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Child-killing Israel

The UN says the number of Palestinian children killed during the first four months of the Israeli onslaught on Gaza has topped those killed in four Years of conflicts across the globe. The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA made the remark in a post on his X account. Philippe Lazzarini said the UN figures show that around 12,200 children have been killed in conflicts worldwide between 2019 and 2022. That’s while according to the Gaza Health ministry, more than 12,300 Palestinian children have been slaughtered since early October. The UNRWA chief has also said that what’s going on in Gaza is a war on children, their childhood and their future.

Israeli crimes in Gaza

Around a hundred leading European academics have slammed what they call Israel’s systematic annihilation of the educational system in the Gaza Strip. The scholars have signed a protest petition formulated by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor. According to official reports, Seventy-Percent of the strip’s universities has been completely demolished. Also, the Palestinian Ministry of Education says around 4,300 students have been killed and thousands others injured during the ongoing airstrikes. All this has been documented in the petition. The written appeal stresses such attacks on civilian objects constitute a grave breach of international law and fall under the definition of genocide. It also calls for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions supporting the occupation of Palestine. Over 180 British academics have also recently signed a separate petition denouncing the Israeli onslaught on Gaza, specially targeting of academics and students.

Denmark sued over Israel arms

A group of world’s most prominent human rights groups plan to sue the Danish government for its export of arms to Israel amid the regime’s ongoing onslaught against Palestinians in Gaza. The group has cited concerns that the exported weapons are being used to commit serious crimes against Palestinians in Gaza. According to the statement, the case will be filed against Denmark’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Police, which are in charge of approving the country’s sale of military equipment. Meanwhile the legal firm representing the NGOs said it would bring the case to a Copenhagen district court within the next three weeks. Based on the UN Arms Trade Treaty, countries must ensure that exports of arms and military equipment are not in violation of international law. Back in January, the International Court of Justice concluded that Israel's actions in Gaza could amount to genocide.

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