More fallout over killing 'foreign' aid workers. Will Israel finally be held accountable over one of its countless war crimes?
Unreal double standards but at least some Western countries are finally realizing what their unconditional support is doing.
Australian Prime Minister expresses ‘anger’ over killing of aid worker ‘heroes’
As we reported earlier, Australian Prime Minister Antony Albanese has told journalists he conveyed “anger and concern” to the Israeli prime minister over the killing of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom.
Albanese has now shared a video of his remarks, which were made at a news conference at Parliament House in Canberra this morning. “These people are heroes,” Albanese said, describing Frankcom and the other aid workers killed.
Responding to questions from journalists, Albanese told journalists he was joining the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Nations in “a consistent demand for full accountability” over the attack. “We await that to occur,” he said.
Albanese noted that Australia had joined calls for a ceasefire at the UN, although he did not directly renew that call during the news conference. He also did not refer to Australia’s weapons industry, which activists say is linked to Israel’s war on Gaza.
Israeli military’s killing of aid workers in Gaza ‘intentional’: UN expert
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese said, based on an assessment, that she believes the Israeli military “intentionally killed” the seven aid workers in Gaza to scare donors of humanitarian relief and ensure the continued starvation of Palestinians.
Albanese, the UN’s envoy on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, said that having knowledge of the Israeli military’s operating procedures, the killings were carried out deliberately so that “donors would pull out & civilians in Gaza would continue to be starved quietly”.
“Israel knows Western countries & Arab countries won’t move a finger for the Palestinians,” she said on social media.
Earlier, the special rapporteur said the killings of the aid workers coincided with Israel’s bombing of a foreign embassy in Syria.
“Israel is crossing every possible red line, still will full impunity. Sanctions now. Indictments now,” she said.
Deliberate attack on aid convoy or systematic use of force in Gaza? – Marwan Bishara
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Biden’s ‘outrage’ over Israel’s killing of aid workers in Gaza branded ‘empty words’
Kenneth Roth, the former executive director of Human Rights Watch (HRW), has called Biden’s criticism of Israel’s failure to protect aid workers in Gaza “empty words”.
Commenting on a news article quoting from a public statement by Biden, in which the president said he was “outraged and heartbroken” over the killing of seven aid workers in Gaza by Israeli forces, Roth noted that “Biden keeps arming and funding Israel anyway”.
The former longtime director of HRW also said: “Nor has Israel done enough to avoid killing and starving Palestinian civilians.”
