San Francisco State University

• The Young Professionals of San Francisco (YPOSF) , powered by the incredible community of professionals of San Francisco, is delighted to announce the launch of its Dream Big Scholarship in collaboration with San Francisco State University (SF State).
• This scholarship program is a shining example of the YPOSF community’s commitment to nurturing the next generation of leaders and innovators in San Francisco.
• The Dream Big Scholarship embodies the spirit of unity and collaboration within the YPOSF community, where passionate young professionals come together to support and uplift their fellow peers.
• Through initiatives like the Dream Big Scholarship, YPOSF continues to promote educational excellence and provide much-needed support to the upcoming stars of San Francisco.

• Robert Wall Emerson, Ph.D., Western Michigan University, the journal’s research editor since 2012, will step into the role in July 2024.
• Despite her busy schedule, Dr. Lewis graciously accepted the role of editor-in-chief of JVIB in 2015.
• In 2004, he moved to Western Michigan University, where he currently works as a professor in the Department of Blindness and Low Vision Studies.
• Taken together with his vast areas of expertise, Dr. Wall Emerson is the natural choice to succeed Dr. Lewis as editor in chief of the journal.

• “If you aim at the driver’s side, you will hit the driver full-on,” Chris Lincoln-Jones told the newspaper.
• It is also thought probable that they were launched from a Hermes drone, made by Elbit Systems – also an Israeli manufacturer.
• The letter, which the newspaper reports amounts to a legal opinion, says UK arms sales to Israel breach international law and must stop.
• One obvious way to do that is to stop selling them weapons.

Now many of the aid agencies operating in Gaza have suspended their activities. As Stavropoulou and Schiffling write here, the difficulty of getting aid to the population threatens to make the famine that is engulfing the Gaza Strip worse than it already is.

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More than 200 aid workers have been killed in Gaza, making famine more likely

UN resolution

• We spoke with John Strawson, an expert in Israeli politics at the University of East London, who kindly answered our questions about the politics of the situation, especially the US decision not to use its veto to block the resolution after decades of faithfully supporting successive Israeli governments in the security council.
• Expert Q&A

  Given that Netanyahu has indicated that Israel will not abide by security council resolution 2728 – and the US has said that it’s a non-binding resolution in any case – what does international law say about the enforceability of US resolutions?

• There appears no reason why resolution 2728 is not legally binding and, if push comes to shove, the security council could order that UN members “take such action by air, sea, or land forces as may be necessary to maintain or restore international peace and security”.

Starvation behind the ‘Iron Wall’

• According to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry the total has now passed 33,000 people.
• Nnenna Awah, whose PhD research at Sheffield Hallam University is in optimising food supply chains, walks us through the different classifications of food insecurity.
• Kaplan says it is the embodiment of Israel’s “Iron Wall” ideology, developed even before statehood was declared in 1948.
• Kaplan says that Jabotinsky’s ideological heirs in Likud (including Netanyahu) have rejected more liberal Israeli compromise positions ever since.

• SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Grace Cathedral will be naming Louise Gregory as its new Chief Development Officer.
• "We are delighted to welcome Louise to Grace Cathedral as our new Chief Development Officer.
• "I am very excited to assume the role of chief philanthropy officer for Grace Cathedral in San Francisco.
• Grace Cathedral is an Episcopal church in the heart of San Francisco and the third-largest Episcopal cathedral in the United States.