'The Israeli military has established a mass assassination program...blending algorithmic targeting with a high tolerance for bystander deaths and injuries,' explaining how it could kill so many while still claiming to respect internat'l humanitarian law. foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/02/isr…

Netanyahu could face obstructing-justice charges for saying he 'expects the leaders of the free world to stand firmly against' an ICC arrest warrant for Israeli officials. 'We expect them to use all the means at their disposal to stop this dangerous move.' commondreams.org/news/icc-netan…

Netanyahu 'has been so desperate to gain and hold power to avoid possible jail time on corruption charges, he has created a governing coalition that has given unprecedented power to two far-right Jewish supremacists with authority in three ministries.' nytimes.com/2024/05/02/opi…

The House bill to combat antisemitism uses the horrible IHRA definition even though it is regularly used to stifle legitimate criticism of Israel, such as prohibiting calling the Israeli government 'racist' despite its apartheid in the occupied territory. nytimes.com/2024/05/02/us/…

The Saudi government says it would normalize relations with Israel only if there were a clear path to a Palestinian state. Netanyahu, instead, offers the Saudis the great privilege of being co-occupiers with Israel of Palestinian territory. #NotTheSame nytimes.com/2024/05/03/wor…

Trump got away with imposing sanctions on the prior International Criminal Court prosecutor when she opened investigations that might have implicated US and Israeli officials. The current prosecutor warns any threats could be a crime: obstructing justice. reuters.com/world/icc-pros…

Gloves off: The International Criminal Court prosecutor issues a powerful warning to partisans of the Israeli government who threaten his office with retaliation should he issue war crime charges. They can be charged with the crime of obstructing justice. x.com/IntlCrimCourt/…

3 May 2023 killing of civilian, reported to #HRC54 ➡️§48 bit.ly/4a340H4 by UN Syria Commission of Inquiry having 'found no evidence that the deceased was anything but a civilian or he was otherwise directly participating in hostilities', now confirmed by US CENTCOM➡️bit.ly/3Wq0ALj

The long memory of justice: It took far too long, but Liberia is finally creating 'a long-awaited war crimes court to deliver justice to the victims of Liberia’s two civil wars, characterized by widespread mass killings, torture and sexual violence.' apnews.com/article/liberi…

The scary reality: 'The fate of a deal that would free Israeli hostages and stop the war in Gaza is now in the hands of' two 'hardliners': Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas’s top leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar. wsj.com/world/middle-e…

'Young Georgians want to be part of Europe. Their government is in the way. A proposed [Putinesque] “foreign agent” law could block the country’s path to the E.U. and NATO' by enabling the government to stigmatize critics. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

'Water, food and fuel supplies for people in the largest city in the Darfur region of Sudan are being choked off as fighting intensifies....El Fasher has been encircled by the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group..., besieging the population. theguardian.com/global-develop…

Since Putin's colonial invasion of Ukraine, 'Kremlin critics say Russia is targeting its foes abroad with killings, poisonings and harassment.' apnews.com/article/russia…

Turkey said it had halted all trade with Israel until “uninterrupted and adequate humanitarian aid is allowed into Gaza.' Israel's foreign minister said that's 'how a dictator behaves,' ignoring the Israeli war criminals have pulverized and starved Gaza.
nytimes.com/live/2024/05/0…

'The world hasn’t seen anything like the unprecedented destruction of housing in Gaza since World War II.' The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols of 1977 were supposed to stop repetition, but Israel ignores them.
apnews.com/article/un-rep…

Netanyahu doesn't stop: 'The Israeli military has killed six people, including four children, after bombing a house in Gaza’s Rafah.'
aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/…

Macron shouldn't ignore human rights during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Paris. He should lay out consequences for the Chinese government’ if it continues its crimes against humanity targeting Uyghur Muslims and deepening repression nationwide. hrw.org/news/2024/05/0…

Tajik authorities should immediately confirm the detention and whereabouts of and release the opposition activist Sukhrob Zafar. He was reportedly forcibly disappeared while in Türkiye in March 2024, despite holding official UNHCR asylum seeker status.
hrw.org/news/2024/05/0…

'Rebuilding all the homes destroyed by Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip could take until the next century if the pace of reconstruction were to match what it was after wars there in 2014 and 2021, according to a United Nations report.' nytimes.com/2024/05/02/wor…

A shameful capitulation to Beijing: 'The UN’s refugee agency rebuffed requests from the Thai government to assist 48 Uyghur asylum seekers from China who have been detained in life-threatening conditions in Thailand for more than 10 years,'
thenewhumanitarian.org/investigations…