Clarification of the countries(التوضيح عن الدول)
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As a (previously privileged white) South African, who grew up in the apartheid era, I am not in a position to answer the question of European attitudes. As a historian I immediately recalled the Warsaw resistance to the Nazi forces bent on destroying the ghetto resistance in 1944. It took them 63 days to accomplish it; now the hunted becomes the hunter.
I firmly believe that religion forms the strongest component of culture (Western European Christian values - in spite of the fact that Europeans in general are only nominal Christians) and may be the underlying ground in general attitudes.
It is ironic that world opinion now favours one of the basic principles of apartheid - separate states for different cultural groups (in South Africa race-based). It was of course also the case with the founding of Pakistan and India where atrocities similar to that in Gaza happened.
I am personaly shaped (or biased) by my mixture of races and cultures: French Hugeneot (massacred by Catholics), German Lutherans and German Jewish, Cape Khoisan and slaves from India (Hindu and Muslim).
Dear Ali - the simple answer is: they don't. But the question is wrongly put. It's onesided and reduces a complicated conflict into a simple yes/no question.
Could you rephrase your question in a way that gets deeper into the complexities of the Middle East?
Bonjour;
il suffit d’analyser attentivement l'histoire de la région du proche orient notamment la Palestine antique et moderne pour bien comprendre la réalité du conflit a démission multiple.
merci!
To get somewhere in this discussion, I propose (at least) three parts:
1. The occupation of the Westbank is at this point, after 56 years, to be considdered illegal, the settlements are illegal, the harrassment of the palestinian people is illegal etc. These politics should never have been tolerated by European countries or any other countries.
2. The massacre of Hamas on 7 October is a horroble crime that cannot be excused in any way, neither historically nor politically. It's just a pogrom like the kossacks in Russia in the 19th century. To celebrate it as an act of liberation is a crime, too, or at least a fatal misunderstanding.
3. The bombing of Gaza that is presently going on, is a matter of war ethics and for sure there is much to be said about human rights and the protection of civilians. Revenge is never a good politics, creates suffering and pain.
As I see it, we have to distinguish between various historical phases and political spheres before we condemn this or that action.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
comment explique -en la rage des hostilités de l’état d'occupation sioniste contre des civiles a main nue???????a l'encontre de cela la civilisation démocratique européenne croise bizarrement les bras sans intervenir malgré que cette civilisation prédit la clairance & tolérance??????
Tal como dice mi colega Monica Jaeckel, la respuesta podría estar en https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/11/israel-palestine-war-biden-zelenskiy, el sindrome del Holocausto y el miedo al lobby israelí
Absolutfly! I fully agree with ODed Na’aman. In conclusion let me refer to a small village in the middle of Israel, Neve Shalom/ Wahat Al-Salam. Jews and Palestinians are volontarily living a working together. Check their homepage, wasns.net, especially their School for Peace. Help me support them.
I think one reason for the current situation is the failure of the two-state solution. Apparently, Israel has successfully convinced the European countries that in terms of geopolitics existence of the two states is not possible.
Besides, mainstream Ideas and hypotheses should not be ignored. European governments, just like institutions, companies, universities, and individuals, remain silent when there is no clear solution that justifies the cost of opposition to the mainstream.
Let me give this thought: "we should be for both sides", true, but here in Italy there is only one side, on all the media, press, TV, only the Israeli point of view is considered, reporters are all based in Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv, images on the screens show only Israeli soldiers and tanks crushing on "Hamas terrorists" that "hide inside hospitals", not one single image of the devastation in Gaza is shown, not one wounded Palestinian child or woman is shown, no figures of the over 11000 dead and almost 30000 wounded are mentioned, almost no news are given on the giant demonstrations pro-Palestine held world-wide. On the contrary, pictures of Israeli hostages are always on the front page of major Italian newspapers, and all "anti-semitic" actions are severely denounced, Italian parliament (governed by an extreme right party) is staunchly pro Israel. What can be my conclusions? Italy, like the European parliament (with some laudible exceptions like Ireland) will continue to back Israel in whatever it does, including being silent about all that has preceded the October 7 events.
These countries were, and in some cases still are, colonizing nations. When they look at Israel, they see themselves reflected back, along with the attendant colonial anxiety, and 'racial' superiority, that fellow traveler justifying colonial expansion. That there was, and remains, strong right wing political leanings in these countries evidences the attractiveness of this racialized thinking.
This is perhaps an unhelpfully-framed question, as the circumstances in Palestine & Israel are far from straightforward (the reshowing of the excellent documentary, directed by Norma Percy, evidences this). One could argue that the mass demonstrations on the streets of European capitals, ostensibly demonstrating support for the 'crimes' of Hamas are evidence to the contrary of the suppositions of the question.
In fact, Europe has a long and disturbing history of anti-semitism - one which long predates the nazi atrocities - and it appears that it does not take very much to trigger widespread anti-semitic behaviour. This might possibly in some instances suggest why some nations or cultures might over-compensate in support or opposition. And it also may indicate why some nations (and perhaps the UK is one of those) which seem to work in a very laboured way at the construction of some kind of 'balance' which does not really satisfy either of the two warring parties.
this question is extremely fraught and complicated, but let's start by opening up the domain of human rights: what states uphold human rights? does Hamas support human rights? (answer: no). Does Iran support human rights? (answer: no).
Does any state in the world provide a perfect example of supporting human rights? (answer: not to my knowledge. Every state fails in some dimension, though some are better than others).
As to EU states "supporting" the "crimes of the Israeli occupation" : It is not clear to me what you mean by "supporting" nor what specifically you mean by "crimes of the Israeli occupation". There have been calls from Europe for a ceasefire. There have been large pro-Palestinian demonstrations. But should we believe that Hamas is interested in "human rights"? That is clearly not the case.
Israel defends its own right to exist. Do you deny that right? Hamas has in its charter the destruction of Israel. So: that is a fundamental conflict. Hamas attacked Israel to provoke war. Hamas got what it wanted.
The utter brutality of this war brutalizes all of humanity. Peace is achievable when these warring descendants of Abraham put down their weapons and learn compassion for all humanity.
Kevin Moss Alice Bullard , in your opinion, do the Palestinians of Gaza have the "right to exist"? Or, as you put it, are the Palestinians of Gaza and the occupied West Bank, all "terrorists", including babies in incubators, old people and women? What about the dozens of journalists killed this past month, and UN personnel, I suppose their "right to exist" is also dubious, since in your opinion, just speaking about what Israel is doing at the moment is equal to anti-semitism. I wonder, I don't know what Europe you are talking about, because the Europe we see in Europe is persistently pro-Israel (right, center, mild left governments), with very few exceptions, and has presented only one country, for the past year and a half, as an oppressor of human rights and a war mongering invader of Ukraine, Putin's Russia, against which heavy sanctions have been decreed, sanctions which are dragging us common citizens into a bottomless hole of rising prices and inflation. Or, is this anti-semitism too?
I stuck my neck out to provide some thoughts. My view is not that of any state nor of any partisan position. I believe in peace & non-violence. That is not the path chosen by Hamas nor Likud. There are numerous horrific conflicts in this world with untold human suffering. I grieve for all the victims and I hold hope for all humanity to wake up and take the path of non-violence.
Hi, I am not entirely sure how to answer your question, if indeed it actually was a question.
Firstly, in my earlier response I did not, at any point, state that (to quote your specific words) "the Palestinians of Gaza and the occupied West Bank, all "terrorists", including babies in incubators, old people and women". If there is to be any basis for a rational discourse about this matter, it is essential that we do not put our own words in other people's mouths.
Secondly, I questioned the original post because it does not (necessarily) reflect an accurate picture of European countries. In the UK, we were having 'pro-Palestinian' demonstrations, calling for the annihilation of Israel, before the Israeli armed forces went back into Gaza, immediately after Hamas' atrocities. Indeed, many leftwing ideologues almost gave Hamas a free pass, on the basis that Israel 'had it coming'. That is quite a worrying perception to observe within a professedly civilised Western culture.
Thirdly, I recommended the historic (1998) documentary about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict because it is so palpably unbiased, and is so heavily dependent upon eyewitness testimony. Reading the history is difficult because it is so emotive, and because the issues are so complex. The BBC are reshowing this documentary here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001sfvq/the-fifty-years-war-israel-and-the-arabs-eyewitness-to-history-norma-percy-on-the-fifty-years-war
Fourthly, the Europe I am describing is the Europe which has always, in various ways, struggled with anti-semitism. I am not asserting that all Europeans are currently universally anti-semitic, I am merely alluding to an unfortunate fact of our history. For decades, there has been a steady flow of Jewish emigrations from France, for example, due to anti-semitic oppressions there. In the UK, synagogues and Jewish schools are routinely vandalised (and this before the current crisis). Fairly recently, there have been well-documented instances of anti-semitism within the UK's Labour Party. Whatever Europe might or might not be, it is certainly not "persistently pro-Israel" as you assert.
Fifthly, I am not at all sure why you would wish to drag Putin into this topic. Putin is entirely his own phenomenon. Whilst Israel is certainly not a Perfect State, it is a model of freedom and democracy in comparison with Russia.
Maybe Ali Saadi Abdulzahra Jubeir who started the topic, should answer Kevin Moss and his last statement that Israel is a "model of freedom and democracy", since he speaks of the "crimes of (Israeli) occupation". I call myself out, but I'm sure of two things: first, Israel will not look more democratic by just blaming everything on Hamas and Hezbollah, and second, a lot of people everywhere who were not and have never been anti-semitic or anti-Jews will become now the exact opposite.
Alice Bullard Unsuccessful answer
What human rights are you talking about?
(Israel) kills women and children and is an occupying and settlement state.
The resistance in Palestine has the right to defend itself and regain its stolen rights.
la règle internationale de droit l'homme c'est une règle commune doit s'appliquée impérativement par tout les monde sans ambiguïté raciale ou religieuse...... ceci ne s'observe pas dans les conflits de proche orient????comment peut - en expliquer cette sporadicité et atrocité ?????
