#Israel's #Gantz moves to dissolve parliament

Israeli war cabinet minister #BennyGantz's #centrist party has proposed holding a vote to dissolve #parliament in a bid to bring about an early #election, his party said in a statement on Thurs.

#MiddleEast #geopolitics #Netanyahu #Gaza #war #HumanitarianCrisis
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israels-gantz-moves-dissolve-parliament-statement-2024-05-30/

The report said that conclusion was based in part on the difficulty of collecting reliable information from the #war zone & the way #Hamas operates in densely populated areas. It also stressed that #Israel has begun the process of seeking accountability for possible violations of the #law, a key component in the #UnitedStates assessment about whether to provide #military aid to allies accused of #HumanRights violations.

#LawsOfWar #Gaza #Palestinians #HumanitarianCrisis #MiddleEast #geopolitics

The #Biden admin has concluded it is “reasonable to assess” that #Israel’s military campaign in #Gaza has violated #InternationalLaw, but has not found specific instances that would justify the withholding of #military aid, #State Dept told #Congress Fri.

#LawsOfWar #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #HumanRights #Law #Palestinians #HumanitarianCrisis #MiddleEast #geopolitics #Security
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/10/world/israel-gaza-war-hamas-rafah/biden-israel-us-weapons-gaza?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

>IDF Warns More Than 100,000 People in #Rafah to Evacuate

#Israel wants to “move people out of harm’s way,” a military official said, a sign that it may be inching closer to invading the Gazan city in defiance of international pressure

#MiddleEast #HumanitarianCrisis #Gaza #Palestinians #war #geopolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/06/world/israel-gaza-war-hamas?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb