"Pursuing a major Western ally like Benjamin Netanyahu ... was not an easy thing for the ICC. It's a first in so many ways." Al Jazeera's Marwan Bashara on the ICC warrants for Israel's Netanyahu and Gallant. 🔴 LIVE Updates: aje.io/azth2v

FEMINIST GIANT Global Roundup: -Taliban Ban Women from Nursing & Midwifery -Iran's Hijab & Chastity Law -Namibia Elects 1st Woman President -Climate Talks Need Feminism -1st African Woman to Curate Venice Biennale feministgiant.com/p/global-round…

600 days of grief. #KeepEyesOnSudan

Protip: any analysis of Syria that ignores 50+ years of one of most brutal dictatorial regimes in the world is bilge. PS listen to Syrians, the whole range of them. Including the ones you don’t agree with.

Mike Casey was one of two people explicitly focused on Gaza in the whole U.S. government. Then he resigned.

Ghana's Anti-LGBTQ Bill Would Classify LGBTQ+ Individuals as "Fugitive Criminals," Making LGBTQ+ Status an Extraditable Crime Enforcement Could Create Diplomatic Dilemma, Threaten LGBTQ+ Rights Globally This law would threaten Ghanaian LGBTQ+ refugees and asylum seekers.

2024 will go down in history as the year when they tried to make us believe that killing thousands of children is self-defense and morally justifiable.

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya faced Israel’s war on Gaza’s health care system head-on, documenting to the world his fight despite constant bombardment, depleted humanitarian aid, a painful shrapnel injury & the killing of his own son. Then the IDF arrested him. huffpost.com/entry/doctor-h…

Ivory Coast asks French troops to leave, the latest African country to do so apnews.com/article/ivory-…

I’m Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, a medical doctor & the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, I DEMAND the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya from a brutal detention imposed by Israel. End the genocide.

Breaking: Israeli forces have issued evacuation orders to people in Al-Buraij Camp. People don’t have anywhere to go as Israel is continuously shrinking the humanitarian safe zone.

Coverage of the violence in New Orleans & Las Vegas by military members isn't getting at the underlying drivers of this pain. Hurt people hurt people — including themselves. There are connections between suicide, radicalization & the 1/6 Capitol attack. katewoodsome.substack.com/p/a-new-years-…

US doctor's testimony of what Israel did in Gaza hospital as Biden vetoed ceasefire: “People were blindfolded and undressed, patients on crutches were put on the ground as Israeli soldiers took celebratory pictures with surviving healthcare workers in humiliating positions.”

RAPP’s Greg Mingo wasn’t surprised prison guards killed Robert Brooks: “That’s just how the system is. It’s been going on forever.” Last year, 143 people died in NY prisons, or one every 2.5 days. Many were labeled “natural causes” & not investigated. thecity.nyc/2025/01/03/for…

A holidaying Israeli soldier fled Brazil after a judge ordered an investigation into his conduct in Gaza. It’s one case in a growing list where Israeli soldiers are tracked on vacation and threatened with arrest. Al Jazeera's Soraya Lennie ثریا لنی explains ⤵️

What stood out for me was not the actions of journalist Sam Husseini but those in the room who fell in line, as he was forcibly removed. “I’m a journalist not a potted plant.” - Sam Husseini, January 16, 2024

#Rwanda is conducting a de-facto invasion of neighboring #DRCongo 🇨🇩, sending thousands of soldiers across the border to assist its #M23 rebel proxies in seizing #Goma. It's a playbook very similar to what Russia did in the Donbas for 8 years. theguardian.com/global-develop…

French lawmakers back tax on ultra-rich proposed by Ecologist Party l.euronews.com/3TV

A distilled version of our special programme on Sudan with Yalda Hakim - there is a lot in there that is just beyond comprehension. No one can say they didn't know.