Archiv: 18-09-2024: UN General Assembly votes on Palestine resolution / Israeli occupation force would have to leave within a year / news blackout in the run-up / UNGA votes 124:14:43 for resolution


03.05.2025 - 13:04 [ docs.google.com ]

Letter to the PM on Gaza and Recognising the State of Palestine

Signed by representatives of the following organisations and their branches, affiliates or in their individual capacity:

Abrahamic Foundation

Abrar Foundation

Abu Bakar Mosque (Bradford)

Abu Bakr Trust (ABT) – Walsall

Abu Hanifah Foundation (Blackburn)

Ad Duha Masjid

Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaat

Al Abbas Islamic Centre, KSIMC Birmingham

Al Amaan Education Trust

Al Aqsa Masjid Docklands

Al Balagh Academy

Al Khazra Mosque (Oldham)

Al Madani Masjid (Slough)

Al Madina Jame Masjid

Al Madina Mosque Barking

Al Manaar Academy (Loughborough)

Al Quran Academy

Al Zahra Foundation

Al Zunayrah Foundation

Al-Emaan Centre

Al-Falah Islamic Education Centre

Al-Farooq Trust

Al-Hijrah Trust

Al-Hira Educational Centre and Masjid

AL-HQ Law & More (Islamic Wills)

Al-Mahdi Centre, Wessex

Al-Muttaqin Research Centre (Manchester)

Al-Risalah Trust (London)

Alansar IEC

Alessi Marketing

Alkhair Primary School

AlKhaleel Institute

Alnoor Cultural & Educational Trust (Alnoor C&ET) – Essex

Aman Association

Amanah Masjid (Birmingham)

Anjuman Raza-E-Mustafa

Aqoon Education Services

Arab Lawyers Association (UK)

As-Salaam Trust – The Peace Centre

Asha Islamic Centre

Asian Muslim Cultural Association (London)

Asian Women Association

Association of Srilankan Muslims in UK

Aston Palestine Society

Azhar Academy Bolton

Balham Masjid & Tooting Islamic Centre

Bangladesh Islamic Centre (Birmingham)

Bangladeshi Islamic Society

Baytun Noor (Birmingham)

Beeston Muslim Centre

Belfast Islamic Centre

Belfast MultiCultural Association

Belgrave Mosque – Owais Qarni (Ilford)

Bexley Palestine Solidarity Campaign (Bexley PSC)

Bilal Mosque (Leeds)

Bilborough Islamic Centre

Birmingham Masjid and Dawah Centre

Bishopbriggs Islamic Community Centre

Blackburn Road Learning Centre

Bolton Central Islamic Society (BCIS)

Bolton Council of Mosques [~40]

Bradford Friends of Palestine (BFOP)

Bridgford Muslim Action Group

BrIsoc

Bristol Muslim Cultural Society (BMCS)

Bristol Turkish Community Association

British Arab Nursing and Midwifery Association

British Islamic Medical Association

British Muslim Heritage Centre

British Palestinian Families Network

British Turkish Association [~40]

Bushey Islamic Circle

Campaign Against Anti-Muslim Hate / Campaign Against Hate

Central Jamia Masjid (Southall)

Central Mosque (Wakefield)

Cheadle Masjid

Chelmsford Action for Palestine

Chelmsford Muslim Society

Cherwell Projects Ltd

Cis Windows

City Friends of Palestine (London)

City Retreat Leicester

City University Islamic Society (ISOC)

Cloud Devops Ltd

Committee for Alternative Development Trust

Compass Learning Centre (CLC)

Consortium [~11]

Cosy Cruise Travel Ltd

Council for Mosques Bradford [~140]

Council of Bristol Mosques (CBM) [~6]

Council of European Jamaats [~11]

Council of Mosque – Tower Hamlets [~45]

Council of Sri Lankan Muslim Organisations [~28]

Croydon Islamic Youth Club

Dar Ul Isra Education and Welfare (Cardiff)

Dar us Salaam

Darassalaam

Darul Arqam Muslim Community Association

Darul Atfaal

Darul Ilm – SLMC of East London

Darulisra Muslim Educational Welfare Centre

Darus Salam Mosque (Leicester)

Darussalam Education Centre

Derby Jamia Mosque

Diverse Legal Consulting (Chelmsford)

Diyanet Stoke Education Centre

Dovex

Dundee Central Mosque

East Birmingham Central Masjid

East Cardiff Muslim Centre

East End Islamic Centre (Newham)

