Thursday, October 30, 2025

Children attending UNRWA temporary learning spaces in Gaza express their joy at learning in person and their hope that it will last. While most schools have been damaged or still host displaced families, UNRWA was able to quickly re-open 38 new temporary learning spaces in Khan Younis between September and October 2025. This has more than doubled the number of children reached through in-person learning compared to August levels. All children should be able to go to school. #UNRWAworks

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Children attending UNRWA temporary learning spaces in #Gaza express their joy at learning in person and their hope that it will last.

While most schools have been damaged or still host displaced families, UNRWA was able to quickly re-open 38 new temporary learning spaces in Khan Younis between September and October 2025.

This has more than doubled the number of children reached through in-person learning compared to August levels.

All children should be able to go to school.

#UNRWAworks

AS ALWAYS PLEASE GO TO THE LINK TO READ GOOD ARTICLES & QUOTES IN FULL: HELP SHAPE ALGORITHMS (and conversations) THAT EMPOWER DECENCY, DIGNITY, JUSTICE & PEACE... and hopefully Palestine, or at least fair and just laws and policies]

“International law is clear: States must neither aid nor assist in the internationally wrongful acts of others, and must prevent & punish international crimes." New report “Gaza Genocide: A Collective Crime"

Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967

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Independent human rights expert @FranceskAlbs: “International law is clear: States must neither aid nor assist in the internationally wrongful acts of others, and must prevent & punish international crimes." New report “Gaza Genocide: A Collective Crime": buff.ly/4o4gZ3k

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/10/gaza-genocide-crime-israel-did-not-commit-alone-says-special-rapporteur

Gaza genocide: A crime Israel did not commit alone, says Special Rapporteur

28 October 2025

CAPE TOWN - Israel’s genocide in Gaza is part of an international system of complicity, a UN expert warned today.

“International law is clear: States must neither aid nor assist in the internationally wrongful acts of others, and must prevent and punish international crimes,” Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 told the General Assembly. “This requires immediately suspending all military, economic, and diplomatic ties with Israel until its crimes cease, and pursuing justice for the survivors by holding perpetrators and accomplices accountable.”

Albanese addressed the General Assembly from Cape Town, South Africa — after US sanctions prevented her from presenting her report in New York.

The Special Rapporteur’s new report, “Gaza Genocide: A Collective Crime,” reveals how influential Third States — with the acquiescence of many others — have provided diplomatic, military, economic and ideological support to Israel, entrenching, rather than dismantling Israel’s settler colonial apartheid, now turned genocidal.

“No State can credibly claim to uphold international law while arming, supporting, or shielding a genocidal regime,” Albanese said.

The report shows how Third States are breaching their duty to prevent genocide, apartheid, and territorial conquest by supplying Israel with aid, arms, and political cover despite clear evidence of genocidal intent. Citing rulings from the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court, Albanese said that the world has been on notice since at least 2004 — yet impunity has only deepened.

“States knew. States had the means to act,” the Special Rapporteur said. “International law does not allow the luxury of feigned ignorance, delay or rhetorical acrobatics.”

Instead, the report claims, States have obscured, ignored, and even profited from Israel’s violations of international law, through military, economic, diplomatic and even “humanitarian” channels.

Albanese’s report showed how military cooperation—through arms trade and intelligence sharing—has fuelled Israel’s war machine including during the genocide. While the US and Germany alone have provided over 90 per cent of Israel’s arms imports, at least 26 States have supplied or facilitated arms and components, and many others bought weapons tested on Palestinians.

