Al Jazeera:
"The use of human shields in war is not a new phenomenon. Militaries have forced civilians to serve as human shields for centuries. Yet, despite this long and dubious history, Israel has managed to introduce a new form of shielding in Gaza, one that appears unprecedented in the history of warfare.
The practice was initially revealed by Al Jazeera but, subsequently, Haaretz published an entire expose about how Israeli troops have abducted Palestinian civilians, dressed them in military uniforms, attached cameras to their bodies, and sent them into underground tunnels as well as buildings in order to shield Israeli troops. ...
The Israeli army’s treatment of Palestinian civilians as expendable might not come as a surprise given the racialised form of colonial governance to which they have been subjected for decades. The deep-seated racism explains the ease with which Israeli President Isaac Herzog publicly claimed that there are “no innocent civilians” in the Gaza Strip as well as the prevailing indifference among Israel’s Jewish public to the tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians who have been killed."
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/10/20/israel-has-taken-human-shields-to-a-whole-new-criminal-level
-->What would happen if the NYT followed such Israeli war crimes as they happen? Maybe even more Americans would oppose Israel's genocide in Gaza. Maybe candidates in the two major political parties would even talk about it.
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Common Dreams:
"73% of Young US Voters Eager to Support Candidates With Bold Climate Agenda
Over three-quarters in a new survey endorsed the idea that the 'future is frightening' and 62.9% agreed that 'humanity is doomed.'
More than half of young people in the U.S. are 'very or extremely worried' about the climate crisis and an even larger percentage are motivated to do something about it, including at the ballot box.
The data came from a poll published on Thursday in The Lancet Planetary Health, which found that concerns about the climate crisis were impacting young people's decisions about their personal and public lives, with 52.3% saying they were 'hesitant to have children' and 72.8% planning to vote for candidates who back ambitious climate policies.
'Climate change is causing widespread distress among U.S. youth and affecting their beliefs and plans for the future,' the study authors concluded. 'These effects may intensify, across the political spectrum, as exposure to climate-related severe weather events increases.' "
https://www.commondreams.org/news/youth-concerned-climate-us
-->Why didn't this story appear in the NYT? I think its because neither Trump nor Harris talk about saving the environment. Like the Israeli genocide, our political system reflects what the very rich believe, not what is really happening in the world.
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Common Dreams:
"An Oxfam report published Wednesday estimates that war-fueled hunger is likely killing as many as 21,000 people per day in dozens of countries as parties to global conflicts weaponize starvation against children and other vulnerable people in Gaza, Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia, and elsewhere.
Food Wars, published to mark World Food Day, finds that nearly 278 million people across 54 war-torn countries faced crisis-level hunger last year. That population accounts for 99% of the people facing crisis-level hunger worldwide.
War, according to the new report, was a 'major cause of food insecurity' in each of the 54 countries examined, 'although in some of them, weather extremes or economic shocks may have been the principal driver.'
'As conflict rages around the world, starvation has become a lethal weapon wielded by warring parties against international laws, causing an alarming rise in human deaths and suffering,' said Emily Farr, Oxfam's food and economic security lead. 'That civilians continue to be subjected to such slow death in the 21st Century is a collective failure.' "
https://www.commondreams.org/news/global-hunger-report
-->Again, The NYT leaves an important story out. Perhaps that's because starvation is one of the most commonly used war crimes in US sponsored wars abroad. Yes, we are starving thousands of children in Gaza. We know it, and we pay for it. That is why, when justice finally comes, most recent US presidents will be judged to be war criminals.
"The use of human shields in war is not a new phenomenon. Militaries have forced civilians to serve as human shields for centuries. Yet, despite this long and dubious history, Israel has managed to introduce a new form of shielding in Gaza, one that appears unprecedented in the history of warfare.
The practice was initially revealed by Al Jazeera but, subsequently, Haaretz published an entire expose about how Israeli troops have abducted Palestinian civilians, dressed them in military uniforms, attached cameras to their bodies, and sent them into underground tunnels as well as buildings in order to shield Israeli troops. ...
The Israeli army’s treatment of Palestinian civilians as expendable might not come as a surprise given the racialised form of colonial governance to which they have been subjected for decades. The deep-seated racism explains the ease with which Israeli President Isaac Herzog publicly claimed that there are “no innocent civilians” in the Gaza Strip as well as the prevailing indifference among Israel’s Jewish public to the tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians who have been killed."
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/10/20/israel-has-taken-human-shields-to-a-whole-new-criminal-level
-->What would happen if the NYT followed such Israeli war crimes as they happen? Maybe even more Americans would oppose Israel's genocide in Gaza. Maybe candidates in the two major political parties would even talk about it.
=====
Common Dreams:
"73% of Young US Voters Eager to Support Candidates With Bold Climate Agenda
Over three-quarters in a new survey endorsed the idea that the 'future is frightening' and 62.9% agreed that 'humanity is doomed.'
More than half of young people in the U.S. are 'very or extremely worried' about the climate crisis and an even larger percentage are motivated to do something about it, including at the ballot box.
The data came from a poll published on Thursday in The Lancet Planetary Health, which found that concerns about the climate crisis were impacting young people's decisions about their personal and public lives, with 52.3% saying they were 'hesitant to have children' and 72.8% planning to vote for candidates who back ambitious climate policies.
'Climate change is causing widespread distress among U.S. youth and affecting their beliefs and plans for the future,' the study authors concluded. 'These effects may intensify, across the political spectrum, as exposure to climate-related severe weather events increases.' "
https://www.commondreams.org/news/youth-concerned-climate-us
-->Why didn't this story appear in the NYT? I think its because neither Trump nor Harris talk about saving the environment. Like the Israeli genocide, our political system reflects what the very rich believe, not what is really happening in the world.
=====
Common Dreams:
"An Oxfam report published Wednesday estimates that war-fueled hunger is likely killing as many as 21,000 people per day in dozens of countries as parties to global conflicts weaponize starvation against children and other vulnerable people in Gaza, Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia, and elsewhere.
Food Wars, published to mark World Food Day, finds that nearly 278 million people across 54 war-torn countries faced crisis-level hunger last year. That population accounts for 99% of the people facing crisis-level hunger worldwide.
War, according to the new report, was a 'major cause of food insecurity' in each of the 54 countries examined, 'although in some of them, weather extremes or economic shocks may have been the principal driver.'
'As conflict rages around the world, starvation has become a lethal weapon wielded by warring parties against international laws, causing an alarming rise in human deaths and suffering,' said Emily Farr, Oxfam's food and economic security lead. 'That civilians continue to be subjected to such slow death in the 21st Century is a collective failure.' "
https://www.commondreams.org/news/global-hunger-report
-->Again, The NYT leaves an important story out. Perhaps that's because starvation is one of the most commonly used war crimes in US sponsored wars abroad. Yes, we are starving thousands of children in Gaza. We know it, and we pay for it. That is why, when justice finally comes, most recent US presidents will be judged to be war criminals.
