Arab-Israeli conflicts
South Africa has filed a case against Israel with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, alleging that Israel is violating the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide through its actions in Gaza. The case has the potential to be a lengthy and
Palestinian Arabs
The Scottish Government has been under fire for its alleged complicity in Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people. Despite First Minister John Swinney acknowledging the existence of a genocide in Palestine, his statement has been met with disappointment due to the lack of concrete action. The government has
Human rights
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has vehemently criticized the international community for its inability to stop the genocide and humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in the Gaza Strip. Despite shared international consensus on the need to uphold humanitarian law and human rights, Israel continues to escalate its aggression, employing starvation, thirst, and denial
Albanese, Anthony
The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza has reached catastrophic levels, with the UN special rapporteur warning that moves to recognize a Palestinian state should not distract from the urgent need to address the mass death and starvation unfolding there. Francesca Albanese emphasized that the prolonged debate around Palestinian statehood has
Civil rights
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has issued a statement condemning the US State Department's latest Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for its glaring omission of the Gaza genocide. CAIR argues that the report's treatment of Israel is deeply inadequate and morally indefensible, particularly in
Genocide
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has accused the Israeli government of committing "genocide" in Gaza, citing the death of over 60,000 people, including 18,430 children, as a result of Israel's actions. She criticized the Indian government for remaining "silent" while Palestinians face
Palestinian Arabs
Randa Jarrar, a Palestinian artist, marks her first solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe with "The Last Palestinian Alive". This sci-fi performance, set in 2055, tells the story of a Palestinian woman who awakens to find herself the last person alive, accompanied by an AI companion modelled after
Palestinian Arabs
The Palestinian leadership has been pursuing intensive diplomatic efforts to end the ongoing genocide in Gaza and counter Israel's policy of starvation against the Palestinian people. As part of these efforts, Vice President of the State of Palestine and Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine
Palestinian Arabs
Protesters have taken to the streets in Charlbury, Oxfordshire, as part of a growing wave of demonstrations across the UK and US against the Israeli government's actions in Gaza. The focus of the protests is the murder of Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif and the Al Jazeera news production
Human rights
Historic and ongoing reports of mass killings, forced assimilation, cultural eradication, and industrial-scale forced labor in East Turkistan, also known as the Uyghur Autonomous Region, have raised alarm among global human rights organizations and leaders. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is accused of profiting from the region's vast
Palestinian Arabs
As Ahmed Moor, a Palestinian writer and fellow at the Foundation for Middle East Peace, reflects on the Palestinian struggle for justice, he cautions that the failure of the Peace Process was pre-ordained by the inherent imbalance in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Moor recounts his own experiences growing up in Palestine,
Genocide
Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's former First Minister, has spoken out against Israel's actions in Gaza, labeling them as genocide. During an event at the Govanhill Book Festival, Sturgeon emphasized her long-standing support for a Palestinian state and her conviction that the current situation in Gaza is "
