#Genocide in #Gaza: Analysis of International Law and its Application to Israel’s Military Actions since October 7, 2023
The University Network for Human Rights, the International Human Rights Clinic at Boston University School of Law, the International Human Rights Clinic at Cornell Law School, the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, and the Lowenstein Human Rights Project at Yale Law School have conducted a thorough legal analysis of Israel’s acts since October 7 - and concludes Israel is in clear violation of the Genocide Convention
UN Special Rapporteur nails the situation in Gaza. It's ethnic cleansing, genocide, domicide, and a "a very grave war crime under international law, particularly given Israel’s status as an occupying power."
He likens it to a 'turkey shoot':
"They are just doing target practice on the people of Gaza"
Reuters: Dozens of students walked out of Duke University’s commencement ceremony as some chanted “free Palestine” to protest against the guest speaker, comedian Jerry Seinfeld, for supporting Israel throughout its war on Gaza
He doesn't just support Israel in the genocide. His wife FUNDED the astroturf pro-genocide protestors who violently attacked the UCLA encampment. should not be allowed anywhere near a campus and students.
hmm. I'm seeing whitish gray smoke over near the ball fields in Debs Park.
concerning, but I can't see flames directly, and I don't know if there are BBQ pits over there, so don't want to call the fire department unnecessarily.
The woman, whom police nicknamed the "Rooftop Ninja," lived inside the store sign for about a year, Warren said. Inside her dwelling, she had a mini desk, flooring, a pantry of food and even a houseplant.
DemocracyNow: Two accidents on Boeing 737 passenger jets took place Thursday. In Senegal, a 737-300 caught fire & skidded off the runway as it was preparing to take off, injuring at least 10 people. In Turkey, a tire on a Boeing 737-800 aircraft burst upon landing. The 190 people on board were safely evacuated. Just 1 day earlier, a Boeing 767 FedEx plane landed at Istanbul airport without its front landing gear deployed, its nose hitting the runway.
The trio of accidents come as another whistleblower formerly employed by Boeing’s largest supplier, came forward. Santiago Paredes told reporters he used to regularly find up to 200 defects on fuselages that were being delivered to Boeing.
Aid truck drivers stuck on the Egyptian side of #Rafah crossing are worried that the food they're carrying is going to spoil a few miles away from starving people.
Seige warfare and forced starvation is a #WarCrime.
AlJazeera: Patients and staff are being forced out of hospitals across #Rafah as Israel’s attacks on the city intensify, leaving many sick and wounded Palestinians with no way to be treated.
“We have no beds, no hospitals to refer [people to], especially for critical patients,” Palestinian doctor Mohammed Zaqout said.
“Al-Najjar Hospital is out of service. And the Kuwaiti Hospital [in Rafah] is just for trauma and emergency,” he added.
IDF are conducting operations in several areas of Rafah city, according to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic, while reports are emerging of heavy clashes between Palestinian armed groups and Israel’s military in the east of the city.
Video showed a Palestinian family cowering in a residence as the sounds of heavy machine-gun fire & explosions could be heard nearby in what is being described as a “night of fire”
AlJazeera: There has been gunfire exchanged between Israeli forces and Palestinian resistance groups in the occupied #WestBank city of Nablus, the Wafa news agency reports.
Israeli forces stormed the Rafidia neighbourhood of the city and raided student housing, beating and arresting two students, according to Wafa.
Israeli raids and settler violence have also been reported elsewhere in the occupied West Bank in the following locations:
The city of Hebron and the town of Yatta to the south.
The town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron.
Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian crops east of Ain al-Hilweh in the northern Jordan Valley, Wafa reports.
Reports that a #Belgium TV channel interrupted #Eurovision with a message about Israel’s genocide and repression of the free press.
“This is a union action. We condemn the human rights violations committed by Israel. Additionally, Israel is destroying press freedom. That is why we are pausing the broadcast for a moment. #CeaseFireNow#StopGenocide"