Daily massacres while you're distracted by pathetic debates between monstrous candidates:

"#Israel’s military bombed the #UN-operated al-Jaouni school in central #Gaza, killing at least 18 people. Witnesses say 'women and children were blown to pieces' in the assault.

Six of the victims were #UNRWA staff, including the manager of the shelter. The agency said it was the highest death toll for its staff in a single incident in the 11-month war."

-- Al Jazeera live updates

#FreePalestine

Interview: “The UN building should be closed & wiped off from the face of the earth.”

~Departing Israeli Ambassador to UN, Gilad Erdan

Erdan "has clearly had an unpleasant experience at the world’s largest international institution."

https://www.juancole.com/2024/08/israels-nations-international.html

#UN #Israel #InternationalLaw ..

"Wipe it off the Face of the Earth!" Israel's War on the United Nations and International Law

( Middle East Monitor ) - Departing Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, has clearly had an unpleasant …

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Report

"As the political establishment continues to treat Palestine 'business as usual', even imagining Israel's continued presence in "post-war" Gaza (where the scars of its genocide are indelible), be aware that this is absolutely legally wrong."

Francesca Albanese, UN

#USPol #ICJ #UN #GazaGenocide #USEnablement ..

“Just when it seems the situation could not get worse for Palestinians in Gaza, the suffering grows – and the world watches.” ~ #UN Sec General Guterres

#gaza #genocide #healthcare #InfectiousDisease #polio #Palestine

Polio Pause: UN Calls for Urgent Ceasefire to allow 640K Children to be Vaccinated, as Gaza Polio Victim Confirmed https://www.juancole.com/2024/08/ceasefire-vaccinated-confirmed.html

Polio Pause: UN Calls for Urgent Ceasefire to allow 640K Children to be Vaccinated, as Gaza Polio Victim Confirmed

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - A ten-month-old child in Gaza has been confirmed stricken with polio, as several other children …

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‘My family held a funeral for me’: Bangladesh’s ‘disappeared’ emerge from secret prisons.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/aug/15/bangladesh-sheikh-hasina-michael-chakma-disappeared?CMP=share_btn_url

#StepDownHasina #SaveBangladeshiStudents #BangladeshBleeding #SaveTheStudents #SaveDemocracy #HumanRights #UN #USA #Bangladesh #India

‘My family held a funeral for me’: Bangladesh’s ‘disappeared’ emerge from secret prisons

Exclusive: Indigenous rights activist Michael Chakma is among the first to be released after the fall of Sheikh Hasina, but hundreds are still unaccounted for

^{Redwan Ahmed (The Guardian)}