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Posted by: Schwartze Katze
« on: February 23, 2024, 12:40:32 pm »

Israel Has Exceeded Reasonable Use Of Force, Says Ireland At ICJ Hearing | Dawn News English
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Ireland presented its perspective at the ICJ Advisory Opinion Hearings on Israeli Practices and Policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Mr. Rossa Fanning, the Attorney General of Ireland, represented the country.

In his statement, he emphasized Ireland's commitment to upholding a global order based on respect for international law. Ireland expressed profound concern about the attacks launched by Hamas against Israel on October 7, condemning them unequivocally.

The actions, including the **** and murder of civilians, destruction of civilian property, taking of hostages, use of human shields, and firing indiscriminate rockets at urban centers, were deemed serious violations of international humanitarian law, and Ireland called for accountability for those involved.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zrixzkVyQw

Was not expecting this one:

Israel’s Occupation is illegal, says UK At ICJ | Palestine Gaza | Dawn News English
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Speaking at the ICJ, UK representatives said Israel’s occupation is illegal and called for a two-state negotiated solution, but argued against the court giving an advisory opinion on a number of grounds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYF4tJ32k-o

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How come UK says something that is in favor of Palestine!

UK calls on ICJ to decline issuing an advisory opinion
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Speaking at the ICJ, UK representatives said Israel’s occupation is illegal and called for a two-state negotiated solution, but argued against the court giving an advisory opinion on a number of grounds:

The court would be inappropriately ruling on a bilateral dispute. Where a request is directly related to the main point of a dispute, the court should refrain from giving an opinion.
The court’s advisory jurisdiction cannot be used to provide a form of judicial recourse for parties, nor should the court resolve disputes between the parties using its advisory jurisdiction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_LqkzkXL5M

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I am ashamed of our British government. They do not act as the people want.
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The British people are not concerned about the head choppers of Hamas or their terrorist training camp.
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Speak for yourself mate. No one cares about Hamas or your cause.
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so the half million matching down London Bridge were just going out for tea?
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People who are not concerned don't bother to watch anything to do with this war let alone comment about it.
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SHAME ON USA & UK.

“Cairo Wants A Viable Palestinian State With East Jerusalem As Its Capital” | ICJ |Dawn News English
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Dawn News English is your window into the latest news, insight, and features from South Asia and beyond.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdS_EN3vKdk

China Counters US Point By Point At ICJ | Israel’s Occupation Of Palestine | Dawn News English
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Ma Xinmin, a Chinese Foreign Ministry legal adviser, reaffirmed China's unwavering support at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for the Palestinian people's quest to reclaim their legitimate rights. Chinese President Xi Jinping has reiterated the call for a comprehensive ceasefire and the swift resolution of the Palestinian issue based on a negotiated two-state solution.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaCrM0L3YBk

Qatar Condemns ‘Double Standards’ at ICJ | Israeli Occupation of Palestine | Dawn News English
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Senior Qatari diplomat Mutlaq al-Qahtani conveyed to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that there is a growing perception that certain fundamental principles of international law are selectively applied, creating a disparity where some individuals or groups are deemed deserving of security, freedom, and self-determination, while others are not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei9sx6saLkk

Russia, Egypt call for end of Israeli occupation, establishment of Palestine state | ANC
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The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the top U.N. court which is also known as the World Court, continues its hearing into the legality of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories. Russia and Egypt maintain that there would be no peace unless Israeli occupation ends and a two-state solution is achieved. The U.S., for its part, says Israel's withdrawal from the West Bank and Gaza requires consideration of Israel's very real security needs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3K2YQedXI8

ICJ LIVE: Qatar, Britain address World Court on consequences of Israel's occupation | WION LIVE
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Qatar and Britain are among the countries to address the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the fifth day of public hearings to allow parties to give their views on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOAOeQ5T-qQ
Posted by: shabbos goys
« on: February 20, 2024, 04:19:25 pm »

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-gaza-humanitarian-cease-fire-un-resolution-veto/

U.S. vetoes United Nations resolution calling for immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza

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The United States on Tuesday vetoed an Arab-backed and widely supported U.N. resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in the embattled Gaza Strip

Posted by: Schwartze Katze
« on: February 20, 2024, 12:33:57 pm »

