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"I thought those fighting hard for peace in Gaza would deserve it." Toshiyuki Mimaki, the Japanese anti-nuclear campaigner whose group, Nihon Hidankyo, won the Nobel Peace Prize, says he was surprised they won the award instead of people working to stop Israel’s war on Gaza.

He is not examining the plan. He is implementing it. Humanitarian aid already sealed off for almost 2 weeks. No access to food, water, healthcare. 400,000 Palestinians are under expulsion order and caged under heavy fire. Hundreds killed in few days. x.com/AP/status/1845…

When Israel began its war on Gaza, it initially felt pressure to deny responsibility for attacks on hospitals and refugee camps. A year of unflinching support from the US has convinced Benjamin Netanyahu that he no longer has any such need to pretend. jacobin.com/2024/10/us-isr…

The level of destruction caused by Israel’s bombardments in Jabalia. Northern Gaza is being completely obliterated.

Join our side event at 1C on 23 Oct lunchtime - we will be having a focussed discussion on implementation of the Declaration and what states can do ahead of the next conference in Costa Rica. Now more than ever there is an urgent need to reduce harm from #EWIPA

My Channel 4 News report on Israel’s relentless pounding of northern Gaza. It took a remarkably brave and persistent cameraman to get these pictures out to us. The world cannot say that it didn’t see. Or know. channel4.com/news/israels-r…

The Biden administration can't even be bothered to enforce federal law or its own guidelines on arms sales: "No single case has reached the action stage... more than two-thirds of cases remain unresolved, many pending response from the Israeli government." washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

This paper thinks through the decolonising of war from a geographical perspective. It brings Taraq Barkawi and other work in IR into conv with geog to think through war's (de)colonialities, leaning on vital work in feminist, Black and indigenous geogs journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03…

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If you're at #ISA2025 in Chicago then please come along to the roundtable on my book Weaponizing Civilian Protection, where some much smarter people than me will pick it apart. Sunday between 4 pm and 5.45 pm in Stevens Salon C-5 at the Chicago Hilton.

Overjoyed to receive this important piece of scholarship from Thomas Gregory. I will inhale the contents, mark up the book, reply with comments, and thank him for his important contribution. In a world where civilian protection is lacking I appreciate you and your humanity Tom.