East Kilbride Muslims Association

Easton Jamia Masjid

Eden Foundation (Birmingham)

Eden Masjid and Dawah Centre

Edgware Youth

Eid Prayer And Festival (Leicester)

Elland Masjid Association – West Yorkshire

Enfield Community Action Group

Enfield Town Islamic Centre

Epsom and Ewell Islamic society

Essex Council of Mosques [~5]

EuroPal Forum

Exeter Mosque and Cultural Centre

Extant Marketing

Faith Inspire [~7]

Fatima Community Centre (Sheffield)

Fatima Elizabeth Archery Club

Fatima Elizabeth Phrontistery

Fazilat Masjid (Nottingham)

FC Leytonstone

Federation of Muslim Organisations (FMO) [~50]

Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS) [~120]

Finsbury Park Mosque

First Choice Plumbing

Fiqh Council Birmingham (FCB)

Fleetgate Hardware ltd

Friends of Al-Aqsa

Fussilat Academy (London)

Gastec

Global Somali Diaspora

Goodwood Islamic Centre

Grangetown Muslim Cultural Centre (GMCC)

Green Street Business Association

Haaya Foundation (Hounslow)

Hamilton Islamic Centre

Hamlets Way Mosque (Mile End Bengali Muslim Community Association)

Handsworth Wood Cultural Centre

Harpenden Muslim Network

Harrow Youth Club

Hastings Mosque

Havering4Peace

Hayes Muslim Centre

Here For Youth

Hillingdon Borough Muslims

Hounslow Muslim Centre

Hubb Leicestershire

Huddersfield Community First (HDCF)

Huddersfield Council of Mosques (HCoM)

Hull Turkish Education Society

Humanity for All (Scotland)

Hyderi Islamic Centre

I Waqf

I Will Solicitors

Ibadurrehman Trust

ICareCharity

ICMG Edmonton branch

ICMG MARGATE

Imam Zakariya Academy (IZA)

Imdadia Charitable Trust

Imperial Islamic Society

In Her Footsteps

Inspireamillion Limited

Inspired Supported Housing

Inspirited Minds

Interbuild Aid

International Communities Organisation (London)

International Community Milli Görüş

Iqra Women‘s Group (Leeds)

ISLAH (Cambridge)

Islamic Education Trust Leicester

Islamic Finance Guru

Islamic History Channel

Islamic Information Centre, Hastings

Islamic Research Institute of GB (IRIGB)

Islamic Society of Britain

Islamic Tarbiyyah Prep School (Bradford)

Jam-e-Masjid Qiblah Hadhrat Sahib Gulhar Shareef Birmingham

Jamia Masjid Sultania (JMS) (Nottingham)

Jamia Syeda Fatima Al Zahra Mosque

Jamia Usmania

JKR & HCY ISLAMIC CENTRE (Reading)

Jummah in Chorleywood

Karima al Marwaziyya Foundation (High Wycombe)

Kent Islamic Center

Khidmah Organisation (Leicester)

Khizra Mosque

Kilmarnock Central Mosque

Kurdish Society of Nottingham

Lancashire Council of Mosques

Lantor Ltd

Leeds Beckett University Islamic Society (LBU ISOC)

Legal Action for Peace

Leicester Community Assist

Leicestershire Zakah Foundation

Lewisham Islamic Centre

Leytonstone Islamic Association

London Islamic Culture and Recreation Society

Long Eaton Masjid

Loughborough Dawah Centre

Loughborough Mosque and Islamic Culture Association

Lumb Fox Limited

Luton Council of Mosques

Luton Muslim Malayali Association

Luton Sri Lankan Islamic Cultural Centre

Luton Turkish community

Madarasah Noorul Quran Leicester

Madrasa Talimu Quran

Madina Mosque & Community Centre (Cardiff)

Madni Masjid (Nottingham)

Madrasa Taleem ul Islam (Glasgow)

Madrasaatul Noor Leicester

Madrasah Madania Tahfeezul Quran (MMTQ) – Bradford

Mahmudsabir Masjid

Malayalee Muslim Cultural & Welfare Association UK

Maldon Masjid

MAN UK

Marifah Institute

Markazul-Uloom Al-Islamiyya (Rotherham)

