Video had surfaced of the judge, Makintach, that showed her apparently being interviewed by a camera crew as part of a documentary in the corridors of the Buenos Aires courthouse and in her office, which breached judicial rules.
“I went with some others to South Africa in 1994. I met a justice of the Supreme Court, a Jew, who’d been injured by an Afrikaner bomb [during the struggle against apartheid],” Shenhav-Shahrabani said. “He told me that nothing will change for Palestinians until Israelis are ready to go to jail for them. We’re not there yet.”Ethiopia is thought to host about one-fifth of the world’s population of donkeys.
Ethiopia is believed to host the world’s largest population of donkeys – one in five of the global total, according to the United Nations.The humble donkey is a cornerstone of the national economy, and the Donkey Sanctuary – a free clinic run by a British charity – is crucial in Addis Ababa. Set near Merkato, the city’s sprawling open-air market, it provides care for animals that are often indispensable to their owners’ livelihoods.Several dozen donkeys stand in enclosures at the clinic – some agitatedly kicking their legs, others hungrily tucking into their food. Caregivers and veterinarians move from animal to animal, treating a range of ailments including injuries, colic and eye conditions.
Among them is Guluma Bayi, 38, who had walked more than an hour and a half, leading his two donkeys to the clinic.“It has been three weeks since my donkeys became sick,” said Guluma. “One has a leg problem and the other has a stomach issue.”
Like many, Guluma depends on his donkeys for his livelihood, using them to transport jerrycans of water for sale in his community.
“After they became ill, I couldn’t buy bread for my children,” he said. “I begged a guy to bring me here.”One small glint of hope comes from the 1,200 Israeli academics who have signed a protest letter focused on Palestinian suffering. Their moral clarity is reflected in a very simple statement: We can’t say we didn’t know. Let these words pierce the conscience of every politician and every diplomat in the Western world: You cannot say you didn’t know.
The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera’s editorial stance.Israel faces growing internal divisions as protests and refusal of military service gain momentum amid Gaza conflict.
As Israel’s devastating war on Gaza grinds on, pushed forward by a prime minister insistent that a goal of total military victory be met, the divisions within Israeli society are growing increasingly deeper.In the last few weeks, as Israeli peace activists and antiwar groups have stepped up their campaign against the conflict, supporters of the war have also increased their pressure to continue, whatever its humanitarian, political or diplomatic cost.