Yearly Archives: 2023


31.12.2023 - 20:20 [ Middle East Eye ]

Israel‘s war on Gaza encapsulates the entire history of European colonialism

In North and South America, Australia, Asia and Africa, European settler-colonialists have left behind the evidence of their psychotic genocidal practices.

The European transatlantic slave trade may have halved the population of Africa, some historians believe. The US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and many African colonies were all built on the systematic extermination, displacement and internment of the original inhabitants.

In the Israeli settler-colonialism now on violent display in Gaza and the rest of Palestine, European colonialism is living up to its murderous infamy and has returned to the global stage with a vengeance.

For decades, scholars of European colonialism have been working hard to document, archive and connect these episodes of the premeditated mass murder of native people around the globe.

31.12.2023 - 19:49 [ John Pilger / Twitter ]

It is with great sadness the family of John Pilger announce he died yesterday 30 December 2023 in London aged 84. His journalism and documentaries were celebrated around the world, but to his family he was simply the most amazing and loved Dad, Grandad and partner. Rest In Peace.

31.12.2023 - 18:55 [ Times of Israel ]

IDF says troops fired warning shots at UN convoy on Friday due to miscommunication

Citing an investigation into Friday’s incident, the IDF Spokespersons Unit says in a statement to The Times of Israel that after the UN humanitarian convoy finished delivering aid to shelters in northern Gaza, it was asked by the military to go via a different route back south.

“This was to maintain its safety given the fighting that was taking place near the area,” the IDF says.

31.12.2023 - 18:48 [ Thomas White, Director of UNRWA Affairs - Gaza / Twitter ]

People are hungry and just desperate for food @UNRWA convoy in #Gaza City this week. 40% of the population at risk of famine.

More regular supplies needed – require safe and sustainable #humanitarain access everywhere including to the North of Gaza

31.12.2023 - 18:30 [ Thomas White, Director of UNRWA Affairs - Gaza / Twitter ]

#Gaza – Israeli soldiers fired at an aid convoy as it returned from Northern Gaza along a route designated by the Israeli Army – our international convoy leader and his team were not injured but one vehicle sustained damage – aid workers should never be a target. @UNRWA

(29.12.2023)

31.12.2023 - 18:29 [ UNIFIL, United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon / Twitter ]

Last night, a peacekeeper was hurt after a patrol was attacked by a group of young men in Taybeh, south Lebanon. A vehicle was also damaged. Attacks on men & women serving the cause of peace are not only condemnable, but they are violations of Resolution 1701 and Lebanese law.

(28.12.2023)

31.12.2023 - 18:18 [ BITS.de ]

Rüstungskooperation zwischen Deutschland und Israel

(September 2003)

Die Abwicklung von Rüstungstransfers über die Auslandsgeheimdienste Mossad und BND verstärkte die Tendenz zu vertraulicher Kooperation. Die entsprechenden Kooperationsstrukturen gewährleisteten Flexibilität bei der Durchführung der Geschäfte und minimierten die Notwendigkeit, eine öffentliche Debatte über die bilaterale Rüstungskooperation zu führen.

Mit der Vereinigung Deutschlands und der Auflösung des Warschauer Paktes veränderten sich auch die sicherheitspolitischen Rahmenbedingungen der deutsch-israelischen Rüstungskooperation. Die neuen militärische Aufgaben und damit verbundene Anforderungen an die Rüstungsindustrie hatten eine Transformation der Rüstungskooperationsbeziehungen zur Folge. Gegenwärtig zeichnen sich drei wesentliche Tendenzen ab: …

31.12.2023 - 18:02 [ Nitter.net ]

BND? Mossad? CIA? Vorwissen vom 7.Oktober? Krieg in Westasien?…. OK, WELCHE ALTLINKE SAU HAT DANACH GESUCHT?!

31.12.2023 - 17:58 [ El Pais ]

Iran, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, West Bank… Israel says the Gaza war is now being fought on seven fronts

On Tuesday, Israel’s Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant told the Israeli Parliament’s Defense Committee that the country is fighting on seven fronts and has responded to attacks in six of them thus far. In addition to the Gaza Strip, where nearly 21,000 people have already died, and the West Bank — which Gallant referred to as “Judea and Samaria” and where incursions occur almost daily — the minister said that hostilities have spread to Iran, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon and Iraq. “I’m saying it here explicitly,” Gallant warned during his speech. “Anyone who acts against us as a potential target will not be immune.”

