What is Happening in Gaza is Inhumane, illegal, and Unacceptable — Global Issues

What is Happening in Gaza is Inhumane, illegal, and Unacceptable — Global Issues

by Thalif Deen (united nations) Friday, October 27, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Oct 27 (IPS) – Last August, 91 UN member states, “in a demonstration of solidarity and commitment”, signed a U.S.-Led Joint Communiqué condemning the Use of Food as a Weapon of War. Roughly 345 million people –…

The Palestinians Subject to 56 Years of Suffocating Occupation — Global Issues

The Palestinians Subject to 56 Years of Suffocating Occupation — Global Issues

UN Secretary-General addresses the Security Council 24 October 2023. Credit: UN Photo by Guterres (united nations) Wednesday, October 25, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Oct 25 (IPS) – UN Secretary-General, in an address to the Security CouncilThe situation in the Middle East is growing more dire by the hour. The…

Climate Change Turns African Rivers into Epicentres of Conflict — Global Issues

Climate Change Turns African Rivers into Epicentres of Conflict — Global Issues

Cattle carcass in Kenya’s Kitengela Maasai rangelands in the great drought of 2009. A new report shows that major river basis in Africa have become sources of conflict due to drying up thanks to climate change and environmental degradation. Credit: ILRI by Maina Waruru (nairobi) Tuesday, October 24, 2023 Inter Press…

American Weapons Used in Gaza Trigger War Crime Accusations Against US — Global Issues

American Weapons Used in Gaza Trigger War Crime Accusations Against US — Global Issues

by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, October 23, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Oct 23 (IPS) – The widespread use of American weapons by Israel, which has killed thousands of civilians in Gaza, has triggered accusations of war crimes against the United States. But US has always escaped these charges…

Damning Evidence of War Crimes in Gaza — Global Issues

Damning Evidence of War Crimes in Gaza — Global Issues

Families sheltering in an UNRWA school. Credit: UNICEF/Hassan Islyeh Opinion by an IPS Correspondent (new york) Monday, October 23, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Oct 23 (IPS) – Amnesty International (AI), one of the leading human rights organizations, has accused Israeli forces of continuing “to intensify their cataclysmic assault on…

Israel Must Remember Its Moral Values in Its Quest to Crush Hamas — Global Issues

Israel Must Remember Its Moral Values in Its Quest to Crush Hamas — Global Issues

Opinion by Alon Ben-Meir (new york) Tuesday, October 17, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Oct 17 (IPS) – Israel will recover over time from its colossal intelligence failure and its tardiness in responding militarily to Hamas’ massacre. But it cannot do so unless it upholds its moral values and makes…