“Trade and investment have sustained—and profited from—Israel’s economy,” the Special Rapporteur said. Between 2022 and 2024, exports of electronics, pharmaceuticals, energy, minerals, and dual-use items, totalling $474 billion, helped Israel finance its military operations. About one-third of this trade is with the EU, while North America and several Arab States continue deepening economic ties.... READ MORE https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/10/gaza-genocide-crime-israel-did-not-commit-alone-says-special-rapporteur

"Francesca Albanese strives for impartiality and inclusiveness. She emphasizes that true impartiality cannot be either ignorance or indifference. Instead, it involves objectively investigating facts through the lens of international law and recognizing and addressing - instead of denying or ignoring - underlying power imbalance or historical injustices. Her focus is on achieving rights and freedoms, including through justice and accountability, for all involved. “Resolving the Question of Palestine, or the ‘Israeli/Palestinian conflict’ in line with international law - she say - is not complicated, but it requires reigour to follow what is just: ending the genocide, the unlawful occupation of what remains of Mandate Palestine, and then, ending apartheid, for both Palestinians and Israelis - so they will be able to leave in freedom and peace int he land they both all home”..." https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/sr-palestine/francesca-albanese

"Families buried under rubble, hospitals struck, and deliberate starvation of an entire people are not isolated mistakes. They are the product of a system driven by power, sustained by impunity, and empowered by propaganda..." World leaders cannot claim to seek peace while enabling war and ignoring human suffering

Displaced Palestinians walk with their belongings past destroyed buildings as they return to their homes in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)AP

World leaders cannot claim to seek peace while enabling war and ignoring human suffering | Opinion

Published: Oct. 28, 2025, 1:00 p.m.

By Momin Bhatti

The world has just marked the second anniversary of the Oct. 7, a horrific tragedy that must never be forgotten. The slaughter of civilians in Israel was an atrocity. But remembrance cannot mean silence about what has followed.

For over two years, Israel has invoked Oct. 7 repeatedly to justify collective punishment and evade accountability. This justification has been sustained by propaganda tactics, amplified again around the anniversary. The narrative manipulation distorts perception and normalizes Israel’s crimes against humanity. It conditions people to look away while hospitals are bombed and aid convoys blocked, numbing empathy and allowing cruelty to masquerade as policy.

A key tactic is victimhood inversion. Israel consistently insists it is merely “defending itself” as it exercises overwhelming force against a besieged population. The vast majority of those killed are children, families, and ordinary people who have nothing to do with Hamas, yet are punished as though their very existence were a crime.

When entire neighborhoods are flattened, the recurring narrative is... READ MORE https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2025/10/world-leaders-cannot-claim-to-seek-peace-while-enabling-war-and-ignoring-human-suffering-opinion.html

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

"Admirers from UNICEF leaders to Hollywood actors have praised her for saying what many politicians won’t. Critics, meanwhile, accuse her of politicizing childhood. She doesn’t flinch. “I have to just remind myself that kids’ lives are more important than my reputation,”" Ms Rachel, Glamour magazine's Women of the Year

Women of the Year

The Meaning of Ms. Rachel

She redefined children’s media—and built her empire—by centering empathy. Now she’s channeling that same ethos into activism.

By Samantha Barry Photography by Caroline Tompkins and OK McCausland

October 27, 2025

"...Today she presides over a global media empire—13 billion YouTube views, more than 17 million subscribers, nine books, a line of toys that sells out within hours, and a Netflix series with four episodes in its first season that pulled in more than 53 million views, making it the platform’s seventh most watched series in the first half of 2025 and the most watched kids program of the same period. Oh, and she just had her second child.

And then there’s the other side of Ms. Rachel: the advocate. She’s spoken openly about postpartum depression. She’s brushed off conservative backlash for posting a Pride Month message to her followers. And most recently, she’s become one of the loudest American voices for the children in Gaza. Fundraising, posting, and bringing Rahaf, a three-year-old double amputee, onto her show. Admirers from UNICEF leaders to Hollywood actors have praised her for saying what many politicians won’t. Critics, meanwhile, accuse her of politicizing childhood. She doesn’t flinch. “I have to just remind myself that kids’ lives are more important than my reputation,” she tells me..."

https://www.glamour.com/story/ms-rachel-women-of-the-year-2025?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Another Palestinian journalist killed by ongoing ISraeli bombardment. Muhammed al-Miniarawi was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Nuseirat regfugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. October 29, 2025

Muhammed al-Miniarawi was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Nuseirat regfugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

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Another Palestinian journalist killed by ongoing ISraeli bombardment.

