Colombia & Brazil join a growing list of countries that have expressed support to South Africa’s initiative to charge Israel with crimes of genocide.

South Africa will present its case at the ICJ tomorrow, January 11.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/11/lula-petro-and-arab-league-declare-support-to-south-africas-case-against-israel/

People across the world were shocked to see a drug gang waving rifles and grenades in the TC Television studios in Guayaquil, and the scene was perhaps the cinematic peak of successive days of explosions, riots, lootings, shootings, car explosions, and widespread panic that has paralyzed the country.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/11/ecuador-in-crisis-five-points-to-understand-a-country-broken-by-neoliberalism/

Adila Hassim, senior counsel for South Africa, speaking before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), urging the court to demand Israel halt the genocidal war against Gaza and the Palestinian people.

She stated: "This killing is nothing short of the destruction of Palestinian life. It is inflicted deliberately, no one is spared, not even newborn babies."

Under the slogan "Save Education, Reject NEP," students from across India have called a national mobilization to fight against the far-right BJP government's attacks on education.
Mayukh Biswas of the Students' Federation of India talks about why they're fighting back. #UnitedStudentsOfIndia

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US and the UK forces carried out several air strikes inside Yemen early on Friday, January 12.

According to Yemen’s official news agency Saba, “the American and British aggression launched raids on the capital Sanaa and [various locations] in the provinces of Hodeidah, Saada, and Dhamar.”
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/12/us-and-uk-target-several-locations-in-yemen-in-early-morning-strikes/

On January 12, students from across India gathered at the heart of the capital city New Delhi to protest against the conservative policies of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The students say that the policies being implemented by the government, particularly the new education policy will lead to the destruction of the country's public education system. It will limit access to education, particularly to the poor and marginalized sections of India. The students are also against the changing foreign policy of India wherein it is positioning itself close to Israel and abandoning its independent position. Watch the report to listen to what India's students have to say.

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https://youtu.be/SB-UURymZPI?si=rcZfFdnflna5TSSc

The second day of the hearing on South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza took place at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on January 12. Over the course of three hours, Israel presented its response to the arguments made by Pretoria’s legal team the day prior.

Friday’s hearings were held on the 98th day of Israel’s relentless bombardment of besieged Gaza. In the 24 hour period between the hearings at the ICJ, Israel had killed approximately 151 Palestinians. The death toll since October now stands at over 23,700, with 60,000 people wounded, as per latest figures released by the Palestinian Ministry of Health on Friday.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/12/deflect-and-deny-israel-responds-to-south-africas-accusation-of-genocide-at-icj/

🇵🇸 Triage is the term that most accurately summarizes what is happening to health services in Gaza. Every hour, health workers have to determine who among the dozens of patients lying on the hospital floors should be treated first.

Doctors and nurses also have to decide who gets paracetamol or ibuprofen for procedures that would usually be performed while patients are under anesthesia, and who goes without even that.

There is also a third form of triage going on in the proximity of Gaza these days, and that one falls upon the people trying to get supplies into the Strip. Despite reassurances that they would allow aid to be distributed more easily, Israeli authorities are still obstructing deliveries.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/13/gazas-heath-workers-and-aid-agencies-face-impossible-choices/

In the 67th issue of the People’s Health Dispatch, we provide updates on the health situation in Palestine as the Israeli Occupying Forces continue their attacks on the Gaza Strip for the 100th consecutive day. We also delve into health reforms in Kenya and examine the widening health inequities around the world. Click 👇🏾
http://tinyurl.com/peopleshealthdisp67

The close of 2023 marked a grim milestone: over 7 million people had lost their lives to COVID-19 by then.

In December 2023, 10,000 people died from COVID-19, with over half in the United States.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/13/covid-19-has-killed-more-than-7-million-people-since-2020/