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Italy: End Border Control Pact with Libya Italy should revoke its damaging migrant cooperation agreement with Libya, Human Rights Watch said today. The Italy-Libya Memorandum of Understanding on migration cooperation will renew automatically ...

“Italy needs to stop its complicity with the Libyan Coast Guard, who are implicated in the torture, exploitation, and degrading treatment of the people they interdict and bring back to Libya.”
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Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

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Opinion: Why the Trump-Blair Gaza plan is unlawful <article data-history-node-id="429556" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/opinion-why-trump-blair-gaza-plan-unlawful" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/opinion-why-trump-blair-gaza-plan-unlawful" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Opinion: Why the Trump-Blair Gaza plan is unlawful</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>In a column for Middle East Eye,&nbsp;Ralph Wilde, a professor of international law, lays out the legality of the proposed international trusteeship of Gaza involving Donald Trump and Tony Blair.&nbsp;</p> <p>He writes: "Befitting his role as an icon of western liberal interventionism, Blair’s association with the Gaza trusteeship builds on the tradition of western humanitarians who sought to “humanise” colonialism by grafting onto it a duty of care.&nbsp;</p> <p>This concept of “<a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/international-territorial-administration-9780199274321?cc=mt&amp;lang=en&amp;" target="_blank">trusteeship over people</a>” was adopted by Europeans for colonial rule over Africa at the Berlin Conference in the late 19th century; by the League of Nations after the First World War for the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/mandate-League-of-Nations" target="_blank">Mandate territories</a>;&nbsp;and by the United Nations after the Second World War for the&nbsp;<a href="https://research.un.org/en/docs/tc/territories" target="_blank">Trust Territories</a>&nbsp;and all other&nbsp;<a href="https://www.un.org/en/about-us/un-charter/chapter-11" target="_blank">non-settler colonies</a>.</p> <p>Trusteeship assumes a world divided between “child-like” people incapable of looking after themselves - a characterisation now applied to the Palestinian people of Gaza - and “adults”, such as Blair et al, who are able to rule over not only their own people, but also others.</p> <p>Falling into the “child” category is the rationale for requiring trusteeship. In the League of Nations&nbsp;<a href="https://libraryresources.unog.ch/ld.php?content_id=32971179" target="_blank">Covenant</a>, the people of the mandates were “not yet able to stand by themselves under the strenuous conditions of the modern world”.&nbsp;</p> <p>The child/adult relationship is the rationale for the duty of care - the adult is in charge, but must act in the interests of the “ward”. The adult’s responsibility is to “bring up” the child so it will eventually attain maturity. To conduct tutelage, enabling “development”.</p> <p>The Gaza trusteeship will thus be temporary, because it is transitional: the adults will build up local capacities for self-administration; the children will consequentially mature and attain adulthood, and the need for trusteeship will then end."</p> <h3>Opinion:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/why-trump-blair-gaza-plan-is-unlawful">Why the Trump-Blair Gaza plan is unlawful</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks in New York City on 21 September 2022 (John Lamparski/Getty Images/AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="36c47629-8565-40be-ae47-2cc98ffa9f06" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/uk-blair-speaks-new-york-september-2022-john-lamparski-getty-images-afp.jpeg" width="1400" height="788" alt="Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks in New York City on 21 September 2022 (John Lamparski/Getty Images/AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks in New York City on 21 September 2022 (John Lamparski/Getty Images/AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

Opinion: Why the Trump-Blair Gaza plan is unlawful - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/opinion-why-trump-blair-gaza-plan-unlawful

Tenete lontano da Gaza le mani sporche di sangue di tony blair scrive @thenation.com

Difficile dare torto a chi ricorda il ruolo di Blair nella sanguinosa e tragica invasione dell’Iraq, nel castello di bugie che portarono a quel disastro e a seguire i suoi “traffici” da lobbysta

So the Israeli naval officer issuing threats to the Global Sumud Flotilla has an American accent.