Masjid Abu Bakr

Masjid Abu Bakr Tinsley

Masjid Abu Hurairah

Masjid Al Falaah (Birmingham)

Masjid Al Farouq

Masjid Al Furqan (Leicester)

Masjid Al Madina (Walsall)

Masjid Al Rawda (London)

Masjid Al-Jannah Slough

Masjid Alhikmah and Community Centre

Masjid At Taqwa (Bradford)

Masjid Ayesha

Masjid Ayesha (London)

Masjid e Imam Ali (Aberdeen)

Masjid e Noor (Gloucester)

Masjid e Salaam Trust (Bolton)

Masjid E Tauheed (Manor Park- London)

Masjid e Umar (Bradford)

Masjid Hazrat Bilal (Bristol)

Masjid Ibrahim Ferham (Rotherham)

Masjid Jamia Islamia Nottingham

Masjid Noor

Masjid Taha & Education Centre (Stratford, London)

Masjid Talha

Masjid Tawhid Leyton

Masjid Ul Hidayah (East Ham)

Masjid Umar

Masjid Usman (Bradford)

Masjid Zakaria (Birmingham)

Masjid-E-Quba, London

Masjid-e-Zainabia

Masjid-us-Sunnah (Leicester)

Masjid E Saliheen, Preston

MAUK

Meadows Muslim Centre (Nottingham)

Millwall Community Association

Misbaahul Uloom Urdu Centre

Mksi Leicester

Monmouthshire Muslim Community Association

Mum’s Kitchen

Mushkil Aasaan Charity

Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) [~15]

Muslim Association of Croydon (MAC)

Muslim Community Association

Muslim Community Centre Uxbridge

Muslim Council of Britain (MCB)

Muslim Council of Scotland [~100]

Muslim Council of Wales [~70]

Muslim Cultural & Welfare Association of Sutton (MCWAS)

Muslim Cultural Centre Wollaton, Nottingham

Muslim Doctors Association and Allied Health Professionals CIC

Muslim Doctors Cymru (MDC)

Muslim Engagement and Development

Muslim Event

Muslim Khatri Association

Muslim Public Affairs Forum Committee (MPACUK)

Muslim Welfare House Sheffield

Muslim Welfare Institute (MWI) (Blackburn)

Muslim Welfare Society Port Talbot

Muslim Women of Merton

Muslimaat UK (MMT UK)

My School Tutor

Narjis foundation (Glasgow)

Naseeha Youth Project (NYP) (Cardiff)

National Waqf

NCJM Stow Hill Mosque

New Beginnings

Newcastle Central Mosque

Newcastle under Lyme Islamic Centre

Newham Muslim Forum

Newport Diyanet Community Education Centre

Nextpoint Recruitment

Nexus Pharmacy

Nfsb Cardiff limited

NHS Muslim Women’s Network

Noka Solutions Ltd

Noor Youth

Noor-el-Islam Mosque (Cardiff)

Noorani Education Centre

Norbury Islamic Academy

Norbury Muslim Centre

North Ilford Islamic Centre

North West Islamic Association

Northwood Hills Mosque and Community Centre (NHMCC)

Nottingham Bangladesh Centre

Nottingham Council of Mosques (NCM) [~25]

Nottingham Islam Information Point

Nottingham Turkish Community

Nur Al Hadi Mosque (Sheffield)

Nuurul Huda Cultural centre ltd

Oadby and Wigston Muslim Association

Oadby Community Hub

P and D UK Services Ltd (West London)

Pakistan Centre

Palestinian Forum in Britain (PFB)

Palmed UK Charity

Peckham Mosque Trust

Pekunluler Turkish Cultural Association

Plumstead Islamic Centre

PMS Jamea Masjid

Port Talbot Mosque

Preston Muslim Forum

PureStreets

Purley Islamic Community Centre

Qadria Jilania Islamic Centre & Madrasa (Manchester)

Qasim al-Ulum Centre (Manchester)

Qmed Staffing

Queensgate Islamic Centre

Quran Club

Quran ft Soul

Quwwat-ul-Islam Society Newham

Reading Muslim

Recipe2Inspire CIC (R2I)

Redbridge & Ilford Independents

Redbridge Community Action Group (RCAG)

Reflection Path

River To The Sea (Non Profit)

S E London Friends of Palestine

Saeed Institute (Bolton)

Said Nursi Mosque

Salahaddin Community Centre (Peterborough)

Sayyidah Aminah Masjid (Bradford)

