from #CommonDreams
'This Is a Crime Against Humanity': 600,000 Children in Line of Fire as #IDF Moves on Rafah
"We had already run out of words to describe how catastrophic the situation is in #Rafah—but this next chapter will take it to indescribable new levels" - Save the Children International CEO.
#Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and GOP lawmakers in the U.S. have threatened to retaliate against the court if it issues arrest warrants for officials in #Israel 's government.
"There is a question of historical responsibility towards injustice, genocide, and fascism," said #StephenKapos. "If you are indifferent, if you do not take a stand, you acquire a degree of guilt."
"After 205 days of genocide and almost 40,000 Palestinian martyrs, it is shameful that #UT continues to invest in mass murder and resorts to brutal intimidation tactics to try to silence its own students," said one protester.
from #commondreams
'Damning' Independent Probe Finds #Israel Has Yet to Provide Evidence Against UNRWA
The U.S. House on Saturday passed a bill including a prohibition on funding the agency, due to Israel s unsubstantiated claims that #UNRWA employees have terrorism links.
from #CommonDreams #WestBank Pogrom 'Underscores Urgent Need to Dismantle Apartheid': Amnesty
"The appalling spike in settler violence against Palestinians in recent days is part of a decades-long state-backed campaign to dispossess, displace, and oppress Palestinians in the occupied West Bank," said one #Amnesty official.
from #CommonDreams
IDF Kills 18 Children in #Rafah Hours After US House Approves Billions in Military Aid
"Members of Congress should understand that approving more military aid could subject them to personal liability for aiding and abetting an ongoing genocide in #Gaza."
from #CommonDreams
US College Students Demonstrate in Solidarity With Palestinians, #Columbia Protesters
"#ColumbiaUniversity made a huge mistake calling the cops on student protesters," said one educator. "It has transformed the activism of hundreds of students into a student movement of thousands."
Historic Number of Democratic Reps Vote Against Unconditional Aid to #Israel -
"Most Americans do not want our government to write a blank check to further #Netanyahu 's war in #Gaza," a group of nearly 20 of the 37 no-voting lawmakers said.
'The Opposite of Leadership': US Vetoes Palestine's #UN Membership - #Palestine 's permanent observer at the #UnitedNations said the resolution's failure "will not break our will, and it will not defeat our determination."