War Criminals Not Welcome - Naila’s Substack (2025-05-16)
https://nailaforthepeople.substack.com/p/war-criminals-not-welcome
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>> An Israeli tourist ... was asked to sign a pledge confirming he had not committed war crimes ... when he checked into the Guesthouse Wind Villa on 17th April 2025, in Kyoto, Japan.
>> Hotel manager Ace Kishi confirmed that the pledge is “optional,” adding, “So far, no guest has refused to fill out the pledge, and there have been no instances of refusing accommodation.”
>> The tourist later contacted the Israeli embassy and its ambassador wrote to the hotel complaining of discrimination “based solely on nationality,”...
>> Kishi responded to the ambassador, confirming the pledge did not single out Israelis, but was given to tourists from Russia, Ethiopia, Syria and ... other countries involved in “military or paramilitary organisations in the last 10 years,” ...
>> Due to its stance, the hotel received threats from Zionists, including hostile messages...
Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan among 380 writers and groups to call Gaza war ‘genocide’ (Guardian, 2025-05-28)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/28/gaza-letter-genocide-zadie-smith-ian-mcewan
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>> Three hundred and eighty writers and organisations including Zadie Smith, Ian McEwan, Russell T Davies, Hanif Kureishi, Frank Cottrell-Boyce and George Monbiot have signed a letter stating that the Israeli government’s war in Gaza is genocidal and calling for an immediate ceasefire.
>> “The use of the words ‘genocide’ or ‘acts of genocide’ to describe what is happening in Gaza is no longer debated by international legal experts or human rights organizations,” reads the letter, which was also signed by William Dalrymple, Jeanette Winterson, Brian Eno, Kate Mosse, Irvine Welsh and Elif Shafak…
#OpenLetter
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