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SvennoJ on 14 June 2025
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Strikes on Iran ease pressure on Israel to end starvation in Gaza

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/14/israel-attack-on-iran-slows-diplomatic-momentum-to-halt-gaza-war

In the hours after Israel attacked Iran, food shipments and distribution in Gaza stopped and a French-Saudi summit meant to pave the way for wider recognition of a Palestinian state was postponed indefinitely.

International pressure over starvation and civilian killings in Gaza had apparently dissipated in little more than the time it took for the smoke of the first missile strikes to clear over Tehran.

Israel’s military moved fast to declare Iran its top priority, with the battle for Gaza relegated to second place. That shift was echoed in foreign ministries and newsrooms around the world.

“The fact that Israel attacked Iran doesn’t mean [the war in] Gaza ended. Today we had dozens of people killed, the only difference is this will have far less attention than yesterday,” said Xavier Abu Eid, a political scientist and former adviser to the Palestine Liberation Organisation.

“Israel’s message [with these attacks] is that there is no political solution for anything in the region. By striking Iran they want to sabotage the US-Iran negotiations as well as the international wave of support for concrete measures on Palestine.”

The decision by Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to take out the security threat posed by Iran’s nuclear programme had also defanged a significant diplomatic and economic threat to his government.

Some of Israel’s closest allies in Europe had become increasingly outspoken about both the impact of the war in Gaza on civilians, and escalating violence by Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

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Pro-Palestinian protesters call for shift in Canada’s approach to Gaza in Montreal rally

Read more at: https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/article990122.html#storylink=cpy



Thousands of protesters took to the streets of downtown Montreal in a pro-Palestinian rally on Saturday afternoon, with some 50 civil society groups and humanitarian organizations calling for a shift in Canada’s approach to the conflict in Gaza.

The demonstration, titled A Red Line for Gaza, began at 1:30 p.m. at Place Norman-Bethune near the Guy–Concordia métro and was to conclude at Place des Montréalaises. Organizers invited participants to wear red to represent what they describe as “red lines” crossed during the ongoing conflict.





"The Livestream Genocide in Gaza Confronts Us All" says human rights activist Maya Yavin

At the 2025 UN civil society consultations on Palestinian rights, Maya Yavin, director of Zochrot NGO, delivered a powerful and deeply personal statement confronting Israel’s ongoing actions in Gaza and the West Bank. Speaking “as someone who is part of the society committing these crimes,” she called out systemic violence and displacement as part of a continuous process that began with the 1948 Nakba. “This is not a rupture from the past. It is its continuation,” she said, linking current events in Gaza to a legacy of forced expulsion, massacres, and erasure. Maya challenged dominant narratives and called silence “not an option,” emphasizing the moral imperative to “confront the ongoing institutionalized violence against the Palestinian people.”

Maya urged the UN to take bold action: to hold Israel accountable for apartheid and genocide, revoke the Jewish National Fund’s charitable status, and suspend Israel’s participation in the UN for violating its membership conditions. “Decolonization is the only framework that addresses the root cause of injustice,” she declared, rejecting Zionist supremacy and advocating for the Palestinian right of return as “a promise of shared life, justice, and collective liberation.” Her speech called for global solidarity and truth-telling as radical acts, warning that without justice for refugees and an end to apartheid, sustainable peace is impossible.