Palestine’s permanent mission to the UN is expected to present a draft resolution to the UN General Assembly next week demanding Israel to end its presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories within 12 months, according to a document obtained by Anadolu on Thursday.
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State of Palestine takes a seat in the UN General Assembly
This significant moment follows a decision by the General Assembly in May, where a majority of members voted in favor of granting Palestine full membership rights. This resolution came after the United States used its veto power in the Security Council to block Palestine‘s bid for full UN membership. (…)
To be granted full UN membership, a state must receive a two-thirds majority vote from the General Assembly following a positive recommendation from the Security Council.
The U.S. vetoed this recommendation on April 18, preventing Palestine from achieving full membership.
this is the biggest blunder in American history. Mark my words
(December 9, 2023)
More than 2,100 arrested at anti-Israel protests nationwide as police clear college encampments
– The initial arrests sparked a movement on college campuses across the country, including at the University of Texas at Austin, the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, and the University of California, Los Angeles.
– More than 2,100 protesters have been arrested at colleges and universities in recent weeks, including students, faculty, and outside agitators.
We have put up the most glorious fight. We did not allow the movement to end with a false deal from Columbia.
Keep all eyes on your comrades, mobilize to Columbia. If you are free, come to protect the encampment.
SCOTUS probes assassinations and coups in Trump immunity hearing
The immense gravity of the case weighed heavily on the Supreme Court on Thursday, with justices across the ideological spectrum expressing fears of the new order they could unleash.
The immediate question is whether Trump will face trial in his Jan. 6 criminal case before the 2024 election. But the conservative-led court‘s decision will shape history well beyond November.
„We‘re writing a rule for the ages,“ Justice Neil Gorsuch observed.
US vetoes Palestine’s request for full UN membership
In a vote of 12 in favour to one against, with two abstentions, the Council did not adopt a draft resolution that would have recommended the General Assembly to hold a vote with the broader UN membership to allow Palestine to join as a full UN Member State.
The draft resolution is among the shortest in the Council’s history: “The Security Council, having examined the application of the State of Palestine for admission to the United Nations (S/2011/592), recommends to the General Assembly that the State of Palestine be admitted to membership in the United Nations.”
Yitzhak Rabin – The Last Speech (English Subtitles)
The last speech of prime minister and minister of defense Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated by right-wing Israeli radical on November 4th 1995 in Tel Aviv.
A statement on Gaza and Israel from the president of the ICRC
Five months into the escalation of hostilities, which began with the horrific events in Israel on 7 October, the situation in the Gaza Strip degenerates by the hour. There is nowhere safe for people to go. The civilian death toll and the ongoing captivity of hostages are shocking and unacceptable.
This brutal war has ruptured any sense of a shared humanity.
Gaza war has ‚ruptured any sense of a shared humanity‘ amid Israeli atrocities: ICRC
„As an occupying power, Israel must provide for the basic needs of the population or facilitate the safe and unimpeded delivery of humanitarian relief,“ Spoljaric said.
The war had „ruptured any sense of a shared humanity“, she said.
„The situation in the Gaza Strip degenerates by the hour. There is nowhere safe for people to go. The civilian death toll and the ongoing captivity of hostages are shocking and unacceptable,“ Spoljaric said.
Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for Advisory Opinion) Conclusion of the public hearings held from 19 to 26 February 2024
THE HAGUE, 26 February 2024. The public hearings on the request for an advisory opinion in respect of the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, concluded today.
During the hearings, the State of Palestine, 49 Member States of the United Nations and three international organizations presented oral statements (in the following order): Palestine,
South Africa, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Russian Federation, France, The Gambia, Guyana, Hungary, China, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mauritius, Namibia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Indonesia, Qatar, United Kingdom, Slovenia, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Türkiye, Zambia, League of Arab States, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, African Union, Spain, Fiji and the Maldives.
