NEW from @hrw: a warning about the serious risks that continued Israeli aid obstruction poses for the fight to contain the spread of polio in Gaza. A quick 🧵with some highlights hrw.org/news/2024/08/2… (1) This is not a drill. A 10 month old Palestinian baby in Gaza has already been confirmed to have polio and be exhibiting symptoms of paralysis of the lower leg. The baby, who was born in the context of the ongoing war, was unvaccinated.

🧵#StopArmingIsrael:

Big test of 🇪🇸Spain’s arms control policies brewing as a ship called Borkum -- reported to be carrying weapons bound for Israel -- approaches Cartagena. Follow it's progress towards the port here (1/10) vesselfinder.com/vessels/detail… Politicians with @podemos are already mobilized in Madrid & are urging Spanish courts to detain and inspect the ship to prevent the transit of arms through Spain if the court sees a risk those weapons being used in Gaza to violate international law (2/10)

https://x.com/PODEMOS/status/1790790706589565351

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This is Zomi. She’s an Australian who worked for @chefjoseandres @WCKitchen feeding hungry around the world. Here’s her last video from Gaza.
WCK tells us she was killed in a strike last night on a convoy that had just finished delivering food and grains. Look at the logo on the top of their vehicle cbsnews.com/amp/news/centr…

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We all know ICJ ⚖️order issued today on provisional measures in 🇿🇦 South Africa's case against 🇮🇱 Israel. But enforcement will depend in large part on other governments pressuring Israel to follow the court's words. Here's a thread tracking their responses: (1) Germany 🇩🇪 made clear "The International Court of Justice did not rule on the merits of the case, but ordered provisional measures in interim relief proceedings. However, these are also BINDING under international law. Israel MUST ABIDE by them." auswaertiges-amt.de/de/newsroom/-/…

Starting a new thread for anyone researching the @IDF approach to distinction and proportionality. Two tenets of the law of armed conflict.

(1) Here’s a spokesperson describing bombing a refugee camp to target a single Hamas commander Here’s what the refugee camp
looked like after the strike

🧵NEW: a thread on Nahel. French Algerian boy who loves rugby and wanted to be a mechanic. Killed by the police at 17 years old. #SayTheirNames People are taking to the streets. In grief and solidarity. And watch how the French police respond. Telling this man, “go back to Africa” when challenged about Nahel’s death

A grim milestone: 5 million people have died from Covid-19, as of today. As @FacesOfCOVID shows, these were 5M fathers, brothers, sisters, mothers, sons and daughters. 5M who are mourned deeply, who gasped for breath, who are missed.

In their honor, 5 truths about this pandemic (1) We know we've undercounted. People around the world have died at home without medical attention, many places lack tests to diagnose, identify and track Covid-19, and health care systems are stretched to the max. 5 million is not the full picture.

THREAD:
A lot of people talk about US turning its back on UN & broader multilateral system. Wondering what that looks like in practice? Check out this trip that the Chinese delegation to the UN (@Chinamission2un) has planned for Security Council (1/7)
hrw.org/news/2018/11/1… Beijing, which currently holds the rotating presidency of the Council, has planned the trip to showcase the cities of Shenzhen and Guangzhou & to spotlight its contributions to UN peacekeeping around the world.

Such glitzy destinations are a far cry from usual UNSC trips (2/7)