ERC Griffiths, Nov 9: "Over the past few weeks, I have engaged with various leaders, partners, & interlocutors to support humanitarian efforts & negotiate access. I have been to #Egypt, #Israel, & the [#OPT]. I have met w/the families of some of the Israeli #hostages & spoken to families in #Gaza.
The situation is insupportable. To allow it to continue would be a travesty."
"Despite their narrow focus, recent international sanctions against settlers are laying the foundations to turn verbal condemnations into tangible action."
"Palestinians across the West Bank describe how Israeli settlers, with military backing, are intensifying their takeover of land for illegal construction."
#Gaza in Context: A Collaborative Teach-In Series — Session 08
Colonial Narratives: Between Myth and Reality
"From founding myths, to settlements, to propensity for making/rejecting peace, and beyond, this conversation documents the gap between myths and realities of #Israel’s decades-long occupation and dispossession of #Palestinians."
"Donors to #UNRWA - the main #UN agency that supports #Palestinians - including the UK, withdrew their funding 10 days ago because of allegations in a confidential Israeli document that this program has now seen.
"The document [..] provides no evidence to support its explosive new claim that UNRWA staff were involved in the terror attacks on #Israel..."
"#Israel's reaction to the announcement by Norway, Spain, and Ireland, that they formally recognise the State of #Palestine, shows again that Israel seeks #annexation and permanent occupation over Palestine .. "
'The #IsraeliMilitary’s #bombing campaign in #Gaza used an #AI-powered database that at one stage identified 37,000 potential targets based on their apparent links to #Hamas, according to intelligence sources involved in the war.
the sources claim that Israeli military officials permitted large numbers of #PalestinianCivilians to be killed,
“You don’t want to waste expensive bombs on unimportant people..."
My personal project for this past Holy Week. Thanks to #LRWC & the #IBAHRI for working with me on the drafting of this a video statement (below) to the UN #HumanRightsCouncil on 26 March 2024. Thanks to JD for reading it & TBF for logistical support. The statement condemns the atrocities & war crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories #OPT, calling for an immediate ceasefire & a halt to weapons sales/assistance that can be used in atrocities, war crimes or violations.
"#Biden referred to Israeli policy toward the #Gaza Strip as a mistake. A mistake is when you take a wrong turn at a traffic light [..] but when over the course of 6 months you kill 10s of 1000s of people [..] that's not a 'mistake,' that's a deliberate policy and that's why #Israel has been hauled in front of the International Court of Justice on charges of genocide" - #MouinRabbani
Ex-Foreign Office and Ministry of Defence official #AliciaKearns, chair of the House of Commons [#SelectCommitteeOnForeignAffairs] said at a Tory fundraiser that legal advice would mean the UK has to cease all #ArmsSales to Israel without delay
"His applications wholly ignore, any and all, issues unconnected with the current situation in the Gaza Strip. Nothing about the crime against humanity that is #apartheid, nothing about the war crime of illegal settlement, nothing about #Israel’s previous onslaughts against the #Gaza Strip, or its systematic sniper attacks against demonstrators during the 2018 #GreatMarchOfReturn." - #MouinRabbani