In the first week, 'only 820 tons of aid was delivered through the pier' built off-shore from Gaza. The amount reaching distribution points was 'equivalent to 71 truckloads—far below the initial target of 90 truckloads a day, and about 15% of daily need.' wsj.com/world/middle-e…

I hope Joe Biden reads this interview with the International Criminal Court prosecutor, who completely repudiates the false charge of 'moral equivalence' between Israel and Hamas. That's an argument to divert attention from Netanyahu's war crimes in Gaza. thetimes.co.uk/article/ca7cec…

'Benny Gantz said he was seeking to establish an independent commission to investigate Israel’s failure to stop the Hamas-led surprise attack on Oct. 7, as well as its conduct in the war.' Netanyahu seems desperate to avoid such an inquiry. nytimes.com/live/2024/05/2…

Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe was 'charged with witness tampering and bribery for his efforts to discredit a political opponent who was digging into Uribe’s family ties to right-wing paramilitary groups.' He faces up to 12 years in prison. apnews.com/article/colomb…

'More than two weeks of fighting between Sudan’s military and a notorious paramilitary group over a major city in the western Darfur region killed at least 123 people, an international aid group said Sunday.' apnews.com/article/sudan-…

Some Gaza Palestinians 'are surviving on just 3% of the internationally-recognized minimum standard for daily water intake,' yielding 'significantly increased acute watery diarrhea among children under 5' & proliferating water-borne communicable diseases. rescue.org/press-release/…

An Israeli airstrike on a makeshift tent camp for displaced Palestinians killed at least 35 people.' The strike hit an area of Rafah that the Israeli military designated as a “humanitarian zone,” where it had told Palestinian civilians to go for shelter. nytimes.com/live/2024/05/2…

In Modi's India, 'hatred of Muslims has effectively become state policy....Police have been accused of standing by as Hindus attack Muslims..., the killers of religious minorities go unpunished..., Hindu extremists openly call for the genocide of Muslims.' nytimes.com/2024/05/26/opi…

As the Indian government of Narendra Modi cracks down on critics -- a disturbing development for what a country that bills itself as the world's largest democracy -- YouTube has emerged as an important venue for independent voices. economist.com/asia/2024/05/2…

'Are powerful states sincere when they say there’s a body of law or is this rules-based system all a nonsense, simply a tool of Nato and a post-colonial world, w/ no real intention of applying law equally?” asks the International Criminal Court prosecutor. thetimes.co.uk/article/ca7cec…

An international humanitarian law reminder: war crimes by one side never justify war crimes by the other. The obligation to respect the law is absolute, not based on reciprocity. x.com/AJENews/status…

As U.S. boats filled with humanitarian aid wash away in heavy seas, it is worth recalling that this dangerous, expensive, and inadequate response to Netanyahu's starvation strategy in Gaza would be unnecessary if he stopped obstructing land deliveries. aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/25…

China jailed Zhang Zhan for four years for reporting on the government's (disastrous) response to the Covid outbreak in Wuhan which began the pandemic. She is now out of prison but Beijing still doesn't want her to speak. She is under strict surveillance. x.com/hrw/status/179…

'We have American and British doctors speaking of conducting amputations without anaesthetics, of babies dying in incubators because the power is turned off, of people dying because there is no insulin. This is not how war is supposed to be waged.” thetimes.co.uk/article/ca7cec…

The Hamas assault 'came at a time of deep division in Israel..., wracked by protests over...Netanyahu’s efforts...to dilute the power of Israel’s Supreme Court. It was precisely the type of schism that' the Hamas military leader said he would exploit. nytimes.com/2024/05/26/wor…

This is what a total hypocrite looks like. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham applauded the International Criminal Court's war-crime charges against Putin but cannot abide similar treatment for Netanyahu. Justice is only for adversaries? foxnews.com/politics/graha…

Among those who have endorsed the International Criminal Court charges against Netanyahu and Gallant is Theodor Meron — “a giant of intellect, an Israeli Jew who was legal adviser to Israel and a Holocaust survivor — are they going to call him antisemitic? thetimes.co.uk/article/ca7cec…

Hamas launches rockets indiscriminately at Israeli cities, showing that both sides in the conflict are continuing to commit war crimes. trib.al/AAX0W2K

Some Palestinians are staying in Rafah despite the Israeli invasion: 'They are exhausted, hungry and know that the next place they flee to likely won’t be safe either. Israel has continued to bombard Gaza, even in areas previously designated as safe.' nytimes.com/live/2024/05/2…

'Israel has every right to protect its population and to get the hostages back. But nobody has a license to commit war crimes or crimes against humanity. The means define us,” says the International Criminal Court prosecutor. thetimes.co.uk/article/ca7cec…