"Imagine slashing SNAP, the program that helps children in the U.S. not go hungry- while sending billions in weapons to another country to kill other children" Ms Rachel for Littles

Linda Mamoun

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This is why Ms Rachel is Woman of the Year.

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Let UNRWA aid in... Lifesaving UNRWA medicines are waiting at the border, denied entry into Gaza by the State of Israel.

Let UNRWA aid in

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Lifesaving UNRWA medicines are waiting at the border, denied entry into #Gaza by the State of Israel.

As health centres face severe shortages and preventable deaths rise, every delay costs lives.

UNRWA continues to provide health care — over 15 million consultations since the war began.

Let UNRWA aid in.

Meanwhile, pre-positioned outside Gaza, UNRWA has enough food parcels for 1.1 million people, flour for 2.1 million individuals, and shelter supplies for up to 1.3 million people."

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Our latest on the situation in #Gaza and the #WestBank:

UNRWA has resumed health, education, and WASH services in Gaza City as relative calm holds, while explosive hazards continue to endanger civilians.

In the West Bank, October is on track to be the most violent olive harvest season since 2013, with ongoing settler attacks on Palestinian farmers and lands.

Full report Monday, October 27, 2025 https://www.unrwa.org/resources/reports/unrwa-situation-report-194-situation-gaza-strip-and-west-bank-including-east-jerusalem

"UNRWA’s ability to restore services is limited by restrictions imposed by Israel to bring in vital supplies, including much-needed equipment to repair damaged facilities."

"UNRWA also continues to face a ban on bringing humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, pre-positioned outside Gaza, UNRWA has enough food parcels for 1.1 million people, flour for 2.1 million individuals, and shelter supplies for up to 1.3 million people."

"All UNRWA international staff are prevented from entering the occupied Palestinian territory (the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem). This follows the passage of two laws by Israel’s parliament (the Knesset) on 28 October 2024[3] that prohibit UNRWA’s operations in what Israel defines as “Israeli territory” and bar any contact between Israeli officials with UNRWA. The Israeli authorities have not granted the Agency’s international staff visas or permits to enter the occupied Palestinian territory, including Gaza, since the end of January 2025."

https://www.unrwa.org/resources/reports/unrwa-situation-report-194-situation-gaza-strip-and-west-bank-including-east-jerusalem

... According to OCHA, between 7 October 2023 and 19 October 2025, 1,004 Palestinians – among them at least 213 children – were killed in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Of those, 198 Palestinians, including at least 40 children, were killed since the beginning of this year alone.

Repeated attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinian communities have continued across the West Bank, primarily directed at Palestinians participating in the annual olive harvest. Some 3,000 trees and saplings have reportedly been vandalized in October alone. This month is on track to record the highest number of settler violence and harassment incidents since UNRWA began monitoring in 2013.
Multiple eviction notices were served by Israeli authorities to Palestinian property owners in Qalandiya, north of Jerusalem. These eviction notices were purportedly linked to the re-activation of decades-old confiscation orders dating from the 1970s and 1980s for the expansion of the Atarot industrial zone.

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Thursday, October 30, 2025

“International law is clear: States must neither aid nor assist in the internationally wrongful acts of others, and must prevent & punish international crimes." New report “Gaza Genocide: A Collective Crime"

Gaza genocide: A crime Israel did not commit alone, says Special Rapporteur

World leaders cannot claim to seek peace while enabling war and ignoring human suffering | Opinion

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

The Meaning of Ms. Rachel

Another Palestinian journalist killed by ongoing ISraeli bombardment. Muhammed al-Miniarawi was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Nuseirat regfugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. October 29, 2025

"Imagine slashing SNAP, the program that helps children in the U.S. not go hungry- while sending billions in weapons to another country to kill other children" Ms Rachel for Littles

Let UNRWA aid in... Lifesaving UNRWA medicines are waiting at the border, denied entry into Gaza by the State of Israel.

Meanwhile, pre-positioned outside Gaza, UNRWA has enough food parcels for 1.1 million people, flour for 2.1 million individuals, and shelter supplies for up to 1.3 million people."

UNRWA Situation Report #194 on the Humanitarian Crisis in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem