Calling in police enforcement on nonviolent demonstrations of young students on campus is an escalatory, reckless, and dangerous act.

It represents a heinous failure of leadership that puts people’s lives at risk. I condemn it in the strongest possible terms.

When I speak on campus, I ask what % of the pro-Palestine protesters are Jewish. Usually, Jews are overrepresented. Sometimes they're the largest identity group. Maybe folks calling for cracking down on protesters in the name of Jewish safety should consider their safety too

This is a key point from Eric. We have to be able to recognize growing & actual antisemitism, anti-Jewish hate, of the type described below, & condemn+tackle it, while also recognizing, separately, how bogus antisemitism charges are used to smear pro-Palestine activists & chants.

africanarguments.org/2024/04/europe….

Shared thoughts on Rwanda w/ Jesse Copelyn.

'Daniel Levine-Spound...argues that part of the reluctance to cut Rwanda off comes from the fact that the country 'has effectively marketed itself as a reliable partner for a number of international actors.''

amnesty.org/en/documents/m…

'The autonomous authorities of north-east Syria...are engaged in the large-scale and systematic violation of the rights of more than 56,000 men, women and children in their custody.'

Vital new research from Amnesty International and Nicolette Waldman !

“Safety” as a concept has been completely unmoored from any real-world referents.

Great thread!

First day of Eid here in #Gaza . Given a small bunch of flowers from someone living in a tent. Amidst this dehumanization, madness, pain, death, destruction, displacement. Many still under rubble or missing. Families unable to rest or grieve. Yet here, flowers, with a sea of tents

Next up in Print Vol. 65(1): Prof. Naz Modirzadeh argues that Third World Approaches to International Law, a critical legal studies movement championed by progressive legal scholars, is failing the Global South interests it purports to empower. Read:

journals.law.harvard.edu/ilj/2024/04/le…

6 observations:
1. Israel opening Erez and Ashdod for humanitarian aid into Gaza is unequivocally good news.
2. The decision to do this contradicts Israel's repeated claims that there have been no restrictions on aid.
3. Their closure until now was one part of a war crime. 1/2

Mon ami Onesphore Sematumba et sa fille Rachel interviewés par mon ami Alexis Huguet. À lire. courrierinternational.com/depeche/rdc-30…

israel has killed more aid workers in the tiny gaza strip than have died in all of the countries in the rest of the world combined in any of the last 30 years

Israel is announcing plans for a 6 month Rafah invasion, doubling its anticipated military budget for the coming year, and escalating with Iran and Hezbollah. Biden admin not blinking. Very much seems like we’re over the edge

Israel created 'kill zones' in Gaza. Anyone who crosses into them is shot haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

“Get it over quick” - an unambiguous call for genocide by Rep. Tim Walberg

“Gaza today has more people in Phase V than Somalia had at the peak of its famine.”

justsecurity.org/93841/gazas-fa… justsecurity.org/93841/gazas-fa…

New research report from HLS Program on Int’l Law & Armed Conflict titled “Resolution 2664 (2022) and Counterterrorism Measures: An Analytical Frame for States” by Dustin Lewis, Radhika, & Naz Modirzadeh: pilac.law.harvard.edu/res-2664-and-c…

Hugely important. State support for the Wazalendo, even if motivated by the Rwandan aggression/support to M23, could have devastating, long-term, consequences for Congolese civilians.

#Mozambique envoy to #UN , 1 of main #UN SC members to lead #Gaza draft rez to fruition today, also insists it is legally binding

Morally and legally, it is this simple: 'the actions of Hamas should not be tied to whether a 3 year-old can eat. The actions of Hamas do not justify forcing hundreds of thousands of people to eat grass” Thank you, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, for your clarity.