#Trump admin cuts undermine efforts to track abducted Ukrainian children

U.S. foreign assistance cuts and sanctions against the International Criminal Court are obstructing efforts to track and recover thousands of #UkrainianChildren taken by #Russian forces during the ongoing war, a senior European official warned on July 17, according to Politico.

Thordis Gylfadottir, an envoy of the Council of Europe, said the end of U.S. financial support to monitoring programs has complicated the search for more than 19,500 Ukrainian children who have been unlawfully #deported or #forcibly transferred to #Russia since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

According to Ukraine's official Bring Kids Back UA initiative, 19,546 children are confirmed abducted. Only 1,399 children have been brought back to Ukraine as of July 2025.

https://kyivindependent.com/us-cuts-undermine-efforts-to-track-abducted-ukrainian-children-european-envoy-says-07-2025/

#WarCrimes #RussianAggression #StandWithUkraine #ComradeKrasnov

Trump admin cuts undermine efforts to track abducted Ukrainian children, Council of Europe envoy says

"European countries will have to fund it," Thordis Gylfadottir, an envoy of the Council of Europe, told Politico. "We cannot stop tracking them and then just re-track them (abducted children) in the months ahead."

^{Anna Fratsyvir (The Kyiv Independent)}

‘Humanitarian city’ would be concentration camp for Palestinians, says former Israeli PM

The “humanitarian city” Israel’s defence minister has proposed building on the ruins of #Rafah would be a concentration camp, and forcing #Palestinians inside would be #ethnic #cleansing, Israel’s former prime minister - Ehud #Olmert has told the Guardian.

#Israel was already committing #WarCrimes in #Gaza and the #WestBank, Olmert said, and construction of the camp would mark an escalation.

“It is a #ConcentrationCamp. I am sorry,” he said, when asked about the plans laid out by Israel Katz last week. Once inside, Palestinians would not be allowed to leave, except to go to other countries, Katz said.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/13/israel-humanitarian-city-rafah-gaza-camp-ehud-olmert

#prison

‘Humanitarian city’ would be concentration camp for Palestinians, says former Israeli PM

Ehud Olmert says forcing people into camp would be ethnic cleansing, and anger at Israel is not all down to antisemitism

^{Emma Graham-Harrison (The Guardian)}

#Palestine / Spain’s prime minister says he will propose that parliament recognizes a Palestinian state

[…] “I will propose granting #Spain’s recognition to the Palestinian state, […] I do this out of moral conviction, for a just cause and because it is the only way that the two states, Israel and #Palestine, can live together in peace.”

[…] Spain demanded “respect for international law from Russia, and from Israel, for the violence to end, the recognition of two states, and for humanitarian aid to reach Gaza.”

Pedro Sánchez follows #France’s Macron and #UK’s Cameron, who signaled their country’s interest in promoting a similar initiative.
#AP https://apnews.com/article/spain-prime-minister-proposal-recognize-palestinian-state-b4725cdaef60d085ffb63f162fbdc410

@israel
@palestine
#Israel #WarCrimes #Gaza #WestBank

Spain's prime minister says he will propose that parliament recognizes a Palestinian state

Spain's prime minister says he will propose that parliament recognizes a Palestinian state. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Saturday that his position on the conflict in the Gaza Strip is much like his country's support for Ukraine following Russia…

^{AP News}