The verbatim records of the hearings, including the lists of participating delegations, are
available on the case page on the Court’s website. High-resolution video clips and still photos produced by the Registry during the hearings are available free of charge and free of copyright for editorial, non-commercial use, on the Multimedia page on the Court’s website.
The Court will now begin its deliberation.
The Court’s advisory opinion will be delivered at a public sitting, the date of which will be
announced in due course.
Gaza has become a ‘death zone’, warns UN health chief
“Gaza has become a death zone,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General told correspondents at a press briefing in Geneva.
“Much of the territory has been destroyed. More than 29,000 people are dead; many more are missing, presumed dead; and many, many more are injured,” he added.
Across the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, severe malnutrition has shot up dramatically since the start of the war on 7 October, from under one per cent of the population, to over 15 per cent in some areas.
“This figure will rise the longer the war goes on and supplies [are] interrupted,” Tedros said, expressing deep concern that agencies such as the World Food Programme (WFP) are unable to access the north.
Gaza war death toll at 29,410
A ministry statement said a total of 97 people died in the past 24 hours, while another 69,465 have been wounded since the war began on October 7.
US casts third veto of UN action since start of Israel-Hamas war
Thirteen council members voted in favor of the Algerian-drafted text, while Britain abstained. It was the third such US veto since the start of the current fighting on Oct. 7.
#BREAKING US again vetoes UN Security Council draft resolution demanding immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza, with death toll rapidly nearing 30,000
UN Security Council to vote Tuesday on resolution demanding Gaza ceasefire, US vows to use its veto
The U.N. Security Council is expected to vote Tuesday on an Arab-backed resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, which the United States announced it will veto.
Shocking footage shows unimaginable destruction in #Gaza city, including our health centre. +70% of civilian infrastructure- including homes, hospitals & schools- have been destroyed or severely damaged.
84% of health facilities have been affected by attacks. Nowhere is safe.
Today in Deir al-Balah, middle #Gaza, families queue for hours to receive a hot meal. Starvation looms. Desperately needed aid is not going into #Gaza
People across the #GazaStrip are stalked by hunger, disease and death, with those in the north on the verge of famine
In every single interview I do with the international media they ask me about the picture I can’t forget This is the picture I will never forget how my heart beats went from zero to hundred in less than a second
I couldn’t even put my eye through the viewfinder of my camera, I thought the first responder opened the ambulance door to get an injured person
Israel Braces for Critical Tipping Point in Genocide Case
Genocide is the destruction of a group of people with intent to destroy a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group—in whole or in part. Genocide can also include instances where a party forces on a group conditions of life that are calculated to bring about the destruction of the group, according to the Genocide Convention.
Judicial bodies, including the ICJ, have previously determined events to be genocides, including in the case of the killings of Bosnian Muslims at Srebrenica in 1995.
In Gaza, you don’t only see death. You smell it. You breathe it
I first went to check on the mother, who was still buried under the rubble. I called her name and crawled beneath the concrete walls, but there was only silence.
We dug further only to find that she had passed away with her arms wrapped around the tiny bodies of her children.
Some days after returning to our neighbourhood, we noticed that a pack of stray dogs had come and taken shelter in one of the bombed-out houses next to us. Throughout the night, we heard them barking and howling loudly, as though they were fighting over something….
WATCH: Day 1 of SA v Israel on Genocide at World Court
South Africa on Thursday presented its case against Israel of committing genocide in Gaza and asked the World Court to order Israel to stop its military operation. Watch the replay. Israel responds on Friday.
It is ‘live’ now — the World Court is putting US empire’s proxy Israel on trial. The future of the world depends on the outcome of this trial.
