War With Iran Has Already Begun Bipartisan support for sanctions spells bloodshed to come by Nathan Fuller, May 24, 2012 Print This | Share This On Friday, 93% of the U.S. House of Representatives affirmed a resolution escalating America’s already aggressive position on Iran from “crippling” sanctions to a zero-tolerance policy on nuclear weapons. The Congressional Research [...]
Delusional Milestone By Lawrence Davidson April 08, 2012 “Information Clearing House” — Pastor John Hagee’s Christians United For Israel (CUFI) announced the “registration of their millionth member” on 18 March 2012. This organization, founded in 2006, with the goal of “realizing the political potential of tens of millions of evangelical Americans who support Israel” can also [...]
Photo Credit: Shutterstock/ koya979 Why the Right to Water Is Under Attack World leaders are trying to roll back momentum that would instill the right to water as an essential human right. March 26, 2012 | LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Sign up to stay up to date on the latest headlines via [...]
Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman speaks during a conference for Israeli diplomats. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner, File) By Ori Lewis JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Lawyers for Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman face a final hearing on Tuesday to argue against his being indicted on graft charges that would force his resignation and could trigger early Israeli elections.Justice officials announced [...]
Indonesia‘s parliament has set an example by ratifying the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty [EPA] Stockholm/Mexico City - Indonesia’s parliament has just taken a historic step, one that makes the planet safer from the threat of nuclear weapons. The importance of Indonesia’s decision to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) cannot be overstated. This is a golden opportunity [...]
Who Will Watch the (Pro-Israeli) Watchdog? By Maidhc Ó CathailOn December 2, the Geneva-based UN Watch welcomed that day’s ‘strong condemnation’ of Syria by a UN Human Rights Council emergency session, and its establishment of a special rapporteur to monitor the situation there following what it called “a global campaign to [...]
Saudi Arabia’s Breach of Human Rights by César Chelala December 10 is Human Rights Day. On December 12, 2011, Saudi Arabian authorities ordered the execution of a woman convicted of practicing magic and sorcery. Although the Saudi Interior Ministry didn’t give details of the woman’s crime, the London-based al-Hayat newspaper quoted Abdullah al-Mohsen, [...]
The One-State Solution John Glaser, December 05, 2011 Print This | Share This | Comment | Antiwar Forum Today presented another illustration of daily life for Palestinians in the West Bank. About 15 Palestinians were evicted from their homes by the Israeli state, only to watch those homes be demolished before their eyes “under the pretext that it [...]
A U.S. appeals court has ruled oil giant Chevron cannot escape an $18 billion fine for massive pollution of the Amazon rain forest. Amazonian residents won the damages in an Ecuadorian court earlier this year, and Chevron says it will appeal the decision. It is the latest development [...]
The UN General Assembly passed six resolutions on Wednesday it says will “re-energize efforts to resolve old regional conflicts,” between Israel and the Middle East. (MaanImages/File) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The UN General Assembly passed a series on resolutions on Wednesday it says will address core issues in the conflict between Israel and the Arab World. [...]
Lebanon’s Palestinians Continue Their Descent By Franklin Lamb – Embassy of Palestine, Tripoli, Libya Every year on November 29, approximately a quarter million Palestinian refugees who were forced into Lebanon, along with those in more than 130 countries where they have sought refuge following their ethnic cleansing from their land, commemorate the infamous United Nations [...]
Nov. 29, 1947 | U.N. Partitions Palestine, Allowing for Creation of Israel By THE LEARNING NETWORK U.S. Central Intelligence AgencyThe U.N. 1947 partition plan for Palestine called for land to be parceled to Arabs and Jews. Historic Headlines Learn about key events in history and their connections to today. Go to related On This Day page [...]
A Day in November by Uri Avnery, November 28, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum This Tuesday will be the 64th anniversary of a fateful day for our lives. A day in November. A day to remember. On Nov. 29, 1947, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted, by 33 votes against 13 (with [...]
