Annelle Sheline: Why I’m resigning from the State Department
Annelle Sheline, PhD, served for a year as a foreign affairs officer at the Office of Near Eastern Affairs in the Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.
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#CrimesByIsrael project compendium updated to include events up to 19 Feb 2024
Excellent document from the #CrimesByIsrael project that tracks violations of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Fourth Geneva Convention, Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions, and Protocol III of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.
OXFAM releases report outlining how Israel blocks and undermines international humanitarian aid to Gaza
On 15 March 2024, OXFAM International released a 26-page briefing paper, “Inflicting Unprecedented Suffering and Destruction: Seven ways the government of Israel is deliberately blocking and/or undermining the international humanitarian response in the Gaza Strip”, to outline how Israel blocks and undermines international humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Transcript of Palestine comments in State of the Union 2024
“You know, as we manage challenges at home, we’re also managing crises abroad, including in the Middle East. I know the last five months have been gut-wrenching for so many people, for the Israeli people, for the Palestinian people and so many here in America…”
Nicaragua institutes proceedings against Germany for violations of the Genocide Convention and related international law (1 March 2024)
THE HAGUE, 1 March 2024. Nicaragua today filed an Application instituting proceedings against Germany before the International Court of Justice for alleged violations by Germany of its obligations deriving from the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (the “Genocide Convention”), the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols, “intransgressible principles of international humanitarian law” and other norms of general international law in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly the Gaza Strip.
Summary of the ICJ ruling in South Africa’s case alleging Israeli genocide (26 January 2024)
South Africa’s filing at the International Court of Justice to ask for provisional measures to halt Israel’s genocide “in light of the nature of the rights in issue, as well as the ongoing, extreme and irreparable harm being suffered by Palestinians in Gaza” was ruled on today, Friday 26 January 2023.
HAMAS releases “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood: Our Narrative”, an 18-page hasbara document
“In light of the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and as our people continue their battle for independence, dignity and breaking-free from the longest-ever occupation during which they have drawn the finest displays of bravery and heroism in confronting the Israeli murder machine and aggression. We would like to clarify to our people and the free peoples of the world the reality of what happened on Oct. 7, the motives behind, its general context related to the Palestinian cause, as well as a refutation to the Israeli allegations and to put the facts into perspective.”
Resignation Letter of US State Department policy advisor Tariq Habash
A Department of Education policy adviser appointed by the Biden administration quit Wednesday to protest the administration’s crucial military support of Israel’s war in Gaza and its handling of the conflict’s repercussions at home and abroad.