SBMCA (Birmingham)

Scottish Association of Mosques [~13]

Shah Jalal Jami Masjid (Walsall)

Shahjalal Mosque & Islamic Centre (Oldham)

Shahporan Jam e Mosque

Shahporan Madrasah

SHERIFF Estate & Letting Agent

Sherwood Education and Culture Centre

Shia Ithna‘ashari Community of Middlesex (SICM)

Simply Ethical Financial Services Ltd

SLIA

Soul Therapy Scotland

Southend Mosque

Sri Lanka Islamic Forum UK

Sri Lanka Muslim Society UK (Leicester)

Sri Lankan Muslim Progressive Front-Milton Keynes

Srilankan Muslim Community of East London

STEM Muslims

Streatham Hill Masjid

Strive UK [~15]

Suffa Education Centre

Suffolk Muslim Society

Surrey Muslim Association

Swansea University Mosque

Taleem Ul-Quran Trust (Coventry)

Tawfiq Online Learning

Taybah Charitable Trust

Teviot British Bangladeshi Association (London)

The Ahmed Ali Petkar Foundation (TAAP Foundation)

The Alberinious Foundation

The Ilford Muslim Society

The Islamic Foundation (Leicester)

The Lantern Initiative

The Quran Hub (TQH)

The Shah Jahan Mosque (Woking, Surrey)

The Suffah Institute

The United Kingdom Indian Muslim Council (UKIMC)

The Wheel Plug UK (Dewsbury)

The World Federation of KSIMC

Thornton Heath Islamic centre

Turners and Locksley Centre

Turners and Locksley Masjid Cultural Centre (London)

Tuyoorul jannah (TJ) Birds of Paradise

UCL Students for Justice in Palestine

UK Islam Centre

UK Kahramanmaras Education and Culture Centre

UK Medical and Community Projects

UKIM [~50]

Ummah Community Centre (UCC)

Ummah Community Trust (UCT)

Ummah Gwent Community Centre / Masjid

Union of Muslim Organisations (Walsall)

University of Birmingham Friends of Palestine

University of Birmingham Islamic Society

Warwick Islamic Society

West London Mosques Forum (Southall)

Werneth Jamia Masjid

West Cardiff Islamic Centre

West London Mosque Forum

West London Turkish Volunteers

Women Together

Worcester Muslim Welfare Association – Worcester Central Masjid

World Forum for Srilankan Muslims

Worthing Islamic Society

Xynosoft Ltd

Y9 Mak communications Ltd

Yemeni Community Association in sandwell

Yeovil Islamic Centre & SSMCA

YMCO – Young Muslim and Community Organisation (Cardiff)

Zaza Technologies Ltd

Zeenergy Limited

03.05.2025 - 12:53 [ Muslim Council of Britain ]

Hundreds of UK Muslim Organisations Unite to Call on Prime Minister to Recognise Palestinian Statehood

(April 29, 2025)

Commenting on the letter, Secretary General Dr Wajid Akhter said:

“We are at a watershed moment as events in Gaza intensify, with more innocent lives lost each day. British Muslim communities, alongside countless others across the country, are simply calling for a foreign policy rooted in justice, humanity, and international law.

We have rightly mobilised a coalition of the willing to oppose Russia’s illegal occupation of Ukraine, yet the illegal occupation of Palestine and the mass killing of Palestinian civilians is met with silence. We urge Prime Minister Keir Starmer to show moral leadership and act swiftly.“

03.05.2025 - 12:48 [ 5PillarsUK.com ]

Hundreds of Muslim groups demand UK recognition of Palestinian state

The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has deliver a letter signed by over 300 Muslim groups to 10 Downing Street urging Prime Minister Keir Starmer to show “moral leadership” and swiftly recognise the Palestinian State.

The signatories, comprising of organisations from every region of the UK, including mosques, student societies, charities and advocacy groups, are calling on the British government to urgently:

21.12.2024 - 00:12 [ Middle East Eye ]

Israel, Saudi Arabia closer to normalisation deal: Report

(December 18, 2024)

Israel and Saudi Arabia have reached a breakthrough in talks around normalising relations, Haaretz reported on Tuesday, adding that the normalisation could be related to an elusive ceasefire deal that would bring about an end to Israel‘s war on Gaza.

