this modern world and the coup must fail." A speech for everyone in Myanmar to be proud of.

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The most senior Israeli commander "dismissed for his role in the drone strike which killed seven aid workers" for World Central Kitchen in Gaza "is a settler who signed an open letter in January calling for the territory to be deprived of aid."

Top IDF commander in aid strike wanted to block humanitarian supplies into Gaza

Investigation shows officer signed a letter to Israel’s War Cabinet demanding a ‘siege’ of Gaza City

www.telegraph.co.uk

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A dangerous, contemptible escalation as Myanmar police open fire on protesters in Mandalay, killing two and wounding 40+. The police were trying to force workers back to their jobs. Hundreds of thousands of people have stopped working to protest the coup.

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UN human rights experts report disturbing sexual abuse of Palestinian women in Israeli custody.

Rights experts call for probe into alleged violations against Palestinian women and girls

Alleged rights violations against Palestinian women and girls in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank must be investigated, a group of experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said on Monday.

news.un.org

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The Chinese government continues to cover for the Myanmar junta. Beijing insisted on revising last week's UN Human Rights council resolution to remove calls to bolster a UN rights expert's ability to investigate the army's human rights violations.

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Myanmar's military leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing was already wanted for directed crimes against humanity against Rohingya Muslims. Now he's also wanted for mounting a coup and overthrowing Myanmar's democracyc.

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The European Union will NOT suspend funding to UNRWA. It will await the results of the investigation that UNRWA announced, not collectively punish Palestinian civilians while the investigation is underway the way the US government and others are doing.

UNRWA: HR/VP Borrell speaks to UN Secretary General Guterres

The High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell held a phone call yesterday, 28 January, with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to discuss the situation in the Middle East, including very...

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Beijing pretends it stands with the people of Myanmar, but each night for more than a week unregistered flights have been transporting unknown goods and personnel from China to Myanmar. The junta "is trying very hard to hide the flights."

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The French ambassador to the United Nations says that France will support the International Court of Justice's decision on South Africa's genocide case against Israel regardless of the outcome.

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Thanks for posting! 🙏 Here's the clip where Ambassador @NDeRiviere says that France, as a strong supporter of the #ICJ , will support its decision. #GazaWar

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It is outrageous that @MSNBC is canceling the show of @mehdirhasan . He is a superb interviewer for getting at the truth, and has been an honest, principled, and outspoken critic of Israel's conduct in Gaza. Was his criticism behind this move?

Dismay as Mehdi Hasan’s MSNBC and Peacock news show cancelled

British-born journalist’s program had gained reputation for hard-hitting interviews

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Israel has so many Palestinians in detention because: 1. 2,000 are in administrative detention (no charge or trial). 2. Most of the rest face military trials (~100% conviction, little due process). 3. Many face torture. 4. Mere protests yield detention.

Why Does Israel Have So Many Palestinians in Detention and Available to Swap?

While many have rightly hailed the release of civilians held hostage by Hamas after the killings of hundreds of Israelis and other civilians on October 7 — hostage-taking is a war crime — less...

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Am the only one struck by the enormous difference between the massive effort to save five people in the Titanic submersible and the Greek Coast Guard's pathetic effort to save hundreds of migrants from their obviously precarious boat just before it sank?

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Yet again today, Myanmar security forces despicably met protests with lethal force, "killing at least four people by shooting live ammunition at demonstrators" -- three in Mandalay and one in Pyay.

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The Brunei sultan's new penal code is barbaric to the core. It imposes death by stoning for extramarital sex, anal sex, and abortion; amputation of limbs for stealing; and 100 lashes with a whip for lesbian sex. Even for children who reach puberty.

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Myanmar has long had its ethnic divisions, but there has been remarkable unity among everyone in Myanmar against the military's coup. Everyone but the generals seems to want democracy.

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After Biden accused the Gazan health ministry of overstating the death toll from Israel's bombardment, a State Department official concedes that the real number is likely higher than that given by the ministry -- e.g., bodies still buried in rubble.

Death toll in Gaza likely ‘higher than is being reported’: US official

A senior Biden administration official said the death toll of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip is likely far higher than the 10,000 number being reported by the health ministry amid Israel’s war agai…

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As the Israeli military commits war crimes in Gaza (Biden himself has twice referenced its "indiscriminate bombing"), he bypasses Congress for the second time to send it more weapons. That's aiding and abetting war crimes.

