US must not ‘remain complicit’ in Gaza atrocities: Advocacy group
The US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) says Amnesty International’s report concluding that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza should prompt a policy shift in the US.
“This damning report from Amnesty International thoroughly documents and confirms what we’ve long known: Israel is committing genocide, and the US government must immediately stop arming it,” USCPR executive director Ahmad Abuznaid said in a statement.
“The evidence is undeniable. There’s absolutely no excuse for any institution within the US – any city, county, state, university, or governmental body – to remain complicit in the brutal mass killings of Palestinian families.”
US rejects Amnesty’s conclusion that Israel is committing genocide
The US dismissed Amnesty International’s extensive report on Israel’s intent to destroy the Palestinian people as an “opinion”. “We have said previously and continue to find that the allegations of genocide are unfounded,” State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel told reporters.
“But there continues to be a vital role that civil society organisations like Amnesty International and human rights groups and NGOs play in providing information and analysis as it relates to Gaza.”
Hezbollah leader pledges Syria support amid ‘dangerous’ Israeli policy
The Hezbollah leader promised to stand beside Syria amid what he described as attacks by “terrorist groups” and went on to say that he and Hezbollah will be alongside Syria in “thwarting the goals of aggression to the best of our ability … we are facing a very dangerous Israeli Middle Eastern project.”
You will hear that this is a coordinated effort to weaken longstanding nodes of power, Hezbollah being one of them, Syria’s President al-Assad being another, and Iran being one more.
To that effect, how can Hezbollah continue to support al-Assad in their weakened state? They’re very much licking their wounds since the ceasefire and turned their attention to rebuilding, reconstruction and getting people home from the front lines and civilians that have been displaced.
How they’ve supported al-Assad in the past has been with manpower: through sending troops, sending people into Syria. Can they do that now?
The sooner al-Assad is gone the better. And Hezbollah got plenty criticism (from their own Lebanese supporters) for helping Assad in the past. Hezbollah needs to make up their minds, build a legitimate future in Lebanon or stay Iran's lap dog. Lay down the arms, focus on rebuilding Lebanon. Syria has had enough outside interference.
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