@Paola
You do seem pretty determined to try and make me say the one thing I was being careful to avoid saying. What I actually said (about Israel) was "it is a model of freedom and democracy in comparison with Russia" (italics added this time for emphasis). I am not mindlessly applauding everything about the State of Israel, as clearly there are things which any thinking person ought to be concerned about. It does, however, compare favourably when you contrast it with other nation-states (and you yourself drew the strange connection with Putin). Those who appear to relish pointing the finger at Israel, rarely apply the same consistency to Syria, or Egypt, or Lebanon, or a multitude of other situations, where the human-rights abuses are comparatively in a different league.
It might be pertinent to raise the influence of Zionist movement at this time, begun in Eastern and Central Europe and systematized in Austria in 1897. The Ottoman Empire rejected the idea of an autonomous Palestine but in 1903 the British government offered 6,000 square miles (15,500 square km) of uninhabited Uganda for settlement. The Zionists preferenced Palestine. This was 'codified' in the league of Nations by Britain in 1922, following the Balfour Declaration five years earlier. At this time Zionism represented only a small minority of Jews, mostly from Russia, though the movement was headed by Austrians and Germans. Following the horrors of WW2, many Jewish people migrated to the U.S. where Zionism grew. The original impetus was the same as across Europe in general towards the end of the 1800's, rising Nationalisms, which then brought us to the major conflagration of WW1. Nationalism, in whatever form, is not in the service of peace.
When viewed locally, many things don't seem to make sense. To understand the process of this war we must unite it with that of Ukraine, the power grabs in Africa and the threat to Taiwan and South Korea. In reality, we are already in a strange third world war, this time focused on achieving control of the current international exchange currency, displacing the dollar in that capacity. The strategy is simple but effective: reduce Europe's ability to obtain energy of any kind, to force them to buy it from distributors who do not accept dollars for it. With that alone, commercial exchange using dollars would be ruined. That is why the United States has spent so much money supporting Ukraine, Europe's main source of external electrical energy, and has almost exhausted the oil reserve it had to guarantee its offensive capacity and withstand energy-cost countermeasures. If they manage to take away the hegemony of the dollar in the world economy, the United States with the weight of its own internal debt would eventually collapse without any need to attack it frontally. That is why Israel's obsessive tendency to take over the Gaza Strip was taken advantage of, putting them in a trap of epic proportions while militarily all the countries antagonistic to the USA and Israel had been strengthened to generate a regional war that for the first time in decades It is not favorable to this duo of countries against the countries of the region. Europe knows that if Israel falls, oil supplies for Europe will have to be paid in a currency other than the dollar (or its own) and that puts them under the tutelage of the countries that are generating this war. Something they want to avoid at all costs.
A journal article from 1991 titled: Apartheid outside Africa: The Case of Israel
See Link: https://journals.iupui.edu/index.php/iiclr/article/view/17379
Thank you for the interest in the article:
Try this other link
https://mckinneylaw.iu.edu/iiclr/pdf/vol2p221.pdf
Thank you @Martin; I could download it and read it later. Seems well researched.
A report by Amnesty International from 2022: Title: Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians: a cruel system of domination and a crime against humanity
See Link: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/02/israels-apartheid-against-palestinians-a-cruel-system-of-domination-and-a-crime-against-humanity/
There are several reasons for this support:
1) genuine feelings of guilt for the role the gov´ts of these countries played in the Holocaust
2) attempts at "white-washing" the record -- or "correcting, or making good or making up for those crimes" -- by giving and showing support for the "Jewish state" (even though the crimes of the holocaust were committed against Jews as Jews, who were not necessarily supporting the idea of a state for the Jews)
3) these European states want to be on the good side of the US and fear reprisals from the US if they criticize Israel in a significant manner
4) Israeli high-tech is very much admired and desired, also by advanced countries, this includes very advanced surveillance systems developed by Israel, also weapons sales in both directions (Israel uses the weapons it develops in real combat or attack situations, against Arab states or the Palestinian population, and then can advertise its weapons as "combat-tested")
5) commercial interests -- Israel is a big partner of the EU in all areas. Israeli banks and other firms have very good connections with previous USSR countries, also because those countries admire authoritarian regimes
6) very important cooperation with Israeli intelligence and secret services in preventing "terrorism" in Europe and against European institutions abroad
7) long-existing western racism against people from the orient, due to skin color and cultural and religious (vs Islam) differences
parmi les caractéristiques les plus marquantes durant l' historie du peuple juif qui se compte essentiellement minoritaire par rapport aux autres religions ; sa puissante malléabilité et son aisance spectaculaire de traiter avec le monde de finance et de sa forte teneur de liens de spéculations accrues des transactions des biens chers , ce qui a engendré a l 'encontre des dettes colossales et des dues inestimables causer par des différents aspects de défaillances organisationnelle et sociétales observées envers ses entités intelligentes et viseuses ceci a contribué a la longue de l'histoire humain; la prolifération d'un autre genre qui mène parfaitement le monde de l'argent et des biens précieux pour dominer la majorités désormais obsolète par son incapacité de concourir ce géant au pied d'argile ; et pour ne pas que cette mise de face pérennise; l'occident se rendra compte de trouver une solution radicale et durable par l’éloignement massif des juifs de son existence proche et futuriste . la solution idéale est de les extrader vers la Palestine la terre promise par le peuple hébreu .
AP News, Dec. 20, 2023, The Israeli army has raided and detained staff at two of the last functioning hospitals in Gaza’s north, "...Israel bombarded towns across southern Gaza Tuesday with airstrikes, .. pressing ahead with its offensive with renewed backing from the United States, despite rising international alarm... Israeli troops have raided a series of hospitals and shelters in the north, detaining men in a search for militants and expelling others taking refuge there... Gallant said that in southern Gaza, operations will take “months,” ... “We will not stop until we reach our goals,” he said... Rafah, which is in the southern part of Gaza and where Israel has told Palestinians to seek shelter, has been repeatedly bombarded, often killing large numbers of civilians...Fierce battles also raged in northern Gaza, which has been reduced to a wasteland seven weeks after Israeli tanks and troops stormed in..."
Read on
https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-news-12-19-2023-226fdce935f5797ba8abc9ae4ad857cb
See Also:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/War_Peace
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_and_history_serving_political_and_ideological_totalitarianism
7 October was a very, very sad day. What followed is also very, very, very sad.
Problem for the IDF: When the IDF killed an Aljazeera correspondent, the IDF stated that they would not prosecute a soldier of the IDF. What now after the killing of the three hostages by IDF members?
Violence begets violence and people react in insane ways.
le conflit au proche orient dans sa dimension la géo-stratégique la la plus large: Palestino-arabo -musulman a mis en péril la loi internationale précisément le rôle du conseil de sécurité des nations-unies devant ces obligations malheureusement anéanti a chaque fois par le veto occidental notamment des usa le complice N:1 de l'état sioniste, cela va élargir le fossé entre les deux monde :musulman /judo-chrétien dont une guerre sans merci qui se déclenchera dés la goutte qui débordera la vase, pour cela il judicieux que la voix de la sagesse s'élève & s’intensifia en faveur d'une paix équitable & durable entre les deux entités antagoniste .
Hussein Al-Sheikh responds to Netanyahu – Its name is Palestine and it will remain Palestine. "Hussein Al-Sheikh, Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, responded this evening, Monday, December 18, 2023, to a tweet by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which he said, “I will not allow Hamas to be replaced by Fatahistan.”". Read on: https://us.firenews.video/politics/hussein-al-sheikh-responds-to-netanyahu-its-name-is-palestine-and-it-will-remain-palestine/
la Palestine ne sera guère un état indépendant a cause de l'encrage des concepts sionistes: Fatahisten & Hamasistan ceci dit que le colonisateur a su planifier & entretenir pour des circonstances appropriées des slogans séparatrices entre la même composante ethnique afin d'enraciner & perpétue le principe de :séparer pour dominer puis gouverner; ceci engendra une fratricide au sein du même peuple. la cause Palestinienne ne peut donc voir le jour sans effacer a jamais l'antagonisme fatal que se soit politique ou existentiel entre le Fat-ah et le Hamas voire d'autres intervenants.
NHK WORLD-JAPAN, (11 hours ago), Malaysia bans Israeli-flagged ships from its ports. "The Malaysian government has banned Israel-flagged ships from docking at its ports in response to the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip. The government of the Muslim-majority nation says, "Israeli actions ignore basic humanitarian principles and violate international law through the ongoing massacre and brutality against Palestinians." It announced the sanctions in a statement on Wednesday. The government singled out one of Israel's biggest shipping companies ZIM. It also banned any ship en route to Israel from loading cargo at Malaysian ports..." Read on:
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20231221_29/
See Also:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/War_Peace
Rolling Stone, Dec. 21, 2023, by Nikki Mccann Ramirez, Israeli Evidence of Hamas Command Center in al-Shifa Hospital Falls Short: Report. An investigation by The Washington Post found that Israeli evidence attempting to justify its attack on al-Shifa Hospital holds little water. "... Israel for weeks had made public its preemptive justification for an incursion into a medical establishment that is typically protected under humanitarian law — asserting that al-Shifa contained a Hamas command center within a network of tunnels and secret rooms that used patients and doctors as human shields against Israeli military action. The Biden administration continues to back Israel’s position on the matter, and earlier this week reasserted their own claims of possessing [1] “evidence that Hamas was operating underneath al-Shifa Hospital before Israel attacked.”..To justify such a brutal attack, one would expect there to have been clear, irrefutable evidence of Hamas’ presence and use of the complex, but aside from a handful of weapons and some paraphernalia, the findings have been lackluster [2]. An analysis by The Washington Post of open-source materials and evidence provided by Israel in the aftermath of the attack found very little proof that the tunnels under al-Shifa led to a major Hamas command center.
