The first substantial negotiating round of the #UNTaxConvention process ended last night. All countries reached a consensus agreement on a roadmap towards the next - and final - negotiating round, starting in July. Read our press release here: eurodad.org/un_tax_convent…

Human Rights Watch found that Israeli forces are illegally killing Palestinians in the West Bank, including deliberately executing those who posed no apparent security threat: hrw.org/news/2024/05/0…

Furthermore, Israel is not permitting any goods – including fuel and other humanitarian aid – to enter Gaza. This will mean a critical shortage of life-saving aid, with a famine already looming and with needs set to rise exponentially.

For over 6 months, Israel has routinely killed civilians and aid workers, including in clearly marked “safe zones” and “evacuation routes.” The notion that the 100,000 civilians being evacuated by Israel will be safe and protected is simply not credible.

Unsurprisingly after TCJA when the corp tax rate dropped to 21%, most of the nation’s largest corps saw substantial tax reductions. New ITEP research shows biz profits grew by 44%, but their federal tax bills dropped by 16%. #TaxTwitter #EconTwitter itep.org/corporate-taxe…

The battle for the future of the Global South debt crisis is being fought in... Albany

Excellent explainer of the NY State's Sovereign Debt Stability Act from the Boston University Global Development Policy Center's Tim Hirschel-Burns: gdpcenter.org/4acys1v

President Carlos Alvarado Quesada is one of 65 global leaders and public figures urging New York to pass the groundbreaking Sovereign Debt Stability Act.

The bill would help protect low- and middle-income countries from predatory private creditors. Read more here: oxfamamerica.org/press/press-re…

Oxfam's reaction to Israel's evacuation order to 100,000 people in Rafah. 👉oxf.am/4bnmiUz
#CeasefireNOW

Talking with Wesam from Gaza🇵🇸 just now. He is 25, uncle of a 5-year-old boy w. cerebral palsy (their photos added) whose father was an emergency nurse and was killed in Dec. He is telling me area around them in eastern Rafah is being bombed and that they have nowhere to go.

Nuestros investigadores Mariana Matamoros y Sergio Chaparro participan de las primeras discusiones sobre cómo funcionará la Convención Marco de la #ONU sobre Cooperación Internacional.

Israel's order for around 100,000 Palestinians to evacuate ahead of an offensive in Rafah puts every Palestinian in Gaza in grave danger. There is nowhere safe to go. Our full statement: oxf.am/4abixR9

Never seen an outcry as we have today from humanitarian agencies.

OxfamAmerica Abby Maxman: 'Israel's decision to move forward with this operation in Rafah underscores just how little influence President Biden' strategy of unconditional support has yielded.'

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