ONU: finito il cibo a Rafah; la Russia riscrive i confini nel Mar Baltico🗞️Rassegna del 22/06/2024

Israele

(The Guardian) Israel calls on ‘civilised nations’ to boycott ICC arrest warrants against its leaders

• What was widely interpreted in Israel as an equivalence between the named leaders of the Islamist group – Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’s chief in Gaza, Mohammed Deif, the commander of its military wing, and Qatar-based Ismail Haniyeh, leader of the political bureau – and democratically elected Israeli politicians was met with outrage by Israeli officials, the public, and the country’s allies.
• On Tuesday, a government spokesperson, Tal Heinrich, said: “We call on the nations of the civilised, free world – nations who despise terrorists and anyone who supports them – to stand by Israel. You should outright condemn this step.
• Khan said on Monday that Israel had the right to defend itself from Hamas, but that it did not “absolve Israel or any state of its obligation to comply with international humanitarian law”.
• Whatever Israel’s military goals in Gaza, the prosecutor’s office believed its methods – “namely, intentionally causing death, starvation, great suffering, and serious injury to body or health of the civilian population” – were criminal, he added.
• Israel, along with the US, Russia and China, is not a member of the ICC and does not recognise its authority. The 124 states that do, however, are obliged to honour court arrest warrants if they are issued, which could severely curtail the ability of Netanyahu and Gallant to travel abroad.

(AP News) UN halts all food distribution in Rafah after running out of supplies in the southern Gaza city

• Abeer Etefa, a spokesperson for the U.N’s World Food Program, warned that “humanitarian operations in Gaza are near collapse.” If food and other supplies don’t resume entering Gaza “in massive quantities, famine-like conditions will spread,” she said.
• The crisis in humanitarian supplies has spiraled in the two weeks since Israel launched an incursion into Rafah on May 6, vowing to root out Hamas fighters. Troops seized the Rafah crossing into Egypt, which has been closed since. As of May 10, only about three dozen trucks made it into Gaza via the nearby Kerem Shalom crossing from Israel because fighting makes it difficult for aid workers to reach it, the U.N. says.
• Etefa said 10 trucks entered through the U.S.-made pier on Friday and were taken to its warehouse in central Gaza. But a delivery Saturday of 11 trucks was stopped by crowds of Palestinians who took supplies, and only five trucks made it to the warehouse. No further deliveries came from the pier on Sunday or Monday, she said.
• The U.N says some 1.1 million people in Gaza – nearly half the population -- face catastrophic levels of hunger and that the territory is on the brink of famine.

(Reuters) Israeli army raids West Bank's Jenin, Palestinians say seven killed

• The Israeli military said the operation targeted armed militants in the city, a longstanding centre for militant groups including Hamas, Fatah and Islamic Jihad, and it said a number of Palestinian gunmen were shot.
• Heavy-tracked armoured bulldozers tore up streets near the centre of the city, protected by Israeli forces in at least 20 vehicles, as the sound of gunfire and a drone flying overhead could be heard, hours after the start of the operation, during the morning rush hour.
• The occupied West Bank, which Palestinians want as the core of a future independent state along with Gaza, has seen a surge in violence since the start of the war in Gaza last year, and a major crackdown by Israeli security forces which have made thousands of arrests.

Ucraina

(The Guardian) Russia begins tactical nuclear weapon drills near Ukraine border

• Russian forces have started military drills near Ukraine simulating the use of tactical nuclear weapons in response to what Moscow deems threats from western officials about increased involvement in the conflict.
• The Kremlin has particularly been angered by the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who floated the possibility of sending European troops to fight Russia in Ukraine, and by remarks from the UK foreign secretary, David Cameron, who said Ukraine had the right to use weapons supplied by London to target sites in Russia.
• The drills are taking place in Russia’s southern military district, headquartered in Rostov-on-Don, which borders Ukraine and includes parts of the country which Russia occupies.
• Unlike strategic weapons, which have been subject to arms control agreements between Russia and the US, tactical weaponshave never been limited by any such pacts, and Russia has not released their number or any other details about them.

Politica internazionale

Medio Oriente

(Reuters) Iranian President Raisi's memorial muted amid public discontent

• Thousands of Iranians turned out to mourn President Ebrahim Raisi in the city of Tabriz on Tuesday, after he was killed in a helicopter crash near the Azerbaijan border at the weekend along with his foreign minister and seven others.
• However, although state TV said a large crowd appeared in Tabriz, some insiders see a stark contrast in public grief compared with past commemorations for the deaths of other senior figures in the Islamic Republic's 45-year history.
• The death of the president came at a time of deepening crisis between the clerical leadership and society at large over issues from tightening social and political controls to economic hardship.
• Some analysts say that millions have lost hope that Iran's ruling clerics can resolve an economic crisis fomented by a combination of U.S. sanctions, mismanagement and corruption.
• Raisi enacted the hardline policies of his mentor, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, aimed at entrenching clerical power, cracking down on opponents, and adopting a tough line on foreign policy issues such as the nuclear talks with Washington to revive Iran's 2015 nuclear pact.

Asia e Pacifico

New Caledonia:

(BBC) France's president to fly to riot-hit New Caledonia

• France's president will travel to the island after more than a week of unrest there over his government's voting reform plans, which have been rejected by indigenous Kanaks.
• Indigenous leaders say the plans, which will allow more French residents to vote in local elections, will dilute the political influence of native people.
• Prime Minister Gabriel Attal will also visit the French Pacific territory in the coming weeks, a spokesperson has said.
• Australia and New Zealand have begun flying civilians away from the territory.
• French gendarmes trying to take back control of the 60km (37 mile) road between Nouméa and La Tontouta international "neutralised" 76 roadblocks and were clearing debris such as burnt-out vehicles, the High Commission also said.
• France has declared a state of emergency and deployed its military to the territory's ports and international airport.