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CARTOON: Like other Western journalists, Sacco was not allowed to visit Gaza, but his book is poignant enough. Here we can see the American rhetoric of moderating the IDF's actions, protecting hospitals and civilians, standing in stark contrast to the continued flow of weapons designed to destroy the Gaza Strip.

FRED: Awarding the Peace Prize to South Africa could be part of a necessary settlement with the less peaceful role Norway has internationally – after, among other things, the attack on Libya.

THE ARMS INDUSTRY: The largest US arms manufacturers, Lockheed Martin, Boeing and RTX (Raytheon), have committed war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide under the Rome Statute. After three years of investigation and documentation of the major arms manufacturers, the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal issued its final report in January.

LANYARD: The Israeli army has dropped more than 70.000 tons of bombs over the area. That's more bombs than in Dresden, Hamburg and London combined during the Second World War – and three times the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima. What happens to concepts like democracy, rights and justice in light of the genocide in Gaza?

PALESTINE/ISRAEL:What is it like to be the UN's special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories? After the launch of the Italian book J'accuse, we spoke to Francesca Albanese – about Israel's war against Gaza, genocide, anti-Semitism and impunity, based on her specialization in international law. She talks about political, legal, psychological and epistemic violence resulting from how Israel, with the consent of the West, has oppressed the Palestinians for decades. (And what about the Oslo agreement, see the sub-section.)

PALESTINE/ISRAEL: Life in Gaza is at times like reading a good novel, not least because the stories about Israel's war against ordinary Palestinians are so vividly described.

Palestine: Israel has cultivated close relations with 'Papa Doc' in Haiti, Nicolae Ceaușescu in Romania, Pinochet in Chile, and the Hutu regime in Rwanda. And when Israel's largest arms fair, the ISDEF Biennale was held, it attracted more than 12 international visitors from over 000 different countries' military, police and security services.

THE VERDICT: Finally, my, as well as every other victim's dream has come true.

Can hunger be abolished? Today's hunger catastrophes have political causes, says Professor Alex De Waal. He believes famine must be criminalized and that political leaders must be tried before a court. 

Norway will now extradite genocide accused Eugene Nkuranyabahizi to Rwanda, where he risks life imprisonment. Ny Tid can document that witness after witness speaks untruth, yet they are believed by both Kripos and the Norwegian judiciary.

An opposition politician challenged Paul Kagame in the presidential election. In the end, Victoire Ingabire was sentenced to 15 years in prison for "genocide ideology". A number of independent journalists have also been jailed in recent years.

Norwegian authorities must decide what role they want to play in Burundi: violence is increasing, and trends from the massacres in neighboring Rwanda are repeating. The West is also responsible for increasing ethnic conflicts.