World Demands End to Israel’s Illegal Occupation of Palestine, in Landslide UN Vote
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Jessica Peake of the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, is mercifully free of quibbles in offering her assessment: “detonating pagers in people’s pockets without any knowledge of where those are, in that moment, is a pretty evident indiscriminate attack” and also a violation of the rule of proportionality.
The calculus of such killings and targeting enriches rather than drains the pool of blood and massacre. Its logic is not one of cessation but replication. No longer can Israel’s military prowess alone be seen as a reassurance against any retaliation and whatever form it takes. October 7 continues to cast its dispelling shadow. Deterrence through sheer technological power, far from being asserted, has been further weakened.
The only solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict is the end of the occupation and apartheid and the establishment of a truly democratic state for both the Palestinians and Jews.
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Taking Israeli citizenship in 2016, they attracted some attention the following year when numerous 20th century artworks they had collected were auctioned at Sotheby’s in Paris.
The collection – which included paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Jean Dubuffet and sculptures by César – fetched a cool $18 million.
Part of the couple’s wealth is now being used to assist Israel’s propaganda activities.
Guests at their gala dinner heard a presentation from Zohar Palti, a former bigwig in Mossad, the infamous spying and assassination agency. He reportedly offered some thoughts on healing, though it is safe to assume that ending the torment of Palestinians was not what he had in mind.
So with all the fear generated, the commitment we have made to AUKUS and the trade we have with both America and China, how is China a threat not just to Australia but to America and the rest of the world?
Experts say blasts potentially violate international humanitarian law, including ban on indiscriminate attacks.
Here’s what happened today
We’ll be closing this live page soon. Here’s a recap of the day’s main developments:
- Multiple blasts detonated in different parts of Lebanon killed at least 20 people and injured more than 450 others – just a day after simultaneous explosions of pagers used by Hezbollah members killed 12 people and wounded nearly 3,000.
- Israel’s defence minister declared the start of a “new phase” in the Gaza war, saying after months of fighting against Hamas, “the centre of gravity is shifting to the north by diverting resources and forces”.
- The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution calling on Israel to end its illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories within a year.
- Dozens of Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, the civil defence agency said, including on another school in the Shujayea neighbourhood east of Gaza City.
- Israeli soldiers shot and killed 16-year-old Hani Majdi al-Kari in the Shu’fat refugee camp, in occupied East Jerusalem, when special forces raided the camp.
Israel war on Gaza live: 20 killed, 450 hurt in new Lebanon blasts
The article addresses a draft UN resolution advanced by the Palestinian Authority to be voted on in the General Assembly on Thursday (AEST). In essence the resolution demands immediate Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and the West Bank in compliance with the 19 July ruling by the International Court of Justice. The US is reported to be urging its allies to reject the draft resolution or abstain from voting on it.
Whilst the article reported that the Albanese Government declined to comment on Australia’s intentions, it was more than prepared to publish the views of Opposition foreign affairs spokesman Simon Birmingham. He called upon the government to oppose the draft resolution “without hesitation or ambiguity”. Such reasons as Birmingham gave do him and his shadow government no credit. Let us consider them.
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But the romantic farming scenes belie an agenda that goes beyond fruit picking, and is in practice often about patrolling land to cement Jewish-Israeli control — on both sides of the Green Line. It isn’t the only organization doing this: last week, the United States announced sanctions against Hashomer Yosh, another Israeli NGO that sends volunteers to farming outposts in the occupied West Bank and facilitates the violent theft of Palestinian land.
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Israel’s IDF will NEVER say “We killed them” but will always say “They Killed them”. If Israeli witnesses stand up and speak accusatively they are conveniently silenced and that list is growing. Where is Noa? Where is the Adbash Family? Where are the witnesses from Kibbutz Be’eri?
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Investigations into Israeli soldiers’ attacks on civilians rarely lead to prosecutions.
The killing of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a 26-year-old American-Turkish activist in the occupied West Bank, has once again brought a troubling issue into the spotlight: Israeli forces targeting civilians.
Despite international condemnation and calls for justice, questions linger about whether anyone will be held accountable.
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Current responses to the Gaza “war” would seem to suggest that antisemitism is the priority issue, not the unending slaughter of Palestinians.
Ron Kampeas at the Jewish Telegraph Agency asked both the Harris campaign and the Trump campaign if the candidates considered themselves a Zionist. Neither replied with an easy “yes.”
Asked by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency if Vice President Kamala Harris considers herself a Zionist, a campaign aide replied:
“The Vice President and Governor [Tim] Walz have been strong and longstanding supporters of Israel as a secure, democratic homeland for the Jewish people. They will always ensure Israel can defend itself from threats, including from Iran and Iran-backed terrorists such as Hamas and Hezbollah.”
Told that the first sentence of that response would meet perhaps the most common definition of “Zionist,” the aide replied that beyond the statement she relayed, she had “nothing for you.”
The United Nations’ core human rights agency is mandated to produce a
database, updated annually, of businesses involved in Israel’s unlawful
policy of establishing Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank,
including East Jerusalem.
Time to End Business as Usual in Unlawful West Bank Settlements
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