Voting result
In favor: 142
Against: 10
Abstain: 12
Showing posts with label Israeli occupied Arab lands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Israeli occupied Arab lands. Show all posts
Friday, September 12, 2025
Sept. 12th, 2025: UN General Assembly ADOPTS resolution endorsing the New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution
Saturday, April 12, 2025
Friday, March 14, 2025
Western Media Whitewashes Genocide... Please follow Assal Rad @AssalRad to see her obvious and honest rewrites of our media's misleading headlines, ommisions, and "scare quotes" when it comes to Israel's war on Palestine
Please follow Assal Rad to see her obvious and honest rewrites of our media's misleading headlines when it comes to Israel & Palestine
This is how the media whitewashes genocide.
A UN report CONCLUDED that Israel has carried out sexual violence and genocidal acts in Gaza by destroying reproductive healthcare.
Western media: omits genocidal acts or uses scare quotes, says “accuses” not concludes, and elevates denials by war criminals to undermine the report.
United Nations
Independent investigation
“More than a human can bear”: Israel's systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence since October 2023
13 March 2025
The report found that sexual and gender-based violence – which has risen
in frequency and severity – is being perpetrated across the Occupied
Palestinian Territory as a strategy of war for Israel to dominate and
destroy the Palestinian people.
Friday, September 20, 2024
UN General Assembly demands Israel end ‘unlawful presence’ in Occupied Palestinian Territory: "With a recorded vote of 124 nations in favour, 14 against, and 43 abstentions, the resolution calls for Israel to comply with international law and withdraw its military forces, immediately cease all new settlement activity, evacuate all settlers from occupied land, and dismantle parts of the separation wall it constructed inside the occupied West Bank."
Peace and Security
The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to adopt a resolution that demands that Israel “brings to an end without delay its unlawful presence” in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
With a recorded vote of 124 nations in favour, 14 against, and 43 abstentions, the resolution calls for Israel to comply with international law and withdraw its military forces, immediately cease all new settlement activity, evacuate all settlers from occupied land, and dismantle parts of the separation wall it constructed inside the occupied West Bank.
The General Assembly further demanded that Israel return land and other “immovable property”, as well as all assets seized since the occupation began in 1967, and all cultural property and assets taken from Palestinians and Palestinian institutions.
The resolution also demands Israel allow all Palestinians displaced during the occupation to return to their place of origin and make reparation for the damage caused by its occupation.
The resolution stems from the advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in July, in which the Court declared that Israel’s continued presence in the Territory “is unlawful”, and that “all States are under an obligation not to recognize” the decades-long occupation.
Click here for the full text of the resolution and here for our live coverage of the meeting
Threat to peace and security
The Assembly “strongly deplored the continued and total disregard and breaches” by the Government of Israel of its obligations under the UN Charter, international law and UN resolutions, stressing that such breaches “seriously threaten” regional and international peace and security.
It also recognized that Israel “must be held to account for any violations” of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including of international humanitarian and human rights laws.
The text says Israel “must bear the legal consequences of all its internationally wrongful acts, including by making reparation for the injury, including any damage, caused by such acts.”
The General Assembly highlighted the need for the establishment of an international mechanism for reparations to address damage, loss, or injury caused by Israel’s actions.
It also called for creating an international register of damage caused, to document evidence and related claims.
International conference
The resolution also includes a decision to convene an international conference during the Assembly’s current session to implement UN resolutions pertaining to the question of Palestine and the two-State solution for the achievement of a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the Middle East.
Additionally, the Assembly requested the UN Secretary-General to present proposals for a mechanism to follow up on Israel’s violations of article 3 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, as identified by the ICJ.
Article 3 refers to racial segregation and apartheid and the undertaking by International Convention’s States Parties to prevent, prohibit and eradicate all practices of this nature in territories under their jurisdiction.
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General Assembly votes on a draft resolution on the ICJ advisory opinion.
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Call on States
In its resolution, the General Assembly called upon all UN Member States to comply with their obligations under international law and take concrete steps to address Israel’s ongoing presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
The Assembly urged States to refrain from recognizing Israel’s presence in the Territory as lawful and to ensure that they do not provide aid or assistance in maintaining the situation created by the occupation. This includes taking measures to prevent their nationals, companies, and entities under their jurisdiction from engaging in activities that support or sustain Israel’s occupation.
