Daily Archives: 22. Februar 2024


22.02.2024 - 21:50 [ United Nations ]

Gaza has become a ‘death zone’, warns UN health chief

“Gaza has become a death zone,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General told correspondents at a press briefing in Geneva.

“Much of the territory has been destroyed. More than 29,000 people are dead; many more are missing, presumed dead; and many, many more are injured,” he added.

Across the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, severe malnutrition has shot up dramatically since the start of the war on 7 October, from under one per cent of the population, to over 15 per cent in some areas.

“This figure will rise the longer the war goes on and supplies [are] interrupted,” Tedros said, expressing deep concern that agencies such as the World Food Programme (WFP) are unable to access the north.

22.02.2024 - 21:38 [ theDailystar.net ]

Gaza war death toll at 29,410

A ministry statement said a total of 97 people died in the past 24 hours, while another 69,465 have been wounded since the war began on October 7.

22.02.2024 - 21:25 [ i24news.tv ]

IDF arrests 8 UNRWA staffers over suspected Hamas ties – report

It is understood UNRWA requested Israel access to the detainees.

Israel possesses concrete evidence tying several dozen UNRWA employees to the October 7 massacre.

22.02.2024 - 21:22 [ United Nations ]

Humanitarian leaders unite in urgent plea for Gaza

For that, they stressed the need for 10 indispensable elements: an immediate ceasefire; protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure; immediate release of hostages; reliable entry points for aid; security assurances and unimpeded access; a functioning humanitarian notification system; roads cleared of explosive ordnance; and a stable communication network.

In addition, they called for the UN agency assisting Palestine refugees (UNRWA) to receive the resources it needs to provide life-saving assistance as well as a halt to campaigns seeking to discredit the UN and NGOs doing their best to save lives.

22.02.2024 - 21:08 [ United Nations ]

‚Shocking, unsustainable and desperate‘ conditions across Gaza, Security Council hears

Also briefing the Council was Christopher Lockyear, Secretary General, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders.

Fearful of further deadly Israeli attacks, he said he was “appalled” by the United States’ repeated use of its veto power to obstruct efforts to adopt the most evident of resolutions: one demanding an immediate ceasefire.

“We live in fear of a ground invasion” in Rafah, he said.

Calling Washington’s new proposed draft resolution “misleading at best”, he said the Council should reject any resolution “that further hampers humanitarian efforts on the ground and leads this Council to tacitly endorse the continued violence and mass atrocities in Gaza”.

22.02.2024 - 20:32 [ Middle East Eye ]

Casualties reported in Israeli bombing of Unrwa building in Gaza

Casualties are being reported from an Israeli bombing of a Unrwa building housing displaced people in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera is reporting.

22.02.2024 - 20:04 [ theNationalnews.com ]

US says it cannot independently verify Israel‘s UNRWA claims

The intelligence report‘s findings are in stark contrast to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken‘s remarks in January, in which he said that the accusations against UNRWA were “highly, highly credible”.

The Journal also reported that Israel has not “shared the raw intelligence behind its assessments with the US” despite the strong security relationship between the two countries.

Israel has shared a dossier of sorts outlining its accusations, alongside details of where their evidence stems from, with the US and several western news organisations.

22.02.2024 - 19:46 [ DrALJONES / mastodon.social ]

A US intelligence report has said that Israel‘s claims that UNRWA staff took part in Oct 7 „cannot be independently verified“, & that it had “low confidence” in the allegation.

Major UNRWA donors, incl the US, have frozen vital funds bcz of Israel‘s allegations.

UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini says „the UN has never, never, ever received any written dossier, despite our repeated call.“

22.02.2024 - 19:35 [ Mastodon.social/search ]

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22.02.2024 - 19:25 [ International Court of Justice ]

Public sitting held on Thursday 22 February 2024, at 10 a.m., at the Peace Palace

President Salam presiding,

on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for advisory opinion submitted by the General Assembly of the United Nations)

22.02.2024 - 19:15 [ International Court of Justice ]

Public sitting held on Wesdnesday 21 February 2024, at 3 p.m., at the Peace Palace,

President Salam presiding,
on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for advisory opinion submitted by the General Assembly of the United Nations)

22.02.2024 - 19:07 [ International Court of Justice ]

Public sitting held on Tuesday 20 February 2024, at 3 p.m., at the Peace Palace

President Salam presiding,
on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem
(Request for advisory opinion submitted by the General Assembly of the United Nations)

22.02.2024 - 19:02 [ Suedostschweiz.ch ]

Vor UN-Gericht: Palästinenser fordern Gerechtigkeit

(19.02.2024)

Zum Auftakt der Anhörung zur Rechtmässigkeit von fast 60 Jahren israelischer Besatzung der palästinensischen Gebiete beim Internationalen Gerichtshof hat der Aussenminister der Autonomiebehörde Gerechtigkeit für sein Volk gefordert.

22.02.2024 - 18:50 [ DissidentVoice.org ]

Identifying Imperial Venality: Day One of Julian Assange’s High Court Appeal

On February 20, it was clear that things were not going to be made easy for Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder who infuriated the US imperium, the national security establishment, and a stable of journalists upset that he had cut their ill-tended lawns. He was too ill to attend what may well be the final appeal against his extradition from the United Kingdom to the United States. Were he to be sent to the US, he faces a possible sentence amounting to 175 years arising from 18 venally cobbled charges, 17 spliced from that archaic horror, the Espionage Act of 1917….

22.02.2024 - 18:38 [ Marcel SIneM(S)US / mastodon.social ]

Drohende Auslieferung an USA: #Assange muss auf Entscheidung warten .. #JulianAssange #WikiLeaks #whistleblower #whistleblowing

22.02.2024 - 07:20 [ International Court of Justice ]

Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem – Public hearings

Monday 19 February 2024 – Monday 26 February 2024

22.02.2024 - 05:34 [ The Times and The Sunday Times / Youtube ]

LIVE: UK parliament debate and vote on Israel-Gaza ceasefire

Sir Keir Starmer faces the prospect of a second rebellion among his MPs over a ceasefire in Gaza, with a government intervention threatening to expose Labour divisions.

The Labour leader had attempted to see off a revolt by tabling a Commons amendment, which for the first time backed an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict.

However, parliamentary procedure means it may not be debated, potentially forcing his MPs to back a motion put down by the Scottish National Party (SNP).

22.02.2024 - 05:25 [ Associated Press ]

An attempt by UK lawmakers to vote on a cease-fire in Gaza descended into chaos

The mayhem broke out during debate on a motion from the opposition Scottish National Party, or SNP, urging an immediate cease-fire, the release of all Israeli hostages held by Hamas and “an end to the collective punishment of the Palestinian people.”

The main opposition Labour Party, which is divided over how strongly to criticize Israel, submitted a tweaked version of the motion calling for an “immediate humanitarian cease-fire,” without the mention of collective punishment.

The governing Conservatives put forward their own amendment, which backed an “immediate humanitarian pause,” followed by “moves towards a permanent sustainable” cease-fire.

22.02.2024 - 04:47 [ Nachrichtenagentur Radio Utopie ]

Nachrichtenagentur Radio Utopie status: temporary RSS feed malfunction fixed

– main RSS and atom feed of this news agency were malfunctional for some time
– problem has been fixed, feeds are operational again.

22.02.2024 - 04:12 [ DNScheck.tools ]

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