A UN grouping anchored by the Anglo countries, Israel, and European states wields disproportionate power to undermine human rights and international law.
Tell me, what steel entered your heart,
what fear made you rabid,
what hate drove out pity?
The Pernicious Price of Global Reach, Global Power, and Global Dominance
Amnesty International was one of 25 human rights groups telling the administration to follow its own guidelines.
I grant you refuge in knowing
that the dust will clear,
and they who fell in love and died together
will one day laugh.
Anti-Arab, anti-Muslim and political racism overlap in othering of Palestinians, says Palestinian scholar Yasmeen Daher.
‘Never again’ means ‘never again, for anyone, anywhere, ever.’
“You supported sending more U.S.-made bombs being used to commit war crimes… How can you say you are for respecting international human rights laws?” Tlaib asked.
My hope grows stronger as I witness my people’s steadfastness in the face of genocide.
Mass deportations would tear millions of families apart, including mine. It would also be a moral, logistical, and economic disaster.
My father was a sailor in the first group of ships to land in Hiroshima after the atomic bombs were dropped in WWII.
Israel’s blithe defiance of both world censure and ICJ rulings goes on apace.
Five days into our sea voyage and we are in a hazy, slightly coolish mid-day. It’s another day and a half before we slow down and head for Southampton, England. Can’t wait.
it’s almost time for today’s circadian alarm which is the same in Gaza as in Glendale, California. But not yet, Grasshopper, not yet.