“However our collective steps on the world arena on tackling all of these challenges and threats are being hampered by attempts by the United States and the West and are as a whole holding their dominating position in global life, a position to which they are accustomed to over several centuries and are artificially holding back the realization of a multi-polar and politically centralized world that reflects objective tendencies of world development,” Lavrov said at an all-Russian youth forum.

Waffenlieferungen in den Irak bzw nach Kurdistan: Versagt “Die Linke” im Bundestag bei der parlamentarischen Aufklärung über die Schattenarmeen unter dem Label “Islamischer Staat” bwz bei der Aufklärung und Kontrolle der Aktivitäten der Geheimdienste, vorneweg dem Bundesnachrichtendienst B.N.D.? Oder ist das bereits aktive Selbstsabotage und Kollaboration?

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“Imran Khan is the reason,” the dealer was outright and asked to fix responsibility for the current market turmoil.

The new United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Makarim Wibisono, has formally requested the Israeli Government to allow him access to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory – to gather first-hand information on the impact of current hostilities on the human rights situation.

“As a newly appointed Special Rapporteur, it is my priority to see with my own eyes the situation on the ground, to listen and to speak face-to-face with victims and witnesses, and to discuss issues of concern with officials on both sides,” said the independent expert tasked by the UN Human Rights Council to monitor and report on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.

Am 15. März 1978 hat die libanesische Regierung den Vereinten Nationen einen scharfen Protest gegen die israelische Invasion übermittelt. Sie stellte darin fest, dass sie keine Verbindung zu den palästinensischen Operationen hatte. Am 19. März 1978 nahm der Sicherheitsrat die Resolution 425 an, in welcher er Israel aufrief, unverzüglich seine Militäraktion einzustellen und seine Truppen von libanesischem Gebiet abzuziehen. Der Rat entschied außerdem über die sofortige Bildung der United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Die ersten UNIFIL-Truppen trafen in dem Gebiet am 23. März 1978 ein.

Die Blaue Linie basiert auf den Positionen der Tzahal (Israel Defence Forces, Israelische Armee) vor dem 14. März 1978. Sie stimmt überein mit der ‚Purpurnen Linie‘, das ist die Waffenstillstandslinie des Sechstagekrieges (1967) – als auch der ‚Grünen Linie‘ (1949 festgelegt), welche die Waffenstillstandslinie des Palästinakrieges von 1948 darstellt

Determining that the situation in Lebanon continues to constitute a threat to international peace and security,
1. Decides to extend the present mandate of UNIFIL until 31 August 2015; (..)
5. Strongly calls upon all parties concerned to respect the cessation of hostilities, to prevent any violation of the Blue Line and to respect it in its entirety and to cooperate fully with the United Nations and UNIFIL;

Immediate steps:

– Both sides to end military action
– Israel agrees to open more border crossings with Gaza to allow the easier flow of goods
– Egypt to open its border with Gaza at Rafah
– The Palestinian Authority (PA), which is headed by President Mahmoud Abbas, will take over operation of Gaza‘s borders from Hamas – a bid to reduce weapons smuggling
– The PA will lead the internationally funded reconstruction effort in Gaza
– Israel to narrow the security buffer along the inside of the Gaza border, to allow Palestinians more access to farm land
– Israel will extend fishing limits off Gaza‘s coast

Waffenstillstandsabkommen von 1949 werden die im Jahre 1949 geschlossenen Abkommen zwischen Israel und seinen Nachbarn Ägypten, Jordanien, Libanon und Syrien genannt. Die Abkommen beendeten den Palästinakrieg und umreißen die De-facto-Grenzen des Staates Israels, wie sie bis zum Sechstagekrieg von 1967 bestanden (auch bekannt als die Grüne Linie)

Das Abkommen mit Ägypten wurde am 24. Februar unterzeichnet. Die wichtigsten Punkte waren:

Die Waffenstillstandslinie wurde entlang der internationalen Grenzen (von 1906) gezogen. Davon abweichend blieb Ägypten im Besitz eines Streifen entlang der Küste zum Mittelmeer, der als Gazastreifen bekannt wurde.

(23. February 1949) For the President of the Security Council:

“I have the honour to inform you that an armistice agreement
between Egypt and Israel has been signed this morning, 24 February at Rhodes.

The text of the agreement is as follows: (…)

Article VI

1. In the GAZA-RAFAH area the Armistice Demarcation Line shall be as delineated in paragraph 2.B (i) of the Memorandum of 13 November 1948 on the implementation of the Security Council resolution of 4 November 1948, namely by a line from the coast at the mouth of Wadi Hasi in an easterly direction through Deir Suneid and across the Gaza-Al-Majdal Highway to a point of 3 kilometres east of the Highway, then in a southerly direction parallel to the Gaza-Al Majdal Highway, and continuing thus to the Egyptian frontier.

