humanitarian law no longer exists and guess who ended it, and how;

 “Forgive me, mother, this is the path I chose – to help people.”

These were among the last words of Palestinian emergency response medic Rifaat Radwan recorded in the moments before he was recently killed, along with 14 of his colleagues, by Israeli troops in Gaza.

This is another atrocity committed by the Israeli military in the Palestinian territory since October 2023.

UN agencies, human rights and humanitarian organizations have released numerous reports in the past 19 months warning of the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. However, they have mostly been ignored by the international community as Israel continues bombing and preventing essential assistance from reaching the besieged Palestinian population.

Israel’s actions have threatened the foundations of international humanitarian law.

For more than 30 years, Western donor nations have devoted hundreds of millions of dollars to integrate the principles of human rights and international law into educational training programs and government institutions across the Middle East. They have insisted on their implementation and incorporation into local laws.

In Gaza, however, Western policymakers have continued to ignore Israel’s blatant disregard for international law and violations of Palestinian human rights.

Ignoring Netanyahu warrant

Like the Biden administration, the Trump White House is ignoring the arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued by the International Criminal Court in November 2024. US President Donald Trump also sanctioned the ICC and lead prosecutor Karim Khan over the warrant..........more..........