It bears noting that Israel itself built some of the tunnels and rooms under al-Shifa in the 1980s, and their existence has been an open secret for decades. Following their incursion into the hospital, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) released footage of Israeli forces exploring the alleged network of Hamas tunnels within the medical complex. Analysis by the Post of tunnel footage, as well as maps and other materials released by the IDF, contradicted claims by Israel that several hospital buildings were connected to and could be accessed from within the tunnel network. The analysis also found that several small rooms attached to the tunnel, one of which the IDF had described as an evacuated Hamas “operational room,” contained no signs of recent use or occupancy.
A separate November analysis of IDF footage by CNN found that Israeli forces may have moved or rearranged weapons within al-Shifa Hospital before providing international news organizations access to the scene, prompting questions regarding the authenticity of the already limited findings provided by IDF forces..."
[1] https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-december-18-2023/
[2] https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-gaza-shifa-hospitals-a017ba154c816c8d565393917dadd9ee
Read on:
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/israeli-hamas-command-center-al-shifa-hospital-falls-report-1234934784/
See Also:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/War_Peace
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_and_history_serving_political_and_ideological_totalitarianism
This is the Washington Post article mentioned above: The case of al-Shifa: Investigating the assault on Gaza’s largest hospital, December 21, 2023, by Louisa Loveluck, Evan Hill, Jonathan Baran, Jarrett Ley and Ellen Nakashima, Excerpts: Weeks before Israel sent troops into al-Shifa Hospital, its spokesman began building a public case. The claims were remarkably specific — that five hospital buildings were directly involved in Hamas activities; that the buildings sat atop underground tunnels that were used by militants to direct rocket attacks and command fighters; and that the tunnels could be accessed from inside hospital wards. The assertions were backed by “concrete evidence,” Israel Defense Forces spokesman Daniel Hagari said as he laid out the case in an Oct. 27 briefing.
After storming the complex on Nov. 15, the IDF released a series of photographs and videos that it said proved its central point. “Terrorists came here to command their operations,” Hagari said in a video published Nov. 22, guiding viewers through an underground tunnel, illuminating dark and empty rooms beneath al-Shifa. But the evidence presented by the Israeli government falls short of showing that Hamas had been using the hospital as a command and control center... The Post’s analysis shows:
- The rooms connected to the tunnel network discovered by IDF troops showed no immediate evidence of military use by Hamas.
- None of the five hospital buildings identified by Hagari appeared to be connected to the tunnel network.
- There is no evidence that the tunnels could be accessed from inside hospital wards.
Hours before IDF troops entered the complex, the Biden administration declassified U.S. intelligence assessments that it said bolstered Israel’s claims. In the aftermath of the raid, Israeli and U.S. officials have stood firm behind their initial statements. “We are absolutely confident in the intelligence ... that Hamas was using it as a command and control node,” a senior administration official told The Post last week, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive findings. “Hamas had been holding the hostages in the hospital compound until shortly before Israel went in.” The U.S. government has not made any of the declassified material public and the official would not share the intelligence this assessment was based on... “Before, I was convinced that [al-Shifa] was where these operations were taking place,” a senior U.S. member of Congress told The Post, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter. But now, he said, “I think there has to be a new level of demonstration. They should have more proof at this point.” A doctor went to Gaza to help. What he saw there still haunts him... In the weeks since, other hospitals in Gaza have come under attack in ways that mirror what happened at al-Shifa — making the assault not just a watershed moment in the conflict, but a vital case study in Israel’s adherence to the laws of war...The al-Shifa medical complex was Gaza’s most advanced and best-equipped..."
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/21/al-shifa-hospital-gaza-hamas-israel/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzAzMTM0ODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzA0NTE3MTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MDMxMzQ4MDAsImp0aSI6IjY3OWNlZjUyLTQ4YzctNGIxOC1iMWJjLTZjZjgwNmRlYjQxOCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS93b3JsZC8yMDIzLzEyLzIxL2FsLXNoaWZhLWhvc3BpdGFsLWdhemEtaGFtYXMtaXNyYWVsLyJ9.HpNvv2OuSv3zQg51mFyvbZ_-vydK9uCnBBFlZyoDLE0
UN News, Dec. 22, 2023, Gaza crisis: Starvation must never be allowed to happen, says UN rights chief. As the Security Council prepared to meet once again in New York on Friday for a long-delayed vote on a pause in fighting to allow more aid into Gaza, UN rights chief Volker Türk added his voice to deep concerns over the rising threat of famine across the Strip. “'Starvation must never be a means or result of warfare,' UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Türk said, responding to an alarming food security report released on Thursday that confirmed repeated warnings of catastrophic hunger levels in the besieged enclave amid ongoing fighting. In a tweet, Mr. Türk urged Israel to act immediately to ensure that all those not involved in the clashes between Israeli Defense Forces and Hamas fighters “to facilitate humanitarian food deliveries commensurate with needs”...."
Read on:
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/12/1145047
See Also:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/War_Peace
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_and_history_serving_political_and_ideological_totalitarianism
Should we see this as a sign of hope? BBC News, Dec. 23, 2023, by Barbara Plett Usher, and Anthony Zurcher, Stakes are immense as Biden presses Israel to change course. ".. the American effort to shape and restrain Israel's war has taken the form of advice rather than pressure.. As the conflict wore on, they've also become more outspoken about the need to protect civilians, warning that not doing so would land Israel with a “strategic defeat”..."
Read on:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67788359
See Also:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/War_Peace
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_and_history_serving_political_and_ideological_totalitarianism
I think Biden is speaking out of the other side of his mouth. US support for Israel to keep killing is unwavering.
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP News, 8 hours ago) "More than 90 Palestinians, including dozens from an extended family, were killed in Israeli airstrikes on two homes in Gaza, rescuers and hospital officials said Saturday, a day after the U.N. chief warned that nowhere is safe in the territory and that Israel’s offensive creates “massive obstacles” to distribution of humanitarian aid..."
Read on:
https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-news-12-23-2023-982fae4d0802b20d2a90423445c9f64b
See Also:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_Conscience
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_and_history_serving_political_and_ideological_totalitarianism
In the same Vein. Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ, Dec.23, 2023), "...The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told Reuters and Agence France Press news agencies that it could not guarantee the safety of their journalists operating in the Gaza Strip... Journalists in Gaza face particularly high risks as they try to cover the conflict during the Israeli ground assault, including devastating Israeli airstrikes, disrupted communications, supply shortages and extensive power outages. As of December 23:
69 journalists and media workers were confirmed dead: 62 Palestinian, 4 Israeli, and 3 Lebanese.
15 journalists were reported injured.
3 journalists were reported missing.
20 journalists were reported arrested.
Multiple assaults, threats, cyberattacks, censorship, and killings of family members.
CPJ is also investigating numerous unconfirmed reports of other journalists being killed, missing, detained, hurt, or threatened, and of damage to media offices and journalists’ homes. “CPJ emphasizes that journalists are civilians doing important work during times of crisis and must not be targeted by warring parties,” said Sherif Mansour, CPJ’s Middle East and North Africa program coordinator. “Journalists across the region are making great sacrifices to cover this heart-breaking conflict. Those in Gaza, in particular, have paid, and continue to pay, an unprecedented toll and face exponential threats. Many have lost colleagues, families, and media facilities, and have fled seeking safety when there is no safe haven or exit.”..."
Read on:
https://cpj.org/2023/12/journalist-casualties-in-the-israel-gaza-conflict/
See Also:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_Conscience
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_and_history_serving_political_and_ideological_totalitarianism
Merry Christmas to All Colleagues and Hope for Better Tomorrows for Humanity.
Open letter from the Palestinian Patriarch "from https://groupegaullistesceaux.fr/ (Own Translation from French)": Michel Sabbah, the former Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, addressed the global public from the birthplace of Christ in Beit Lahm, through the "Palestine 100 Initiative" platform, for this year's Christmas. In a message dedicated to war-fallen Gaza, the Patriarch said, "Christmas this year, in Beit Lahm and all over the world, is a prayer to God Almighty, to stop the war in Gaza and all of Palestine. During these days, many direct their eyes and hearts to Beit Lahm, but only an hour away, they see the war in Gaza, where humans are buried beneath the rubble of their own homes, they see children beneath the rubble, they see humanity beneath the rubble."
He regarded the war as a genocide of Palestinians, adding that Palestinians and Christians witnessing the genocide during these specific times, "must recognize that Christmas this year should not be restricted to Beit Lahm solely but must traverse to every oppressed human, particularly on the Holy Land, and it makes its way to Gaza and all of Palestine, where death reigns supreme". The patriarch called for an end to the aggressive genocide in Gaza, calling on Christians around the world to support and defend the Palestinian cause. “Gaza deserves liberation, independence and peace,” the patriarch said, adding that the root causes of war and occupation must be investigated, as Gaza and Palestine have a long history of war.
Reuters, December 25, 2023, Thousands march in Rabat demanding end to Morocco-Israel ties. Thousands of protesters staged one of the largest pro-Palestinian marches in Rabat on Sunday since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, demanding an end to Morocco’s ties with Israel. "...Despite their policy of normalizing ties with Israel, Moroccan authorities have continued to back the creation of a Palestinian state and have urged a ceasefire in Gaza and the protection of all civilians there. Although Morocco and Israel have not yet completed the process of setting up full embassies in each other's countries as they agreed, they have moved closer together, signing a defense cooperation pact.." Read on: https://www.brecorder.com/news/40280365/thousands-march-in-rabat-demanding-end-to-morocco-israel-ties
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https://www.researchgate.net/post/War_Peace
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_and_history_serving_political_and_ideological_totalitarianism
The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 26, 2023, by Omar Abdel-Baqui, Dov Lieber, and Carrie Keller-Lynn, Israel Weighs Egyptian Peace Deal as Airstrikes Expand in Southern Gaza. Palestinian medical authorities say about 250 people were killed in 24 hours "Israel’s war cabinet is discussing a sweeping Egyptian proposal to end Israel’s conflict with Hamas with a wider group of ministers, as domestic pressure grows to free the remaining Israeli hostages seized in October and regional powers look for ways to end nearly three months of airstrikes and fighting in Gaza. The wider security cabinet is now expected to review the Egyptian proposal on Tuesday night, but Israeli officials say it is unlikely that Israel can agree to any deal that would allow Hamas a role in Gaza after the war is over, as Egypt suggests..."
