The United Nations has suspended food distribution in the southern Gaza city of Rafah due to lack of supplies and insecurity.
It also said no aid trucks have entered the territory in the past two days via a floating pier set up by the US for sea deliveries, and warned that the $320m (£250m) project may fail unless Israel starts providing the conditions humanitarian groups need to operate safely.
Meanwhile..
"Individual members of Israel’s security forces are tipping off far-right activists and settlers to the location of aid trucks delivering vital supplies to Gaza, enabling the groups to block and vandalise the convoys, according to multiple sources"
“I feel that I am really living in my Jewishness, in the essence of what I was raised with, by standing up for Palestinians and by demanding their freedom,”
“I am so angry at the president that he is using my community as justification for the slaughter, making us the face of the American war machine. I don’t think that makes us safe. And if he really cared about Jewish safety, he wouldn’t be doing that.”
"I want to take actions, not just words,” Graham said to Blinken. “Will you support [a] bipartisan effort to sanction the ICC, not only for the outrage against Israel but to protect, in the future, our own interest?”
“I welcome working with you on that,” Blinken said"
‘The warrants for Israel’s top leaders, which must still be approved by a panel of ICC judges, are “a watershed event in the history of international justice,” says war crimes prosecutor Reed Brody.’
‘This is like, “You have been warned. You come after us, we will come after you,” like the Mafia. And I have to say, Karim Khan said, in his statement yesterday, that this could potentially constitute obstruction of justice.’
‘The continued Israeli attacks come a day after the International Criminal Court announced it is seeking arrest warrants for alleged war crimes committed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant’
‘Among the victims were a teacher and a doctor, who were on their way to work, and at least one young student, who was shot while riding his bike to school. About a dozen others have been reported injured, including a journalist.‘
‘The Not On Our Dime! Act would also prohibit organizations from “aiding and abetting” the resettling of Gaza or supporting Israeli military actions that violate international law.’
‘Over 150 Yale students staged a walkout Monday during their graduation ceremony. Some students wore red gloves to symbolize blood as they demand the Ivy League school divest from Israel.’
The demand for solid evidence is likely why Khan began with IL's starvation strategy bc: evidence was more readily available. Khan made clear that his investigation “continues." Netanyahu accused Khan of “callously pouring gasoline on the fires of antisemitism that're raging across the world”, claiming that “Khan takes his place among the great antisemites in modern times.” He had no trouble embracing an antisemite -Orbán. #ICChttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/21/icc-benjamin-netanyahu-arrest-warrant
RW politicians like #MAGAMike, side with Netanyahu, disregard his war crimes & insufficient aid going into Gaza:
Johnson threatens ICC sanctions vote over Netanyahu arrest warrant application.
Rep Roy has introduced a bill that would sanction ICC officials who investigate U.S. citizens or allies. It's supported by nearly two dozen other Republicans, including Rep Stefanik, chair of the House Republican Conference.
Oppressive regimes control & selectively remove media coverage, SM..., that keep them accountable. Netanyahu may be covering up more war crimes:
Israeli officials seize AP EQP & take down live shot of northern Gaza, citing new media law. The QA satellite channel is among 1000s of clients that receive live video feeds from the AP & other news orgs. The AP denounced the move.
"Israel's obstruction of aid: The UN "has suspended food distribution in the southern Gaza city of Rafah due to lack of supplies and insecurity. It also said no aid trucks entered via a pier set up by the U.S. for sea deliveries for the past two days."
The world is now seeing how we are manipulated to see what they want us to see. Who THEY decide are the “enemy” and who isn’t. When most of the world is watching, and not agreeing, they highlight themselves. #hypocrisy#warcrimes#humanrights
“Some of us were not sure this was ever going to wind up coming, or coming in a manner that it did. What [Khan] has done is to say that there are bright red lines with respect to international law, that there are consequences, that no one is above the law,”
‘one of the things that we’re also always hearing about being faculty and in community at Morehouse is that this is Dr. King’s alma mater and that we should stand up for social justice and humanitarianism’
🇫🇷 "France supports the International Criminal Court, its independence and the fight against impunity in every situation."
— Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France