Archive for November 22nd, 2024

22/11/2024

The ICC Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu Is Also an Indictment of US Policy and Complicity

Human Wrongs Watch

Ultimately, this is the story of how the Israel lobby undermined America, wrecked the Middle East, and set a series of international crimes against humanity in motion.
Israeli PM Netanyahu Addresses Joint Meeting Of Congress

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of the United States Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol March 3, 2015 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

22/11/2024

‘Myanmar’s Children Cannot Afford to Wait’

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — Children in Myanmar are increasingly caught in the crossfire of intensifying conflict, climate disasters and a collapsing humanitarian system, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported.

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Children in Myanmar are increasingly caught in the crossfire of intensifying conflict.
© UNICEF | Children in Myanmar are increasingly caught in the crossfire of intensifying conflict.

22/11/2024

UNICEF Warns against the “Silent Normalization of Horror” for the Children of Lebanon

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — Andrea Tenenti, spokesperson for the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), told reporters in Geneva that ground clashes inside Lebanon – some of them very close to UNIFIL positions – have become “more violent”.

Members of a family rest in a tent after fleeing their home in Lebanon.
© UNICEF/Fouad Choufany | Members of a family rest in a tent after fleeing their home in Lebanon
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Peacekeepers have witnessed the “shocking” destruction of villages in southern Lebanon along the UN-patrolled Blue Line that separates the country from Israel, along with ever-deeper Israel Defense Forces (IDF) ground incursions and continuing Hezbollah attacks, the UN said on Tuesday [].