WATCH NOW:
Day 1 of SA v Israel on Genocide at World Court
this is the biggest blunder in American history. Mark my words
(09.12.2023)
The Republic of South Africa institutes proceedings against the State of Israel and requests the Court to indicate provisional measures
THE HAGUE, 29 December 2023. South Africa today filed an application instituting proceedings against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, concerning alleged violations by Israel of its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (the “Genocide Convention”) in relation to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
According to the Application, “acts and omissions by Israel . . . are genocidal in character, as they are committed with the requisite specific intent . . . to destroy Palestinians in Gaza as a part of the broader Palestinian national, racial and ethnical group” and that “the conduct of Israel — through its State organs, State agents, and other persons and entities acting on its instructions or under its direction, control or influence — in relation to Palestinians in Gaza, is in violation of its obligations under the Genocide Convention”.
BREAKING: South Africa triggers the Genocide convention.
Israel has waged one of this century’s most destructive wars in Gaza
The Washington Post analyzed satellite imagery, airstrike data and U.N. damage assessments, and interviewed more than 20 aid workers, health-care providers, and experts in munitions and aerial warfare. The evidence shows that Israel has carried out its war in Gaza at a pace and level of devastation that likely exceeds any recent conflict, destroying more buildings, in far less time, than were destroyed during the Syrian regime’s battle for Aleppo from 2013 to 2016 and the U.S.-led campaign to defeat the Islamic State in Mosul, Iraq, and Raqqa, Syria, in 2017.
Starvation, mass displacement, rampant disease. That is Gaza right now. During the Vietnam War, R‘ Abraham Joshua Heschel wrote: „Our own integrity as human beings is decaying in the agony & merciless killing done in our name.“ If we turn away, we risk losing our own humanity.
Israel’s military campaign in Gaza seen as among the most destructive in recent history, experts say
In just over two months, the offensive has wreaked more destruction than the razing of Syria’s Aleppo between 2012 and 2016, Ukraine’s Mariupol or, proportionally, the Allied bombing of Germany in World War II. It has killed more civilians than the U.S.-led coalition did in its three-year campaign against the Islamic State group.
US presidential hopeful Cornel West calls for invoking the Genocide Convention and bringing the case of Israel‘s genocide in Gaza before the International Court of Justice.
UN Security Council vote on UAE-drafted resolution to enhance Gaza aid postponed again due to US request.
Ongoing negotiations focus on language regarding hostilities cessation. Resolution aims to reduce Israel‘s control over Gaza aid delivery. #UNSC #Gaza
Red Cross chief accuses international community of ‘moral failure’
Mirjana Spoljaric, the Red Cross president, has accused the international community of moral failure over the humanitarian crisis and ongoing bombardment of Gaza.
“I have been speaking of moral failure because every day this continues is a day more where the international community hasn‘t proven capable of ending such high levels of suffering, and this will have an impact on generations, not only in Gaza,” she said.
Yitzhak Rabin – The Last Speech (English Subtitles)
The last speech of prime minister and minister of defense Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated by right-wing Israeli radical on November 4th 1995 in Tel Aviv.
PM: I’m proud I blocked a Palestinian state. Looking at Gaza, everyone sees what would have happened
At the Tel Aviv press conference, Netanyahu is asked by a reporter why he did not withdraw from the Oslo Accords, given that he keeps criticizing them.
“I inherited the Oslo Accords,” he says. “The decision to bring the PLO from Tunis, and plant it in the heart of Judea and Samaria [West Bank], and in Gaza, was a decision made and implemented before I became prime minister. I thought it was a terrible mistake and I still do.”
Turning on the reporter, he says: “You and your journalist friends have been blaming me for almost 30 years for putting the brakes on the Oslo Accords, and preventing the Palestinian state. That’s true,” he says.
Yitzhak Rabin – The Last Speech (English Subtitles)
The last speech of prime minister and minister of defense Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated by right-wing Israeli radical on November 4th 1995 in Tel Aviv.
this is the biggest blunder in American history. Mark my words
1) The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question – Security Council, 9498th meeting. 2) The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question – Security Council, 9499th meeting.