Sources familiar with the negotiations told Haaretz that rather than Israel agreeing to Saudi Arabia‘s demand for the recognition of a Palestinian state, the two sides agreed that Israel would give a vague commitment on a „path towards Palestinian statehood“.

29.11.2024 - 23:14 [ theCradle.co ]

KSA abandons US defense pact over Palestinian statehood ‚stalemate‘: Report

As a result of the Saudi and Israeli positions, “Riyadh and Washington hope a more modest defense pact could be sealed before President Joe Biden leaves the White House in January,” according to the Saudi and western sources.

29.11.2024 - 23:11 [ Reuters ]

Saudi Arabia abandons pursuit of US defence treaty over Israel stalemate

In a drive to get a wide-ranging mutual security treaty over the line earlier this year, Riyadh softened its position on Palestinian statehood, telling Washington that a public commitment from Israel to a two-state solution could be enough for the Gulf kingdom to normalise relations.

But with public anger in Saudi Arabia and the wider Middle East at fever pitch over Israel‘s military actions in Gaza, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has again made recognition of Israel conditional on it taking concrete steps to create a Palestinian state, two Saudi and three Western sources said.

20.11.2024 - 14:13 [ Counterpunch.org ]

UN Membership for Palestine Now

(November 15, 2024)

The period between today and January 20 offers the best opportunity for full UN membership which the State of Palestine has ever had, and it may be the last opportunity.

The State of Palestine and its friends throughout the world should try.

20.11.2024 - 14:07 [ Anadolu ]

1988 Palestinian independence declaration: A pivotal step toward statehood

Today, 146 out of 193 UN members recognize the state of Palestine.

11.11.2024 - 12:36 [ PressTV.ir ]

Iran-initiated OIC-Arab League meeting aimed at ending Palestine, Lebanon crises: Vice president

“We hope to obtain valuable achievements in the field of providing aid to the displaced and victims of the Zionist regime’s attacks and crimes. Accordingly, we will enter the third stage of the measures. Iran as well as all Muslim and Arab states aim to secure a durable ceasefire in the region,” he underscored.

At the summit, Iranian delegates will present their viewpoints on the core issues affecting Palestine and Lebanon and emphasize the urgent need to end the war in West Asia, Aref stated.

11.11.2024 - 12:22 [ Qatar News Agency ]

Arab League‘s Assistant Secretary-General to QNA: Arab-Islamic Summit Aims to Come Up with Unified Vision to Stop Aggression on Gaza, Lebanon

His Excellency indicated that the summit will hold Israel fully responsible for what is happening in Gaza and Lebanon, in light of its violation of international law and international humanitarian law, while stressing that just peace and affirming the two-state solution in accordance with the political initiative launched by Saudi Arabia for the international coalition to implement the two-state solution, is the best option for settling the conflict in the Middle East and ensuring security and stability for all peoples of the region and protecting them from violence and wars, especially with the international recognition of Palestine by 149 countries, and support for its right to obtain full membership in the United Nations.

29.10.2024 - 23:10 [ Umair Malik / Twitter ]

this is the biggest blunder in American history. Mark my words

(December 9, 2023)

12.10.2024 - 19:34 [ Wikipedia ]

Foreign relations of Israel: Diplomatic relations

List of countries which Israel maintains diplomatic relations with:

12.10.2024 - 19:21 [ Reuters ]

Nicaragua breaks diplomatic relations with Israel

Nicaragua is breaking off diplomatic relations with Israel, the Central American nation said on Friday, calling the Israeli government „fascist“ and „genocidal.“

11.10.2024 - 23:20 [ theGrayzone.com ]

Israel jails Grayzone’s Jeremy Loffredo, releases him pending investigation

Israeli soldiers arrested the Jewish-American reporter and three other journalists at a checkpoint in the West Bank on October 8. According to one of the jailed reporters, @the_andrey_x, the soldiers blindfolded them tightly, roughed them up, drawing guns on them at one point, and hauled them off to detention in Jerusalem.

“The soldiers… illegally requested that the journalists hand in their phones, and when they refused, the soldiers pointed a gun at one of the journalists, hit him with their hands and the barrel of a gun, then dragged him out of the car and slammed him onto the concrete. When lying on the ground, they pointed 2 guns at his head. The rest of the journalists exited the car and the military raided it, confiscating phones, cameras, and personal items,” said @the_andrey_x.

Andrey recalled that in the course of abusing the journalists, “The soldiers told the female Israeli photographer that she should have been raped by Hamas.”