More Than 50 Countries Argue Before World Court Against Israeli Occupation of Palestine
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Arguments are underway at the International Court of Justice, where more than 50 countries are asking the World Court to issue a nonbinding legal opinion against Israel's occupation of the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza since 1967. The request is separate from South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the ICJ. "Israel has been instrumentalizing the rules of international humanitarian law … to further its settler-colonial project in Palestine," says Ahmed Abofoul of the Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq, which submitted an advisory opinion on the case. "I have no doubt that the court will decide that Israel's occupation is illegal," he says. We also discuss what comes after the ruling and Israeli society's reaction to the war.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t2LmlN0YIo

US veto sinks Algeria’s ceasefire resolution at UN Security Council
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The United States has once again vetoed a draft resolution on Gaza at the UN Security Council. It's the third veto by the US since the start of the war. The text put forward by Algeria called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, and had 13 members voting in favour. The US was the only country to vote against it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86A86wDFEHs

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It's actually the 47th time in UN history that America has vetoed resolutions in order to protect Israel
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The US is complicit.
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"AIPAC owns the US Congress" once you can wrap your head around this, the events happening now in Gaza make 100% sense.
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How shameful. Absolutely disgusting
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US is so afraid of its own sins catching up, that it commits worse and worse sins to escape them. This was expected.
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I’m a U.S. citizen and I think you’re precisely correct. It may not be the whole explanation, but definitely part of it. I am sure the U.S.’s global tyranny of hyper-capitalism is another.
The U.S. is waaaaaaay far on the wrong side of history here.
I don’t think I have ever felt, in my 40+ years, actual rage. Until October. And everyday since, I have felt rage at my own government, and it gets worse by the day!
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I so sick of my country vetoing these cease fire resolutions, 😡😤

Sounds to me like a lot of U.S. citizens are finally reaching their breaking points...
Posted by: UN
« on: February 05, 2024, 05:37:09 pm »

@90SRF:

What do you make of calls to kick the U.S. out of the U.N. via Article 6 of the U.N. charter?

Related?:

No, Russia Can (Still) Not be Removed From the UN Security Council: A Response to Thomas Grant and Others: Part One
https://opiniojuris.org/2023/02/11/no-russia-can-still-not-be-removed-from-the-un-security-council-a-response-to-thomas-grant-and-others-part-one/
Posted by: 90sRetroFan
« on: February 03, 2024, 03:39:49 pm »

What our enemies think about the UN:

https://vdare.com/posts/abolish-the-entire-united-nations-not-just-unrwa

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UNRWA—that's the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, UNRWA—is up to its elbows helping Arab terrorists trying to destroy Israel, a member nation of the U.N.

Why is there a separate U.N. agency—funded, of course, by your tax dollars and mine—why is there a separate agency for Palestinian refugees? Why doesn't the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees deal with them?

Why, in any case, are there still Palestinian refugees, 76 years after they lost their homes in Israel? Even on the worst possible view of that dispossession—leaving aside, for example, the fact that a lot of the Israelis doing the dispossession had been kicked out of their own homes in Arab countries, Iran, and Europe—leaving that aside, it was a long time ago.

World War Two in Europe generated plenty of refugees: Germans and East Europeans fleeing the advancing Russians, for instance. How come they aren't still refugees under U.N. care 76 years later? They settled where they could and got on with rebuilding their lives.

"Ah yes," a Palestinian might say, "but we can reclaim our homeland! With the help of our Arab brothers we shall drive the Jews out! From the river to the Sea …!"

No you won't. If it looks as though you're about to, Israel will exercise the Samson Option and fry you and your Arab brothers with nukes, perhaps us too.

Are you just going to live forever in fantasies of revenge, feeding on the charity of foreigners? Get on with your lives, as refugees elsewhere have done for centuries past—including plenty of Jewish refugees.
Posted by: acc9
« on: January 11, 2024, 06:58:12 pm »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysBFlRv_6Jw

Bravo to the South African panel for making a most articulate rendition on Israel's genocidal intent in their military actions against the Palestinians in Gaza. I see no reason at all for the UN not to adjudicate in favour of the South African application for provisional measures to be launched against Israel.

