UN expert urges justice for slain Palestinian journalists
“Targeting journalists is a crime. Arrest warrants are urgently needed,” Francesca Albanese, the UN’s special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territory, said in a post on X.
Albanese said that 111 Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed in Palestine since October 7 in Israeli attacks.
“The unpunished killing of those journalists, as well as of [Al Jazeera reporter] Shireen Abu Akleh, highlights Israel’s inability or unwillingness to investigate and prosecute these crimes,” she added.
How Israel starved 2.3 million Palestinians, explores new report by UN expert
“How was [Israel] able to starve 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza at unprecedented speed and intensity?” Michael Fakhri, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food asked in a post on X, the premise of a new report he authoured to answer the question.
Israel has been destroying the Palestinian food system for over 70 years by destroying orchards and farms, and by harassing and killing peasants, fishers and shepherds, Fahkri said.
“In Gaza, malnutrition, famine, and disease are killing more people than bombs and bullets. This personal and social trauma is going to be carried by Palestinians for several generations in the future,” he added.
The reason for Israel’s strategy is to acquire more land – and the solution to end it, a ceasefire, the UN expert stated.