Israeli interception of Alma illegal under international law, UN Rapporteur says <article data-history-node-id="429495" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-interception-alma-illegal-under-international-law-un-rapporteur" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-interception-alma-illegal-under-international-law-un-rapporteur" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli interception of Alma illegal under international law, UN Rapporteur says</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israel's interception of the Alma vessel in the global Sumud Flotilla is unlawful,&nbsp;<meta charset="UTF-8">Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories, told MEE.</p> <p>Albanese said the interception is unlawful under two basic premises.&nbsp;</p> <p>Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip is illegal under international law, Albanese said, adding, "it makes no sense whatsoever."&nbsp;</p> <p>Additional, Albanese noted that even under ordinary circumstances, the interception of vessels in international water behaving in a clearly peaceful manner is illegal under international law.&nbsp;</p> <p>The flotilla is roughly 80 nautical miles from the coast of Gaza. Territorial waters extend for maximum 12 nautical miles.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

Israeli interception of Alma illegal under international law, UN Rapporteur says - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-interception-alma-illegal-under-international-law-un-rapporteur

Il problema delle batterie è sotto gli occhi di tutti. Ogni anno, solo in Italia, vengono buttate circa 260 milioni di pile; a livello mondiale il numero sale a oltre 15 miliardi. Questo significa quasi 300k tonnellate di rifiuti tossici che finiscono nell’ambiente

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uh! com'è difficile restare calmi e indifferenti
mentre tutti intorno fanno rumore
in quest'epoca di pazzi ci mancavano gli idioti dell'orrore.

Take Action for The Global Sumud Flotilla. Urge governments and foreign offices to protect their citizens and demand safe passage for the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza. Email addresses and email text below:

Crosetto autorizza l’invio di una fregata italiana per la protezione della Flotilla. Forse è l’unico che ha capito che abbiamo a che fare con un esercito di criminali di guerra.

Il più intenso attacco contro la Global Sumud Flotilla
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Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN Commission finds GENEVA – Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, a...

Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN Commission finds | OHCHR www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

La flottille pour Gaza affirme qu'un autre de ses bateaux a été touché et soupçonne un drone La flottille pour Gaza a affirmé qu'un autre de ses bateaux avait été touché dans la nuit de mardi à mercredi près de Tunis et dit soupçonner un drone, 24 heures après un incident similaire.

La flottille pour Gaza affirme qu'un autre de ses bateaux a été touché et soupçonne un drone

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YouTube video by DW News Journalists in the West Bank are risking their lives to report | DW News

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EXCLUSIVE: UNRWA demands “urgent clarification” over UN meeting with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation In a letter to the UN’s top humanitarian, the head of UNRWA warns that failing to criticise the GHF risks being seen as complicity in war crimes.

EXCLUSIVE: UNRWA demands “urgent clarification” over UN meeting with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/08... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)

A headline reads: "With Arson and Land Grabs, Israeli Settler Attacks in West Bank Hit Record High" over a photo of a junkyard that was attacked. Photo by Mohamad Torokman/Reuters

With the world’s attention on Gaza, Israeli settlers in the West Bank are carrying out one of the most violent campaigns against Palestinian villages since the UN began keeping records. nyti.ms/4lt6F2u

Liberation Movements Summit tries to revive its members’ declining fortunes | ISS Africa The annual summit of the six Southern African liberation movements reveals why they haven’t evolved.

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Hello Eric, any update on the possible book launch in Maputo?

The Portuguese version of my BOOK is out and on sale.

I hope to do a book launch in Maputo this week still - alfandega permitting !

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Firma la petizione PETITION FOR FRANCESCA ALBANESE'S NOMINATION FOR THE 2025 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

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Redazione, Autore presso Articolo21

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Noi non archiviamo #mariopaciolla e invitiamo a guardare inchiesta @mm-fanpage-bot.bsky.social @fcancellato.bsky.social e inchiesta Valerio Cataldi per @rainews.bsky.social @maurobiani.bsky.social @mm-repubblica-bot.bsky.social @giuliosiamonoi.bsky.social

Opinion | ‘This Is What We Were Always Scared of’: DOGE Is Building a Surveillance State DOGE is rapidly assembling a sprawling monitoring system, the foundation of many authoritarian regimes.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Elon Musk may be stepping back from the federal government, Julia Angwin writes, “but his legacy there is already secured. DOGE is assembling a sprawling domestic surveillance system for the Trump administration — the likes of which we have never seen in the U.S.”

An RSF atrocity, a mass evacuation, and another side to mutual aid in Sudan The inside story of the war’s largest civilian-led rescue effort.

As the Rapid Support Forces launched vicious attacks in central Sudan last year, local volunteers began a daring rescue of civilians. This is the inside story of their efforts: ⬇️

Coffee jitters & other news from the UN:
Our calming weekly summary

yesterday and today

🚨 For the third time an Italian court rejects Meloni's agreement with Albania and orders the release of asylum seekers.

Waiting for the EU Court of Justice.

SAVE THE DATE: CONFERENCE ON THE POST-ELECTION CRISIS AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN MOZAMBIQUE

Date: January 24, 2025
Time: 12h00-14h00

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