Posted by: UN
« on: November 25, 2023, 02:11:28 pm »

Has the UN Become Irrelevant?
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Israel's actions in Gaza have led to the highest death toll of UN aid workers in history. With the United Nations taking what seemed like forever to make a decision on humanitarian pauses, it raises the question: has the organisation, once known for being powerful, lost its relevance?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C4l8yAPIvM
Posted by: rp
« on: November 17, 2023, 02:02:31 am »

The presenter Ben Norton is Jewish.
Posted by: WorldOpposes
« on: November 17, 2023, 01:27:43 am »



US votes against world as UN condemns Israel's illegal settlements in occupied Palestine and Syria
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The United States and Canada voted against countries representing more than 90% of the world population at the United Nations General Assembly, in resolutions condemning Israel's illegal occupation of Palestinian and Syrian territory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daKuVX1eQSM

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It is indeed exhausting to see the continuation of Western imperialism against the entire world, but we are duty-bound to continue speaking out in order to uphold the rights of all people. Thank you for using your platform to highlight the truth.
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But when will anyone take action?
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The Middle Eastern nations that have been trying have been consistently bombed for the past 30 years
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Maybe you shouldn't include all the west, in that condemnation, the west as a whole is not the USA
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what are your thoughts on BRICS
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Overall positive, because they will create a multi-polar world where China and the US will both be superpowers as opposed to just the US.

However, overall, I believe that the best interest of the Muslim people (as I myself am one) is in uniting under one government. Never did a group of weak, in-fighting, disharmonious states stand a chance, yet it was always when they united that they were strong. So, while I overall support Muslim nations joining the Belt and Road initiative, I am skeptical because just as much as I do not want US hegemony, I also don't want to fall down the slippery slope of Chinese hegemony
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A lot of courage from some countries showing condemnation. Like Mexico and Germany. Good for them to not buckle under pressure.
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Don't include germany in that one. Hopefully this will start a trend, but Germany has been an American lapdog since 1991.
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Excellent commentary as a person living on the geographical land know as Canada I am disgusted with the government of Canada and the people who voted for them.

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Apocalypse:

Etymology

From Middle English apocalips, from Latin apocalypsis, from Ancient Greek ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis, “revelation”), literally meaning "uncovering", from ἀπό (apó, “back, away from”) and καλύπτω (kalúptō, “I cover”). The sense evolution to "catastrophe, end of the world" stems from the depiction of such events in the biblical Book of Revelation, also called the Apocalypse of (i.e. Revelation to) John.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apocalypse

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The Greek root for apocalypse [αποκαλυπτω | αποκαλυψισ] is a verb meaning to uncover, reveal, lay bare, or disclose.

The unveiling continues...
Posted by: 90sRetroFan
« on: November 16, 2023, 03:38:42 pm »

https://www.yahoo.com/news/un-official-causes-uproar-over-182033837.html

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UN official causes uproar over claim that Israel doesn't have right to defend itself against Hamas terrorists

It does not!

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The U.N. special rapporteur to the occupied Palestinian territory claimed this week that Israel does not have a right to self-defense against Hamas under international law and accused the country of committing "war crimes."

The comments from Francesca Albanese came Tuesday during an address to the National Press Club of Australia, when she deemed Israel's right to self-defense "non-existent"
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"Israel cannot claim the right of self-defense against a threat that emanates from a territory it occupies, from a territory that is under belligerent occupation," Albanese said from the event in Canberra, Australia.
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Albanese also expressed concern over the potential that Israel "might commit the crime of genocide against the Palestinian people" and took aim at the international community in her speech, claiming most state governments are almost "completely paralyzed" amid the unfolding crisis in the Middle East.

"In the face of all of this, the international community is almost completely paralyzed," she said. "I am being generous when I say the U.N. is experiencing its most epic political and humanitarian failure since its creation."

"Individual member states, especially in the West, and Australia is no exception, are on the margins," she added.
"Muttering notable words of condemnation for Israel’s success at best or staying silent in fear of restraining Israel’s … claimed right to self-defense. Whatever that means."
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She also used her speech to defend the Palestinians, saying they had been subjected to a "violent structure of dispossession, confiscation of land, and forcible displacement."

"When it is widespread and systemic, [it] is not just a war crime, it is a crime against humanity," Albanese said.

So, who disagrees with such a reasonable position?

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Anne Bayefsky, director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust, slammed Albanese's comments, saying they go "hand-in-hand with all her other legally-indefensible claims" surrounding the conflict.

"Starting from October 7th until now, no major U.N. actor has said plainly that Israel has a right of self-defense. This is despite the fact that the U.N. Charter unambiguously declares every U.N. member has the inherent right of self-defense," Bayefsky claimed in an email to Fox News Digital. "In the deafening silence, anti-Israel and antisemitic extremists hiding under the titles of U.N. 'experts,' have gone on the offensive and proclaimed that Israel has no U.N. Charter right of self-defense against the barbaric Palestinian terrorists who slaughtered and butchered their people. The Nazis said the same thing of their Jewish victims."

