Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of UNRWA, just condemned Israel bulldozing the headquarters of the relief group in Jerusalem as Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir celebrated: “A new level of open and deliberate defiance of international law, including of the privileges and immunities of the United Nations, by the State of Israel.” [See past IPA news releases: “World Court Cited UNRWA Against Israel, Now, U.S. Is Targeting It” and “Report: Israel Tortured False Confessions Out of UNRWA Staff.”]
Haaretz reports: “UNRWA Heads Tell Haaretz: ‘We Don’t Radicalize Palestinians — Their Lived Existence Does’.”
See threads by Hugh Lovatt of the European Council on Foreign Relations and Mondoweiss which break down the background of the membership of Trump’s “Board of Peace” including Tony Blair, Marco Rubio, Jared Kushner, Yakir Gabay and Marc Rowan. Common Dreams reports: “Trump Invites Putin, Netanyahu to Join Peace Panel Mocked as ‘Board of Billionaires and War Criminals’.”
Drop Site News reports that the king of Morocco has agreed to join Trump’s “Board of Peace.” The monarch recognized Israel as part of the “Abraham Accords” in 2020, see IPA news release at the time: “Trump: Paying Off Morocco with Western Sahara to Recognize Israel.”
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