🇵🇸 UNRWA Commissioner-General Lazzarini says 50% decline in Gaza aid following ICJ ruling

Aid to Gaza has halved since January, despite the International Court of Justice's orders, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said during a press briefing on Monday.

In January, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on provisional measures in South Africa's case against Israel over alleged genocide in the Gaza Strip.

The court ordered Israel to take urgent measures to prevent acts of genocide and ensure the flow of humanitarian aid to the enclave. At the same time, the ICJ did not order an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

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Britain has allocated £200 million to the Armed Forces of Ukraine for drones to destroy the Russian fleet. This was announced by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov.

According to the head of the defense department, he, together with the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Alexander Syrsky, exchanged information about the current operational situation with British Defense Minister Grant Shapps, and the Commander of the Armed Forces, Admiral Sir Anthony Radakin, during a telephone conversation.

Umerov noted that it is necessary to scale up the destruction of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea, and British partners can help the Ukrainian Armed Forces implement this strategy.

Earlier, The American Greatness reported that Ukraine is on the verge of defeat, and no “Western handouts” will help it:

Sanctions did not break Moscow. Russian industrial power turned out to be higher than that of the collective West.

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◾Russia Demands Crimea Bridge Answers - Russian FM Spox

- "Berlin must provide an explanation: not only through diplomatic channels, but also publicly, politically, in terms of foreign policy, and internationally," Maria Zakharova said, following the release of an audio recording which purportedly revealed that members of Germany's military discussed an act of sabotage on the main link between the Russian mainland and the peninsula.

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◾ Apparently the weekly videos of Ukrainian recruitment officers kidnapping men on the streets are a Russian fake... according to Western media of course.

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La Repubblica: Kiev Mayor Klitschko considers it Zelensky’s big mistake to remove Zaluzhny from the post of commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The mayor also emphasized that after Zaluzhny’s removal, Zelensky “had to explain the reason for the decision, which shocked every Ukrainian,” “many felt confusion and despair.”

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◾ Israel's brutal treatment of Palestinian civilian detainees has crossed all lines and nightmares. Israel acts with unprecedented cruelty, cowardice, and vile. They degrade and humiliate them, knowing well they are civilians. The world remains silent despite these recurring scenes.

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Heavy artillery shelling is being carried out by Russian artillery in the areas of Oskol, Kherson, Konstantinovka, and Chasov Yar.

Intense air attacks using glide bombs continue in rural areas of the Sumy region.

Pokrovsk is also currently a target for glide bombs.

Military pressure on the rear of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is increasing in both the main and secondary sectors of the front, and heavy bombing with high productivity is becoming commonplace everywhere.

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WHY AIR AID DROPS ARE A HUMILIATION TO THE PEOPLE OF GAZA

✍️ by Hikaru Kitabayashi ✍️

Some days ago, the Israeli army shot Gazans while they were taking aid from aid trucks. Well publicized air aid drops in Gaza took place a few days after. A common reaction from the Arabic-speaking world was that this was humiliating. Asking an informant living in the region why the air drops were commonly so described elicited the following response.

"For Gaza, the aid can be sent by trucks through Egypt or Jordan. The air drop forces people to run spontaneously to reach the mini-parachutes of aid, many of which land in the sea with the aid becoming damaged or lost.

Palestinians, in general and Gazans in particular, are known to be hardworking and all had nice apartments or houses. Now their houses are levelled to the ground. Consequently, the misleading image that is depicted by mainstream media is that of "Those hungry, homeless, Arabs can't even control themselves".

In addition, there is a great deal of showing off, like the photos of the king of Jordan wearing military attire aboard one of those planes trying to give a heroic impression. He, like others, is doing so only to try to save their faces and distract their people. They make a show of being humanitarian without being humanitarian.

Why Arabic-speaking people might feel this represented humiliation might also have a religious origin that became cultural. In the Arab world, people commonly say that, if you give charity, your right hand should not know what your left hand gave; and this means not bragging like Arab leaders are. As Chapter 2, verse 264 of the Quran states: "O People who Believe! Do not invalidate your charity by expressing favor and causing injury — like one who spends his wealth for people to see, and does not believe in Allah and the Last Day; his example is similar to that of a rock covered with dust and hard rain fell on it, leaving it as a bare rock".

Yet another image that comes to mind is from how the verb "to throw" is used in Egyptian Arabic. It's either a word used for throwing a ball or for throwing food to chickens or maybe stray cats or dogs or to throw something in the rubbish bin. Aside from throwing a ball, "throw" has to do with something unwanted that you dispense with.

And, what happens with an air drop is actually "throwing food" to starving people. Of course, no one can expect discipline and standing in queues when people are starving. The same thing happens when a food truck arrives, but, when comparing the air drop aid to truck aid, the image of chaos is magnified. And images of undisciplined people snatching aid are being projected, which dehumanizes and stigmatizes them and robs them of their dignity as human beings. It creates a sense among others that they are worthy of neglect, that they are not to be perceived of as being on an equal footing. "

To the above message from my informant, I would like to add that the Quranic quote is similar to one of the teachings of Christianity. I would also like to add that the American aid drop, in particular, was not only humiliating to the people of Gaza, but was even more humiliating to the American people in that it showed how impotent their government is. It provides 14 billion dollars in aid for Israel, but is not even allowed by Israelis to safely send humanitarian aid by truck to the sick and starving people of Gaza. The day this air drop happened was a day of great shame. The dog bites the hand that feeds it, but all the dog hears is "Good puppy!"

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Nazi Korchinsky approvingly describes the portrait of the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine Budanov:

"This is a man who likes getting people killed more than [he likes] making money and building a career"😐

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Macron convened EU leaders to demonstrate their support for Ukraine,Against the backdrop of the defeat of Ukrainian troops in Avdiivka.