Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of committing “acts of genocide” by denying clean water to Palestinians in Gaza, and called on the international community to impose targeted sanctions.

In a new report released on Thursday, the New York-based watchdog said that since October 2023 – when Israel launched its military offensive in Gaza – Israeli authorities have “deliberately obstructed Palestinians’ access to the adequate amount of water required for survival in the Gaza Strip”.

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    6 hours ago

    Netanyahu: “HRW is Hamas and every government should sanction them!”

    US and European* officials and spokespeople: “we disagree. No, we won’t elaborate or otherwise provide any factual explanation”

    Rest of the world:

    *except based Ireland

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        i’m glad that they at least did something; but i wish they had balls like ireland does.