Adil Haque
@AdHaque110
Distinguished Professor, @RutgersLaw. Executive Editor, @just_security. Author, Law and Morality at War.
"Israel’s use of force against Iran was and remains plainly unlawful and a manifest violation of the United Nations Charter." My latest @just_security

"We strongly condemn all attacks on civilians seeking to obtain humanitarian aid. This needs to stop." "The vilification of UN organizations and rejection of visas for senior UN staff are in no one's interest."
Denmark deplores the humanitarian situation in #Gaza and calls for an immediate ceasefire, unrestricted access of humanitarian aid, and the unconditional and immediate release of all hostages.
"Poland reiterates that the blockade of the Gaza Strip and restrictions on humanitarian aid constitute unacceptable violations of international law."

"We also condemn the indiscriminate bombing of civilians and religious targets and infrastructure by Israel, including UN facilities."

"We witness in Gaza not merely a conflict, but a combination of man-made humanitarian catastrophe, unfolding war crimes that amount to genocide, and moral collapse" (Reportedly, Brazil will intervene in the South Africa v. Israel case at the ICJ)

"Civilians are not starving." "They are being starved." "By Israel." "As a weapon of war."
At today's #UNSC quarterly open debate on #MiddleEast, Slovenia focused on the grave humanitarian situation in Gaza, where the scale of acute food insecurity, including starvation, is intolerable. Ambassador Žbogar urged the delivery of humanitarian aid at scale & underlined 👇:
"We need to ensure accountability for actors who deliberately cause or prolong conflict-induced hunger in violation of international law. Using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare may constitute a war crime."
"To collect supplies that have reached any of the Israeli crossings around Gaza – all of which are fenced off and heavily guarded – drivers need multiple access approvals, as well as a pause in the bombing and for the iron gates to slide open."
UN spox on Israel's obstructing aid & aid workers: "Currently, the Israeli authorities are the sole decision makers on who, how and how much aid enters the Gaza Strip, and the type of supplies that are allowed in. Logistical challenges are immense: To collect supplies that have…
Gaza’s hunger crisis has reached new and astonishing levels of desperation. 🔴Nearly 1 person in 3 isn’t eating for days 🔴90,000 women & children need urgent malnutrition treatment Food assistance is the only solution to stop starvation in its tracks. There's no time to lose.