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UN SecGen: "I welcome that the International Court of Justice has issued its historic advisory opinion. They made clear that all States are obligated under international law to protect the global climate system. This is a victory for our planet, for climate justice, and for the…
US: recognizes "IDF's ongoing efforts to prevent civilian harm in Gaza" [More than 1/2 of people killed in Gaza between Oct 2023-Jan 2025 were women aged 18–64, children or people over 65 nature.com/articles/d4158…]
UN spox on Israeli envoy's news of restricting visas/permits to @UNOCHA staff in occupied Palestine: It will make things more complicated **Adds: @UNReliefChief has never called Israel's actions in Gaza a "genocide," contrary to @DannyDanon's claim that he did so

US envoy tells UN Security Council: "President Trump has said that nobody is expelling Palestinians from Gaza"
US envoy on "forced displacement" in Gaza: President Trump has said that "nobody is expelling any Palestinians from Gaza"
Trump to Human Rights Council: ‘I Wish I Knew How to Quit You’ passblue.com/2025/07/23/tru…

Given Russia's horrific crimes against the people of Ukraine & its daily subversion of the UN Charter, Russian reps at the UN are in no position to criticize other countries. End the hypocrisy, Russia!
Russia on Gaza/ME: Israel announces it will be squeezing OCHA from occupied Palestinian territories & impose sanctions against its hi-level reps. Will DC cover up its allies?
Palestinian envoy tells UN Security Council: Natanyahu & his govt are actively pursuing transforming Gaza into a land w/o a people thru genocide & ethnic cleansing under the unconvincing disguise of voluntary migration
Algeria: Starvation of Gazans is intentional Adds: "The so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation should be called the Gaza Hunger Foundation"
Israeli envoy tells UN Security Council that it will stop renewing visas or limit permits to @UNOCHA staff to work in Gaza
Incredible audacity… GHF is a tool in the cynical effort to push out UN relief resources and to effectively starve Palestinians out of Gaza forever (whoever survives), and now they want a fig leaf and patsy.
Why does the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation want to work with the UN? Could it be accessing member state funding? Our scoop
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Asks the UN Relief Chief to Meet About Collaborating passblue.com/2025/07/22/the…

This is a transparent attempt to punish UN OCHA for uncovering the mass graves in which IDF troops buried the medics and emergency workers they killed. Israel has barred foreign journalists, UN investigators, and now UN humanitarians who inevitably find evidence of war crimes.
Israeli envoy tells UN Security Council that it will stop renewing visas or limit permits to @UNOCHA staff to work in Gaza
Russia on Gaza/ME: Israel announces it will be squeezing OCHA from occupied Palestinian territories & impose sanctions against its hi-level reps. Will DC cover up its allies?