Read on:
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-airstrikes-expand-to-southern-gaza-as-it-reframes-focus-80d26dc4
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https://www.researchgate.net/post/War_Peace
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_and_history_serving_political_and_ideological_totalitarianism
In the Same Vein. Cleveland Jewish News (6 hrs ago), US has delivered over 10,000 tons of military equipment to Israel. The United States has delivered more than 10,000 tons of military weapons and equipment to Israel since the start of the war on Oct. 7, Channel 12 reported on Monday. "These shipments have arrived in 244 cargo planes and 20 ships. The Hamas terror group invaded the northwestern Negev on Oct. 7, murdering 1,200 people, mostly civilians, precipitating the launch of “Operation Swords of Iron” with support from Washington..."
Read on:
https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/jns/us-has-delivered-over-10-000-tons-of-military-equipment-to-israel/article_5c809011-fa0d-58b0-8849-7a97dbef2676.html
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https://www.researchgate.net/post/War_Peace
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_and_history_serving_political_and_ideological_totalitarianism
In the Same Vein. Anadolu Ajansi (1 hour ago), by Abdelraouf Arnaout, Israel attacked on 7 fronts since Oct. 7: Defense minister Yoav Gallant says "... Israel is "in a multi-front war,” he said at a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee hearing at the Knesset. “From the beginning, we were attacked from seven fronts – Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank, Iraq, Yemen, and Iran. We have already reacted and acted on six of these fronts,” he added, without providing further details. “There is no immunity for anyone,” Gallant said, citing a Defense Ministry statement.
Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip since a cross-border attack by the Palestinian group, Hamas, on Oct. 7, killing at least 20,915 Palestinians and injuring 54,918, according to local health authorities. The Israeli army has also staged raids on Palestinian towns in the occupied West Bank and exchanged cross-border fire with the Lebanese group, Hezbollah, since the outbreak of the conflict. Gallant said the Israeli war will be a "long, hard war.” without meeting the goals of the war, we will find ourselves in a situation where the problem will not be those who live near Gaza or live in the north; the problem will be that people will not want to live in a place where we do not know how to protect them,” he said.
Read on:
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-attacked-on-7-fronts-since-oct-7-defense-minister/3093040
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https://www.researchgate.net/post/War_Peace
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_and_history_serving_political_and_ideological_totalitarianism
NewsBytes, Dec 26, 202, by Riya Baibhawi, Israel-Hamas war: 'Fighting unprecedented battle,' says October 7 attacks mastermind. "..Why does this story matter? ..."Over 21,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel since.. October 7... On Monday...PM Benjamin Netanyahu announced.."We're continuing to fight, and we're intensifying the fighting in the coming days. It's going to be a long war that's not close to ending."... Sinwar vowed to defeat the IDF, declaring that Hamas "will not be subject to the conditions of occupation".. This came as talks of a potential deal with Israel, drafted by Egypt, are underway... However, Hamas is yet to comment on the proposal officially... Meanwhile, the IDF has said that it is closed to capturing Sinwar... Earlier, the Israeli troops also dropped flyers over Gaza, offering a $400,000 reward for information on his location. Moreover, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said that Sinwar will soon "meet the barrels of our guns."...
Read on:
https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/world/israel-hamas-war-yahya-sinwar-s-first-statement-since-oct-7-attacks/story..
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https://www.researchgate.net/post/War_Peace
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_and_history_serving_political_and_ideological_totalitarianism
Comment on the Previous Article [1] in the form of Subsidiary Questions on the War on Gaza Objectives: (1) Eradicate Hamas? Leaders of Hamas aren't in Gaza. They are already in Qatar with their Families and Children. Some of them are in Turkey and other cozy shelters. (2) Liberate the hostages? These are in Gaza. If so why blindly bombing the territory? (3) Erasing Gaza and its Population? The macabre mission is in progress; but how far can it continue? (4) Shoot Sinwar? if so, we will be in a position to ask: All that for that?
[1] NewsBytes, Dec 26, 202, by Riya Baibhawi, Israel-Hamas war: 'Fighting unprecedented battle,' says October 7 attacks mastermind.
Read on:
https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/world/israel-hamas-war-yahya-sinwar-s-first-statement-since-oct-7-attacks/story..
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https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_Conscience
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_and_history_serving_political_and_ideological_totalitarianism
The State of Israel would fit Hannah Arendt's description of a totalitarian State...Arendt argues that totalitarianism was a "novel form of government," that "differs essentially from other forms of political oppression known to us such as despotism, tyranny and dictatorship" in that it applied terror to subjugate mass populations rather than just political adversaries. Further, Arendt states that, owing to its peculiar ideology and the role assigned to it in its apparatus of coercion, "totalitarianism has discovered a means of dominating and terrorizing human beings from within". From The Origins of Totalitarianism (1976). Listening to suited politicians from Israel and the U.S. Arendt's maxim of 'the banality of evil' also strikes a chord.
These Palestinians, Women, Children, and babies born or not yet who, one day voted for Hamas, are Less Than Nothing; Worth Nothing, Deserve Nothing, Not Even Decent Bombs. History will remember their Martyrdom and the Monstrosity of their Executioners. The Guardian (9 hours ago) by Harry Davies and Manisha Ganguly, Gaza war puts US’s extensive weapons stockpile in Israel under scrutiny. Israel appears to be receiving ammunition from stockpile, but there has been little transparency. "Their precise location is classified, but somewhere in Israel there are multiple closely guarded warehouses that contain billions of dollars' worth of weapons owned by the US government... Israel now appears to be receiving munitions from the stockpile in significant quantities for use in its war on Gaza,... There are widely held concerns that Israel's bombing of Gaza... the US is facing questions about the quantities and categories of bombs it is providing to Israel and the proportion being made available through the secretive pre-positioned stockpile... The full contents of the pre-positioned stockpile – known as the War Reserve Stocks for Allies-Israel (WRSA-I) ... “is full of so-called dumb munitions.. including “thousands of 'iron bombs ' ...”... In its latest aerial bombardment of Gaza, however, Israel has relied heavily on these lower-accuracy unguided munitions, which weapons experts say has undercut claims by the IDF that it is trying to minimize civilian casualties. Israel has not denied its use of unguided munitions, which can pose significant risks to civilians when used in densely populated areas... The unguided munitions, intended for Israel's ground campaign in Gaza, were held in large volumes in WRSA-I. The 155mm shells are particularly hazardous, according to Marc Garlasco, a former UN war crimes investigator, as each shell releases 2,000 lethal fragments, and “their accuracy degrades over distance, increasing the likelihood of civilians and civilian infrastructure getting hit by errant shells”. ..
Now, the White House is seeking to use its supplemental spending request to further relax rules related to WRSA-I, a move that senators led by Elizabeth Warren have said would harm their ability to “determine whether US assistance is contributing to disproportionate civilian harm” . Brian Finucane, a former legal adviser at the state department, said Israel enjoyed many existing exceptions from procedural safeguards in its defense partnership with the US, and “any additional shortcut in fuelling conflict in the Middle East should be concerning”. He said: “Do these arm transfers make sense strategically? Does pouring additional gasoline on the fire make sense in terms of US national interests or in achieving peace and stability in the region?”
Read on:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/27/gaza-war-puts-us-extensive-weapons-stockpile-in-israel-under-scrutiny
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https://www.researchgate.net/post/War_Peace
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_and_history_serving_political_and_ideological_totalitarianism
When we stop talking with the other. "Currently, it seems as if it is increasingly difficult for people to talk with each other. Not necessarily with your relatives or other people that you tend to agree with. No, what is referred to is the conversation with other people, with whom you may have a touch of tension, because you may not fully agree with these people... If we take it to a broader scale, our news are filled with pictures from Gaza where it is difficult to see that the two parties are interested in any form of negotiation, leaving two populations victimised. Or the now more or less forgotten war in Ukraine, that for the last year has been frozen in a warfare tactic that we thought was buried with the millions of young men, whose lives were sacrified in northern France during the first world war more than one hundred years ago. History seems to repeat itself because we have no intentions in talking with the other... Talking with each other is important. Being interested in each other is important. But it requires that we put ourselves in play, and thereby at risk. Involving with the other gives you the chance to learn from the other, but it also implies that we may have to revise our perception of our reality, and therefore act differently than what we used to do. This indicates that if our intent is to engage with the other with the purpose of understanding the other, then it requires more than just to begin talking. We have to talk with each other, not just talk to each other..."
Excerpts from:
Jakobsen, M., Korhonen, T., & Laine, T. (2023). To talk with the other. Journal of Pragmatic Constructivism, 13(1). (Released 3 days ago)
Available on:
https://tidsskrift.dk/JouPraCon/article/download/142798/186500/311642
Comment: Situations today are the result of past decisions. Future situations of war or peace will be the result of today's decisions. "Those who don't remember history are condemned to repeat it" Said, George Orwell".
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https://www.researchgate.net/post/War_Peace
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_Conscience
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_and_history_serving_political_and_ideological_totalitarianism
".. a wider war without end, with Israel purposefully taking on Tehran's proxies, could open a path to the fulfilment of Netanyahu's oft-stated, oft-threatened ambition: to directly confront the Iranian regime itself and force a final settling of accounts. .. War without end could mean, in short, that Netanyahu survives while countless others doubtless would not. If he gets his way, Gaza may be just the beginning." This is the conclusion of Simon Tisdall's Article in The Guardian (2 hours ago) Amid fears of escalation in the Israel-Gaza conflict, consider this: war without end suits Netanyahu.