While Loffredo’s colleagues were released after 11 hours, the “Judea and Samaria” division of the Israeli police opened an investigation into Loffredo for supposedly “aiding the enemy in a time of war.”

11.10.2024 - 20:36 [ Middle East Eye ]

Israel seizes Unrwa headquarters‘ land in occupied East Jerusalem

According to Israel Hayom, the free daily newspaper, the Israel Land Authority announced the confiscation of the land in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem.

Dan Iloz, a Likud MP, told the paper that the „expropriation of land in Jerusalem is an important step, but not enough“ and denounced Unrwa as „a hotbed for terrorism under a humanitarian guise“.

11.10.2024 - 20:02 [ Washington Post ]

Israel steps up its battles with the United Nations

Netanyahu has issued statements essentially calling for regime change in both Lebanon and Iran, while Israel’s boosters in the United States see in its expanding wars an opportunity to “remake” the political map of the Middle East.

03.10.2024 - 23:00 [ Washngton Post ]

How Joe Biden lost his grip on Israel’s war for ‘total victory’ in Gaza

The Israeli response was yet another example of what Austin privately characterized as Netanyahu’s government “playing with house money”: taking big shots at its adversaries, knowing that the United States, as Israel’s chief ally, would throw its military and diplomatic weight behind it.

Some speculated that Biden’s new lame-duck status had further emboldened Netanyahu, who thought a possible Trump return to the White House would mean more U.S. support for Israel and less complaining. Just days before the attacks on Shukr and Haniyeh, after giving a table-thumping speech to Congress, Netanyahu had visited the former president and newly crowned Republican presidential nominee at his Florida residence.

27.09.2024 - 17:38 [ UN Web TV ]

President of the State of Palestine Abbas addresses United Nations

Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, addressed world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Thursday, stressing that the Palestinian people will not leave their homeland – the land of their ancestors.

27.09.2024 - 17:30 [ United Nations ]

Abbas dismisses ‘Israeli lies’, tells world leaders entire generations being wiped out in Gaza

He also called for international protection for Palestinians in the occupied territories, stating, “we cannot fight Israel, and we don’t want to fight, we want protection,” he said, adding that the State of Palestine must assume responsibility in Gaza and exercise jurisdiction over the region, including control of border checkpoints.

“This is our proposal to you, you can accept it, amend it or change it, we are ready for all that.”

Concluding his address, Mr. Abbas said that “while we recognize the State of Israel, Israel does not recognize us”.

“We want a solution that will protect both countries – the State of Palestine and the State of Israel – so they can co-exist in peace, stability and security.”

25.09.2024 - 17:12 [ Nachdenkseiten ]

Der UN-Gipfel 2024 und der Krieg in Nahost

Der israelische UN-Botschafter forderte den UN-Sicherheitsrat auf, Hisbollah und die iranischen Revolutionsgarden zu „Terrororganisationen“ zu erklären. Dem libanesischen Außenminister warf er vor, einer „Terrororganisation erlaubt zu haben, einen Staat innerhalb des Libanon“ gegründet zu haben. Israel werde sich verteidigen und nicht zulassen, dass „die Hisbollah libanesisches Territorium als Abschussrampe für Gewalt“ benutzt. Die US-Vertretung stellte sich hinter Israel, das sich gegen die täglichen Angriffe verteidigen müsse. Malta forderte eine Untersuchung. Die Schweiz erinnerte an Verhandlungen. Russland regte ein internationales Gesetz gegen die Nutzung von Alltagsgegenständen als Waffen an. China forderte wie auch der Iran eine Verurteilung Israels. (Quelle: press.un.org)

Eine Entscheidung gab es nicht. Am Abend des gleichen Tages (20. September 2024, Beirut Ortszeit) bombardierte die israelische Luftwaffe ein Wohnhaus im dicht bewohnten Süden von Beirut mit vier Raketen und brachte das Haus zum Einsturz. Dutzende Menschen wurden verschüttet. 15 Angehörige der Hisbollah wurden tot geborgen, darunter zwei hochrangige Kommandeure. Die Zahl der Toten stieg im Laufe der Bergungsarbeiten auf 51, darunter waren Frauen und Kinder. Zehn Personen werden noch vermisst

22.09.2024 - 18:45 [ Washington Free Bacon ]

WATCH: Biden-Harris Worked ‚Around the Clock‘ for Months on Gaza Ceasefire Deal That‘s Never Going to Happen

(September 20, 2024)

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have claimed for months to be working „around the clock“ on a Gaza ceasefire deal that is „close“ to happening. Spoiler alert: It‘s not going to happen because Hamas, the terrorist organization that massacred Israeli civilians on Oct. 7, doesn‘t want to release their hostages.

