Kit Klarenberg | Given these findings, the overwhelming majority of governments the world over now have a clear legal obligation to do anything and everything in their power to halt the Zionist entity’s obliteration of Gaza and its people. | On March 22nd, this journalist detailed the findings of a UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on “Israel’s systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence since 7 October 2023.” That investigation focused primarily on the hideous, industrial scale rape and sexual abuse of male and female Palestinian detainees in Zionist Occupation Force prisons, a phenomenon so pervasive it can only be dedicated, determined policy, signed off upon and directed by the highest levels of the Israeli government. ■ Reinforcing that horrifying conclusion, buried within the Commission’s report are bombshell passages unequivocally charging the Zionist entity with deliberately committing “genocidal acts” in Gaza, consciously and intentionally “calculated to bring about the physical destruction of Palestinians as a group.” The details provided are irresistibly persuasive, and point to Israel being in flagrant breach of both the Rome Statute, and Genocide Convention. In a truly just world, the mainstream media’s mass omertà on this landmark ruling would in itself be a criminal act.

Exact details of the shipment are unclear, but Ynet reports it includes 3,000 munitions for Israel's Air Force | The Israeli military is set to receive a “major new weapons shipment” from the US in the coming weeks to help prepare it for continued operations in Gaza and a potential attack on Iran, the Israeli news site Ynet reported on Monday. ● The details of the arms shipment are unclear, but Ynet said it would include 3,000 munitions for Israel’s Air Force. The report said the bomb shipment was recently approved by the Trump administration. ● The Pentagon’s Defense Cooperation Agency said on Monday that the State Department approved a $180 million arms deal for Eitan Powerpack Engines that will go to Israel, but it did not announce any new bomb shipments.

■ Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill 38 Palestinians Over 24 Hours (Antiwar.com)
✅ Media Find Ways to Minimize Israel’s Murder of Paramedics (Belén Fernández)

Abhishek G Bhaya | As anti-Muslim hatred spreads across continents, experts warn that Islamophobia, a modern-day manifestation of racism, is not just a Muslim issue but a crisis threatening the foundations of democracy, human rights, and pluralism. | International experts on Sunday issued a clarion call for urgent global action against what they described as a rapidly worsening phenomenon – at a session titled ‘Confronting Discrimination and Racism in the 21st Century’ on the concluding day of the fourth Antalya Diplomacy Forum at the Turkish Mediterranean resort city.

✅ THE EXPRESSION OF HATRED FOR GENTILES (Richard Edmondson/Nahida Izzat) (10/04/14)

Military bloc members want the country’s government to remain a “Nazi regime” hostile to Russia, the foreign minister has said | European NATO states are working to sustain a “Russophobic” regime in Ukraine by finding another “half-Fuhrer” to replace Vladimir Zelensky, should he be ousted, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. ● In an interview published on Monday by Kommersant, Lavrov stated that while Western powers are talking about sending peacekeepers to Ukraine, they are actually trying to strengthen the anti-Russian foothold in the country, instead of seeking a real settlement.

💬 “They have come up with a ‘resilience force’... In other words, in order to maintain Ukraine’s resilience, they are not going to send blockade troops... but the military of ‘civilized’ Western countries,” Lavrov explained. ● “Europe will do everything to ensure the regime does not change in its essence,” Lavrov said. “They’ll find some new half-Fuhrer… but the essence of the regime will remain.”

These troops will protect “the same regime” he said, adding that even if European NATO members agree to allow a new election in Ukraine, they will make every effort to make sure that the political landscape remains the same. ● Zelensky’s presidential term expired in May 2024, but the Ukrainian leader refused to call new elections, citing martial law. Russia has declared him “illegitimate,” claiming that under these circumstances, the true legal authority lies with the Ukrainian parliament.

The move comes after the university rejected the US administration’s request for policy changes | The administration of US President Donald Trump has announced it is freezing more than more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University, after the Ivy League school rejected a list of demands from the White House. ● A major clash between the administration and some of the country’s top universities has been unfolding in response to how the pro-Palestinian student protests that erupted on campuses last year were handled. Since taking office, Trump has stepped up pressure on universities to address anti-Semitism and dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices. [...] Harvard rejected the demands on Monday, accusing the White House of attempting to “control” its community.