"There is no alternative to UNRWA. We are a direct service provider — running a healthcare network, an education system, and providing relief and social services," Director of UNRWA Representative Office in Washington Bill Deere tells @PBS.
"UNRWA was meant to be temporary, but a permanent solution has never come."
#Rafah: After months of repeated displacement in other parts of #Gaza, people are returning to massive destruction.
Homes, hospitals, schools, including UNRWA premises - no place has been spared.
Forced displacement & fear are pushing people to seek refuge where they can - but there's no safety in the #GazaStrip
Families are fleeing to areas lacking essential supplies & acceptable living conditions.
This is Deir al-Balah. Everywhere you look there is a pile of trash.
The Geneva International Peace Research Institute (GIPRI), along with a coalition of academics and legal experts from various European countries, have submitted a legal memorandum to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, #KarimKhan.
They have requested an investigation into #European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for complicity in war crimes and genocide against Palestinian civilians in the occupied Palestinian territories, including the #Gaza Strip.
The proponents of the investigation argue that Ursula von der Leyen is responsible for aiding and abetting the commission of these crimes and violations of international humanitarian law.
In a press release, the group stated that the memorandum “documents in detail the fact that Mrs. Ursula von der Leyen personally is criminally responsible and liable for punishment for some of the war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide having been committed (and still being committed) by the Israeli armed forces.”
“Mrs. von der Leyen enjoys no functional immunity before the #ICC by virtue of Article 27 of the Rome Statute,” according to the statement.
Don’t look away. The Israeli military horrifically burned Palestinians alive and beheaded a Palestinian child — on the weekend of Lag B’Omer, a holiday where Jews traditionally gather around bonfires. This is Zionism. 🧵
Dagen i dag, når Norge offisielt anerkjenner Palestina som stat, er en merkedag i forholdet mellom Norge og Palestina 🇳🇴🇵🇸
Det var viktig å kunne overrekke et formelt brev personlig til statsminister Mohammed Mustafa
➡️ https://t.co/fCgXh4hZRO…
There is no such thing as a safe place in #Gaza.
Nowhere and nobody is safe. Every day that goes by, more civilians die and families are forced to live in increasingly unspeakable conditions.
The #GazaStrip has become hell on earth. The only remaining hope is a #CeasefireNow