Still not able to address the cause, UNSC approves another resolution to 'fight' the symptoms. The Houthi attacks are on the lowest rung of the ladder to threaten international peace and security.
UN Security Council demands Houthis halt attacks on ships
The UN Security Council approved a resolution demanding Yemen’s Houthi rebels halt all attacks on ships and urged the disruption to maritime security in a critical Middle East waterway be urgently addressed.
It was approved by a 12-0 vote with Russia, China and Algeria abstaining.
Speaking on behalf of the United States and Japan, which sponsored the resolution, US Deputy Ambassador Robert Wood said Houthi attacks “threaten international peace and security” and they’re “a global challenge” that “necessitates a global solution”.
“With this resolution, the council once again sends a clear message to the Houthis: Cease these attacks immediately,” he said.
The Yemeni group has been launching attacks on shipping lanes in the region since November in what it says is an effort to support Palestinians and pressure Israel to end its war on Gaza.
US to release part of stalled heavy bomb shipment to Israel: Reports
The Axios news site, citing a US and an Israeli official, reports that the US is preparing to deliver part of a suspended bomb shipment to Israel.
The US is expected to soon release approximately 1,700 500-pound bombs from the shipment that has been suspended since May following worries about harm to Palestinian civilians should the Israeli military use such explosives in its attack on Rafah city, Axios reports.
The consignment will be released when Israel’s operation in Rafah ends in about two weeks, the news site reports. US and Israeli officials also said that the Biden administration is still reviewing the shipment’s consignment of 1,800 2,000-pound bombs.
The issue of the stalled shipment was discussed this week during a visit to Washington by Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, an unnamed US official told the Reuters news agency.The solution reached “was to separate the 500-lb bombs from the rest of the shipment, which includes the 2,000-lb bombs that are still on hold”, Axios reports.These 500-lb bombs (MK-82) are still being found in Vietnam
https://www.maginternational.org/whats-happening/mag-safely-removes-a-mk82-500lb-bomb-in-dong-hoi-c/Rights groups sue Netherlands again over F-35 parts to Israel
A trio of rights groups has taken the Dutch government back to court, arguing that a ban on supplying F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel is not being respected in practice.
In a landmark verdict in February, an appeals court ordered the Netherlands to stop delivering parts for fighter jets used by Israel in its offensive in the Gaza Strip.
The court said at the time there was a “clear risk” the planes would be involved in breaking international humanitarian law.
But the rights groups are returning to court, saying that the ban has not prevented the parts ending up in Israeli planes.
“Unfortunately, everything indicates that these parts end up in Israel from the Netherlands via other routes,” said Oxfam Novib, one of the groups involved in the case.
The Dutch government “has continued delivering (parts) to other countries, including the United States. And that contravenes the order of the court,” Liesbeth Zegveld, a lawyer representing the rights groups, told the court.
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