Read on:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/29/israel-gaza-conflict-war-benjamin-netanyahu
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https://www.researchgate.net/post/War_Peace
An excellent ten-minute Documentary on The Israel-Palestine conflict: a brief, simple history. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRYZjOuUnlU
"One of the biggest myths about the Israel-Palestine conflict is that it's been going on for centuries, that this is all about ancient religious hatreds. In fact, while religion is involved, the conflict is mostly about two groups of people who claim the same land. And it really only goes back about a century, to the early 1900s. At its heart, it is a conflict between two self-determination movements — the Jewish Zionist project and the Palestinian nationalist project — that lay claim to the same territory."
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https://www.researchgate.net/post/War_Peace
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_and_history_serving_political_and_ideological_totalitarianism
In these holiday days, I would like to mention this article which inspires the desire to celebrate life (or to simply live) despite everything: Straits Times, Dec. 25, 2023, World celebrates Christmas in shadow of wars in Gaza, Ukraine. "... People donated Santa caps on beaches, ski slopes and streets around the globe on Dec 25 to celebrate Christmas, with Israel's war on Hamas and Russia's invasion of Ukraine casting a shadow over the holiday...". Happy Holidays to all
Read the Article on:
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/world-celebrates-christmas-in-shadow-of-wars-in-gaza-ukraine
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https://www.researchgate.net/post/War_Peace
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_and_history_serving_political_and_ideological_totalitarianism
IDF is continuing to massacre civilians by tens of thousands, injure hundreds of thousands, and deport millions of them. It destroys hospitals on the heads of the sick and Practitioners, schools on the heads of students, and homes on the heads of residents. CBS News, (9 hours ago), Israel-Hamas war will go on for "many more months," Netanyahu says "..Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that Israel's war on Hamas in Gaza will continue for "many more months," pushing back against persistent international cease-fire calls after mounting civilian deaths, hunger and mass displacement in the besieged enclave. Netanyahu thanked the Biden administration for its continued backing, including approval for a new emergency weapons sale, the second this month, and prevention of a United Nations Security Council resolution seeking an immediate cease-fire. Israel argues that ending the war now would mean victory for Hamas, a stance shared by the Biden administration..
The Health Ministry in Gaza said Saturday that more than 21,600 Palestinians have been killed.. since the deadly Oct. 7 ..165 Palestinians were killed over the past 24 hours. It has said about 70% of those killed have been women and children... The war has displaced some 85% of Gaza's 2.3 million residents,.. Thousands of tents and makeshift shacks have sprung up on Rafah's outskirts next to U.N. warehouses. Displaced people arrived in Rafah on foot or on trucks and carts piled high with mattresses. Those who did not find space in overwhelmed shelters pitched tents on roadsides. "We don't have water. We don't have enough food," Nour Daher, a displaced woman, said Saturday from the sprawling tent camp. "The kids wake up in the morning wanting to eat, wanting to drink. It took us one hour to find water for them. We couldn't bring them flour. Even when we wanted to take them to toilets, it took us one hour to walk."
Read on:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-hamas-war-will-go-on-for-many-more-months-netanyahu-says/
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https://www.researchgate.net/post/War_Peace
Le Monde, Dec. 31, 2023, by Jean-Pierre Filiu (Professeur des universités à Sciences Po), Le destin de l’Europe en 2024 se jouera à Gaza (The destiny of Europe in 2024 will be decided in Gaza, Own Translation). Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin, who are banking on the return of Donald Trump to the White House, will do everything to prolong the war in Gaza, which would be disastrous for the European Union, both in the Middle East and in Ukraine. "The historian knows from experience how opinions gradually adapt to conflicts that develop over time. It is no less disturbing to note that the war in Gaza has become trivialized even more quickly than that in Ukraine The losses in Ukraine are, however, much more military than civilian, while the milestone of one percent of the population killed is about to be crossed in Gaza. Such a dizzying figure would represent 650,000 on the scale of France dead, including 250,000 children, as well as millions of wounded, mutilated, traumatized and orphans..."
Read on (in French)
https://www.lemonde.fr/un-si-proche-orient/article/2023/12/31/le-destin-de-l-europe-en-2024-se-jouera-a-gaza_6208510_6116995.html.
The Guardian, Dec. 31, 2023 Israeli airstrikes kill scores in Gaza as war enters a new year. Heavy bombing continues, while Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel has shown unparalleled ‘morality’ in its conduct in Gaza. "At least 100 people have been killed in Gaza in the past 24 hours, ... In the southern half of Gaza, areas previously identified as evacuation zones for the strip’s population of 2.3 million, about 85% of whom have fled their homes, have been heavily attacked with airstrikes and artillery over the past week as Israel broadens its ground operation. Israel is now targeting Nuseirat, Maghazi and Bureij, a belt of overcrowded and poorly serviced camps in the centre of the strip built to house Palestinian refugees who fled their homes during the 1948 war over Israel’s creation. About 35 people were killed by bombardment of the area on Sunday.
On Sunday the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said Israel had displayed unparalleled “morality” in its conduct in Gaza. He rejected a case filed by South Africa at the international court of justice on Friday alleging that Israel was committing genocidal acts in Gaza...
Read on:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/31/israeli-airstrikes-kill-dozens-in-gaza-netanyahu-hamas
Comment: Hold on Tight! PM said: Israel displayed unparalleled “morality” in its conduct in Gaza. Of course! If it was immoral, we would have known about it: we would have heard of crucifixions, impalements, and other unspeakable atrocities.
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https://www.researchgate.net/post/War_Peace
Happy New Year to All
They want to maintain the status quo while the power games is no longer, unilaterally, in favor of the West
Truthout (1 hour ago), Israeli Ministers’ Comments About Mass Evictions in Gaza Alarm Observers. The remarks follow Netanyahu reportedly saying that he wants “voluntary migration” of Palestinians from Gaza. "..A document from the Israeli Intelligence Ministry that leaked during the early stages of Israel’s latest attack on Gaza proposes the forcible and permanent transfer of all of Gaza’s 2.2 million Palestinian residents to Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. The Egyptian government has publicly opposed the forced transfer of Palestinians, which would be a war crime.
In recent days, United Nations officials and humanitarian groups have been increasingly vocal in warning about the Israeli government’s apparent desire to force Palestinians out of Gaza, where around 70% of housing units have been damaged or destroyed by Israeli bombing since October 7. Late last month, the U.N.’s special rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons said that “as evacuation orders and military operations continue to expand and civilians are subjected to relentless attacks on a daily basis, the only logical conclusion is that Israel’s military operation in Gaza aims to deport the majority of the civilian population en masse.” Smotrich and Ben-Gvir’s remarks intensified such warnings. “Anyone defending or denying the clear motivations of Israel’s political leaders is actively enabling the ethnic cleansing and mass murder of Palestinians in Gaza,” Em Hilton, a Jewish anti-occupation activist, wrote on social media. “We have a duty to do everything we can to stop this horror and ensure that [the international] community holds Israel to account.” Ariel Bernstein, a researcher for the Israeli group Breaking the Silence, echoed that message, writing, “This government must be stopped now, their aim is simple: to wipe out the Gazan population.” Journalist Mehdi Hasan, whose MSNBC show was recently canceled, asked whether U.S. officials have “any comment” on the Israeli ministers’ statements suggesting ethnic cleansing of the Gaza Strip. “They’re saying it out loud!” Hasan wrote."
Read on:
https://truthout.org/articles/israeli-ministers-comments-about-mass-evictions-in-gaza-alarm-observers/
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https://www.researchgate.net/post/War_Peace
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_and_history_serving_political_and_ideological_totalitarianism
The Guardian, Jan. 2, 2023, Bernie Sanders calls on Congress to block funding to Israel. Israel’s response ‘has been grossly disproportionate, immoral and in violation of international law’, senator says. "Bernie Sanders, the progressive senator of Vermont, issued a statement Tuesday calling on Congress to block additional funding to Israel amid the war in Gaza, where more than 22,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks after Hamas killed 1,200 people in Israel on 7 October... Sanders said “Enough is enough. Congress must reject that funding. The taxpayers of the United States must no longer be complicit in destroying the lives of innocent men, women, and children in Gaza.”.."
Read on
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/02/bernie-sanders-reject-aid-to-israel
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https://www.researchgate.net/post/War_Peace
Anadolu Ajansi (2 hours ago) by Esra Teki, Israel's violations in Gaza to be examined by international courts in The Hague. ICJ to examine if Israel committed genocide; ICC to investigate whether Israel committed war crimes "Serious violations of both international humanitarian law and human rights by Israel in Gaza have been documented in numerous reports by organizations affiliated with the UN as well as independent human rights groups. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC), both headquartered in The Hague, are the authoritative bodies set to investigate possible crimes by Israel and hold the culpable parties accountable. With the two world courts working to stop attacks targeting civilians in the Gaza Strip and punish those responsible, here’s a rundown of their roles, powers, differences and prominent features, which will loom large if the responsible parties are called to the docket to face justice..."
Read on:
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/israels-violations-in-gaza-to-be-examined-by-international-courts-in-the-hague/3101769
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https://www.researchgate.net/post/War_Peace
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_and_history_serving_political_and_ideological_totalitarianism
Thankyou for all the research and posting you are doing Jamal. Apart from Al Jazeera news is hard to come by here. Early in the week our local ABC carried a full account of an Australian killed in Gaza when fighting for the IDF. He was a tank commander. Our government was silent on our involvement though military personnel are on the ground in Israel. They too will held to account.
Thank you Dear Harry Freemantle for your kind words; you don't have to be sorry. Moreover, it is in your honor to express a greatness of soul that all Scholars must claim to possess. Scholars, because they are Scholars are against war, for peace, for mutual respect everywhere in the world, and for all "Great Things". Their Duty, each time when necessary, is to Rebel and Stand Against all forms of Injustices, Hateful Speeches, Racist Prejudices, and Manipulations of all kinds; always relying on Academic Knowledge and Historical Truths, withdrawn from State-Of-The-Art on the different themes: these are the Only Weapons Academics Have to bring objectivity into the debates for better future to all.
“All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.” Said Churchill. He also said, ‘Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it.”
