Saturday, February 24, 2024

COMMON DREAMS: Top News: Genocide Is Also 'Inconsistent With International Law'

 


Impact of Alabama Embryo Ruling Widens as GOP Attempts Damage Control

"I refuse to believe that Republican lawmakers who sponsored legislation that would restrict or ban IVF—and who now decry the Alabama ruling—didn't know exactly what they were doing," said one journalist.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/gop-alabama-ivf


Blinken Calls Israeli Settlements 'Inconsistent With International Law.' Critics: So Is Genocide

"For consistency's sake, the Biden admin now also needs to end weapons transfers to Israel," said one analyst.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/biden-israeli-settlements


Lawsuit Accuses German Leaders of Complicity in Gaza Genocide

"This lawsuit sends a clear message to German officials: You cannot continue to remain accomplices of such crime without consequences."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-genocide-2667351559

Ticker Shows Climate Inaction Cost US Nearly $3,000 Per Second in 2023

"This exorbitant price tag, driven by an unparalleled number of weather and climate disasters, reinforces the urgent need for the Biden administration to use every tool at their disposal," said one campaigner.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/climate-disasters

UNRWA Says Funding Cuts Have Pushed It to 'Breaking Point'

The warning came as a U.S. intelligence officials said they have "low confidence" that Israel's accusations against UNRWA workers were true.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/unrwa-says-iunrwa-t-is-at-a-breaking-point-due-to-funding-cutoffs


'Disturbing': Biden DOJ Indicts Journalist for Leaking Tucker Carlson Clips

"By charging Burke, the U.S. Justice Department is sending a clear signal to the news media that prosecutors will not hesitate to aid a powerful or influential corporation in suppressing investigative journalism."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/timothy-burke-indictment

'Unspeakably Grim': Vice Latest Media Company to Announce Mass Layoffs

The news comes as more than 500 news workers were laid off in January, not counting the more than 300 who lost their jobs when The Messenger shut down on the last day of the month.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/vice-media-mass-layoffs

UN Experts Say Arms Exports to Israel 'Must Cease Immediately'

"State officials involved in arms exports may be individually criminally liable for aiding and abetting any war crimes, crimes against humanity, or acts of genocide."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/un-arms-exports-israel

Docs on Supreme Court Justices' Travel Fuel Reform Demands

The head of Fix the Court noted that "the two justices whose comings and goings are probably of the most interest to the general public appear to be shielding some of that travel."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/how-do-supreme-court-justices-travel

Jewish-Led NYC Rally Targets AIPAC, Dem Allies Who Oppose Gaza Cease-Fire

"AIPAC uses money and racist bullying to ensure congressional complicity in the genocide of Gaza," said Jewish Voice for Peace.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/aipac-2667345553

Trump Is the Heritage Foundation’s Instrument to Bring Orbánism to the US

The foundation and its leaders see Trump not for his policies, but as a means to embed Orbán’s oppressive ideology within the U.S. political framework.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/heritage-foundation-trump-orban

Senate Vote to Cut UNRWA Funding Is Cruel and Unusual Punishment

UNRWA employs over 30,000 people and responded swiftly and adequately to allegation, yet the U.S. and their allies are collectively punishing the organization in this critical moment on the basis of accusations.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/senate-unrwa-funding-cruel

After 2 Years of War in Ukraine, It’s Time for Peace

While it is the Ukrainians and Russians fighting and dying in this war of attrition with over half a million casualties, it is the United States, with some of its Western allies, that has stood in the way of peace talks.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/time-for-peace-in-ukraine

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