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“History will judge governments on whether they defended institutions designed to safeguard international law. It's not the ICC Rubio is dismantling brick by brick—but the rules-based international order that grew out of the ashes of WW II,” @OmarSShakir. cnn.com/2026/07/13/pol…

“Rubio’s attack" on the ICC "doesn’t just underscore US hypocrisy, but undermines access to justice across the globe, from Ukraine to Sudan and could amount to obstruction of justice, a crime under the Rome statute,” DAWN's @raedjarrar told @guardian. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j…

"Governments routinely acknowledge that Israeli settlements are unlawful. Yet the commercial, financial and political structures sustaining them continue uninterrupted," writes Dania Abul Haj in @DAWN_Journal. More on Israeli settlement sales in UK & US: dawnmena.org/the-u-s-and-u-…

Secretary Rubio singled out DAWN in his Wall Street Journal op-ed. "Rubio's mischaracterization of our call to investigate all possible war crimes…begs the question: Is the Secretary of State worried because he knows U.S. personnel committed war crimes in Iran?" — @OmarSShakir We'll see him in court this week. Stay tuned: dawnmena.org/dawn-statement…

It's not the ICC that @SecRubio is dismantling—its the int'l order that grew out of ashes of WWII. To call out Americans advocating for justice—including @DAWNmenaorg—underscores the stakes. We'll be taking the administration to court this week. Stay tuned dawnmena.org/dawn-statement…

Renewed hostilities between the U.S. and Iran risk collapsing the MOU, with severe implications for Americans, Iranians and the broader globe, writes @RyeCostello. Hardline positions must be rejected for any true peace to be achieved.  dawnmena.org/killing-the-u-…

"If you're unable to speak up for Palestinian human rights—if you unwilling to speak up against the genocide in Gaza, the apartheid in the West Bank, then you are morally compromised." US Congressman @RoKhanna @RepRoKhanna

Netanyahu is simply lying here when he says there has been transparency about these killings. We have been seeking justice for 9 Americans, including Saif Musallet, killed by settlers or Israeli security forces on the West Bank in the last 4 years. In none of these deaths has justice been served.

"The US military presence is increasingly viewed as a political burden rather than a security guarantee." A new strategy is needed, shifting "stabilizing the Gulf from an American responsibility to a regional one.” Jamal al Tahat writing in @DAWN_Journal: dawnmena.org/the-u-s-milita…

Three Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon in March that killed 24 civilians – 12 of them children – wiping out families, must be investigated as war crimes, @amnesty said in a new report. See Amnesty International's research: amnestyusa.org/press-releases…

In the Israeli-occupied West Bank town of Sinjil, grassroots volunteers have stepped in, as in other towns, to defend the community from rising settler violence. "We've been left on our own, facing settlers supported by their government." Reuters' report: reuters.com/world/middle-e…

Amid renewed strikes, the U.S. and Iran must work to contain the violence and return their memorandum of understanding, writes @RyeCostello. The alternative - a new forever war - must be rejected.  dawnmena.org/killing-the-u-…

“Nobody benefits” from renewed U.S.-Iran fighting, DAWN fellow @Harrison_J_Mann told @CNN. “People in the U.S. and especially people in the Middle East are going to continue to suffer a lot. Trump already tried a military solution. It's pretty clear that's not possible."

Iranian scholars and students face difficult opportunities abroad after the U.S./Israel war on Iran, writes @KZiabari in @DAWN_Journal. Governments and international organizations that act to ensure the right to education should help. dawnmena.org/iranian-academ…