Its great to see Chlöe not backing down. There is way too much kowtowing towards Israel and handwringing as they pursue their genocide on Palestinians. The offending phrase "from the river to the sea... " is a unifying call to all Palestinians on either ...
This is a world wide phenomenon and not just restricted to dairy farming. Any attempts to protect drinking water meet huge pushback from powerful and deep pocketed agro industrialists. Iowa water tried to make runoff a responsibility of farmers but was ...
Thats a great article and really refreshing to see these sorts of views being published in NZ and from our universities too!
Hard bargaining from Biden?? Not even a hiccup in the supply of weapons to rain down on Gaza as far as I can see. Only continual reinforcement of US support for Israel and by implication, its active genocide in Gaza. It would be far simpler to make a case ...
Absolutely and good to see pressure being applied to all those previously shirking. If the US could manage $300M even with such a strong Israel lobby then it should be an easy thing for the rest of the world to replace.
UNRWA is mandated by the UN to serve Palestinian refugees whom are uniquely defined by the UN. Under UNRWA, a Palestinian refugee is defined as any person whose normal place of residence was Palestine during the period 1 June 1946 to 15 May 1948 and lost ...
As does China
The underlying reason for cutting UNWRA is that it gives Palestinians in Gaza who are descendents of the Nakba continuos refugee status and following from this, the right of return. Israel wants right of return to end and if this is the end of UNRWA or if ...
According to Wikipedia China is the top world economy by PPP in projections by the IMF for 2024. And yet I cannot find them on a list of the top 20 donor countries to the UNWRA for 2022. Neither in a list of pledges for 2023 (pdf) This is not good enough. ...
The Israeli case centred on self defence. The only other argument was that the ICJ did not have jurisdiction. Its incredible that you can believe that a state can invade and occupy another state and then claim self defence when the locals fight back. The ...
You're right on funding. The ICJ says there is a case to answer on genocide, specifically stating the extent with statements of facts as they stand, and Biden's answer is to cut the one last line of humanitarian aid, the effect of which will be to hasten ...
Trump partially cut funding. Biden cut the whole lot off. You might find that part of the problem with Bidens collapsing vote is that people are thouroughly nauseated by endless lesser evil arguments.
Well, show me an organisation with 100% purity. Further, 0.04% alleged contamination is a good approximation to zero. Also, speaking of form, Israel has form both in targeting aid agencies working in Gaza and extracting confessions through torture. From ...
Craig Murray queued through two wintry nights in The Hague to be one of the 14 people to get admitted to the ICJ hearings. He is a very experienced ex diplomat, used to unpacking these types of documents and is quietly surprised by the depth of trouble ...
Thats priceless
Thank you Alwyn
Israel has destroyed almost all hospitals. 85% of the Gazan population is internally displaced and at best, living in tents. It is winter. There is little to no access to food and no sanitation. Famine and disease are already taking hold. These kinds of ...
Shipping that is in the service of the Israeli genocide is no longer legal. Nations are on notice that any support of the destruction of the Palestinian people will bring consequences. The UNSC resolution supporting free passage in the Red Sea has now been...
My bad. As a percentage its 0.04
The US and probably Luxon are desperate to unlink Gaza and Yemen but this will be increasingly difficult especially with the ICJ ruling and the consequence that all nations are obliged to now intervene to ensure Palestinians are protected. The US, Canada, ...
Sorry Dennis, but Israel really really hates losing control of the narrative. Western moral superiority has just become dust and all those supporting Israel can now legitimately be called genocide enablers. We are involved in bombing Sanaa in Yemen now. We...
They can't ignore it forever. Not many people thought that the ICJ ruling would go this far. They have completely ignored the protestations from Israel and almost unanimously agreed that there is a case to be answered. Palestinians in Gaza are now a ...
No comment links are frowned upon at the Standard I think. If you have an opinion state it.
It will get worse. Now the US has reinstalled the blockade of Yemen, that country, which has already been devastated by UK and US weaponry in the service of Saudi Arabia, will now be devastated again directly by the US. Last time even the New York Times ...
"An absolute tsunami of aid trucks refused entry into Gaza". Starvation of 2 million Palestinians as a weapon of war. Also, bombing of hospitals now not even claiming the presence of Hamas. Ethnic cleansing at its most brutal
I know the phrase has a nice ring to it but theres nothing slippery slope about sovereignty. Its more like virginity. One minute you have it, then you don't. But unlike losing your virginity, with sovereignty you may not realise you've lost it till you try...
What absolute rubbish. Of course the choices you make with regard to weaponry impact on sovereignty! Australia made a careful study of going nuclear submarine before rejecting it in favour of the conventional French design precisely over sovereignty issues...
The duck duck go link doesnt appear to work so you will have to do that work yourself using the supplied phrase. Heres HRW though https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/09/21/us-war-crimes-yemen-stop-looking-other-way
Absolutely TM. It really is that simple. Instead we have Yemen once again blockaded by the US having just come out of a blockade that cost 80000 childrens deaths. At the height, one child was dying from malnutrition every 9 minutes. Thats starving to death...
Look SPC, I can be a bit dim but a light just illuminated in my head that said for you to be upset at a comment directed at yourself with the phrase "people like you" , and call me antisemitic, you may be an Israeli. If this is the case, I unreservedly ...
I've no idea what you're talking about. Its a reference to your support of Maersk profits against Palestinian lives. I would add that obviously, the relationship is an inverse one.
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