The #Biden admin has concluded it is “reasonable to assess” that #Israel’s military campaign in #Gaza has violated #InternationalLaw, but has not found specific instances that would justify the withholding of #military aid, #State Dept told #Congress Fri.
The report said that conclusion was based in part on the difficulty of collecting reliable information from the #war zone & the way #Hamas operates in densely populated areas. It also stressed that #Israel has begun the process of seeking accountability for possible violations of the #law, a key component in the #UnitedStates assessment about whether to provide #military aid to allies accused of #HumanRights violations.
Butter boards — artfully styled wooden boards with softened, flavored butter — have become a TikTok trend in the last couple of years. But their inexorable rise might not have been entirely organic. Grist reports on how the dairy lobby is claiming credit for the trend because its marketing group worked with the influencer who posted the first video. The organization also has partnerships with McDonald's, Taco Bell, Domino's and General Mills. "Thirty years after the era-defining 'Got Milk?' campaign — itself a project of the California Milk Processor Board — the U.S. dairy lobby’s PR machine appears to be getting a second wind," writes H. Claire Brown.