Despite their reportedly tireless efforts to negotiate with the terrorists, the Biden-Harris administration has privately conceded that a ceasefire deal won‘t happen before the end of Biden‘s term in January 2025. „No deal is imminent,“ a Biden-Harris official told the Wall Street Journal. „I‘m not sure it ever gets done.“

21.09.2024 - 22:00 [ New York Times ]

This Is Who Kamala Harris Fails

(August 28, 2024)

I appreciate Ms. Harris’s broken heart. What I’d appreciate more is a direct naming of who is killing and starving Palestinians, acts that are neither inevitable nor without a perpetrator. I’d appreciate the upholding of international law through sanctions and an arms embargo.

21.09.2024 - 02:24 [ ForeignPolicy.com ]

The White House’s Defense of Israel Is Undermining International Law

The United States tends to hail the ICC when it prosecutes American enemies, but assails the court when it goes after U.S. allies.

19.09.2024 - 20:30 [ theNationalnews.com ]

Fourteen countries oppose UN resolution to end Israel‘s occupation of Palestine

The resolution urged Israel to „comply with international law and withdraw its military forces, immediately cease all new settlement activity, evacuate all settlers from occupied land, and dismantle parts of the separation wall it constructed inside the occupied West Bank“. It also demanded Israel return land and other assets it has seized since 1967.

Apart from the US, Argentina, Hungary and Paraguay also voted against the resolution. Other opposers were: Oceania‘s Palau, Micronesia, Nauru, Fiji, Tonga, Tuvalu and Papua New Guinea, East Africa‘s Malawi and Europe‘s Czechia.

19.09.2024 - 19:42 [ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic - Gov.cz ]

Czechia’s Explanation of Vote on the UN resolution – 18th of September

Czechia’s Explanation of Vote on the UN resolution regarding the advisory opinion of the ICJ on the legal consequences arising from Israel’s policies and practices in OPT, including East Jerusalem, and from the illegality of Israel’s continued presence in OPT. Stated by Ambassador to the United Nations, Jakub Kulhánek, on September 18, 2024

Mr. President,

Allow me to begin by reiterating Czechia‘s unwavering support for the people of the West Bank and Gaza in their pursuit of political aspirations for their own future statehood.

My country also stands ready to support any meaningful efforts to end violence in the region.

However, for these efforts to succeed, they must be the result of direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, as this offers the only viable path to lasting security and peace for all.

19.09.2024 - 19:31 [ Middle East Monitor ]

Germany defends sitting out vote on UN resolution for Israel to end Occupation of Palestine Territories within a year

“It sets an unrealistic deadline for ending the Occupation and disregards the fact that direct negotiations between the parties are required in order to achieve a sustainable solution,” it said.

The resolution does not sufficiently take into account Israel’s right to self-defence as it does not mention its legitimate security interests, it added.

19.09.2024 - 19:23 [ Mission permanente de la France auprès des Nations unies à New York ]

France voted in favour of the draft resolution submitted by Palestine

STATEMENT BY MR NICOLAS DE RIVIERE,
PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF FRANCE TO THE UNITED NATIONS

TO THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
(TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH)

New York, September 18, 2024

Madam President,

France is committed to the respect of international law. We reaffirm our full support of the International Court of Justice. As the Court indicated in its advisory opinion of July 2024, the settlements in the Palestinian Territories, including East Jerusalem, constitute a violation of international law.

States have therefore the obligation not to recognise the situation resulting from the illegal presence of the State of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. France will not recognise the illegal annexation of these territories.

We will ensure compliance with Security Council Resolution 2334, which aims to draw a distinction between the internationally recognised territory of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967.

In that spirit, France voted in favour of the draft resolution submitted by Palestine. We would have preferred it to stick completely to the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion, but we commend the efforts undertaken to improve the initial draft.

France calls on this Assembly to condemn the flagrant violation of international law constituted by the terrorist attacks committed on 7 October 2023. We reiterate our solidarity with the Israeli people and reaffirm our unwavering commitment to Israel’s security.

