Kuwait’s emir has again dissolved the small, oil-rich country’s #parliament amid continuing political deadlock.
Is #Kuwait following #Saudi_Arabia 's political trajectory?
#الكويت #مجلس_الأمة

'The State Department is seeking to create new loopholes in the law that don't exist, at once acknowledging that Israel HAS used US weapons in violation of the laws of war and HAS hindered aid delivery, but excusing them from sanctions by claiming they are 'individual' violations…

To learn more about our work fighting for justice and accountability against abusive Middle East regimes - and their enablers & protecters in the US - see dawnmena.org

The IDF is calling on Rafah residents to flee to an expanded 'humanitarian zone' called Al-Mawasi. It's an area consisting mainly of sandy dunes with no sewage, no running water and no electricity.

Mawasi is about one kilometer (0.6 miles) wide and 14 (8.7 miles) kilometers…

“Netanyahu is confident he can cross Washington’s red lines at will, because the U.S. has proven time and again it won’t actually impose any consequences on him when he does.” Mouin Rabbani in Democracy in Exile on the biggest obstacle to a cease-fire in Gaza: dawnmena.org/the-real-obsta…

“It should come as little surprise that the Palestinian movement in Latin America is possessed of deep roots. And the more you learn of it, the more you find it.”

Julian Sayarer on the Palestinian diaspora in Latin America: dawnmena.org/the-deep-roots…

'أعرب أكثر من 40 خبيرا أمميا مستقلا عن استيائهم الشديد إزاء التصريحات التي أدلى بها مسؤولون أمريكيون وإسرائيليون 'هددوا فيها بالانتقام من المحكمة الجنائية الدولية ومسؤوليها وأفراد أسرهم'. news.un.org/ar/story/2024/…

اتهامات مثيرة للقلق بإساءة معاملة المعتقلين الفلسطينيين على يد القوات الإسرائيلية تأتي من داخل الجيش الإسرائيلي واتهامات تحيط بمنشأة احتجاز في صحراء النقب. ثلاثة عناصر من داخل الجش الإسرائيلي يصفون نمطًا ممنهجًا من الانتهاكات.

The devastation that Israel is causing in Gaza is obvious, but Biden bends over backwards to avoid saying Israel violates international humanitarian law, citing: 1. Israeli assurances (please!) and 2. Israel's blocking of access to investigators. nytimes.com/2024/05/10/wor…

Re the Department of State NSM-20 report, my comments:

“The State Department sinks to uncharted lows in twisting both both the facts and the law to absolve Israel of responsibility for its well-documented use of U.S. weapons to commit war crimes and hindrance of U.S. humanitarian aid…

Disturbing accusations of abuse of Palestinian detainees by Israeli troops come from inside Israel's military. Accusations surround a Negev desert detention facility. Three Israeli whistleblowers describe a systematic pattern of abuse. Matthew Chance reports.

Always the best covers ⁦The New Yorker⁩

Israeli leaders insist the massive death toll & unprecedented destruction in Gaza is unavoidable given Hamas’ use of “human shields”. The Biden admin and others have echoed these claims. But is it true?

Check out this NEW REPORT by Eyal Lurie & me. mei.edu/publications/h…

Egypt should immediately and unconditionally release political activist and former April 6 Youth Movement spokesperson Mohamed Adel, amid mounting concern over his cruel detention conditions and denial of medical care, said 80 rights groups, including DAWN.dawnmena.org/egypt-must-imm…

Fearing a mass forced deportation of Palestinians from Gaza, Egypt is insisting that Israel back off and reopen Egypt's Rafah crossing to Gaza for food and other humanitarian aid rather than shipping it through Israel. nytimes.com/2024/05/10/wor…

Big news: #Libya ’s declaration of intervention at ongoing CIJ_ICJ proceedings states that Israel’s acts & omissions in Gaza are of “genocidal character” and that its conduct “violated its obligations under the genocide convention”

Kudos to the legal team behind this submission

BREAKING: UN General Assembly ADOPTS resolution, recommending Security Council reconsider the matter of Palestine’s membership favourably; changing modalities for its participation in meetings
#Palestine
RESULT:
IN FAVOR: 143
AGAINST: 9
ABSTAIN: 25