Additionally, the Assembly called on States to cease importing products originating from Israeli settlements and to halt the transfer of arms, munitions, and related equipment to Israel in cases where there are reasonable grounds to suspect they may be used in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Moreover, the resolution urged States to implement sanctions, such as travel bans and asset freezes, against individuals and entities involved in maintaining Israel’s unlawful presence in the Territory. This includes addressing issues related to settler violence and ensuring that those engaged in these activities face legal and financial consequences.
Adjournment
Finally, the Assembly temporarily adjourned its tenth emergency special session and authorized the President of the General Assembly to reconvene the session upon request from Member States.
The special session is a continuation of the tenth emergency special session of the General Assembly that last met in May amid the ongoing crisis in Gaza, during which it adopted a resolution, laying out additional rights for the State of Palestine’s participation in Assembly meetings.
That resolution did not grant Palestine the right to vote or put forward its candidature to UN Main Organs such as the Security Council or the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
It also did not confer membership to the State of Palestine, which requires a specific recommendation from the Security Council.
Saturday, September 14, 2024
"We order you to leave, in a week the entire area will become a military zone; No supply will enter" Former Israeli General Giora Eiland has launched a campaign called 'The General’s Plan,' demanding that the Israeli army "empty" northern Gaza by starving the remaining residents.
Giora Eiland, a reserve major general in the Zionist army*, calls for ethnic cleansing of the entire northern Gaza and for the Palestinians who remain in their homes to be left to starve.
"We order you to leave, in a week the entire area will become a military zone; No supply will enter"
Israel's "Netzarim Corridor"* aims to separate Gaza City from the rest of the strip. No movement is allowed between the enclaves. Israel wants to make "the world's largest prison" into two smaller ones.
Senior IDF officials are increasingly on board with a plan conceived by Major General Giora Eiland which would see the northern Gaza Strip turned into a closed military area with the civilian population required to leave.
According to the plan, the entire area north of the Netzarim Corridor, including Gaza City, would become a closed military area in which approximately 250,000 people [Palestinian men, women, & children], would be required to leave immediately.
After a week in which the population will be given the opportunity to evacuate, a full military siege would be imposed on the area.
*Zionist army refers to Israel's "IDF" Israel Defense Forces also known as "IOF" Israel Occupation Forces"
*The "Netzarim Corridor"cuts Gaza in two halves: Israel's IDF/IOF expanded its width from 2km to 4km & demolished every single building & infrastructure in that area & on both sides of it.
Saturday, July 20, 2024
Accusing peaceful pro-Palestine protesters of being "antisemitic" pleases Israel but it does not make any Jews any safer anywhere.
Our taxes should not be funding any religion, bigotry, injustice, and/or escalating extremism of any type.
Please step away from your AIPAC advisors and start noticing the
very real plight and suffering of the Palestinian people.
Israel's war on Palestinians did not start in response to Hamas' barbaric attack on an Israeli music festival last year. It started decades ago, way back when worldwide obviously racist nations conspired with Zionist ideologues to push Jewish people into Palestine, as if a person's religion should dictate citizenship rights.
Since its founding in 1948 after the Nazi Holocaust, Israel has been systematically oppressing and displacing the native non-Jewish people of historic Palestine.
Hitler was not the only elected leader who believed in segregation and subjugation, America back then was very racist and unfair too. We know better now- America woke up and changed our laws and attitudes thanks to the Civil Rights Movement helping shape the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968.
America should not be ignoring Israel's brutality and blatant violations of international law and basic human rights.
If you want to empower non-violence and a more fair and just
political system anywhere you have to start with the rule of fair and just
laws, and you have to include respect for all sorts of people and
opinions.
Accusing peaceful pro-Palestine protesters here and there of
being "antisemitic" pleases Israel but it does not make any Jews
any safer anywhere. Not does it stop the escalating poverty and suffering in The Holy Land.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
NOTES https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/search/label/Notes
UN court orders Israel to end its occupation of Palestinian territories International court of justice says it should leave ‘as rapidly as possible’ and make full reparations for ‘wrongful acts’
The ICJ Ruling Confirms What Palestinians Have Been Saying for 57 Years
Items Israel Forbids from Entering Gaza 2024
Schools should never be used for fighting or military purposes by any party to the [any] conflict..
