For the first time in the history of the United Nations, an ICC-wanted war criminal is addressing the United Nations.
Netanyahu belongs in The Hague, not the UN General Assembly.
@SouthernRailUK How are all trains towards East Croydon from Victoria saying ‘delayed’ or have been cancelled when this incident took place 5 hours ago?!
Cet automne, pour la première fois depuis 250 ans, ma famille ne récoltera pas d'olives au Liban.
Nos 600 oliviers ont été arrachés du sol par l'armée israélienne, racines comprises, et emportés. Les plus vieux avaient 500 ans !
Cette terre, mon grand-père la tenait de son arrière-grand-père. En deux siècles et demi, ma famille a acheté de la terre. Elle n'en a jamais vendu un mètre, pas un seul jour. Chez nous, on ne construit pas sur la terre. On y plante. Ces arbres ont survécu à plusieurs guerres. Ils ont survécu à tout.
Regardez les deux photos. À gauche, notre terre le 25 juin, la veille de la signature de l'accord entre le Liban et Israël. À droite, la même terre le 20 juillet.
Il ne reste rien. Et c’est justement ça, la preuve. Un incendie laisse des troncs noirs debout. Une frappe laisse des cratères. Ici, pas un tronc calciné, pas une souche, pas un débris. Une terre nue, raclée, griffée par les chenilles des engins. Déterrer un olivier de 500 ans sans le tuer demande des pelleteuses, un savoir-faire, des camions et une destination. Ce n’est pas un dégât de guerre. C’est une opération, sur une terre où il n’y avait ni armes, ni combattants, ni présence militaire. Ma famille n'a jamais été liée de près ou de loin au Hezbollah, et elle ne le sera jamais. Il n'y avait que des arbres, et des gens qui les taillent depuis huit générations.
D'après les témoignages qui nous parviennent, ces arbres auraient été emportés de l'autre côté de la frontière, vers Israël.
L'accord signé entre le Liban et Israël, censé préparer la paix, protège les biens des civils. Je demande simplement qu'il soit appliqué : que le sort des arbres déterrés soit établi, que ceux qui sont encore vivants soient rendus. Si nos arbres sont vivants quelque part, ils peuvent revenir. Je ne cherche pas une vengeance. Je cherche une adresse !
J'ai hésité à écrire ces lignes, pour ne pas provoquer des réactions d'un côté comme de l'autre. Mais je refuse de faire le deuil de ces oliviers. Dans ces arbres vit l'âme de mon grand-père, ancien général de la police libanaise, un homme qui a toujours cru dans la paix, dans les humains et dans la lumière. Il taillait ces arbres à mains nues. Il répétait : “on ne vend pas la terre, on la transmet”
Je lui dois de ne pas me taire.
Hundreds of Israeli settlers have stormed a Palestinian village in the West Bank after Benjamin Netanyahu vowed a “forceful” response after a confrontation in the West Bank left four Palestinians and two Israelis dead.
The violence comes amid continued attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank, where Israeli settlements are widely regarded as illegal under international law.
Netanyahu also said his government “would establish new settler outposts in the occupied West Bank and legalize more existing ones.”
(https://t.co/9EOucpzKCU)
not this halftime show being “let’s unite and love the world” whilst they’re actively bombing countries who were in the world cup and funding genocides
The Independent Int'l Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory presents new report to the UN Human Rights Council.
"The evidence shows that Palestinian children have been deliberately targeted & killed by the Israeli security forces."
https://t.co/vMARqOLxpC
One of the killings involved a ten day old baby being shot by an Israeli sniper in broad daylight whilst the baby was being breastfed : an independent UN Commission says Israeli authorities and security forces deliberately targeted Palestinian children resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Gaza, and war crimes in the occupied West Bank
Please, as someone who is disabled, don’t sit in my replies telling me Keir Starmer wasn’t all that bad when one of the first things he actioned as PM was an attack on disabled people and our benefits. He also perpetuated a campaign of hatred towards the disabled.
I'm seriously at a loss for words over how stupid this country is -- voting for blatant racists and would-be fascists. You only have yourselves to blame (not migrants) when the same people that fucked you over as Tories now fuck you over as Reform. #electiontresult2026
@Gregess76@LidlGB This must be Lidl policy - last year a worker accused me of stealing Doritos I bought in Sainsbury’s. I showed her the receipt proving this. She tried to grab the item out of my bag & when I went to leave, she called security & someone else grabbed me & the crisps from my bag
My heart is heavy tonight going through instagram and whatsapp stories. Everyone I know in Lebanon lost someone today. Some lost entire families. Babies, mothers, sisters, brothers and friends. Gone. This is not a “war on Hezbollah”. This is a war on Lebanon and Lebanese people.
Just hours after the world cautiously welcomed news of a US-Israeli ceasefire with Iran, in Lebanon the nightmare for civilians has become more terrifying.
April 8 was the deadliest day for Lebanese civilians since the latest round of fighting began on 2 March 2026.
Even before yesterday’s attack, more than 1,500 people had been killed and over a million displaced from their homes.
Hospitals have put out calls for blood donations, overwhelmed by the number of injured arriving.
Civilians in Lebanon are already paying an unbearable price with children, health workers and journalists amongst those killed.
The latest attacks will only escalate this devastating human toll.
Israel has an appalling track record of carrying out unlawful attacks in Lebanon, fueled by the impunity Israeli officials feel they enjoy.
States, including the UK, must immediately halt the transfer of arms to Israel given the overriding risk that they will be used to commit serious violations of international humanitarian law.
Read on: https://t.co/tF6nz2C3WI
we need to think more about how much violence against the middle east is normalized. mainstream media always paints ir as a "war" or "conflict" and not active racism, genocide, ethnic cleansing, and constant dehumanization towards these countries and their people
We haven't been able to bring any supplies into Gaza, Palestine, since 1 January 2026, because Israeli authorities are blocking aid.
Read from our medical adviser in Gaza about how this is affecting operations in our hospitals and clinics:
https://t.co/UNWPQirHcd