Russia tries to explain to the UN General Assembly why it vetoed continued monitoring of sanctions against North Korea. It doesn't mention that Russia was flouting those sanctions to obtain arms for Putin's colonial invasion of Ukraine. trib.al/gKlkjhL

Ex Shin Bet head: “Even if Israel prevails on the battlefield, Hamas’s ideology will not disappear.” The Palestinian people “must have reason to believe in a diplomatic process that will bring about the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel.”
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'Israel has declared record amount of West Bank Land as state -owned in 2024.
Thousands of acres were designated” in 3 months, “while the remapping of land already categorized as state-owned has been paving the way for potential settlement construction.'
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A powerful portrayal of the extent of Israel’s destruction of Gaza and starvation of Palestinian civilians. trib.al/vXqxfUZ

An Israeli officer “saw what he thought was a Hamas gunman climb on top of one truck and fire into the air.' It could have been a security guard but that glimpse was enough to kill 7 World Central Kitchen workers under Israel's lax rules of engagement. trib.al/VPIbJOC

The list of items that Israeli authorities have blocked from entering Gaza is staggering, from the medically necessary to basic food items. This obstructions suggests that Israel's real target is Palestinian civilians, not only Hamas.
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Famine may already have arrived in northern Gaza, but despite Netanyahu's promise to Biden, 'there has been no apparent work done yet on increasing aid to Gaza by opening an additional border crossing from Israel' into northern Gaza. #SlowWalkingDeath
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In northern Gaza, 'a few hundred thousand people are surviving on an average of 245 calories a day, according to Oxfam,' yet Israel is slow-walking its promise to open a border crossing directly into northern Gaza to deliver food. nytimes.com/2024/04/10/wor…

USAID chief Samantha Power says famine has already arrived in northern Gaza, yet Israel is slow-walking the opening of a border crossing directly into northern Gaza, despite Netanyahu's promise to Biden. nytimes.com/live/2024/04/1…

Airdrops are a band-aid, designed to cover up the cruelty of Biden continuing to arm Israeli forces as they bomb and starve Palestinian civilians. x.com/mhdksafa/statu…

Israel is inflating its numbers for trucks allowed into Gaza by including half-full trucks that Israeli inspectors have emptied. U.N. officials are consolidating loads to count only full trucks -- a better indicator of what reaches starving Palestinians. nytimes.com/2024/04/10/wor…

Russian forces continue to attack Ukraine's energy infrastructure despite charges for this war crime against two military commanders by the International Criminal Court. Time to charge the top commander, Putin. reuters.com/world/europe/r…

The Thai government’s decision not to forcibly return 19 children to Myanmar should be expanded to include all refugees from Myanmar. No one should be forcibly returned to the Myanmar junta's brutality. hrw.org/news/2024/04/1…

Yet again, European Union lawmakers try to pre-empt the far right by adopting its program (on immigration), which only legitimizing the far right. Voters end up figuring, why vote for mimics when you can vote for the real thing? apnews.com/article/migrat…

'The conclusions in the top-secret intelligence briefing were stark: China 'clandestinely and deceptively' interfered in Canada’s 2019 and 2021 federal elections, seeking to support candidates favorable to Beijing’s strategic interests.' washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…

The UN Human Rights Council has asked the UN rights chief to prepare the UN's first comprehensive report on the abysmal North Korean human rights situation since a Commission of Inquiry published its landmark report in 2014. hrw.org/news/2024/04/0…

Liberia is moving toward establishing a long-awaited war-crimes court. Its 'two civil wars, notorious for their brutality and use of child soldiers, left an estimated 250,000 people dead between 1989 and 2003.' voaafrica.com/a/liberia-legi…

Given the demise of media freedom in Hong Kong, it sadly is not surprising that a representative of Reporters Without Borders was denied entry. Only Xi Jinping sycophants are allowed as journalists. apnews.com/article/6ab867…

Endlessly fearful of opposition to Putin's colonial invasion of Ukraine, Russian authorities keep adding critics to their wanted list 'as its crackdown against dissent reaches unprecedented levels.' trib.al/wUJkq9I

Trump's brilliance: 'Six years after the Trump administration’s controversial decision to withdraw from the pact, the restraints have fallen away, one by one, leaving Iran closer to nuclear weapons capability than at any time in the country’s history.' washingtonpost.com/national-secur…