31.12.2023 - 16:59 [ Nitter.net ]

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31.12.2023 - 16:55 [ Claudia Webbe MP, Member of Parliament for Leicester East| / Twitter ]

As a UK Member of Parliament, I fully support South Africa invoking the Genocide Convention today, against Israel, at the International Court of Justice. The UK government, Prime Minister and Labour Party leader should now consider their complicity and position. Ceasefire Now

(29.12.2023)

31.12.2023 - 16:43 [ Jurist.org ]

South Africa brings genocide accusation against Israel to International Court of Justice

South Africa initiated proceedings against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday, according to a press release from the ICJ.

31.12.2023 - 14:47 [ Reuters ]

North Korea to launch new satellites, build drones, calling war inevitable

Kim lashed out at Washington in lengthy remarks wrapping up five days of ruling party meetings that set economic, military and foreign policy goals for the coming year.

„Because of reckless moves by the enemies to invade us, it is a fait accompli that a war can break out at any time on the Korean peninsula,“ he said, according to state news agency KCNA.

31.12.2023 - 14:36 [ Associated Press ]

US forces shoot down ballistic missiles in Red Sea, kill gunmen in attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels

The U.S. military said Sunday it shot down two anti-ship ballistic missiles fired toward a container ship by Yemen’s Houthi rebels in the Red Sea. Hours later, four boats tried to attack the same ship, but U.S. forces opened fire, killing several of the armed crews, the U.S. Central Command said.

31.12.2023 - 14:16 [ CBS News ]

Israel-Hamas war will go on for „many more months,“ Netanyahu say

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that Israel‘s war on Hamas in Gaza will continue for „many more months,“ pushing back against persistent international cease-fire calls after mounting civilian deaths, hunger and mass displacement in the besieged enclave.

30.12.2023 - 23:15 [ Noga Tarnopolsky נגה טרנופולסקי نوغا ترنوبولسكي / Twitter ]

Thousands in Tel Aviv, calling for the hostages to come home & Netanyahu to go home.

30.12.2023 - 21:55 [ CBS News ]

Tens of thousands flee central Gaza as Israel‘s offensive expands

Israel‘s unprecedented air and ground offensive against Hamas has displaced some 85% of the Gaza Strip‘s 2.3 million residents, sending swells of people seeking shelter in Israeli-designated safe areas that the military has nevertheless also bombed. That has left Palestinians with a harrowing sense that nowhere is safe in the tiny enclave.

30.12.2023 - 21:26 [ Jerusalem Post ]

Expulsion is a war crime, not ‘the solution’ – opinion

The “day after” conversation is a hard one, not least due to radicalization in Palestinian society. But the way to de-radicalize Gaza is not to radicalize ourselves. And while a free society is obliged to hear out even extremist points of view, it is under no obligation to take those views seriously– especially when they are presented in such a fatuous, flippant, and feckless manner as the one proposed here.

30.12.2023 - 21:16 [ Justin Amash / Twitter ]

Congress, not the White House, is the legislative body of the United States. The Biden administration’s abuse of emergency authority to sell weapons to Israel—or any foreign country—is unrepresentative, irresponsible, and unethical.

30.12.2023 - 20:05 [ Leroy Green / Twitter ]

Where did Blinken get the authority to approve foreign aid packages? Where are the checks and balances? Why is Congress sitting idly by? This total mob rule.

30.12.2023 - 19:57 [ Associated Press ]

The Biden administration once again bypasses Congress on an emergency weapons sale to Israel

“Given the urgency of Israel’s defensive needs, the secretary notified Congress that he had exercised his delegated authority to determine an emergency existed necessitating the immediate approval of the transfer,” the department said.

30.12.2023 - 19:51 [ Middle East Eye ]

Gaza death toll reaches 21,672

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced on Saturday that the death toll in Gaza since the start of the war has now reached 21,672.

They added that an additional 56,165 have been wounded.