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[Annex A to resolution 181 (II) of the General Assembly,
dated 29 November 1947]

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(29. November 1947) PLAN OF PARTITION WITH ECONOMIC UNION

PART I

Future constitution and government of Palestine

A. TERMINATION OF MANDATE, PARTITION AND INDEPENDENCE

1. The Mandate for Palestine shall terminate as soon as possible but in any case not later than 1 August 1948.

2. The armed forces of the mandatory Power shall be progressively withdrawn from Palestine, the withdrawal to be completed as soon as possible but in any case not later than 1 August 1948.

The mandatory Power shall advise the Commission, as far in advance as possible, of its intention to terminate the Mandate and to evacuate each area.

The mandatory Power shall use its best endeavours to ensure than an area situated in the territory of the Jewish State, including a seaport and hinterland adequate to provide facilities for a substantial immigration, shall be evacuated at the earliest possible date and in any event not later than 1 February 1948.

3. Independent Arab and Jewish States and the Special International Regime for the City of Jerusalem, set forth in part III of this plan, shall come into existence in Palestine two months after the evacuation of the armed forces of the mandatory Power has been completed but in any case not later than 1 October 1948. The boundaries of the Arab State, the Jewish State, and the City of Jerusalem shall be as described in parts II and III below.

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Instead he will call for an international conference or United Nations resolution demanding a deadline to end Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory. As leverage, Mr. Abbas would finally join the International Criminal Court and other institutions where he has long threatened to pursue Israeli violations, these people said.

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(08. August) I am pleased President Obama recognized this in his statement last night, when he said: ‘there’s no American military solution to the larger crisis in Iraq. The only lasting solution is reconciliation among Iraqi communities and stronger Iraqi security forces.’

I will continue to call for the President to seek congressional authorization before any combat operations. For too long, Congress has abdicated its Constitutional role in matters of war and peace. The President should come to Congress for authorization of any further military action in Iraq.”

“The AUMF is now nearly 12 years old,” Obama said at National Defense University in May 2013. “Unless we discipline our thinking, our definitions, our actions, we may be drawn into more wars we don’t need to fight, or continue to grant presidents unbound powers more suited for traditional armed conflicts between nation states. So I look forward to engaging Congress and the American people in efforts to refine, and ultimately repeal, the AUMF’s mandate.”

Today, gone is the talk of curbing unbound presidential powers to wage war.

(25. August) Lawrow und Muallem bestätigten die solidarische Position Russlands und Syriens hinsichtlich der Notwendigkeit eines kompromisslosen Kampfes mit dem Extremismus in allen seinen Erscheinungsformen. In diesem Zusammenhang wurde die Hoffnung zum Ausdruck gebracht, dass die einstimmig angenommene UNO-Sicherheitsratsresolution 2170 zu einem wichtigen Schritt im kollektiven Kampf gegen den Terrorismus wird, darunter auch im Kontext der Unterstützung der internationalen Staatengemeinschaft für die Regierungen Syriens und des Irak in ihren Bemühungen zur Bekämpfung dieses universellen Übels. Dabei wurde betont, dass jegliche Handlungen gegen terroristische und extremistische Elemente unter strikter Einhaltung der Prinzipien und Normen des Völkerrechts erfolgen müssen, inklusive der Achtung der Souveränität der Staaten in der Region.

The Secretary-General welcomes today‘s announcement of an open-ended ceasefire for Gaza, brokered under Egyptian auspices. A brighter future for Gaza and for Israel depends on a sustainable ceasefire. It is up to the parties to live up to this responsibility. After this latest round of killing and the further widespread destruction of Palestinian homes, civilians on both sides need a reprieve in order to resume their daily lives, and to allow for humanitarian and early recovery efforts to address the desperate needs of the people in Gaza. The children of Gaza and Israel must be able to start the school year without the sound of rocket alarms and airstrikes. After 50 days of profound human suffering and devastating physical destruction, any violations of the cease-fire would be utterly irresponsible.

A senior Hamas official says a ceasefire has been reached with Israel to end a seven-week war that has killed more than 2,000 people.

The official said the deal calls for an „open-ended“ cease-fire, and an Israeli agreement to ease its blockade of Gaza to allow relief supplies and construction materials into the war-battered territory.

However, late on Tuesday the State Department issued a statement saying the comment on Libya was „intended to refer to countries reportedly involved, not speak for them.“

Rear Admiral John Kirby, speaking to reporters at the Pentagon, declined to give details of why the Obama administration believed those two countries conducted the mysterious strikes.