PLO official Nabil Shaath said that Sweden will stand by Palestinians at the UN, after meetings with officials in the country on Thursday. (MaanImages/Haytham Othman, File) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — PLO official Nabil Shaath said that Sweden will stand by Palestinians at the UN, after meetings with officials in the country on Thursday. Shaath said the [...]
The political pendulum of the US has swung so far to the right that ‘centre-left’ politicians such as Al Gore only appear sporadically in the media says writer [GALLO/GETTY] “President Obama’s support is eroding among elements of his base,” began a front-page story in the September 16New York Times. Experienced readers understood what was meant. The US [...]
A girl holds a Palestinian flag as she takes part in a protest against a Jewish settlement in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem Oct. 28, 2011. (Reuters/Nir Elia) NEW YORK (Ma’an) — A United Nations committee on Tuesday approved a draft resolution on the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination. The draft [...]
President Mahmoud Abbas holds up a letter to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon requesting Palestinian statehood at the 66th United Nations General Assembly. (REUTERS/Eric Thayer) RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Denmark said Monday that it would vote in favor of a United Nations General Assembly resolution to upgrade the status of Palestine in the world [...]
President Mahmoud Abbas pauses in the middle of his address before the 66th General Assembly at the UN headquarters (Reuters/Mike Segar, File) UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) — A draft report by a key UN Security Council committee, obtained on Tuesday, declared that members could not reach consensus on whether Palestine should be accepted as a [...]
A boy stands wrapped in a flag outside his home in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabal Mukaber on Oct. 17. (Reuters/Ammar Awad) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — South Africa’s support of the Palestinian UN bid stems from its familiarity with Israel’s apartheid policy in Palestine, Palestinian lawmaker Mustafa Barghouthi said Wednesday. South Africa on Tuesday [...]
A Palestinian boy holds a flag in front of members of the Palestinian Authority security forces in Ramallah, before a celebration upon President Mahmoud Abbas’ return from New York, Sept. 25, 2011. (Reuters/Darren Whiteside) As the Security Council considers Palestine’s application for full membership of the United Nations, Palestinian lawyers, jurists and legal scholars [...]
The Real Story of How Israel Was Created by Alison Weir, October 11, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum To better understand the Palestinian bid for membership in the United Nations, it is important to understand the original 1947 U.N. action on Israel-Palestine. The common representation of Israel’s birth is that the U.N. created Israel, [...]
Palestinian intellectual Edward Said became a staunch proponent of a one-state solution [AP] Palestine and the politics of hope Palestinians should consider the late Edward Said’s strong support for a one-state solution. Farid Y. Farid Last Modified: 03 Oct 2011 16:26 Towards the end of his highly anticipated speech at the United Nations General Assembly, [...]
What Is Hugo Chávez Up To? by Joshua Kucera Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez has set alarms ringing with his efforts to create a global anti-American coalition. When Muammar al-Qaddafi faced worldwide condemnation this past winter as he brutally struck back against a popular uprising, the Libyan dictator may have taken comfort from knowing he had [...]
Obama’s UN speech is unjust, immoral and unprincipled Emmanuel Dunand, AFP / Getty Images by Khalid Amayreh on September 25, 2011 President Obama’s speech at the United Nation’s General Assembly was probably appropriate for an opportunistic politician who sacrifices honesty, morality, and basic ethics for the sake of making some momentary profit here or [...]
AP Photo/Richard Drew LATEST NEWS With UN bid, Abbas rises out of Arafat’s shadowFACT CHECK: Abbas presents disputed narrative Latest developments in Arab world’s unrest Israel’s Labor Party picks ex-journalist as leader TV: Former journalist to lead Israel’s Labor Party PHOTO GALLERY Conflict in the Middle East BUY AP PHOTO REPRINTS UNITED NATIONS [...]