Among Thousands of History Books about Palestine, I recommend the one by Jerome Slater, professor (emeritus) of political science at the State University of New York at Buffalo. "Mythologies Without End: The US, Israel, and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1917-2020. Oxford University Press, USA, 2020". From the outset, the Book’s Prologue is a moving text of Honesty and sincere truth. I am reporting this fascinating text hereafter:
PROLOGUE: "Like almost all Jews of my generation, coming of age in America in the 1940s, immediately after the Holocaust and with anti-Semitism still alive in this country, I thought of myself as a passionate Zionist and rejoiced over the establishment of the state of Israel and its 1948 and 1967 victories over its Arab enemies. From 1957 to 1960 I served as the anti-submarine warfare officer on a US destroyer. Some years later, after Egypt acquired four submarines from the Soviet Union, I wrote to the Israeli embassy in the United States and offered to serve as an ASW officer on an Israeli destroyer if a new war with Egypt were to break out before the Israelis could train their own people.
My offer was politely declined, and in any case I changed my mind when it became apparent that soon after the 1967 war, Gamal Abdel Nasser, and then his successor Anwar Sadat, were seeking to end the Arab-Israeli conflict, but were being stonewalled by the Israeli government of Golda Meir. I considered writing to Meir to say that if Israel blundered into an unnecessary war with Egypt -which, of course, in 1973 it did- she should consider my offer as canceled.
For the past fifty years I have been studying, teaching, and writing about Israel and the Arab-Israeli conflict, and have many close connections in that country. l’ve been there many times, served as a Fulbright lecturer at Haifa University in 1989, and given lectures at other Israeli universities. I continue to have many dear Israeli friends. During this time l’ve become convinced that Israel -with essentially blind US Jewish and government support- is well along the road to both a moral and security disaster. The first step Israel must take to prevent matters from getting even worse is to come to terms with the historical truth. Doing so may even be the sine qua non to providing justice to the Palestinians, to save itself as an enlightened democracy, and perhaps even literally save itself from an attack by fanatical Arab terrorists who have somehow acquired nuclear or other weapons of mass destruction.
The prospects today for a just peace, it must be said, have never been so dim. What then is the purpose of this book? Or even for completely secular Jews, like me, what is the point of thinking of ourselves as part of the Jewish people if we fail to align ourselves with the best values of Western civilization, to which Judaism has made a fundamental contribution? There was a time when it was widely accepted -and not just by Jews- that the Jewish culture and tradition were particularly committed to reason, truth, and justice. Consequently, when Israel was founded, and vowed to be “a light unto the nations,” the belief was widespread that it might actually fulfill this promise, or at least try to. Today that seems quaint, if not downright preposterous -but it wasn’t always so.
I write now in the hope that an effort at honesty and accuracy might perform some service. I feel something of a personal responsibility: these are, in some sense, my people. Their mythologies have blinded them to the true history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and in their oppression of the Palestinian people they have abandoned enlightened Jewish traditions, which in my (secular) view constitute the best reasons for Judaism to have survived for twenty-five centuries. One can only hope that correcting the historical record can make a contribution to justice as well as truth."
The book is partly available in reading on:
https://books.google.tn/books?hl=fr&lr=&id=y1AAEAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=%22Israel%22+%22Arab%22+%22war%22+%22USA%22&ots=iH1poCm_Tv&sig=bj4U2E-WIT1DhIGqx7Bm7jX4MJg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
South Ukraine, is under Occupation. West Bank and Gaza are “Occupied Palestinian Territories” (OPT). As such and According to International Law, the protection of civilians in Occupied Territories falls under the occupiers' responsibility. To learn about the Rules and Laws that govern the Responsibilities of Peoples, States, and Armies in Occupied Territories, I would mention the Nabulsi Karma's well-referenced book, "Traditions of War: Occupation, Resistance and The Law (Oxford, 1999). ; online edn, Oxford Academic, 1 Nov. 2003)" https://academic.oup.com/book/3195?login=false
Abstract
This book examines wars and military occupation, and the ideas underlying them. The search for these ideas is conducted in the domain of the laws of war, a body of rules that sought to regulate the practices of war and those permitted to fight in it. This work introduces three ideologies: the martial, Grotian, and republican. These traditions were rooted in incommensurable conceptions of the good life, and the overall argument is that their differences lay at the heart of the failure fully to resolve the distinction between lawful and unlawful combatants at successive diplomatic conferences of Brussels in 1874, the Hague in 1899 and 1907, and Geneva in 1949. Based on a wide range of sources and a plurality of intellectual disciplines, the book places these diplomatic failures in their broader social and political contexts. By bringing out ideological continuities and drawing on the social history of army occupation in Europe and resistance to it, the book both challenges and illuminates the understanding of modern war.
Content
Front Matter
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Modern Laws of War from 1874 to 1949
Chapter 2 Occupying Armies and Civilian Populations in Nineteenth‐Century Europe
Chapter 3 The Conceptualization of War and the Value of Political Traditions
Chapter 4 High Priests of the Temple of Janus: The Martial Tradition of War
Chapter 5 The Enigma of the Middle Way: Grotius and the Grotian Tradition on War
Chapter 6 Hope and Heroic Action: Rousseau, Paoli, Kosciuszko, and the Republican Tradition of War
Conclusion
End Matter
Bibliography
Index
A must-read by Scholars [1]: "The Responsibility of Intellectuals to Explain the Historical Background to International Conflicts". Excerpt from the paper conclusion: "..Intellectuals who purport to analyze international conflict situations must give a full picture. They should not limit themselves to writing versions of events that conform to what particular governments want to hear. They have a moral obligation to take their analyzes wherever the facts require."
[1] Quigley, J. B. (2023). The Responsibility of Intellectuals to Explain the Historical Background to International Conflicts: Ukraine and Israel/Palestine. Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper, (749)"
Available on:
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4319617
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https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_Conscience
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_and_history_serving_political_and_ideological_totalitarianism
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Scientific_Integrity_Research_Ethics_and_Higher_Education_Deontology_The_Senior_Scholars_Duty
La Progressive, January 5, 2024, Will Biden Administration Listen or Will We Have More Wars—Maybe Nuclear? Russia warned before the attack on Ukraine; China, Iran and and North Korea have warned the U.S. on their red lines. "I don’t want to take the focus from the U.S.-Israeli genocide of Gaza…but in Asia and parts of the Middle East, the Biden administration is doing equally dangerous actions as is the support of Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. The Biden administration is ignoring warnings and red lines from China, North Korea, Iran and Lebanon just as the administration blew off warnings from Russia about US military war games on its borders and the invitation to Ukraine to join NATO, red lines that Russia warned the U.S. about for decades..."
Read On:
https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/will-we-have-more-wars
See Also:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/War_Peace/73
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_and_history_serving_political_and_ideological_totalitarianism
Time, (7 hrs ago) Why Netanyahu Can’t Talk About Post-War Gaza. ".. Netanyahu has avoided expressing any kind of vision for the “day after,” opting instead only to reveal what he would not accept... It is no coincidence that these are all positions shared by Netanyahu’s far-right coalition partners, finance minister Bezalel Smotrich and national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, both of whom represent the most extreme elements of Israeli society... “If one of them jumps ship,” says Nimrod Novik, a fellow at the Israel Policy Forum and a former senior advisor to ex-Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres, “the coalition disintegrates.”..
Read on:
https://time.com/6553142/netanyahu-israel-hamas-war-plans-gaza/
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https://www.researchgate.net/post/War_Peace
I am posting this reply on another thread: https://www.researchgate.net/post/Can_rational_thought_exist_without_language (P 1459) "@*** wrote "A survey shows (Time Magazine) that 57% of Israeli thinks that Israel is not using enough force in Gaza. And only 2% of Israeli think too much force is used in Gaza." And what do you think about that? To have an idea of the extent of the damage inflicted in 3 months of massive destruction, here are some details by the Guardian [1] released (1 hour ago), which might help you to provide informed opinion: at least 22,835 Palestinians had been killed by yesterday, with another 58,416 reported injured.. 70% are women and children. About 7,000 more are reportedly missing and most are likely dead... 1.9 million people had been internally displaced by the war in Gaza, nearly 85% of the population. 65,000 residential units have been destroyed or rendered uninhabitable. Another 290,000 have been damaged... Across the whole territory, about 33% of buildings have been destroyed. 23 of 36 hospitals had been rendered completely inoperable amid vastly increased need..., about 70% of school buildings have been damaged,.. water production stood at 7% of the prewar supply.. there is only one shower for every 4,500 people and one toilet for every 220... There are about 700,000 people in the world currently facing catastrophic hunger; 577,000 of them are in Gaza.
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/08/the-numbers-that-reveal-the-extent-of-the-destruction-in-gaza
On Children & Civilian Population Under War & Occupation. Children whoever they are, wherever and whenever, only Deserve Protection and Education. As for the civilian populations in Occupied Territories, their protection falls under the occupiers' responsibility. To learn about the Rules and Laws that govern the Responsibilities of Peoples, States, and Armies in Occupied Territories, I would mention the Nabulsi Karma's well-referenced book, "Traditions of War: Occupation, Resistance and The Law (Oxford, 1999). ; online edn, Oxford Academic, 1 Nov. 2003)" https://academic.oup.com/book/3195?login=false
Abstract
This book examines wars and military occupation, and the ideas underlying them. The search for these ideas is conducted in the domain of the laws of war, a body of rules that sought to regulate the practices of war and those permitted to fight in it. This work introduces three ideologies: the martial, Grotian, and republican. These traditions were rooted in incommensurable conceptions of the good life, and the overall argument is that their differences lay at the heart of the failure fully to resolve the distinction between lawful and unlawful combatants at successive diplomatic conferences of Brussels in 1874, the Hague in 1899 and 1907, and Geneva in 1949. Based on a wide range of sources and a plurality of intellectual disciplines, the book places these diplomatic failures in their broader social and political contexts. By bringing out ideological continuities and drawing on the social history of army occupation in Europe and resistance to it, the book both challenges and illuminates the understanding of modern war.