Hanan Ashrawi sums up some of the many ways Israel violates international law in its quest to torment and destroy Palestinians
People need and lack everything #CeasefireNow
“Every lesson I’ve learned about the Holocaust compels me to stand up for Palestinians now,” said Brian Keisling, one of the leaders of Sunday’s protest, who is Jewish.
American Money for Schools not Israeli Apartheid ... recent protest in Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA 07-2024
To enjoy fireworks... No Explosions poem by Naomi Shihab Nye
Dear Elected Leaders... Happy 4th of July!
Report: Israel demolished 318 facilities + uprooted 10,000 olive trees in West Bank this year
Forced displacement is once again pushing people to look for safety where there is none in #Gaza Palestine
Twelve former Biden administration officials who resigned over policy on Israel and the Gaza war say the government’s actions have endangered US national security... The US is by far the biggest supplier of arms to Israel, having helped it build one of the most technologically sophisticated militaries in the world.
The Arabic word for God is “Allah” whether you are A CHRISTIAN or a MUSLIM ... Inshaa Allah
Gaza now has the largest population of child amputees in the world.
Don't give Israel the power to destroy the United Nations, the International Court of Justice, International Law, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights... and America.
The RED LINE happened way back in 1948 when Zionist terrorists murdered Palestinians, destroyed Palestinian homes and villages, and pushed countless Palestinians into poverty and forced exile.
Connect The Dots
Please stop aiding and abetting Israeli insanity. Full Stop.
Will our own democracy and established Fourth Estate survive the decades old insidious invasion of a very foreign country that pretends to be our friend, but really is no one's friend, including its own Apartheid building citizens?
Americans should not be helping racist Israel maim, wound and kill the children of Palestine.
Part of Israel's nefarious Ethnic Cleansing campaign is stealing the story- pressuring newspapers and politicians worldwide to favor "The Jewish State" above and beyond all else. Israel Uber Alis.
Arresting students and banning Tiktok will not stifle the truth about Israeli crimes against humanity.
There are enough weapons of war and destruction already on planet earth.
Stop wasting America's time and resources playing word games for racist Israel
Please no more funds, weaponry, and support for war mongering Israel
American taxpayers should not be forced to fund Israeli crimes against humanity
Hate is evil and leads to evil things. Please no more wars and weaponry for Israel.
Where, after all, do universal human rights begin?
The UN Mediator for Palestine, Count Folke Bernadotte, believed that the Palestinians displaced had a right to return to their homes and wrote several UN reports to that effect.
"It would be an offence against the principles of elemental justice if these innocent victims of the conflict were denied the right to return to their homes while Jewish immigrants flow into Palestine, and, indeed, at least offer the threat of permanent replacement of the Arab refugees who have been rooted in the land for centuries."
Bernadotte
was assassinated on Friday 17 September 1948 by members of the
group Lehi, a Zionist terrorist
organization, commonly known in the West as the Stern Gang
"Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world..." https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights
UN court orders Israel to end its occupation of Palestinian territories International court of justice says it should leave ‘as rapidly as possible’ and make full reparations for ‘wrongful acts’
The UN’s international court of justice (ICJ) has ordered Israel to end its occupation of the Palestinian territories “as rapidly as possible” and make full reparations for its “internationally wrongful acts” in a sweeping and damning advisory opinion that says the occupation violates international law.
In a historic, albeit non-binding, opinion, the court found multiple breaches of international law by Israel including activities that amounted to apartheid.
It will make sobering reading for Israel’s allies, with the court advising that other states are under an obligation not to recognise the occupation as lawful nor to aid or assist it.
Reading the court’s opinion on Friday, the president of the ICJ, Nawaf Salam, said: “The court considers that the violations by Israel of the prohibition of the acquisition of territory by force and of the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination have a direct impact on the legality of the continued presence of Israel, as an occupying power, in the occupied Palestinian territory.
“The sustained abuse by Israel of its position as an occupying power, through annexation and an assertion of permanent control over the occupied Palestinian territory and continued frustration of the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, violates fundamental principles of international law and renders Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territory unlawful.”
