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[Dr. Ellen Walker @EllenFWalker]

I don't think I can name an artist who painted his dogs with as much profound reverance as David Hockney did.

[Ashley Gate @AshleyGate333]

“There is no algorithm that can make war morally acceptable,” the Pope writes. “AI does not remove the intrinsic inhumanity of conflict; indeed, it can only bring about conflict more quickly and render it more impersonal, lowering the threshold for resorting to violence”

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Pope Leo has warned that some AI-powered weapons systems are becoming ‘practically beyond human control,’ as he called for stronger oversight in his long-awaited manifesto on the rapidly developing technology.

[Ashley Gate @AshleyGate333]

War often harms those it’s fought to protect far more than it serves them. The latest US-Israeli war on Iran is no exception.

My latest for the Pathways to Renewed and Inclusive Security in the Middle East Initiative—

https://t.co/PAnXLQHCFV

[Ashley Gate @AshleyGate333]

“The Pentagon’s top watchdog says cuts to civilian harm mitigation and response efforts have been so severe under War Secretary Pete Hegseth that the United States cannot adequately protect civilians in conflict zones.”

[Nick Turse @nickturse]

“This is a crisis of the Trump Administration’s own making: They slashed the staffing and funding for civilian harm mitigation, and now they can’t adequately follow the law,” @SaraJacobsCA told @theintercept

https://t.co/4uX9LqP6g9

[Progressive International @ProgIntl]

HONDURASGATE 🇭🇳 Leaked recordings reveal a sweeping Israeli operation to destabilise democracy in Latin America — with the help of Trump, Milei, Bukele, and more.

Read the investigation now — and see for yourself the Reactionary International in action.https://t.co/dR3LloQWqe

[WIRED @WIRED]

From toxic smoke and oil spills to rising emissions, poisoned soil and damaged ecosystems, war can reshape the environment long after the fighting stops. https://t.co/fA8o7YnMAL

[Ashley Gate @AshleyGate333]

“A lived-in landscape has been turned into what a former Israeli general, Giora Eiland, described as a place ‘where no human being can exist’.”

[Rana Ayyub @RanaAyyub]

Absolute must read. You don’t just need gas chambers to commit genocide. Level the homes, poison the water, erase the hospitals—make human survival impossible.

“All they will find is sand” isn’t a metaphor, it’s a strategic plan to erase a civilisation

https://t.co/Te4qTbBE4e

[Prem Thakker @prem_thakker]

NEW: the Danish Refugee Council, Norwegian Refugee Council, Oxfam, Refugees International, and Save the Children find the Trump-Vance admin is dramatically failing to implement the ceasefire in Gaza, being delinquent on 21 of 26 metrics.

1.7 million remain in displacement camps.

[Ashley Gate @AshleyGate333]

Visited the bouncing baby at Bryant Park today. Mini timeline cleanse. #birdcpp

[Katrina vandenHeuvel @KatrinaNation]

The security council has allowed unchecked power and brutality. To protect peace, we must reform the UN | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva https://t.co/wo7CxKQyN8

[Adil Haque @AdHaque110]

"In just four weeks, thousands have lost their lives, including first responders and humanitarian workers. Hundreds of thousands have been uprooted. Essential infrastructure critical for the supply of energy, water and health care has been damaged or destroyed."

[Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention @LemkinInstitute]

The Lemkin Institute is horrified by the recent spike in the number of civilian casualties in Lebanon due to ongoing Israeli strikes, as well as the expansion of Israel’s target area within Lebanon. In our last RFA on Lebanon, the death toll stood at 394, including 83 children. In the span of only two weeks, the figures have surged to over 1,094 people killed, including 121 children and 81 women. According to UNICEF, the equivalent of an entire classroom of children is killed or injured every day in Lebanon.

These numbers can be expected to increase as Israel continues its attacks on densely populated areas. The repeated “evacuation orders” issued with limited time notice, and lacking clearly defined safe corridors, effectively function as mass displacement orders. One million people are now displaced from their homes.

As in Gaza, medical workers in Lebanon are on the frontlines of Israeli attacks. Since the war began on 2 March, Israel has struck at least 128 medical facilities and ambulances across Lebanon, killing 42 healthcare workers and wounding 107.

The Israeli governments is now openly threatening to export its mass atrocity crimes perpetrated in Gaza to Lebanon. Defense Minister Israel Katz recently directed the military to destroy all crossings over the Litani River and demolish homes near the border “in accordance with the model of Beit Hanoun and Rafah,” in reference to Israel’s prior razing of towns in Gaza. These attacks he said, are “a message to the Lebanese state.”

The message that emerges most clearly is that Israel is actively preparing the ground for the invasion and occupation of southern Lebanon.

The Lemkin Institute reiterates its call for effective international action to stop Israel’s attacks on Lebanon. Israel is heading down the same road of total destruction that it paved in Gaza and is paving in the Occupied Territories.

It is time for world powers to show courage and act on principle. Even if IHL no longer exists, as many powerholders say, the morality and ethics reflected in IHL still do. Without them, the world is lost.

Full Statement: https://t.co/52jjyyFXqw

Photo credits: Philippe Pernot

[Dr. Annelle Rodriguez Sheline @AnnelleSheline]

Leaders around the world appear to be struggling to respond to an American administration that is no longer constrained by pretending to care about human lives, the law, or the cost of their hubris.

My latest, with @newrepublic
https://t.co/xdOkOwn7lW

[Abubaker Abed @AbubakerAbedW]

No words. Complete failure of humanity.

[Democracy Now! @democracynow]

"The Voice of Hind Rajab" incorporates audio of real phone calls from Hind as she was trapped under Israeli fire for hours.

Oscar-nominated Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania says Hind’s mother gave permission to do the film, hoping it would bring justice for her daughter.

[Nick Cleveland-Stout @nick_clevelands]

Trump wants to incease the military budget by $500 billion by next year to $1.5 trillion. $500 billion would already be a far larger defense budget than every other country on earth

[Farnoush Amiri @FarnoushAmiri]

NEW: WASHINGTON (AP) — US to withdraw from over 65 international organizations as Trump administration further retreats from global cooperation.

W/ @APDiploWriter

[Kevin Jon Heller 🇺🇸🇩🇰 @kevinjonheller]

This is a fantastic post by @rgoodlaw, @bridgewriter, and Mike Schmitt. I would only add that the use of force against Venezuela not only violates Art. 2(4), it is also a paradigmatic example of a "manifest violation" of the UN Charter that qualifies as the crime of aggression.

[Chris Hedges @ChrisLynnHedges]

https://t.co/QiTnHMf21F

[Ashley Gate @AshleyGate333]

The UN’s aid budget for 2026 is meager. “We’re asking for just over 1% of what the world is spending on arms, defence right now.” UN relief chief Tom Fletcher said. “I’m asking the world to spend less on defence and more on humanitarian support.”
https://t.co/fsVJwMOLln