Photo 1: Palestinian children run as they flee from Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov. 6, 2023.
https://www.voanews.com/a/un-chief-gaza-a-graveyard-for-children-/7343801.html
Photo 2: South Vietnamese forces follow terrified children, including 9-year-old Kim Phuc, center, as they run down Route 1 near Trang Bang after an aerial napalm attack on suspected Viet Cong hiding places on June 8, 1972. A South Vietnamese plane accidentally dropped its flaming napalm on South Vietnamese troops and civilians, and the terrified girl had ripped off her burning clothes while fleeing. (Nick Ut/The Associated Press). from CBC News, Jun 11, 2022, by Sylvia Thomson, 50 years later, 'Napalm Girl' has a message for children in Ukraine, Kim Phuc Phan Thi, now living in Ajax, Ont., was 9 when she was burned by napalm in Vietnam War
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https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_Conscience
https://www.researchgate.net/post/War_Peace
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_and_history_serving_political_and_ideological_totalitarianism
Politico, Jan. 8, 2023, Biden speech in South Carolina church interrupted by protesters. Chants of “cease-fire now” were eventually drowned out by “four more years” at the campaign event. “... I understand their passion,” Biden said, acknowledging the protesters, as well as a rift that’s divided some within the Democratic Party. “I’ve been quietly working with the Israeli government to get them to reduce and significantly get out of Gaza.”... Biden’s speech in South Carolina also comes as he faces weakening polling numbers, particularly among Black voters. Black political leaders, including Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), have said they are “very concerned” about the Biden campaign’s a bility to “break through the MAGA wall” to reach voters.."
Read on:
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/08/biden-speech-south-carolina-protest-israel-hamas-00134333
See Also:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/War_Peace
In the Same Vein. AP News Jan. 8, 2023, Biden condemns white supremacy in a campaign speech at a church where Black people were killed. "..Courting Black voters, Joe Biden on Monday denounced the “poison” of white supremacy in America, declaring at the site of a deadly racist church shooting in South Carolina that such ideology has no place in America, “not today, tomorrow or ever.” Biden spoke from the pulpit of Mother Emanuel AME Church, where in 2015 nine Black parishioners were shot to death by the white stranger they had invited to join their Bible study. The Democratic president’s speech followed his blunt remarks last Friday on the eve of the anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, in which he excoriated former President Donald Trump for “glorifying” rather than condemning political violence. At Mother Emanuel, Biden said “the word of God was pierced by bullets of hate, of rage, propelled not just by gunpowder, but by a poison, a poison that has for too long haunted this nation.” That’s “white supremacy,” he said, the view by some whites that they are superior to other races. “It is a poison, throughout our history, that’s ripped this nation apart. This has no place in America. Not today, tomorrow or ever...”
Read on:
https://apnews.com/article/biden-trump-2024-election-jan-6-3e40b3732036a237a5a8af45b7ad6a6b
See Also:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Russia_and_Ukraine_are_two_BROTHER_republics_of_the_USSR_What_are_they_now_and_what_will_happen_to_them_in_the_future
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_Conscience
I find this site a useful resource for information.
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Wael Dahdouh: an Icon of Martyrdom and Resilience of the Palestinian People. AP News, Rafah, Gaza Strip (AP), Jan. 8, 2024 An Al Jazeera journalist is the fifth member of his family killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza. "An apparent Israeli airstrike killed two Palestinian journalists in southern Gaza on Sunday, including an Al Jazeera journalist who lost four close relatives earlier in the war. Hamza Dahdouh is the son of veteran Al Jazeera correspondent Wael Dahdouh, whose wife, two other children and a grandson were killed by a previous Israeli strike. Dahdouh has continued to report on the fighting between Israel and Hamas even as it has taken a devastating toll on his own family, becoming a symbol for many of the perils faced by Palestinian journalists, dozens of whom have been killed while covering the conflict... Speaking to Al Jazeera after his son's burial, Dahdouh vowed to continue reporting on the war. “The whole world must look at what is happening here in the Gaza Strip,” he said. What is happening is a great injustice to defenseless people, civilian people. It is also unfair for us as journalists.”
Dahdouh was reporting on the offensive in late October when he received word that his wife, daughter and another son had been killed in an Israeli airstrike. His grandson, wounded in the same strike, died hours later... In December, an Israeli strike on a school in Khan Younis wounded Dahdouh and Al Jazeera cameraman Samer Abu Daqqa. Dahdouh was able to run for help, but Abu Daqqa bled to death hours later as ambulances were unable to reach him because of blocked roads, according to Al Jazeera. Earlier in December, a strike killed the father, mother and 20 other family members of another Al Jazeera correspondent, Momen Al Sharafi..."
Read on:
https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-journalist-killed-jazeera-86db4604dde19caa9c29366225a6648e
Photo: From the Article
See Also:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/War_Peace
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_and_history_serving_political_and_ideological_totalitarianism
I am posting this reply on another thread. https://www.researchgate.net/post/Russia_and_Ukraine_are_two_BROTHER_republics_of_the_USSR_What_are_they_now_and_what_will_happen_to_them_in_the_future (P 288) "@*** wrote, "This news is sad, it's a fact, but it cannot make us forget the suffering of the Israelis..". Please note that No one is asking you to forget the suffering of the Israelis or any other suffering. I believe that Human Suffering is One or is Not. It appears however and unfortunately it is so, that some sensitive souls who are very attached and picky about all universal values are not offended when the suffering concerns “the other”."
To two-States or Not To Two-States, That's the Question! Times of Israel, Jan. 10, 2024, In Israel, Blinken says peace with neighbors hinges on path to Palestinian State "Israel will not achieve full integration into the region without supporting a path to a Palestinian state, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken argued late Tuesday during a press conference in Tel Aviv. All of America’s regional allies that he met on his week-long trip to the Middle East, said Blinken, told him that peace with Israel was attainable and that they “are ready to support a lasting solution that ends the long-running cycle of violence and ensures Israel’s security.” But according to Blinken, they stressed peace could only come through an integrated, “regional approach that includes the pathway to a Palestinian State. “These goals are attainable, but only if they are pursued together,” he said. “This crisis has clarified that you can’t have one without the other, and you can’t achieve either goal without an integrated, regional approach.”..
Read on:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-israel-blinken-says-peace-with-neighbors-hinges-on-path-to-palestinian-state/
See Also:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/War_Peace
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_and_history_serving_political_and_ideological_totalitarianism
Corporate murder: the Australian companies behind Gaza’s destruction - Pearls and Irritations (johnmenadue.com)
The Study [1] by Forough, M. 2023, The 2023 Israeli-Palestinian War: A Gift to China, explains how, for the West, the Israeli-Palestinian War "is another strategic challenge - like the Ukraine War. It distracts policymakers from the EU's and US's China/Indo-Pacific policies.The war is also seriously undermining the West as the self-proclaimed upholder of the "rules-based order." War scenarios: 1. Protracted stalemate. 2. Broadened regional conflict. 3. A decisive victory. 4. A ceasefire . Implications: Scenarios 1 and 2 do not bode well for the West. Scenario 2 even has the potential to become what Barrack Obama called the 2003 invasion of Iraq, a "dumb war" with disastrous consequences. A decisive victory is unlikely for both sides ; most wars in this region end not with a bang but a whimper. Pushing for a decisive Israeli victory could see the West mired in scenarios 1 or 2. The longer this war continues and the broader it gets, the bigger a gift it will be to China..." [1] Forough, M. (2023). The 2023 Israeli-Palestinian War: A Gift to China. (GIGA Focus Nahost, 5). Hamburg: German. Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien, Institut für Nahost Studien. Available on:
https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/bitstream/handle/document/91068/ssoar-2023-forough-The_2023_Israeli-Palestinian_War_A.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y&lnkname=ssoar-2023-forough-The_2023_Israeli-Palestinian_War_A.pdf
Comment: One can wonder about what "Decisive Victory" in the "Israeli Palestinian War" means and even about the very qualification of "Israeli-Palestinian War" when one considers that Palestine is in fact under Occupation
See Also:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/War_Peace
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_and_history_serving_political_and_ideological_totalitarianism
I am posting this reply on another thread. "https://www.researchgate.net/post/Are_we_ever_going_to_have_a_peaceful_world (P 129)" @*** "What solution would you offer Israel at this point?" The Solution is simple: it is to be sought in the International Legitimacy enshrined in United Nations Resolutions and other Universal Principles of Human Law and International Legislation. In this regard, this is an extract from the findings of the excellent recent paper by Qian (2023) [1] "The United Nations has passed numerous resolutions calling for Israel's withdrawal from the West Bank and East Jerusalem to enable Palestinian sovereignty. However, these resolutions have not been effectively implemented, highlighting the limited influence of the international community in resolving the dispute. The United States, as Israel's primary ally, has consistently played a mediating role in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. Nevertheless, its perceived bias towards Israel has raised concerns and eroded international confidence in the peace process."
[1] Qian, B. (2023). Israel’s Geopolitical Strategy: Strategic Partnership, Territorial Disputes and International Support. In SHS Web of Conferences (Vol. 179, p. 05024). EDP Sciences. Available on:
https://www.shs-conferences.org/articles/shsconf/pdf/2023/28/shsconf_ichess2023_05024.pdf
Comment: Speaking of Israel-UN-Palestine reminds me of the Press Release of the UN on 16 August 2006 "...Noting that the United Nations was often called the “United Nothing” in Israel and that the country's Permanent Representative had heavily criticized UNIFIL, a correspondent asked if Israel had accepted the United Nations under pressure from the United States owing to the battlefield situation..." Excerpts from "Press conference by minister for foreign affairs of Israel, 16 August 2006, Department of Public Information, News and Media Division, New York. Available on: https://press.un.org/en/2006/060816_israel.doc.htm"
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https://www.researchgate.net/post/War_Peace
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_and_history_serving_political_and_ideological_totalitarianism
France 24, Jan, 11, 2024 'We lost hope': ravaged Gaza nears 100 days of war. Gaza Strip, AFP. Bombed-out neighbourhoods, mass graves dug in the sand, spreading hunger and disease...
