The ANC was also declared a terrorist oganisation by the US and UK with Mandela himself not removed from the US terror list till 2008. In those days there were many people making the same arguments as you that boiled down to all the deaths of black people ...
Israel has now fully demonstrated why UNRWA must be maintained and strengthened. The horror of non UN aid trucks being used in North Gaza as bait to bring out desperately starving Palestinians from their hiding places in order to massacre more than 100, ...
I think you'll find that ACC is the only health insurance in the world that is fully funded for all future claims. The accumulation of reserves on top of being fully funded represents theft from the present where it could be used rather than attempting to ...
Absolutely they lie. No one anywhere has seen any evidence of these accusations. What we do know is that the genocidal madman, Netanyahu, is hell bent on eliminating UNRWA and with it, the right of return for all present and future descendents of the ...
Well said alwyn. Until the Greens and/or Te Pati Maori can attract and maintain a significant voting block it is unlikely we will see any real change.
Yes. The situation is beyond dire. There is no attempt by the IDF or the government to hide the depravity of the soldiers behaviour. The Israeli minister of defence Yoav Gallant, did tell his soldiers at the beginning of the operation that all constraints ...
For the third time, the US vetoes an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. In this iteration, brought by Algeria, the US was the lone vote against, with the UK abstaining. The Algerian UN ambassador rightly stated: "the United States veto should be understood as "...
Except now you do. As a first step towards what? And item three reads like a cotinuation of the current apartheid set up. We already have a PA security responsibility subservient to the IDF and unable to protect Palestinians from settler violence. Yours is...
"Agreement" is the tricky thing. "Agreement" to a cease fire would end it too. Problem is that the current leadership of Israel will not "agree" to anything that does not extinguish the already fragile rights of Palestinians. They would jump at the chance ...
Does not require the wrecking of UNRWA and putting your number one step as implementing the thing that Netanyahu so desperately desires. It shows your always close to the surface lack of concern for Palestinians and your default of siding with Israel. You ...
Your proposed road map falls over at step one. Proposing to scrap UNRWA ticks one of the boxes that Netanyahu is so desperate to accomplish. In the immediate short term it shows a complete lack of any compassion to Palestinians. This is absolutely the only...
The wheels of justice turn slowly but the ICJ ruling is starting to be felt. NZ, Aus and Canada are now begging Israel not to increase military operations in Rafah. They stop short of cease fire but do cite the ICJ ruling as an unequivocal set of criteria ...
Ok Weka. Thanks. I think I get that now. Its the inclusiveness. Creating the conditions for antisemitism is as bad as creating the conditions for Islamaphobia. However, I would add that it can be a very small step from there to the outrageous manipulation ...
I find it strange that the agressors in this slaughter still get to talk about their hurt feelings and even stranger that they get to interpret meaning for the Palestinian struggle. I have posted above a Palestinian description of the meaning. It seems ...
If Chlöe gets to be co leader of the Greens, there will be a lot of pressure applied to her from the right. They will see this as the surest way to destroy her and splinter the Greens. She is going to need a lot of strength and support to stay true. If she...
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
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