We reiterate the urgent need Israel to uphold its obligations under international humanitarian law and ensure civilians are protected. Israel has an appalling track record of carrying out unlawful attacks in Lebanon and displaying a callous disregard for civilian life, fueled by the impunity Israeli officials feel they enjoy.

Amnesty International

Just hours after the world cautiously welcomed news of a US-Israeli ceasefire with Iran, in Lebanon the nightmare for civilians has become more terrifying. Today has been the deadliest day since the latest round of fighting began on 2 March with an intense barrage of air strikes carried out across south Lebanon, the Beqaa valley and in crowded civilian areas in central Beirut - many without warning. Hospitals have put out calls for blood donations, overwhelmed by the number of injured arriving.

We reiterate the urgent need Israel to uphold its obligations under international humanitarian law and ensure civilians are protected. Israel has an appalling track record of carrying out unlawful attacks in Lebanon and displaying a callous disregard for civilian life, fueled by the impunity Israeli officials feel they enjoy.   

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1485796836240568&set=a.803383324481926 

[AS ALWAYS PLEASE GO TO THE LINK TO READ GOOD ARTICLES (or 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]

"Whenever we remember a loved-one Israel killed, the world says they went to a better place, and I only wonder why doesn't Israel just go to a better place?" Mohammed Mousa

Mohammed Moussa, a poet from Gaza, is also a journalist and the founder of both the Gaza Poets Society and Gaza's Creative Allies.  https://www.gazapoets.org/poetry

[AS ALWAYS PLEASE GO TO THE LINK TO READ GOOD ARTICLES (or 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]

“There is no military objective that justifies the wholesale destruction of a society's infrastructure or the deliberate infliction of suffering on civilian populations.” Conflicts end when leaders choose dialogue over destruction, UN Secretary-General António Guterres stresses.

“There is no military objective that justifies the wholesale destruction of a society's infrastructure or the deliberate infliction of suffering on civilian populations.”

 

Conflicts end when leaders choose dialogue over destruction, UN Secretary-General António Guterres stresses.   

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1384102327079122&set=a.577863084369721 

 

Founded in the devastating aftermath of World War II, for 80 years, the United Nations has worked on behalf of peace in all corners of the globe.

 

The UN remains steadfast in its commitment to peace with justice; grounded in international law and the inalienable human rights of all people.

 https://www.facebook.com/unitednations

 

[AS ALWAYS PLEASE GO TO THE LINK TO READ GOOD ARTICLES (or 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]

Imagine what we could have done to educate, inspire, and care for our children here instead of spending billions to bomb our children there.... Whatever there you are thinking about right now, there are [& they are] our children, too.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center

@TheKingCenter

Imagine. #OurChildrenEverywhere #BelovedCommunity #TheKingCenter #MLK

 https://x.com/TheKingCenter/status/2041659730578317406/photo/1

[AS ALWAYS PLEASE GO TO THE LINK TO READ GOOD ARTICLES (or 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]

Red Cross ICRC: Indiscriminate warfare is indefensible and incompatible with law... Deliberate threats, whether in rhetoric or in action, against essential civilian infrastructure and nuclear facilities must not become the new norm in warfare. Any war fought without limits is incompatible with the law. It is indefensible, inhumane and devastating for entire populations. Across the Middle East, our teams are seeing the destruction of infrastructure essential for civilian life. Power plants, water systems, hospitals, roads, bridges, homes, schools, and universities have come under fire. Most alarming are potential threats to nuclear facilities. Any miscalculation can cause irreversible consequences for generations to come.

Geneva (ICRC) - The following is a statement from ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric on the hostilities in the Middle East. 

Deliberate threats, whether in rhetoric or in action, against essential civilian infrastructure and nuclear facilities must not become the new norm in warfare. 
 

Any war fought without limits is incompatible with the law. It is indefensible, inhumane and devastating for entire populations. 
 

Across the Middle East, our teams are seeing the destruction of infrastructure essential for civilian life. Power plants, water systems, hospitals, roads, bridges, homes, schools, and universities have come under fire.  

 

Most alarming are potential threats to nuclear facilities. Any miscalculation can cause irreversible consequences for generations to come. 
 

I urgently call on parties to spare civilians and civilian objects in all military operations. It is their obligation under international humanitarian law. 
 

States must respect and ensure respect for the rules of war in both what they say and what they do. The world cannot succumb to a political culture that prioritizes death over life. 

 

International Committee of the Red Cross

 
 https://www.icrc.org/en/news-release/middle-east-indiscriminate-warfare-indefensible-and-incompatible-law

 

[AS ALWAYS PLEASE GO TO THE LINK TO READ GOOD ARTICLES (or 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]