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3 days ago | passblue.com | Jessica Le Masurier |Banjo Damilola

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), created in February and led by “seasoned crisis operators,” will rely on US-based contractors — including one led by a former head of the CIA’s paramilitary arm — to guard aid “hubs” it plans to set up in areas of Gaza without the involvement of the Israel Defense Forces. The Israeli military will not be stationed at the “hubs” but will nevertheless be present “at a distance,” said Mike Huckabee, the US Ambassador to Israel.

6 days ago | passblue.com | Arthur Bassas

This Week @UN: Greece backs woman SecGen; FGM out of US shadow; saving the UN; Bolivia’s SG candidate; Mike Waltz’s UN arrival. Plus: India/Pakistan fight; Gaza squeeze; Pope Leo XIV; Nicaraguan refugees in Costa Rica; UN80 goes public.

1 week ago | passblue.com | Banjo Damilola

Pending a United States Senate confirmation hearing that some Democrats have promised would be brutal, Mike Waltz, the former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, is one leg toward New York City as the American ambassador to the United Nations. If confirmed, he will meet colleagues who are skeptical about his ability to deliver the vital work of diplomacy that is required at the international body.

1 week ago | passblue.com | John Penney

Gaza’s suffering did not begin on Oct. 7, 2023 — it has persisted for over 58 years of occupation, compounded by 17 years of an unlawful blockade and recurring cycles of military offensives and invasions.

1 week ago | passblue.com | Arshi Qureshi

The practice of female genital mutilation is mostly associated with dozens of countries in Africa and the Mideast, but the reality is that millions of women and girls in some 94 countries are victimized by it every year. This includes the United States, where 41 states prohibit the practice and Connecticut is pushing to join that list soon.