Interim Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril speaks at a news conference during the General Assembly at the United Nations on Sept. 23, in New York. (AFP/Getty Images/Spencer Platt) UN summit acclaims Arab Spring leaders Published yesterday (updated) 25/09/2011 16:54 UNITED NATIONS (AFP) — Libya and Egypt brought the Arab Spring to the annual UN [...]
The US pays nearly 25 per cent of the total UN budget [EPA] Has the UN been designed to fail? The UN seems to have been designed to fail, due to bureaucracy and the exclusive power of the Security Council. Danny Schechter Last Modified: 25 Sep 2011 16:17 One of the most astute [...]
No Peace or Justice in Our Time with Netanyahu By Stephen Lendman - Posted on 24 September 2011 No Peace or Justice in Our Time with Netanyahu – by Stephen Lendman Like his Washington paymaster/partner, Netanyahu deplores peace. Initiating talks never worked before and won’t now. Speaking privately at the Clinton Global Initiative conference in New [...]
No Peace or Justice in Our Time with Netanyahu – by Stephen Lendman Like his Washington paymaster/partner, Netanyahu deplores peace. Initiating talks never worked before and won’t now. Speaking privately at the Clinton Global Initiative conference in New York, Bill Clinton said Netanyahu lost interest because Palestine has a president he controls, and normalizing relations [...]
Ban Ki-moon: A Record of Failure and Betrayal by STEPHEN LENDMAN on SEPTEMBER 20, 2011 United Nations Secretary general designate Ban Ki-moon Ban Ki Moon has always been a lackey to the US and other vested western interests and he continues to do the same extremely transparently. In this article Stephen Lendman demonstrates Moon’s record of failure [...]
Netanyahu: Peace impossible through UN resolutions Published yesterday (updated) 23/09/2011 22:00 Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, addresses the 66th General Assembly at the United Nations in New York. (AFP/Timothy A. Clary) UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the UN General Assembly on Friday that he was reaching out to [...]
Ricken Patel – Avaaz.org avaaz@avaaz.org to me show details 9:57 PM (11 hours ago) Dear Amazing Avaaz community, Emergency – within hours, President Abbas will decide whether to stand up to US pressure and let the world voteon Palestinian statehood, or leave New York with nothing achieved. Let’s flood our governments with phone calls and messages telling them to [...]
There are approximatley 6 million Palestinians who live outside the pre-1967 borders [EPA] Mark LeVine asked three leading scholars of the “refugee problem” – Karma Nabulsi (lecturer in international relations, Oxford University), Susan Akram (Boston University Law School and founder of the Asylum and Human Rights Clinic at Greater Boston Legal Services) and Ingrid Jaradat [...]
The United Nations General Assembly has adopted 690 different resolutions between 1947-1990 on matters dealing with Palestine [EPA] Palestine & UN: History of a double standard The struggle for Palestinian nationhood is entering yet another new phase in its decades long history. Marwan Bishara Last Modified: 21 Sep 2011 12:16 Failure to resolve [...]
At UN, Obama Struggles to Defend Opposition to Palestinian Statehood ‘Universal Right to Live in Freedom and Dignity,’ But Not in the West Bank by Jason Ditz, September 21, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum With Moammar Gadhafi no longer holding a seat at the UN General Assembly, one may have briefly hoped rambling, [...]
Debating the UN bid for Palestinian statehood Experts discuss what may happen with the Palestinian bid for UN statehood and what it means for all concerned. Roxanne Horesh Last Modified: 19 Sep 2011 15:32 A delegation of Palestinian leaders has flown to New York for the opening of the UN General Assembly, beginning on September 20, [...]
‘Two state solution‘ legitimizes Israel as a racist state. (Tamar Fleishman) By Mahmoud N. Musa Before Palestinian politicians go to the General Assembly of the United Nations to ask for recognition of their nominal state, they have to answer this question: Is this what the Palestinian people want? In a poll conducted by the Palestine Center [...]