The continuation of Israeli settlements is a major obstacle to the two-state solution. This is the only way to guarantee a just and lasting peace. It is the only way to guarantee Israel’s long-term security. This entails the establishment of a Palestinian state, as well as a resumption of the peace negotiations.

19.09.2024 - 19:11 [ Common Dreams ]

In Overwhelming Vote, UN General Assembly Demands Swift End to Israeli Occupation

„The vast majority of countries have made it clear: Israel‘s occupation of Palestine must end, and all countries have a definite duty not to aid or assist its continuation,“ said GJN‘s Tim Bierley. „To stay on the right side of international law, the U.K.‘s dealings with Israel must drastically change, including closing all loopholes in its partial arms ban and revoking any trade or investment relations that might assist the occupation.“

19.09.2024 - 18:51 [ CNN ]

See the moment Israeli jets fly over Beirut while CNN reporter is on air

CNN Senior International Correspondent Ben Wedeman reacts to Israeli jets flying over Beirut, Lebanon, as Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah delivered an address in response to a wave of explosions across the country.

19.09.2024 - 18:40 [ APNews.com ]

What to know about the two waves of deadly explosions that hit Lebanon and Syria

Just one day after pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded, more electronic devices detonated in Lebanon Wednesday in what appeared to be a second wave of sophisticated, deadly attacks that targeted an extraordinary number of people.

Both attacks, which are widely believed to be carried out by Israel, have hiked fears that the two sides’ simmering conflict could escalate into all-out war.

19.09.2024 - 02:21 [ Amnesty International ]

Israel must implement UNGA resolution by ending its unlawful occupation of Palestinian Territory

Responding to the adoption of a UN General Assembly resolution today demanding that Israel end its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) within 12 months, in compliance with the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) July advisory opinion, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, said:

“Today’s resolution makes crystal-clear that Israel’s 57-year occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in flagrant violation of international law, cannot be allowed to continue any longer.

18.09.2024 - 23:02 [ Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) ]

CAIR Welcomes UN Resolution Demanding End to Israeli Occupation of Palestine Within 12 Months

In a statement, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said:

“We welcome this UN resolution demanding an end to one of the worst and ongoing crimes against humanity of the past century. The Biden administration should join the overwhelming majority of nations around the world in condemning these crimes against the Palestinian people, demanding an end to the occupation, and exerting serious pressure on the Israeli government to comply.”

18.09.2024 - 22:05 [ United Nations ]

UN General Assembly demands Israel end ‘unlawful presence’ in Occupied Palestinian Territory

Click here for the full text of the resolution and here for our live coverage of the meeting.

18.09.2024 - 17:59 [ webtv.UN.org ]

General Assembly: 55th plenary meeting, Tenth emergency special session (resumed)

Summary
Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory – Item 5

18.09.2024 - 17:55 [ Viory Video / Youtube ]

The UN General Assembly demands Israel end its occupation of Palestinian land within 12 months

The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution demanding the end of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land within 12 months.

The resolution urges Israel to promptly comply with its legal obligations under international law, including those set by the International Court of Justice.

18.09.2024 - 17:41 [ Michael Downey / floss.social / Mastodon ]

The resolution passes: – 124 in favour – 14 against – 43 abstentions

18.09.2024 - 17:40 [ Reuters ]

Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sources say

Hand-held radios used by Hezbollah detonated on Wednesday across Lebanon‘s south and in Beirut‘s southern suburbs, a security source and a witness said, further stoking tensions with Israel a day after similar explosions launched via the group‘s pagers.

18.09.2024 - 17:22 [ JillStein2024.com ]

In response to the ICJ ruling, Stein calls for international coalition for immediate Gaza aid, ceasefire, and end to US aid for Israel

(Friday, January 26th, 2024)

The US must immediately cease all military assistance to Israel, both financial backing and weapons supplies. The US must stop providing diplomatic cover for Israel‘s genocidal war on Gaza, particularly by ending use of its veto power to block UN Security Council resolutions calling for a ceasefire that have been backed by the vast majority of nations and peoples of the world. The US must convert all military operations in the region to preparations for humanitarian assistance, in broad coalition with other nations, in order to prevent further atrocities against the Palestinian people.

The United States should immediately join together with the nations of the world, under the auspices of the United Nations, in a broad coalition to act on the Responsibility to Protect the Palestinian people from genocide.