Protests at RNC, DNC link US-backed Gaza war to broader issues
In Milwaukee, protests outside the Republican National Convention (RNC) have highlighted concerns over the US-backed war on Gaza, linking it to issues like economic inequality and civil rights in the US.
Organised by the US Palestinian Community Network, the rally reflects worries about political leadership in the US.
Demonstrators initially targeted Trump, but will now focus on Biden’s policies as attention shifts to the Democratic National Convention (DNC), where protests will be held against so-called ‘Genocide Joe’, which is scheduled to start on August 19 in Chicago.
Saudi Arabia condemns latest attacks by “Israeli war machine” in Gaza
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned recent Israeli attacks in Gaza and the “continuation of Israeli genocidal crimes”, in a statement shared on X.
The statement comes after a wave of mass-casualty Israeli attacks, including a strike that killed 23 Palestinians sheltering in an UNRWA school in Nuseirat, and an attack that killed 13 in the Attar area on the western outskirts of Khan Younis.
The two attacks were “part of a series of repeated violations by the Israeli war machine against defenceless civilians,” the ministry said, calling for full accountability for those responsible.
#Statement | The Foreign Ministry expresses Saudi Arabia’s strong condemnation and denunciation of targeting Al-Razi School, affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Refugees in the Nuseirat camp in Gaza, and the targeting of Al-Attar area in Khan Younis. pic.twitter.com/0C1Gepx0Zu
— Foreign Ministry 🇸🇦 (@KSAmofaEN) July 17, 2024
Palestinians will never relinquish right to ‘liberty and dignity’, says representative to UN
We reported earlier that Riyad Mansour, Palestine’s envoy to the United Nations, asked the UN Security Council why Israel can “openly, brazenly, and repeatedly” commit war crimes in Gaza and yet nothing is done.
He asked the UN’s top body on world security why international laws and norms are continually violated but nothing is ever done to stop Israel’s criminal actions.
Mansour also said that Palestinians will never relinquish their “right to life, to liberty and to dignity”.
As all your nations refused to forego their rights, the Palestinian people will never accept to relinquish theirs. Peace will not be achieved at the expense of our rights but by upholding them. The right to life, to liberty and to dignity. That is the only path to peace. Let us… pic.twitter.com/pwGOu6eo32
— State of Palestine (@Palestine_UN) July 17, 2024
Brazil calls to stop flow of weapons used in ‘illegal acts’ in Gaza
Brazil’s ambassador to the UN Sergio Franca Danese has called for an end to the flow of weapons used in illegal acts in Gaza.
Addressing the UN Security Council, Danese also said the “wider Israeli-Palestinian conflict will only cease with an end to occupation” and that admitting Palestine as a full member of the UN would make “it clear that Israel can not determine the fate of Palestine’s sovereignty and statehood”.
His speech at the UNSC came as Israel’s Knesset adopted a resolution opposing Palestinian statehood, further demonstrating Israel’s shift away from its commitments under the Oslo Accords.
At today's #UNSC Middle East Open Debate, while reiterating calls for a ceasefire amidst the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, the release of hostages and the provision of humanitarian aid, Brazil emphasized that the international community must do more: ⬇ pic.twitter.com/jsTMry89Ig
— Brazil Mission to the UN (@Brazil_UN_NY) July 17, 2024
