UNRWA Still Facing Attacks and Shortfall After Being Largely Cleared in Probe Switzerland is among a few recalcitrant donors still receptive to heavy lobbying by Israel and allies, including the Geneva-based NGO ‘UN Watch’.
Subscribers Only #175 THE G|O BRIEFING, MARCH 28, 2024 Russian Envoy Praises Geneva’s Role but Dismisses Swiss Efforts to Organize Peace Conference | Stormy Session at Human Rights Council as Special Rapporteur Accuses Israel of Genocide—And a US Court Case Asks If Israel's Greatest Ally Is Complicit?
Subscribers Only Tensions at the Human Rights Council around a Report on the Situation in Gaza. But Will Attacks on the Messenger Detract from the Message, Many Members Asked?
Subscribers Only Is the US Complicit in Israel’s “Plausible” Genocide? Daniel Warner | The prohibition of genocide, complicity in genocide, and the duty to prevent genocide are fundamental norms of customary international law from which there are no exceptions. Being aware of the risk of genocide obliges states to prevent genocide occurring.
Subscribers Only The Rift between the United States and Israel Is Still a Simple Family Feud; a Significant Separation Is Urgently Needed Daniel Warner | If relations between individuals are like relations between states, we are witnessing a simple family feud between the US and Israel, when a significant personal and political separation between the two individuals and countries is needed.
Peace between Israel and the Palestinians: It Is Time to Revive the ‘Geneva Initiative’ Raymond Saner | A six-point roadmap to find a solution to the conflict, help the region escape the vicious cycle of recurring bloodshed, and reconstruct Gaza, building on the Geneva Initiative's network of Israeli-Palestinian cooperation.
ICRC, Under Attack from UN Watch, Defends Its Neutrality in Gaza War UN Watch, a Geneva-based activist group that has repeatedly denounced the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees, has shifted to waging a campaign against the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), accusing it of “bias” against Israel and violating its guiding principle of neutrality in the Gaza conflict. The
How Will the War in Gaza End? Shlomo Ben-Ami | Hamas's growing popularity means that it will be impossible to establish a legitimate Palestinian government, let alone achieve the dream of Palestinian statehood. This is bad news for both Israelis and Palestinians, but it serves Israel's extremist government just fine.
Suspending Funding for the UN’s Refugee Organization in Gaza is an Indirect Violation of the International Court of Justice’s Decision—and Morally Indefensible DANIEL WARNER | the move to suspend funding for the organization is an indirect violation of the ICJ’s decision and IS morally indefensible.