The opinion was provided in response to a request from the UN general assembly in 2022. It precedes the Gaza
conflict and is not directly linked to it but will add to the pressure
on Israel – and its allies – to bring an end to its military offensive,
in which it has killed more than 38,000 Palestinians, according to the
Gaza health ministry.... READ MORE https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/19/israels-settlement-policies-break-international-law-court-finds?CMP=share_btn_url
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The ICJ Ruling Confirms What Palestinians Have Been Saying for 57 Years
Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal, a form of apartheid, and must end, says the U.N.’s high court at The Hague.
The United Nation’s top court filed a ruling Friday that echoed what Palestinian advocates have been saying for decades: Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land, including its settlements in the West Bank, is illegal and must end.
The International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion also called for
reparations for Palestinians who have lived under Israel’s occupation
since it began in 1967, an unprecedented step for the court. The court
also notably declared Israel’s mistreatment of Palestinians to be a form
of segregation and apartheid. It further ruled that nations cannot
offer aid in support of the illegal occupation without violating
international law, and upheld the Palestinians’ right to
self-determination.
Advisory opinions from the ICJ are not
legally binding and cannot, in itself, force a country to act. But their
legal and moral weight can have significant influence on countries’
decisions and foreign policy.... READ MORE https://theintercept.com/2024/07/19/icj-ruling-palestine-israel-occupation-settlements/
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Wednesday, May 29, 2024
West Bank village, proudly self-reliant, now faces wartime hostility [from Israel]
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| Farkha's Mayor Mustafa Hammad points to Israeli settlements and outposts he worries may soon cut off the village form its farmland, April 24, 2024 |
| FARKHA, West Bank
While most villages across the beleaguered West Bank lie dormant, Farkha buzzes with activity.
Farmers plant summer vegetables and wheat, blacksmiths weld iron gates, women prepare jarred pickles and jams for sale, and dozens gather in the recently opened cafe.
This Palestinian village, which a year and a half ago was found to be witnessing a revival built on self-sufficiency and an everyone-pitches-in philosophy, is faring better than most amid Israeli settler attacks, military road closures, and a suffocated economy.
Why We Wrote This
A story focused on
Long before the war in Gaza erupted, Monitor reporters covering the West
Bank found a remarkable story of self-sufficiency in Farkha, a village
frustrated by inattentive local governance. The war has brought new
threats, so our reporters returned.
Yet the feel-good vibes and flurry of activity mask a harsher reality: Farkha is under threat.
While its indigenous concept of Al Ouneh – collective philanthropy and communal farming – is keeping it afloat, residents say that this is not enough to shield the village from the closures and a legion of armed and organized far-right settlers.
Residents say that in a war, it takes more than a village.... READ MORE https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2024/0524/west-bank-farmers-israel-settlers-war
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READ GOOD ARTICLES (or quotes or watch videos) IN FULL: HELP
SHAPE ALGORITHMS (and
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DECENCY, DIGNITY, JUSTICE &
PEACE... and hopefully
Palestine]
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Israel Officially Banned the Palestine Flag from 1967 to1993 (Occupation to Oslo) ... WATERMELONS
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| Artworks using these four colors were banned by Israeli law in the 1980s. This ban ended in 1993. |
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| Early 1900's photo of watermelon vendors in #Gaza #Palestine! |
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Watermelon market outside Jaffa Gate at the base of the Citadel walls, #Jerusalem, #Palestine...Circa 1900's     |
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| Protest for Palestine |
After Israel occupied the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in 1967, it banned the Palestinian flag, which was lifted after the signing of the Oslo Peace Accords in 1993. They are routinely confiscated by the Israeli police.[5] Israel's restriction on the Palestinian flag were criticized by Amnesty International as an attempt to legitimize racism, adding that the Palestinian flag has been used for the past decades as "a symbol of unity and resistance to Israel’s unlawful occupation".
The use of the watermelon as a Palestinian symbol has appeared in the wake of Israel's restrictions of Palestinian flags.
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| Beesan Arafat (@beesanarafat on Instagram), a Palestinian-Jordanian artist in England, depicts a slice of watermelon on a Hebron plate. |
The use of the watermelon as a Palestinian symbol has come as a response to Israel's confiscation of Palestinian flags.
