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Daily Archives: 5. Januar 2024
France and Jordan airdrop aid to Gaza
The supplies dropped by France and Jordan were equipped with systems that remotely guided them to a Jordanian field hospital operating in the territory, the French presidency says.
Thursday’s mission “allows us to show that such operations are possible,” the Elysee adds, without saying whether it would be repeated.
In Letter to #UNSC, @LebanonUN calls on the #UN to condemn #Israel‘s Jan 2 strike on #Beirut which killed #Hamas Deputy Chief Saleh al-Arouri.
#Lebanon calls it the most dangerous chapter of Israeli attacks on its sovereignty as it hit a crowded residential area of its capital and says pressure must be put on Israel „in order to prevent the conflict from escalating and plunging the entire region into a comprehensive and destructive war that will be difficult to contain.“ The letter adds that „this is a matter of concern because it may lead to an expansion of the conflict and destabilize regional peace and security. Once again, Israel provides clear evidence of its commitment to pursuing a policy of aggression and violence in resolving conflicts“ which is contrary with the principles of the UN Charter. The letter also notes continuing threats by Israeli officials that they could destroy Lebanon.
Security Council Press Statement on Terrorist Attack in Kerman, Islamic Republic of Iran
The members of the Security Council underlined the need to hold perpetrators, organizers, financiers, and sponsors of these reprehensible acts of terrorism accountable and bring them to justice. They urged all States, in accordance with their obligations under international law and relevant Security Council resolutions, to cooperate actively with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, as well as all other relevant authorities in this regard.
The members of the Security Council reiterated that any acts of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivation, wherever, whenever and by whomsoever committed. They reaffirmed the need for all States to combat by all means, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and other obligations under international law, including international human rights law, international refugee law, and international humanitarian law, threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts.
Der UNSC hat den feigen Terroranschlag in #Kerman, Iran, auf das Schärfste verurteilt und betont, dass die Täter, Organisatoren, Finanziers und Sponsoren dieser verwerflichen Terrorakte zur Rechenschaft gezogen werden müssen.
The UNSC members condemned in the strongest terms the cowardly terrorist attack in the city of Kerman, the Islamic Republic of Iran on 3 January 2024. This reprehensible act of terrorism resulted in the grievous loss of more than 100 lives.
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‚I recovered a dead boy‘s leg from a dog‘
„A group of dogs are roaming in our neighbourhood and we have to find a solution to push them away,“ the reporter said.
„Every day we see them looking through the rubble and extracting body parts.
„Yesterday I saw two of them fight over the dead boy‘s leg. I had to step in and take it away from them before burying it. It‘s heartbreaking.“
War on Gaza: Survivors recount harrowing Israeli field executions
For three days, Moemen Raed al-Khaldi lay wounded and motionless between the corpses of his killed family members, pretending to be dead to protect himself from being shot by Israeli soldiers.
On 21 December, Israeli soldiers broke into the house where the Khaldi family had taken refuge in northern Gaza and, in mere minutes, they shot everyone present.
The soldiers left the house thinking they had killed them all, only Moemen remained alive, bleeding for days before the neighbours found him and took him to hospital.
The Israeli Ambassador, Tzipi Hotovely, has encouraged the full destruction of Gaza. This is a clear call for the genocide of Palestinians. I‘ve written to the Foreign Secretary, calling on him to condemn this and to take the strongest possible action against the Ambassador
Demands for Israeli Ambassador to UK‘s Expulsion After ‚Clear Call for Genocide‘
Hotovely told Dale that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have found that „every school, every mosque, every second house, has an access to tunnel,“ referring to the tunnels used by Hamas—which were first built when Gaza was under Israeli control in 1980.
„That‘s an argument for destroying the whole of Gaza, every single building,“ Dale said, prompting Hotovely to ask, „Do you have another solution, how to destroy the underground tunnel city?“
Journalist Hamza Ali Shah said the ambassador‘s statement amounted to „a clear call for genocide.“
Our project coordinator, Jacob Burns, arrived in southern Gaza on 17 December 2023 & describes the horrific situation for Palestinians on the ground. “Gaza is gone, basically, and there is nothing left.
It’s difficult for Palestinians to see a life here again, which is very sad.”
Doctors Without Borders: ‘Gaza is gone…there is nothing left’
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Israel Found the Hamas Money Machine Years Ago. Nobody Turned It Off.
(16.12.2023)
Israeli leaders believed that Hamas was more interested in governing than fighting. By the time the agents discovered the ledgers in 2018, the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was encouraging the government of Qatar to deliver millions of dollars to the Gaza Strip. He gambled that the money would buy stability and peace.
Mr. Levy recalled briefing Mr. Netanyahu personally in 2015 about the Hamas portfolio.
US State Dept offering $10 million for information on Hamas financial networks
According to the statement, „rewards may be provided for information leading to the identification and disruption of any source of revenue for Hamas or its key financial facilitation mechanisms; major Hamas donors or financial facilitators; financial institutions or exchange houses facilitating Hamas transactions.”
Gaza Ministry of Health: • The occupation committed 15 massacres against families during the past 24 hours, 162 killed and 296 wounded • 22,600+ killed and 57,910+ injured since Oct 7, 2023
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
(Adopted by Resolution 260 (III) A of the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948.)
Article I
The Contracting Parties confirm that genocide, whether committed in time of peace or in time of war, is a crime under international law which they undertake to prevent and to punish.
Article II
In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
(a) Killing members of the group;
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
Article III
The following acts shall be punishable:
(a) Genocide;
(b) Conspiracy to commit genocide;
(c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide;
(d) Attempt to commit genocide;
(e) Complicity in genocide.
Article IV
Persons committing genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in article III shall be punished, whether they are constitutionally responsible rulers, public officials or private individuals.
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Article IX
Disputes between the Contracting Parties relating to the interpretation, application or fulfilment of the present Convention, including those relating to the responsibility of a State for genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in article III, shall be submitted to the International Court of Justice at the request of any of the parties to the dispute.
US ‚not seeing acts of genocide‘ in Gaza, State Dept says
(03.01.2024)
„Those are allegations that should not be made lightly … we are not seeing any acts that constitute genocide,“ Miller said at a regular news briefing. „That is a determination by the State Department,“ he added.
Tlaib Says Biden Admin ‚At Serious Risk‘ of ICC Prosecution
(Dec 11, 2023)
Legal experts and scholars have been warning since October that U.S. officials could be rendering themselves complicit in war crimes—and genocide—by continuing to arm the Israeli military as it wages indiscriminate war on the Gaza Strip.
Tlaib echoed that warning Monday, noting that the Biden administration has opted to „give weapons to a military that is very publicly and actively committing serious war crimes and crimes against humanity.“