The Biden administration once again bypasses Congress on an emergency weapons sale to Israel

For the second time this month, the Biden administration is bypassing Congress to approve an emergency weapons sale to Israel.

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Netanyahu warning Palestinians to flee Gaza has two problems: 1. Israel and Egypt prevent them from leaving. 2. A warning to flee does NOT absolve the Israeli military of the duty not to attack civilians who stay. That's what it did in 2006 in S. Lebanon.

Netanyahu tells Palestinians in Gaza to ‘leave now’ as almost 1,000 killed in Israel-Hamas conflict

Hamas calls on "resistance fighters in the West Bank" and "Arab and Islamic nations" to join the battle; US to send military ships, aircraft closer to Israel.

www.dawn.com

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The Myanmar junta is making a big mistaking thinking it can crush pro-democracy protesters in the shadows the way it did in 1988. Back then, people didn't have smart phones and social media to beam the military's outrages to the entire word.

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“The military is afraid of the online activities of people so they tried to block and shut down the internet. But now international bank transactions have stopped, and the country’s economy is declining. It’s like their urine is watering their own face.”

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Myanmar Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun's speech to the UN General Assembly denouncing the military's coup is so impressive that it is worth sharing in full. Please spread it far and wide.

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"The Burmese in their millions have bravely demonstrated that they do not want to be ruled by a corrupt, arbitrary, abusive and incompetent military. In this, they deserve the world’s full support."

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Hamas wants Israel to release Marwan Barghouti, but because he is widely viewed as the man most likely to unite Palestinian factions & serve as a credible negotiator of a Palestinian state, he is the last many that obstructionist Netanyahu wants to let go.

Hamas demands Israel release Marwan Barghouti, a man some Palestinians see as their Nelson Mandela

Hamas’ demand that Israel release Marwan Barghouti brings new attention to a man many Palestinians see as their Nelson Mandela.

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The people of Myanmar are protesting against the military's coup not only on land but also by traditional boats.

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Myanmar artists are adding their creativity to the broad popular opposition to the military's coup--here, three-finger salutes projected onto a building.

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Around 20 Israelis entered northern Gaza yesterday and "established an 'outpost' in the style seen commonly in the West Bank, building for several hours without the army or police interfering." That has been the first step toward an illegal settlement.

Israeli settlers cross into Gaza, build 'symbolic' outpost

Dozens of settlers and right-wing activists stormed Erez Crossing, building two wooden structures while soldiers and police stood aside.

www.972mag.com

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The Geneva Conventions prohibit “outrages upon personal dignity, in particular, humiliating and degrading treatment.” That requirement comes immediately after the rule against taking hostages. Israel wants to hold Hamas to one rule while flouting the next.

Dozens of Palestinians are captured by IDF

Palestinian men allegedly surrendered in the Jabalia refugee camp, with Israeli outlet Walla saying they were stripped 'to rule out the possibility that they were carrying weapons'.

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Germany defends itself at the International Court of Justice by saying that its foreign policy after the Holocaust is built around defending Israel rather than preventing mass atrocities. That's the wrong lesson to draw.

Israel’s security at core of German foreign policy due to Holocaust, ICJ hears

Nicaragua asks UN’s highest court to halt German weapons sales to Israel, alleging it is breaching obligation to prevent genocide

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"Inside Israel’s torture camp for Gaza detainees. Palestinians arrested in the northern Gaza Strip describe how Israeli soldiers systematically abused civilians and combatants alike, from severe deprivation to brutal physical violence."

Inside Israel's torture camp for Gaza detainees

Palestinians arrested in the northern Gaza Strip describe how Israeli soldiers systematically abused civilians and combatants alike, from severe deprivation to brutal physical violence.

www.972mag.com

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"Israel is intentionally starving Palestinians and should be held accountable for war crimes – and genocide, according to the UN’s leading expert on the right to food."

Israel is deliberately starving Palestinians, UN rights expert says

Exclusive: UN special rapporteur on the right to food Michael Fakhri says denial of food is war crime and constitutes ‘a situation of genocide’

www.theguardian.com

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