Hello, this is Michelle. Israel’s decision to ban UNRWA from operating in Israel and, by extension, in the Palestinian territories under its occupation has drawn outcry across the humanitarian community. The Palestinian Red Crescent, in town for the Red Cross conference, fears this hints at a wider strategy to reshape humanitarian response in the Palestinian territories.
Meanwhile, a report by the UN’s Sudan fact-finding mission uncovers widespread rape and sexual abuse by RSF forces during the 18-month civil war. And over a third of our leafy canopies are fighting for their survival on this planet. |
Israeli army soldiers positioned at the entrance of the Tulkarm camp for Palestinian refugees inspect a vehicle used by the Palestinian Red Crescent Society arriving at the scene during an ongoing raid on the camp in the north of the occupied West Bank on 12 September 2024. (Keystone/AFP/Zain Jaafar)
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🇸🇩Sudan's RSF and allies sexually abused victims from 8-75 years, UN mission says.
Mohamed Chande Othman, chair of the fact-finding mission on Sudan, said the sheer scale of the sexual violence committed during the war was “staggering”.
Reuters (EN)
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❌Opinion: Israel's ban on UNRWA is a declaration of war on the UN.
By seeking to “prevent” the UN agency from working in the Palestinian territories, Israel is sinking deeper into its status of pariah state under international law, writes Le Temps reporter Luis Lema.
Le Temps (FR)
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🌳More than a third of the world’s trees threatened with extinction: IUCN.
The sobering findings, announced by the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List on Monday, include over 80 per cent of the world’s known tree species, 38 per cent of which it said are at risk.
New York Times (EN)
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🎧Inside Geneva: Love for life in Gaza.
The authors of a new book, Daybreak in Gaza, recount what music, culture, food and living are like in the Gaza Strip. In doing so, they aim to amplify the voices of the people who are not being listened to.
Swissinfo (EN)
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💣Opinion: We need to know much more about the nasty effects of nuclear war.
A UN General Assembly vote this week on whether to mandate a scientific study on the effects of nuclear war is crucial for considering the consequences on all aspects of society, from public health to agriculture, writes Melissa Parke, executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.
PassBlue (EN)
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