Archive for May 1st, 2024

01/05/2024

Palestinian Genocide: Worse Than You Can Imagine

Human Wrongs Watch

By Craig Murray | Consortium News – TRANSCEND Media Service*

The author has no doubt the Western political elite are complicit in the genocide of Palestinians at a much deeper level than the people have yet understood.

Sunak and Netanyahu in Israel, 19 Oct 2023. (No. 10/Wikimedia Commons)

26 Apr 2024 – Governments cannot take big decisions extremely quickly except in the most extreme of circumstances.

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01/05/2024

Gaza at ‘Most Dangerous’ Stage amid Huge Unexploded Weapons Risk

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(UN News)* — The head of UN peacekeeping and demining reiterated calls on Monday [] for a ceasefire in Gaza as a first step to returning the war-ravaged enclave to some normality, while mine clearance experts warned that the Strip is now at its “most dangerous period”.

A UN team inspects an unexploded  bomb lying on a main road in Khan Younis, Gaza.
© UNOCHA/Themba Linden | A UN team inspects an unexploded bomb lying on a main road in Khan Younis, Gaza.

“This is the most dangerous period; once people start returning to the north, that’s when most accidents will occur because they won’t be familiar with where your unexploded ordnance is located,” said Mungo Birch, Chief of the UN Mine Action Programme (UNMAS) in the State of Palestine.

“It’s important that once the returns start, we’re poised and ready to be able to provide the risk education they need.”

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