First *failed* asylum seeker departed ‘voluntarily’ from
the UK to Rwanda…

news.sky.com/story/first-fa…

Israel's Interior Ministry refused -- again -- to give an entry visa to UNRWA Commissioner-General Lazzarini,
per Kann news report

jpost.com/breaking-news/…

Protesters [members of *Order 9* movement --
likely referring t IDF call up notices] blocked aid trucks
at the Allenby crossing, per Israeli media reports on Wednesday morning.
The aim is 'to halt hundreds of trucks' travelling
'from Jordan to Gaza'.
jpost.com/breaking-news/…

Israel Police officer wounded in stabbing
in Jerusalem's Old City.
'The attacker was identified as Hasan Skalanan, a
34-year-old Turkish citizen who entered Israel the
same day through Allenby Bridge', coming from Jordan.
'He later died of his wounds'.
jpost.com/breaking-news/…

Leaving aside the Q of whether what Israel is doing in Gaza amounts to genocide - can we all agree that what Netanyahu's Finance Minister is demanding amounts to a call for genocide? And that Netanyahu is giving this call legitimacy by not sacking him?
haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Article 8 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Int'l Criminal Court codifies as war crimes the grave breaches of #IHL which the #Israeli MAG admitted occurred since 7 October 2023.

The 'criminality' to which the #Israeli MAG refers is in fact, the grave breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibits wilful killing, torture, or inhuman treatment, wilfully causing great suffering or serious injury, and extensive destruction and appropriation of

In her confidential letter to Israeli military commanders from February, the Military Advocate General writes: ' #Israel 's use of force, in general, is professional and lawful. However, we have encountered breaches of orders and norms, which include the use of force not justified

While #Israel continues to consider a ground offensive in #Rafah , too often are the warnings of jurists and humanitarians that its rejection of the fundamental rules of the law of armed conflict - leading to atrocities - are disregarded. If you won't listen to us, perhaps you

Israel cannot simply presume that all “military age” men are a security risk and detain them without cause because it is not lawful to presume that an entire sector of the population is made of combatants. This is a massive red flag

You have to hear this to believe this.

Without Netanyahu's active support, Ben Gvir and Smotrich would return to being the marginal, albeit dangerous thugs they always were. They are currently as dangerous as they are because that serves Netanyahu's interests.

He's the enabler.

'We'll take Rafah - with or without a hostage deal'.

This has long been the case, but it's more important now than ever in the past: Netanyahu is not a worthy interlocutor to be engaged, but rather a problem to be solved and a danger who needs to be contained.

The arrogance of the colonizer
You have to hear this to believe this.
Netanyahu invoking the Holocaust to explain why Israeli leaders can not be held accountable for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide forgetting that the entire world order was built in reaction to

Extremely important reporting that raises serious questions about the wisdom and the legality of US plans to build a temporary port in Gaza.

Per satellite imagery and local reporting, the IDF has unlawfully destroyed private homes in order to clear the surrounding area.