30.12.2023 - 19:45 [ Al Jazeera English / Twitter ]

Around 100 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli army bombings in the central region of the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, according to a health official.

30.12.2023 - 19:14 [ DailyMaverick.co.za ]

International Villain of the Year: Benjamin Netanyahu and Mohammed Deif

Israel‘s Prime Minister and the commander of the military arm of Hamas stand out in the rogues‘ gallery for their blood-soaked acts of inhumanity.

30.12.2023 - 16:45 [ United Nations ]

United Nations Charter (full text)

Article 7

1. There are established as principal organs of the United Nations: a General Assembly, a Security Council, an Economic and Social Council, a Trusteeship Council, an International Court of Justice and a Secretariat.

(…)

Article 94

1. Each Member of the United Nations undertakes to comply with the decision of the International Court of Justice in any case to which it is a party.

2. If any party to a case fails to perform the obligations incumbent upon it under a judgment rendered by the Court, the other party may have recourse to the Security Council, which may, if it deems necessary, make recommendations or decide upon measures to be taken to give effect to the judgment.

(…)

Article 96

– The General Assembly or the Security Council may request the International Court of Justice to give an advisory opinion on any legal question.

Other organs of the United Nations and specialized agencies, which may at any time be so authorized by the General Assembly, may also request advisory opinions of the Court on legal questions arising within the scope of their activities.

30.12.2023 - 16:30 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Klage vor Internationalem Gerichtshof: Südafrika wirft Israel Völkermord vor

Der IGH soll laut Statut Konflikte zwischen Staaten möglichst friedlich beilegen. Seine Urteile sind in der Regel bindend. Allerdings besitzen die UN-Richter keine Machtmittel, um einen Staat zur Umsetzung zu zwingen. Sie können aber den UN-Sicherheitsrat aufrufen, in der Sache tätig zu werden.

30.12.2023 - 16:16 [ New York Times ]

South Africa accuses Israel of genocide in a U.N. court.

Allegations of war crimes by both Israel and by Palestinian militant groups in territories occupied by Israel in 1967 are already under investigation at the International Criminal Court, which is independent of the U.N. But the impact of that investigation is unclear because Israel is not a member nation of the I.C.C. and does not recognize its jurisdiction.

Israel is, however, a signatory of the Genocide Convention, along with South Africa, which paved the way for the case at the International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court.

30.12.2023 - 16:10 [ CNN ]

South Africa files genocide case against Israel at International Court of Justice over Gaza war

South Africa and Israel are both parties to the Genocide Convention, according to the ICJ, which is also known as the World Court and is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations.

30.12.2023 - 15:52 [ Morocco World News ]

South Africa Takes Israel to International Court for Genocide in Gaza

The filing, made on December 29, alleges that Israel has through its state organs, agents and affiliated entities consistently violated its obligations under the Genocide Convention.

The application also draws special attention to Israel’s failure to prevent and prosecute direct and public incitement to genocide since October 7, 2023.

Shockingly, more than 1.9 million individuals, constituting 85% of Gaza’s population, have been forcibly evacuated in the wake of orders from the Israel Occupation Forces (IOF).

30.12.2023 - 15:27 [ Sahara Reporters ]

South African Government Drags Israel To International Court Of Justice Over ‘Genocide In Gaza’

According to the statement, Israel’s conduct towards the Palestinians in Gaza “is in violation of its obligations under the Genocide Convention,” the government in Pretoria said. They also accused Israel of having “failed to prevent genocide” and “failed to prosecute the direct and public incitement to genocide” since October 7.

29.12.2023 - 21:33 [ ABC News ]

South Africa launches case at UN‘s top court accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — South Africa launches case at UN‘s top court accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza.

29.12.2023 - 21:29 [ Decensored News / Twitter ]

Cautious optimism from @samhusseini, who has been relentlessly calling on states to invoke the Genocide Convention since October and raising public awareness. Thank you for all of your work on this, Sam.

One of his past articles: https://consortiumnews.com/2023/11/21/invoking-the-genocide-convention-against-israel/

29.12.2023 - 21:26 [ @SarcasmStardust / Twitter ]

Well would you look at that. Kudos to @samhusseini who has been leading the charge on invoking the genocide convention for weeks now.