Israel has vowed to persist with its military operation in Gaza, saying it won’t engage in “meaningless” negotiations with Hamas, shortly after the United Nations Security Council overwhelmingly approved a US-backed ceasefire plan intended to bring an end to the eight-month war.
In other news from Gaza, the U.N. food agency has issued a dire warning, stating, “Over one million people — half the population of Gaza — are expected to face death and starvation by mid-July” if Israel’s war on Gaza does not end. The warning comes in a new report on global hunger that also says the risk of starvation...
"UN adding Israel to ‘blacklist’ of countries harming children in conflict"
Israel "has killed more than 15,500 Palestinian children & fuelled widespread malnutrition."
A UN official said, “Ambassador Erdan’s video recording of [the UN's courtesy] phone call, & the partial release of that recording on Twitter, is shocking & unacceptable – & frankly something I’ve never seen in my 24 years serving this organisation."
"UN adding Israel to ‘blacklist’ of countries harming children in conflict"
Israel "has killed more than 15,500 Palestinian children & fuelled widespread malnutrition."
A UN official said, “Ambassador Erdan’s video recording of [the UN's courtesy] phone call, & the partial release of that recording on Twitter, is shocking & unacceptable – & frankly something I’ve never seen in my 24 years serving this organisation."
"UN adding Israel to ‘blacklist’ of countries harming children in conflict"
Israel "has killed more than 15,500 Palestinian children & fuelled widespread malnutrition."
A UN official said, “Ambassador Erdan’s video recording of [the UN's courtesy] phone call, & the partial release of that recording on Twitter, is shocking & unacceptable – & frankly something I’ve never seen in my 24 years serving this organisation."
UN-Vollversammlung wählt neue Mitglieder für den Sicherheitsrat
Die UN-Vollversammlung hat entschieden, welche fünf Staaten als nächstes im Sicherheitsrat vertreten sein werden. Dänemark, Griechenland, Pakistan, Panama und Somalia sind demnach ab 2025 für zwei Jahre nicht-ständige Mitglieder.
According to the International Criminal Court, over 100,000 Ukrainian children have been kidnapped by Putin's military, then deported by the Russian military and sent to reeducation camps inside Russia. Estimates of up to 700,000 kids have been forcibly removed or deported from their homes. Russia's plan is to erase Ukrainian identity by creating orphans and kidnapping the children. This is genocide.
This is Oleksandr from Mariupol. Russian soldiers separated boy and his mother in filtration camp in March, 2022. He has not seen his mother since then. Every year on June 4th, the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression acknowledges the pain that children around the world suffer. We must stop this terror now. World must hold Russia accountable for its actions.
A Deep Dive into Corruption. MOL oil money comes from Putin, Russia fbs criminals to finance disinformation and propaganda operations in Europe to target freedom and the rule of law. 🚨
What a bastard….article 7 time! Orbáns' Scandalous Propaganda Empire Exposed.
Journalists from the New York Times have conducted an investigation for many months and conducted over 110 interviews to trace a network of Russian politicians kidnapping Ukrainian children - a war crime.
This is very important for future criminal investigations of Russian war crimes.
130,000 war crimes. Millions of lives ruined. The world has seen so many horrible things done by Russian soldiers. Now, it's time for justice. The First Global Peace Summit, organized by Ukraine and Switzerland, will take place in Bürgenstock on June 15 and 16. This is where all democratic leaders will gather to restore world order and finally bring peace to the world. The aggressor must pay for all the damage caused! Putin must release and return the 4 million Ukrainians hostages held in Russia.
Not all #Kharkiv residents survived the night. Putin’s army murdered Ukrainians in their sleep.
Russian invaders hit a multi-storey residential building destroying several floors. It was home to hundreds of Ukrainians. As of now, 6 people died and 25 more were injured. Rescuers continue to clear the rubble and search for bodies. Many are missing.
Russian terrorists deliberately used a double-tap tactic during strike to increase the number of victims. #Ukraine
Not all #Kharkiv residents survived the night. Putin’s army murdered Ukrainians in their sleep. Russian invaders hit a multi-storey residential building destroying several floors. It was home to hundreds of Ukrainians. As of now, 6 people died and 25 more were injured. Rescuers continue to clear the rubble and search for bodies. Many are missing. Russian terrorists deliberately used a double-tap tactic during strike to increase the number of victims. #Ukraine
UN expert group has called for immediate sanctions & other measures by the international community to pressure Israel to comply with international law.
“The flow of arms into Israel must stop immediately. It is abundantly clear that these weapons are being used to brutally kill and maim Palestinian civilians."
“A staggering five per cent of Gaza’s population has been killed or injured."
US State Department official resigns, says US report on #Gaza inaccurate
A U.S. State Department official who quit this week said on Thursday her resignation was precipitated by an administration report to #Congress that she said falsely stated #Israel was not blocking #humanitarian aid to Gaza, prompting her to resign in protest of President Joe #Biden's Israel policy.
Stacy Gilbert, who served in the State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, was a subject matter expert working on the report.
"There is so clearly a right and wrong, and what is in that report is wrong," Gilbert said in an interview.
Starlink terminals continue to be sold in #Russia, used to kill Ukrainians.
Despite assurances from marketplaces that the terminals are not available for ordering and the Russian authorities' ban on using the systems, some sellers are putting the terminals up for sale under a different brand so that they will not be removed from the trading floor.
Only on the Russian marketplace "Ozon" managed to find 12 #Starlink terminals at a price of $1600.
"If the #Israeli assault stopped today, and we decided to hold a funeral every single day for each #Palestinian killed in the last eight months, it would take us 100 years to honor them all."
The Palestinian speaker at the #UN Security Council highlights the devastating toll of casualties among #Palestinians resulting from the Israeli #genocide in #Gaza.
Sima Bahous, the executive director of UN Women, said more than 10,000 Palestinian women have been killed in the seven months of Israel’s war on Gaza – including scores of women and children horrifically killed by an Israeli air strike while sleeping in tents in what was supposed to be a safe zone in Rafah.
“This war must stop because women and girls are bearing the brunt of it,” Bahous told a UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday.
Israel vows to press on in Gaza after UN Security Council approves ceasefire proposal (edition.cnn.com)
Israel has vowed to persist with its military operation in Gaza, saying it won’t engage in “meaningless” negotiations with Hamas, shortly after the United Nations Security Council overwhelmingly approved a US-backed ceasefire plan intended to bring an end to the eight-month war.
U.N. Warns 1 Million Gazans Could Face Deadly Starvation by Mid-July (www.democracynow.org)
In other news from Gaza, the U.N. food agency has issued a dire warning, stating, “Over one million people — half the population of Gaza — are expected to face death and starvation by mid-July” if Israel’s war on Gaza does not end. The warning comes in a new report on global hunger that also says the risk of starvation...