Palestinians pressured by US and Quartet to drop bid for UN status Mahmoud Abbas chairs a meeting of the Palestinian Executive Committee in Ramallah, ahead of a campaign to join the UN as a full member state. Photograph: Mufeed Abu Hasnah/Palestinian Authority/EPA As general assembly looks set to pass Palestinian vote, Clinton and Blair among [...]
In the occupied Palestinian Territories, a “matrix of control has been put into place that curbs Palestinians‘ most basic human rights” [GALLO/GETTY] The crime of apartheid In order to keep Israel a “Jewish” state, racist policies amounting to apartheid have been used against Palestinians. Frank Barat Last Modified: 07 Sep 2011 11:02 South [...]
US Envoy: Israel Considers Any Protest an Excuse to Use Military by Jason Ditz, September 04, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Whenever Israeli troops rough up civilian protesters, it is shrugged off as an isolated incident. One of the WikiLeaks cables, however, shows that it was explicit military policy to abuse civilians [...]
Saeb Erekat met on Friday with Daniel Rubinstein, the US consul general in Jerusalem [EPA] A senior American diplomat reportedly warned on Friday that the United States would cut aid to the Palestinian Authority if it asks the United Nations to recognise a Palestinian state next month. Daniel Rubinstein, the US consul general in Jerusalem, [...]
Palestine and Statehood: An historical overview Published today (updated) 23/08/2011 12:17 By Abdullah Abueid Until 1923, Palestine was part of the Ottoman Empire. In December 1917, British troops entered Jerusalem and ended 400 years of Ottoman rule. In 1922, the League of Nations issued the Mandate of Palestine which authorized the United Kingdom to [...]
Israel will use Palestinian UN bid to restore status quo To be honest, what’s the difference between the potential UN declaration in September 2011 and the Palestinian declaration of independence in Tunis 22 years ago? By Akiva Eldar Even MK Aryeh Eldad (National Union ), the professor of the extreme right, is not particularly upset by [...]
Israelis Chant: “Mubarak, Assad, Bibi Netanyahu“ Tens of thousands of Israelis in nine cities pour onto the streets, demanding Israeli PM Bibi Netanyahu resign You can watch the video at: http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=7118 Please remember this very valuable site at Real News depends on public support. If you are able to make a donation please do. [...]
It seems that the Three Stooges have multiplied. The seem to be five here. From Hillary the Zionist Hawk to Tony the Vatican’s director of mass murder (God willing of course) to there’s more Bang in the Moon than in Gaza. All that’s missing from the photo are several hundred thousand corpses of Iraqis, Gazans [...]
Although the UN General Assembly will probably vote for Palestine’s admission to the UN, the Obama administration plans to veto the measure using its position on the UN Security Council [GALLO/GETTY] “Membership in the United Nations is open to all other peace-loving states,” notes the UN Charter. The admission depends on “a decision of the [...]
Holy Land clerics launch interfaith Earth forum Published yesterday (updated) 25/07/2011 15:46 Rabbi David Rosen speaks during a press conference in Rome, 2010. Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders in the Holy Land joined forces to launch a multi-faith environmental campaign, citing religious injunctions to protect the Earth across their three faiths. [AFP/Vincenzo Pinto, File] [...]
Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the UN. (UN Photo) By Martin Waehlisch ‘Membership in the United Nations is open to all other peace-loving states,’ notes the UN Charter. The admission depends on ‘a decision of the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council,’ the Charter continues. The process for gaining membership [...]
IDF in buying spree in anticipation of September By YAAKOV KATZ 07/22/2011 01:54 Snipers will switch to non-lead rounds and will use new rules of engagement to diffuse potential riots in W. Bank and along borders. Talkbacks (28) As the Palestinians move forward with their plans to unilaterally declare statehood in September, the army has decided to procure new non-lethal [...]
We Should Be Outraged! At Ourselves Wolfgang Maria Weber The good life in Munich. An essay by Harald Welzer Germans want to end nuclear power and turn to renewable energy, but they keep buying SUVs. Global carbon emissions and oil consumption have risen sharply over the last two environmentally conscious decades — and the [...]
