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"The #US government’s 2 foremost authorities on #humanitarian assistance concluded this spring that #Israel had deliberately blocked deliveries of #food & #medicine into #Gaza…

US #law requires the government to cut off #weapons shipments to countries that prevent the delivery of US-backed humanitarian aid. Israel has been largely dependent on American bombs… since #Hamas’ Oct 7 attacks.

But Blinken… did not accept either finding"

• @ProPublica@newsie.social
  https://www.propublica.org/article/gaza-palestine-israel-blocked-humanitarian-aid-blinken

#News #WorldNews

"The cases were fully investigated and substantiated by the city’s #police oversight agency, the Civilian Complaint Review Board, and sent to the #NYPD for disciplinary action…

The practice of killing cases without review began three years ago as a way to cope with escalating caseloads that were approaching a deadline for discipline. But ProPublica found it has become more frequent under Police Commissioner Edward Caban."

• @ProPublica@newsie.social
  https://www.propublica.org/article/nypd-tossed-out-police-misconduct-discipline-cases-edward-caban

#NewYork #Law #ACAB #News #USA

@TheConversationUS@newsie.social

Hubby and I have had several cats that liked to play fetch. We would use wadded up pieces of paper as fetch toys. One of our kitties who truly LOVED playing fetch, NiNi, even figured out that if she brought us an unwadded piece of paper, we would wad it up into a ball and throw it for her.