'Like worst of Ukraine war'. The war will reach the 100-day mark on Sunday, with no end in sight...
'Blood, chaos and mayhem'. For now, the main battle for Gazans is just to survive...
'People are starving'. Most of the homeless are crowded around Rafah in the far south as the main battlefront, now around Khan Yunis, moves ever closer...
"We lost all of our dreams."
Read on:
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240111-we-lost-hope-ravaged-gaza-nears-100-days-of-war
In an escalation, Australia is providing support to the US and UK in their bombing of Yemen. Some of this will be boots on the ground, but also through the US and UK installations in our country at places like Pine Gap in the Northern Territory.
The research [1] by Ruiz Estrada & Mario Arturo, 2022 "Welcome to the World War 3 (WWIII)" tries to present different possible scenarios of the World War III under different magnitudes of destruction with the interaction of n-opponents and m-geographical locations worldwide simultaneously. In conclusion, the authors "find that the world economy which suffers large losses from the post-WW3 economic damage (-D) final results, and hence large post-WW3 economic damage (-D), is most likely NO winners in the WWIII. The longer the period of war, the higher will be the economic desgrowth from WW3 (-δw) due to losses from WW3 (-Lo) and economic leaking from WW3 (-L). In terms of the world economy surviving depends on stop just at time a massive nuclear war to reduce the post-WW3 reconstruction plan (Rt) that is so expensive and costly. We probe this argument according to the twelve red spots that can generate the start of the WWIII anytime and everywhere. These twelve red sport are (i) Europe vs. Russia (C1); (ii) China vs. Taiwan (C2); (iii) South Korea vs. North Korea (C3); (iv) Pakistan vs. India (C4); (v) Japan vs. China (C5); (vi) Japan vs. North Korea (C6); (vii) Greece vs. Turkey (C7); (viii) Israel vs. Middle East (C8); (ix) U.S. vs. China (C9); (x) U.S. vs. Russia (C10); (xi) U.S. vs. Russia Allies in Latin America (Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela) (C11); (xii) U.S. vs. Iran (C12)."
[1] Ruiz Estrada & Mario Arturo, 2022 "Welcome to the World War 3 (WWIII), Available at SSRN
Preprint WELCOME TO THE WORLD WAR 3 (WWIII)
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https://www.researchgate.net/post/War_Peace
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Science_and_history_serving_political_and_ideological_totalitarianism
Discussion Release: To WW3 or Not To WW3, That is The Question!... to Ask Scholars, in light of the Wars and Conflicts threatening the World's Security. https://www.researchgate.net/post/To_WW3_or_Not_To_WW3_That_is_The_Question_to_Ask_Scholars What Work of Pedagogy, Explanation, Teaching, and Analysis the Scholars of the World must undertake, to generate Peaceful Narratives likely to promote the Defusing of Current or Potential Conflicts in all Areas under tension. Twelve Paramount Red Spots have been inventoried [1]: (i) Europe vs. Russia (C1); (ii ) China vs. Taiwan (C2); (iii) South Korea vs. North Korea (C3); (iv) Pakistan vs. India (C4); (v) Japan vs. China (C5); (vi) Japan vs. North Korea (C6); (vii) Greece vs. Turkey (C7); (viii) Israel vs. Middle East (C8); (ix) U.S. vs. China (C9); (x) U.S. vs. Russia (C10); (xi) U.S. vs. Russia Allies in Latin America (Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela) (C11); (xii) U.S. vs. Iran (C12). What are the Historical Facts that support these Conflicts? The Ins and Outs that drive them? the Global Security Issues they Involve? Possible and Impossible Solutions to Imagine? What Conciliation Steps should be put in place to Avoid Possible Escalations and Encourage Their Defusing? This Discussion, intended to be Academic, aims to Stimulate Reflections, Analyses, and Opinions, to constitute a Platform for Exchange between Scholars likely to bring about Prospects for Peace in the World.
[1] Ruiz Estrada & Mario Arturo, 2022 "Welcome to the World War 3 (WWIII), Available at SSRN
Preprint WELCOME TO THE WORLD WAR 3 (WWIII)
In the Same Vein. On Red Spot (i) Europe vs. Russia (C1). Masters, J. (2022). Ukraine: Conflict at the crossroads of Europe and Russia. Council on Foreign Relations. 1. Ukraine has struggled to forge an independent path, torn between Europe and the United States in the West and its long-standing ties to Russia in the East.
Summary: The conflict in Ukraine is viewed by some as part of a renewed geopolitical rivalry between Western powers and Russia. A former Soviet republic, Ukraine has deep cultural, economic, and political bonds with Russia. In 2014, Russia annexed Crimea, a part of Ukraine, and it is keen not to let the country become more aligned with Western institutions, chiefly NATO and the European Union.
The research poses and develops the following questions: Why has Ukraine become a geopolitical flash point? What are Russia’s interests in Ukraine? What motivated Russia’s moves against Ukraine? What triggered the crisis? What are Russia’s objectives in Ukraine? What are U.S. priorities in Ukraine? What are U.S. and EU policy in Ukraine? What do Ukrainians want?
Available on:
https://indianstrategicknowledgeonline.com/web/Ukraine_%20Conflict%20at%20the%20Crossroads%20of%20Europe%20and%20Russia%20_%20Council%20on%20Foreign%20Relations.pdf
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https://www.researchgate.net/post/To_WW3_or_Not_To_WW3_That_is_The_Question_to_Ask_Scholars
A very interesting article, published on 16th January 2024, by Middle East Eye, and authored by Jonathan Cook (see link: https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/war-gaza-western-racism-laid-foundations-genocide).
I cite just two brief passages from the article, which I found most reflective and reflexive:
‘It should surprise no one that the prize-match fight for the rule of international law has pitted Israel and South Africa against each other at the International Court of Justice at The Hague. The world is split between those who have crafted a self-serving global and regional order that guarantees them impunity whatever their crimes, and those who pay the price for that arrangement. Now the long-time victims are fighting back at the so-called World Court.’
‘ The peoples of Israel and South Africa still carry the wounds of the crimes of systematic European racism: in Israel’s case, the Holocaust in which the Nazis and their collaborators exterminated six million Jews; and in South Africa’s, the white apartheid regime that was imposed on the black population for decades by a colonising white minority. They are in opposite corners because each drew a different lesson from their respective traumatic historical legacies.’
"As the number of dead civilians in Gaza approaches 20,000, 16 or so times the number of Israelis killed by Hamas’s brutal initial attack, even the Biden administration is growing uncomfortable with the carnage. President Joe Biden recently criticized Israel’s “indiscriminate bombing,” which his aides unconvincingly tried to walk back. Yet the president’s unexpected discovery of a conscience had no effect, least of all on the Israelis. Having long enjoyed essentially unconditional U.S. support irrespective of the human cost, they responded, Et tu! Reported the New York Times: “In public statements and private diplomatic conversations, [Israeli] officials have cited past Western military actions in urban areas dating from World War II to the post‑9/11 wars against terrorism.”To which the administration had no good response. The president’s words look little more than a calculated sop to angry progressives. Explained the Times, “President Biden and his aides have been careful not to even hint in public that Israel could be violating any laws of war. And the State Department continues to approve sales of weapons to Israel while refraining from making any assessments of the legality of Israel’s actions.”In practice, Biden and those around him care little about other peoples’ lives..."
Excerpts from:
Bandow, D., 2023. America’s Wars on Civilians: Examples that Keep on Killing, Cato Institute. United States of America.
Retrieved from https://policycommons.net/artifacts/11125130/americas-wars-on-civilians/12003934/ on 19 Jan 2024. CID: 20.500.12592/qnk9f0f
Both the U.S. and Israel were born in violence. Neither State knows how to stop. They don't understand the diplomatic process of doing so. An exhausted populace and an ever expanding cost with no apparent benefit that takes years to manifest the only out. Also in spite of the bellicose rhetoric winning is impossible. Now both States are isolated and in desperation
The article provided by Saul Takahashi is most interesting. Most reflective and reflexive. It to a good degree, shows the growing understanding that the 'lid has blown of the boiling pot' and the world is not in a different mode, heading towards a new 'something' which is not very clear. However, what is clear, is that the formal global order, of, and in summary, the oppressed and the oppressors is over.
Donate today | UNRWA
Given our government instantly suspends aid to a populace in desperate need but doesn't condemn the perpetrators (despite the UN court ruling), I suggest making an individual donation while it is still possible.
Channel 4 news (UK TV station) reports on how funding has been suspended to UNWRA also by the UK and other countries, based on allegations of some UNWRA employees involved in the 7th October attacks (see link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bci2LZWGZGE). These allegations come the day after the ICJ court pronounced itself on the matters related to the war in Palestine-Gaza. (see link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P7RJGQR2TU)
The timing is somewhat interesting for such allegations, comes the day after the ICJ pronunciation, it targets a UN agency which has been active since 1949 in Palestine (and not only), has had, sadly, many employees killed in Palestine-Gaza and the Israeli government has made clear that after the war they will not let UNWRA operate in Palestine (see CBS news video short from 27th January 2024: see link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwNzbBJW2gU).
Note these are only allegations. Allegations need to be proven with hard fact evidence. Interestingly, and based only on hearsay, funding was suspended. Hence there was no waiting for an in-depth investigation on such allegations, but simply based on hearsay, funding was stopped. Such an action was fast and immediate, based only on hearsay. Interestingly with plenty of pictographic, videographic, and testimonial evidence being provided for well over 112 days of war, where civilians are targeted daily, there has been no such fast and immediate action to attempt to suspend the war. Hence where there is only hearsay swift action has taken place, where there are stacks and mountains of evidence to prove a case, targeting of civilians, nothing is done…. so much so for human rights, the right to a legal process, etc.
The Australian government's pause of funding to UNRWA is irresponsible and shameful - Pearls and Irritations (johnmenadue.com)
This makes Australia complicit in genocide. And not a peep from the politicians. 'The banality of evil' wrote Hannah Arendt.
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