Joint letter argues the UN General Assembly should suspend Israel as it did apartheid South Africa in 1974
Why more than 500 scholars think Israel should be unseated from the UN
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US makes major (empty?) threats against Israel – Day 374
Should Israel be ousted from UN?; US demands humanitarian aid improvements – what else is new?; Israel is ready to hit Iran; Hezbollah: the only solution is for Israel to stop firing; international condemnation of Israel
Synopsis of ICJ’s decision on Israeli occupation, reactions, and take-aways
The International Court of Justice just handed down a momentous ruling about Israeli occupation and Palestinian rights. Here are the highlights, some helpful analysis, and reactions from key players.
Gaza: Civil ICC case against Ursula von der Leyen raises stakes on genocide complicity
Experts are urging the ICC to investigate the European Commission president over her alleged support for Israel’s genocidal assault on the Palestinian people.
‘Our children are dying from hunger’ – Day 62
Gaza on ‘brink of full-blown collapse’; Israeli troops strip, kidnap dozens of Gazan civilians; State Dept. officials fear Netanyahu will drag US into wider war; network of wealthy investors, tech executives, & Israeli officials work to promote Israel in US…
UN approves resolution to commemorate 75th Nakba anniversary
The UN overwhelmingly supports a 75th anniversary commemoration of the Nakba, the catastrophe in which Palestinians were ethnically cleansed from their homeland for the creation of Israel.
UN OCHA update on situation in Gaza following Israel’s attack
Following Israel’s three-day attack on the population of Gaza – and the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire – the United Nations offers this update on the situation and humanitarian needs left in the wake of the Israeli violence.
No, the UN did not create Israel – its war of ethnic cleansing did it
The common representation of Israel’s birth is that the UN created Israel, that the world was in favor of this move, and that the US governmental establishment supported it. All these assumptions are demonstrably incorrect…
Israeli diplomat’s show-and-tell: a Palestinian “terror rock”
In Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan’s hand, a brick is so much more than a brick – but not in the way he thinks.
Republican platform panders to Israel zealots
The Republican National Committee platform of 2016, resurrected for 2020, will once again genuflect before Israel – ignoring the realities of human rights, international law, and logic.