we love a friday 5 p.m. news dump

“There is no remaining reason why the [NSM-20] report should not accurately reflect Israel’s misuse of U.S.-provided weapons”

A powerful account from Louisa Loveluck on how U.S. weapon sales to Israel breach the legal limits per multiple former officials

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On Apr 24, Human Rights Watch wrote to Germany to 'clarify basis for Dr Ghassan Abu Sitta's refusal of entry..& how it's consistent w Germany’s int'l obligations under the ICCPR, the ECHR & domestic law.' No response. Ban risks undermining Germany's commitment to the law hrw.org/sites/default/…

New today: On March 18th, two air strikes killed 23 civilians just north of Mogadishu. It was a Somali military operation supported by Turkish drones, and must be investigated as a war crime. 1/ amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

New Amnesty International investigation out today: Two strikes by Turkish drones killed 23 civilians and injured 17 more in Jaffey farms near Bagdad village in #Somalia 's L. Shabelle on 18 March. 25 of the 40 civilian casualties were children. #CiviliansNotTargets amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

Welp -- looks like there will be an Office spin-off from Greg Daniels and Michael Koman. But it's about a 'dying historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it with volunteer reporters.'

I have 1,000 thoughts.

US pauses shipments of thousands of bombs to Israel amid rift over Rafah offensive. Move described as “shot across the bow” meant to underscore seriousness of Washington’s concerns - but Israel has enough weapons to fight nonetheless. ⁦John Hudson⁩. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

It's not just Gaza—Israeli forces are unlawfully killing Palestinians in the West Bank, including executing those who posed no apparent threat. Israel killed 2X more Palestinians in 2023 than in 18+ years & is on pace to kill more in 2024. New Human Rights Watch report🧵hrw.org/news/2024/05/0…

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The BBC World Service has an awesome new role to lead the #OSINT team behind some of the epic investigations from BBC's World Service Investigations Unit. Work with stars like Aliaume Leroy Bertram Hill Victoria Arakelyan Ned Davies and many more!
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Yet another 'mistake' in war, documented by Alex Horton and meg kelly for The Washington Post. For context, read my law review article with Azmat Khan ''Mistakes' in War': papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf….

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A new US government report has rejected all allegations that its military killed civilians in 2022.

What were the strikes they reviewed and why did they reject them?

Our in-depth analysis

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Cluster munitions strike in Odesa 3 days ago.

One year after our exclusive investigation into the drone strike, US officials admit they targeted and killed a 56 yr-old shepherd, confusing him for a a senior al-Qaeda figure, citing confirmation bias.
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New: The U.S. military will announce today a drone strike in Syria last year killed a civilian sheep herder, rather than a senior terrorist as claimed. The real target remains at large. w/ meg kelly washingtonpost.com/national-secur…