Some people have a country they live in. We have a country that
lives within us. This collection of essays is a journey into the heart
and soul of a Palestinian who shares personal stories, reflections, and
feelings about Palestine and the diaspora. Through these writings, you
will discover a country that is not just a place on a map but a living
presence in the minds and hearts of its people. A SEED IN THE FRUIT OF PALESTINE ESSAYS BY MIKE ODETALLA
Thanks Mike!
Thursday, May 2, 2024
"The Zionist is not the Jew, The time before Zionism in Palestine, When people lived together in peace and harmony, Jews, Samaritans, Christians, Muslims, Druze, Baha’i, and many others of these spiritual and religious in Palestine, Who lived together for many centuries, before colonialism arrived to our land,, Zionism is not Judaism"
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| The time before Zionism in Palestine, when people lived together in peace and harmony |
From the time of pre-Zionism in Palestine,When people lived together in peace and harmony,Jew, Samaritan, Christian, Muslim, Druz, Baha'is, and many more of these spiritual and religious destinations in Palestine,Those who lived together for long centuries, before colonialism arrived to our country,Apart from talking about any political solutions, we see that the only, natural and appropriate solution is to return to the pre-occupational greed.The day we were together living together,When the Palestinian Jew was living with Muslims, Christians, Samaritans, and others, in Nablus, Safed, Jerusalem, Hebron, and some other cities and villages, in harmony and harmony, when the Jew was with the Christian and the Muslim participated in sports teams and played on the name of the Palestinian national team, when the Jewish was with the Christian, and the Muslim and others, in the Palestinian political parties,It is a stage before the Zionist movement comes and spoils this harmony and this state of common livingThe Zionist is not the Jew,The time before Zionism in Palestine,When people lived together in peace and harmony,Jews, Samaritans, Christians, Muslims, Druze, Baha’i, and many others of these spiritual and religious in Palestine,Who lived together for many centuries, before colonialism arrived to our land,,Zionism is not Judaism
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Friday, December 22, 2023
Up on the border of Israel (actually occupied Syria) and Syria with Lebanon, is the ancient site of the Hellenistic era town... the source of the river Jordan
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| Caesarea Philippi also known as Banias; the source of the river Jordan. |
St.George's College Jerusalem
Advent Calendar Day 17
Caesarea Philippi also known as Banias; the source of the river Jordan.
Up on the border of Israel (actually occupied Syria) and Syria with Lebanon, is the ancient site of the Hellenistic era town. Its beauty and historical significance means this is often a highlight for pilgrims. As well as the place where Jesus said that he would build the Church upon St Peter as the rock, this may also have been the place of Jesus’s transfiguration.
“Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say that the Son of Man is?’” Matt 16:13
https://biblehub.com/niv/matthew/16.htm
Peter Declares That Jesus Is the Messiah
13When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”
14They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
15“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”
16Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
17Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. 18And I tell you that you are Peter, b and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades c will not overcome it. 19I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be d bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be e loosed in heaven.” 20Then he ordered his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.
Banias does not appear in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
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| Banias Waterfall |
Banias or Banyas (Arabic: بانياس الحولة; Modern Hebrew: בניאס; Judeo-Aramaic, Medieval Hebrew: פמייס, etc.;[2] Ancient Greek: Πανεάς) is a site in the Golan Heights near a natural spring, once associated with the Greek god Pan.
Etymology
In the Bible, Golan is mentioned as a city of refuge located in Bashan: Deuteronomy 4:43, Joshua 20:8, 1 Chronicles 6:71.[27] 19th-century authors interpreted the word Golan (Hebrew: גולן) as meaning "something surrounded, hence a district".[28][29]
The Greek name for the region is Gaulanîtis (Γαυλανῖτις).[30] In the Mishna the name is Gablān similar to Aramaic language names for the region: Gawlāna, Guwlana and Gublānā.[30]
The Arabic names are Jawlān[30] and Djolan (Arabic: جولان) and are Arabized versions of the Canaanite and Hebrew name "Golan".[31] Arab cartographers of the Byzantine period referred to the area as jabal (جَبَل, 'mountain'), though the region is a plateau.[32][dubious ]
The name Golan Heights was not used before the 19th century.[27]
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