"Albanese’s abhorrent remarks go hand-in-hand with all her other legally-indefensible claims, such as defending a Palestinian 'right to resist' that 'requires violence.' Likewise, Navi Pillay, head of a U.N. so-called ‘Commission of Inquiry’ against Israel created back in 2021, has repeatedly spoken since October 7th of a Palestinian right of 'armed struggle.' These aren’t misguided lawyers. They are champions of hate, of antisemitism, of lethal violence against the Jewish people. It is an atrocity that they are given U.N. titles and a global platform of any kind at all," Bayefsky added.

About Bayefsky:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Bayefsky

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She also sits on the Board of Advisors of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs

Previous Albanese coverage:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/allies/bds-288/msg17065/#msg17065

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/enemies/israel/msg20930/#msg20930

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/news/united-nations/msg22665/#msg22665



Posted by: UN
« on: November 14, 2023, 03:44:02 am »

UN honours staff killed in Gaza
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The casualty count in Israel's war on Gaza continues to rise every hour. Yet diplomats at the UN have failed to come up with a ceasefire resolution to stop the bloodshed. More than 100 United Nations staff are among those killed in Gaza since October 7. And on Monday, the UN lowered its flag to half mast to honour its workers killed by Israeli bombings. TRT World UN Correspondent Frank Ucciardo has the story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5_qw5H0ZyM


Posted by: UN
« on: November 13, 2023, 02:56:07 pm »

‘No rules at all’: Ex-UN official denounces Israeli lawlessness
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Mukesh Kapila, a former UN humanitarian agency coordinator, says he has spent 30 years working in numerous conflicts around the world but describes Israel’s ongoing attack on Gaza as “unique”.

He says that is because the most modern weapons are being used in one of the most densely populated areas on the planet. Kapila also denounced Israel’s repeated attacks on emergency services workers and overwhelmed medical facilities.

“What we’re seeing now is that all rules have broken down and there are no norms because this is a war on a whole society. There are really no rules at all. What we need to happen, therefore, is a rescue from outside,” he told Al Jazeera.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gumfo2HjBKU

Maybe Moses got lost in the desert again? Hard to be lawful when your original law-giver keeps getting lost?


Posted by: UN
« on: November 13, 2023, 02:48:15 pm »

India's Anti-Israel Stand At UN Amid Gaza War; Votes Against Israeli Settlements In Palestine
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India has voted in favour of an anti-Israel resolution at the United Nations General Assembly. The resolution condemns Israeli settlement activities in "Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan." India was among the 145 nations that voted in favour of the UN resolution. The US and Canada are among the seven countries that opposed the resolution. Watch this video to know more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVUGTb4gQl8
Posted by: UN
« on: November 06, 2023, 05:50:40 pm »

UN chief: ‘Gaza is becoming a graveyard for children’
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The UN chief tells reporters Gaza is “becoming a graveyard for children”.

“Hundreds of girls and boys are reportedly being killed and injured every day,” he said.

“More journalists have reportedly been killed over a four-week period than in any conflict in at least three decades,” he said. “More United Nations aid workers have been killed than in any comparable period in the history of our organisation.”

“I joined the UN family in mourning 89 of our UNRWA colleagues who have been killed in Gaza, many of them together with members of their family,” Guterres added.

“They include teachers, school principals, doctors, engineers, guards, support staff and a young woman named Mai. Mai did not let her muscular dystrophy or wheelchair confine her dreams. She was a top student, became a software developer and devoted her skills to working on information technology for UNRWA.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SogrZVz7TB8

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Big respect chief but the world is waiting for immediate action. This genocide should be stoped.
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These supports of UN chief are highly appreciated, but actions needed to be taken fast.
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STOP GENOCIDE IN GAZA For the sake of humanity, liberate PALESTINE ,🇵🇸
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The UN is feeling helpless but I appreciate their efforts.
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UN is so powerless its frustrating.

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More UN aid workers have been killed in Gaza in the last few weeks than in all previous wars between Israel and Hamas combined
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The UN aid agency that supports Palestinians in Gaza says 72 of its aid workers have been killed.
The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, or UNWRA, employs 13,000 people in Gaza.
In all of last year, 76 UN aid workers were killed in attacks around the world.
https://www.businessinsider.com/unwra-un-aid-workers-killed-gaza-israel-war-hamas-2023-11
Posted by: rp
« on: November 01, 2023, 04:44:48 pm »

https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1719813060271943727
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Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸
@jacksonhinklle
🇮🇱🇺🇳 ISRAELI Ambassador KICKED OUT of the United Nations General Assembly!

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