A statement from an emergency worker in Rafah:
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"Most of the bodies were charred and burned, while the injured people lost limbs and suffered other injuries due to the use of internationally prohibited weapons that caused the massive fire which erupted. We pulled out approx 50 people and injured people from the area and transported them to field hospitals after official hospitals were forced to evacuate in an attempt to destroy the health system in the Rafah area”
@Mary625@MikeImBack@appassionato@palestine Today I voted in my national, regional and provincial elections. I made sure not to vote for those supporting or excusing this genocide. It might not be much, but that was my single issue and I made it count. Also, the politicians excusing this genocide are about to loses areas they control. Their stance is going to cost them a lot. Good
@Mary625@MikeImBack@appassionato@palestine The strangest this is that this group relie on progressive minded people to hold onto their position, but decided to support the pro-genocide lobby.
@Mary625@MikeImBack@appassionato@palestine I think they tried to appease their funders, and let's not forget they take their voters for mugs. They also tried to pull the, "but the other guys are worse card". They are now polling at levels that will see them lose control of areas they currently govern. one hopes that they have the ability to realise that they scored an own goal
@Mary625@MikeImBack@appassionato@palestine I think that they needed to ĺose this election, as they failed to show compassion, took their constituents for granted, and tried to scare people into voting for them. It hopefully won't work
@MikeImBack@Mary625@appassionato@palestine Given how the US system is structured another Tramp will come. For enduring democracy there, they need to restructure their political, economic and judicial institutions.
@Mary625@MikeImBack@appassionato@palestine Fortunately they were the provincial and regional government, the national government is on the other side of this issue. This provincial cabal are expected to lose their majorities because of their endorsement of the genocide
After Israel condemned the ICC for accusing them of deliberately targeting civilians, Israel forced Palestinians into a safe zone where they wouldn't be bombed—then Israel bombed & killed 32 children in that safe zone.
"Egypt has basically accepted every term that Israel imposed on it..to a degree..of actual collusion."
"Egypt has denied access into Gaza to the international media, Egyptian media, human rights investigators.... Why do Israel’s bidding by denying them..at the Egyptian side?"
Egypt gives "Israelis complete control on the vetting of who comes out of Gaza", even stranded Egyptian citizens.
"If Netanyahu comes to address Congress, I would be more than glad to show the ICC the way to the House floor to issue that warrant."
~ Rep. Mark Pocan
Opposition to speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) invitation to Netanyahu has been mounting following ICC prosecutor Karim Khan's application for arrest warrants.
@DrALJONES Regardless of which party has invited this war criminal to address the US house of representatives, this is a stain on the American people. This is reflective of what America is, a country that enables and glorifies war crimes and war criminals. I wonder of the American people support this
"ICJ rules Israel must stop Rafah operation, what’s next?"
"International Court of Justice orders are legally binding.
"However, the court’s ruling will now be discussed at the UN Security Council, where states can decide to take united action to enforce the court’s rulings.
"However, the US has a veto, which it has historically used to shield Israel from the consequences of violating international law."
@DrALJONES The use of its Veto will exhaust all of its political capital and will create long term consequences for the US, it will be a much diminished power. Good!
I’m nearing the end of a book & it’s one of those instances where I’m simply not ready to say goodbye to the complex set of characters I’ve come to know.
Oh well. I suppose that’s a sign of great storytelling. 📚 #books#reading