Unicef asking that its aid trucks not be hit with live ammunition again.

Thirty years ago the world failed to stop the Rwandan genocide. Now we fail Gaza | Chris McGreal theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

‘A system perverted by corporate money’: inside documentary sequel Food, Inc 2 theguardian.com/film/2024/apr/…

Exclusive from David Smith. Senator Tim Kaine: Biden knows Netanyahu ‘played’ him in early months of Gaza war. theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

The same countries that said ‘never again’ after Rwanda have given Israel a free pass during six months of death and destruction
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Thirty years ago the world failed to stop the Rwandan genocide. Now we fail Gaza.

Veteran Africa and Middle East correspondent Chris McGreal draws uncomfortable comparisons for leaders in the US and Europe.

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'Thirty years ago the world failed to stop the Rwandan genocide. Now we fail Gaza. The same countries that said ‘never again’ after Rwanda have given Israel a free pass during six months of death and destruction.' theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

30 years ago, I reported on the Rwandan genocide as the world stood by. Afterwards, governments made another promise of 'never again'. Now they are failing Gaza. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

7 current and former US officials have told the BBC that Biden's pressure on Israel after the World Food Kitchen attack hasn’t gone far enough and will fail to stem the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. It “doesn’t meet the moral urgency” said one.

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30 years ago, I reported on the Rwandan genocide as the world stood by. Afterwards, governments made another promise of 'never again'. Now they are failing Gaza. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

After I tweeted this thread, the Home Office phoned me up and said I was lying.

In 2014 the Cameron led coalition government after a review suspended arms export licences to Israel in the event of a resumption of hostilities with Hamas. What is striking is that a lack of information was sufficient to suspend. The review stated “In the event of the renewal…

No words can do justice to the horrors that people in #Gaza are living in since the war began six months ago.

The lives of 2 million people were turned upside down, often overnight. Many lost the most precious: their loved ones. Everything is in short supply except for…

“Shifa has literally become a graveyard.”

After repeated denials by Israeli forces, a World Health Organization (WHO) and OCHA convoy reached Al Shifa hospital in #Gaza .

What they found was a horrific scene of Gaza’s biggest hospital destroyed and deserted.

Hear Jonathan Whittall’s first-hand account.

I'm in Gaza with my charity INARA. As we were leaving one cluster of tents a woman came up and said “My son keeps screaming and shaking uncontrollably. It started when he saw his sister’s head blown off”.

Unfortunately, I can't see International Criminal Law surviving this trampling of the law lead by Israel & the United States.

Leading our UNICTR & the Bagosora et al trial was a Norwegian Judge. In our trial we also had judges from Russian, Fiji, Jamaica, Senegal & Slovenia - 82 Nationalities were represented at UNICTR. I am losing hope for justice in Gaza and for International law.

This 20 year old article has been deeply buried (by my request). The trial was so big - it is just a snapshot of the Rwandan facts & too personal for me. But well written & it could be useful now .... an overview of the a Genocide Trial at the UNICTR. static1.squarespace.com/static/64f7c63…

In the past six months the Israeli state has done in Gaza exactly what its political leaders said if would. None of this was unforeseen or unknowable

With a minor earthquake today, and a partial solar eclipse looming, #NYC appears to be experiencing a low-budget version of the Biblical end-times.

Next up, one slightly lost-looking locust, the Four Pony-persons of the Apocalypse and the Flirt of Babylon.