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Writings listed at https:\/\/peacemakers.ca\/leadership\/Morris.html. Posting here in my personal capacity. Posting is for info and doesn\u2019t indicate endorsement. Posts deleted from time to time.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@cmorris","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"cmorris","displayName":"C. Morris","note":"I write about international human rights law &amp; peacebuilding. Peacemakers Trust director @peacemakers_ca. Former ED &amp; current UN rep for Lawyers\u2019 Rights Watch Canada. Writings listed at https:\/\/peacemakers.ca\/leadership\/Morris.html. Posting here in my personal capacity. Posting is for info and doesn\u2019t indicate endorsement. Posts deleted from time to time."}},"content":"<p>\u201cFaced with a deepening <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/tags\/humanitarian\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#humanitarian<\/a> crisis in <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/tags\/Gaza\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#Gaza<\/a> &amp; mounting public pressure, western governments were compelled to act. Most have chosen the symbolic &amp; comparatively cost-free approach of <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/tags\/recognition\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#recognition<\/a>. They have done so in large part to avoid\u2026concrete measures, such as an <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/tags\/armsembargo\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#armsembargo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/tags\/tradesanctions\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#tradesanctions<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/tags\/diplomaticisolation\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#diplomaticisolation<\/a>. Yet their response has also demonstrated that\u2026protracted public campaigns\u2026can indeed force governments to change course.\u201d | Middle East Eye <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/opinion\/Israel-meltdown-western-recognition-palestinian-statehood-deepest-fears\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/opinion\/Israel-meltdown-western-recognition-palestinian-statehood-deepest-fears<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-05-31:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/cmorris\/statuses\/114954497828734457","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/cmorris\/statuses\/114954497828734457","objectType":"note","content":"<p>\u201cFaced with a deepening <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/tags\/humanitarian\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#humanitarian<\/a> crisis in <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/tags\/Gaza\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#Gaza<\/a> &amp; mounting public pressure, western governments were compelled to act. Most have chosen the symbolic &amp; comparatively cost-free approach of <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/tags\/recognition\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#recognition<\/a>. They have done so in large part to avoid\u2026concrete measures, such as an <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/tags\/armsembargo\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#armsembargo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/tags\/tradesanctions\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#tradesanctions<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/tags\/diplomaticisolation\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#diplomaticisolation<\/a>. Yet their response has also demonstrated that\u2026protracted public campaigns\u2026can indeed force governments to change course.\u201d | Middle East Eye <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/opinion\/Israel-meltdown-western-recognition-palestinian-statehood-deepest-fears\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/opinion\/Israel-meltdown-western-recognition-palestinian-statehood-deepest-fears<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@cmorris\/114954497828734457","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"armsembargo"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"diplomaticisolation"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"gaza"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"humanitarian"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"recognition"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"tradesanctions"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-08-01:objectType=thread:nonce=a1ebb68bbf1127cb","notice_info":{"local_id":"10675020","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-08-01T20:09:08+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@cmorris\/114954497828734457"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/5439576","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}