The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
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„The eyes of the world – and the eyes of history – are watching. Time to act.“ @antonioguterres Watch Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question:
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Secretary-General‘s remarks to the Security Council – on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question [bilingual as delivered; scroll down for all-English ]
More than 130 of my colleagues have already been killed, many with their families. (…)
More than 17,000 Palestinians have reportedly been killed since the start of Israel’s military operations. This includes more than 4,000 women and 7,000 children. Tens of thousands are reported to have been injured, and many are missing, presumably under the rubble.
All these numbers are increasing by the day. (…)
At least 286 health workers have been killed. (…)
I urge the Council to spare no effort to push for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, for the protection of civilians, and for the urgent delivery of lifesaving aid.
While we deal with the current crisis, we cannot lose sight of the only viable possibility for a peaceful future: a two-State solution, on the basis of United Nations resolutions and international law, with Israel and Palestine living side-by-side in peace and security.
This is vital for Israelis, Palestinians, and for international peace and security.
The eyes of the world – and the eyes of history – are watching.
It’s time to act.
„Even in a war on terror there are rules“ says Jan Egeland, head of the Norwegian Refugee Council. He calls out the US, UK, France, Germany & the EU on Israel & their refusal to criticise Israeli brutality while providing armaments for Israel.
Civilian deaths in Gaza are a stain on Israel and its allies
“Many of my own NRC staff members now live on the streets. One of them does so with her two-month-old baby.
“Our colleagues in Gaza ask themselves a simple question: how is it that these atrocities are beamed across the world for all to witness, and yet so little is done to stop them?
“Countries supporting Israel with arms must understand that these civilian deaths will be a permanent stain on their reputation.
Innocent children are dying in Gaza due to the Israel blockade and closure of food, water, and medical supplies. The world must act now to end this siege and save these precious lives. #GazaGenocide
The Death toll in #Gaza so far is 17144 including 7208 children, 3716 women, and 33830 injured. According to our @EuroMedHR’s statistics. Notes -The dead number includes approximately 4243 Palestinians under rubble. -More than 92% of the dead are civilians.
17144 killed.
#Infographic| Statistics on the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip (07 October-20 November 2023)
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With Netanyahu‘s Coup in Full Swing, His Trial Is Stuttering. Not by Accident
(05.03.2023)
The trial and the coup are now simultaneously underway, but while the first is lumbering along, the second is galloping forward. The hearings in the Jerusalem District Court will resume only after Passover. Until the judges return from their hiatus, the wings of the High Court of Justice might be clipped, the Judicial Appointments Committee might be under full control of the politicians, or Israel might be in the throes of a historic constitutional crisis.
Mendelblit, Don’t Delay
(14.02.2018)
The police announcement Tuesday – that the investigations into two cases involving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been completed – came 13 months after Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit decided that a “preliminary examination” of the allegations, which itself took six months, should become full-fledged criminal investigations.
I had the opportunity to communicate with some members of my family. The situation is unbelievable. Hungry dogs are eating the remains of bodies buried under the rubble in Gaza City. The smell of decay pervades the city. There will be catastrophic health consequences. Food and clean water are scarce…
…One of my nieces was taken to the hospital because of lack of food two days ago. People are beginning to experience starvation in its most literal sense. They spend 7 hours in line to receive a single piece of bread for each member of the family. When food is found, it‘s exorbitantly expensive. If this continues before our very eyes, it will turn into a horrendous BLACK MOMENT IN HUMAN HISTORY.
The Israel we knew died on October 7. The new nation will be scarred for generations
What it will come to look like is something we cannot imagine yet. But of one thing there is no doubt: the trauma of the Black Shabbat will leave the deepest of scars in the soul of this new nation. For decades, it will shape Israel’s character, its politics, the relations between its people, between its people and its enemies, between its people and the antisemites and Israel-hating Nazis around the world.
On the anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, I delve into my vault of archive reporting to reflect on his legacy as a martyr for peace.
You can watch The Amanpour Archive on my new show #TheAmanpourHour on @CNN every Saturday at 11am ET.