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SvennoJ 7 hours ago

UNGA adopts resolution urging Israel to end Gaza aid restrictions

The UN General Assembly has adopted a draft resolution, demanding that Israel allow full humanitarian access into Gaza, respect the inviolability of UN premises, and comply with its obligations under international law.

The resolution responds to the ICJ’s recent advisory opinion outlining Israel’s obligations as both an “occupying power” and a UN member state.

On the work of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), the resolution “strongly warned against any attempts to diminish its operations and mandate and called upon the Israeli Government to respect the Agency’s privileges and immunities”.

“The Assembly also urged immediate efforts to address the financial and operational crises affecting UNRWA,” it added.

The resolution received support from 139 countries, with 12 voting against and 19 abstaining.

UNGA resolutions are not binding in terms of international law as opposed to the UN Security Council resolutions.



UNRWA chief welcomes UN General Assembly support

Philippe Lazzarini, who heads UNRWA, has welcomed a resolution passed earlier in the General Assembly reasserting support for UNRWA.

In a social media post, Lazzarini said the vote gives “a strong endorsement” to an International Court of Justice ruling that found claims of UNRWA “being infiltrated by Hamas are not substantiated, nor are the allegations that UNRWA is not a neutral organisation”.

“This vote is an important sign of support for UNRWA from the overwhelming majority of the international community,” Lazzarini said.

As we reported earlier, the General Assembly passed a draft resolution that “strongly warned against any attempts to diminish [UNRWA’s] operations and mandate and called upon the Israeli Government to respect the Agency’s privileges and immunities”.

Always good to see which countries are completely under Israel's thumb.



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SvennoJ 7 hours ago

Main events on December 12th

  • The Palestinian Ministry of Interior and National Security says agencies in Gaza have received more than 4,300 distress calls since the start of the storm there.
  • A spokesperson for UN chief Guterres says continued Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are having “devastating” effects.
  • The UN General Assembly has adopted a draft resolution, demanding that Israel allow full humanitarian access into Gaza, respect the inviolability of UN premises, and comply with its obligations under international law.
  • UN Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian Territory Albanese says the cost of rebuilding Gaza should be paid not only by Israel, but also by the US, Germany, Italy and the UK, as they are the main arms suppliers to Israel.
  • A group of foreign ministers from the Middle East and Asia have reaffirmed their support for the UNRWA, stressing that it plays an “essential role” in delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Irish artist McGettigan says will return Eurovision winning trophy

In a video shared by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Charlie McGettigan – who won the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest – has said he plans to return his winning trophy in the latest act of protest against Israel’s inclusion in next year’s competition.

McGettigan noted in the video that he can’t find his trophy but will return it whenever he does.

He said the move was in solidarity with Swiss artist Nemo, who won Eurovision in 2024 and announced yesterday that they would return their trophy in protest of Israel’s war on Palestinians in Gaza.

“Following on from 2024 winner Nemo doing the same yesterday, this is great solidarity with the Palestinian people,” the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign wrote on social media of McGettigan’s announcement.

It added that the European Broadcasting Union, which organises Eurovision, “is wrecking its own contest to preserve Israel’s artwashing of genocide, but the tide has turned and artists and the public reject that!”

For more on the growing protests and boycotts over Israel’s inclusion in Eurovision, see this story from earlier this week.


Israel commits genocide while demanding its neighbours demilitarise | Jeremy Scahill



In this UNAPOLOGETIC episode from the Doha Forum, investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill examines how Israel has carried out a campaign that meets the legal and moral definitions of genocide in Gaza, while simultaneously insisting that Palestinians must not resist and that neighbouring states must demilitarise. Scahill situates Israel’s assault within a wider history of US militarism, privatised warfare, and the global security industry, showing how Gaza has become a testing ground for surveillance, weapons and siege tactics.

We also discuss the collapse of the 2025 cease-fire, the regional implications of Syria’s political shift, and the contrasting strategies of Gulf states as the war reshapes regional power.

 

Norman Finkelstein EXPOSES Israel’s DARKEST SECRET



We oppose white supremacy. We opposed male supremacy. So what is problematic about just saying instead of using these vague terms like I'm not a Zionist, why not just use the straightforward term whether or not you're a Jewish supremacist?

Israel is technically a Jewish state as a legal matter. It's a state of the Jewish people. But there's nothing Jewish about Israel.



SvennoJ 7 hours ago

Britain Threatened To DEFUND ICC If It Prosecuted Netanyahu


 

Will this documentary put Keir Starmer behind bars?


Declassified presents the first documentary about Britain's complicity in the Gaza genocide, exposing Keir Starmer's shady spy flight missions for Israel. What does a British base in Cyprus have to do with Israel's genocide in Gaza?

Declassified travelled to this Mediterranean island to investigate the hundreds of spy flights Keir Starmer has sent over Gaza, that coincided with Israeli airstrikes and the killing of British aid workers We go where the British media and military experts have refused to look and ask whether this scandal could put Keir Starmer in The Hague.

 

"We've seen this before" | James Jackson


Germany has built its new identity on turning its back on its past, but at what cost? Today, the far-right is topping the polls, police violence is soaring, and free speech is increasingly restricted.

In this eye-opening episode of The Tea with Myriam François, we are joined by journalist and podcaster James Jackson to dive into Germany’s complex and troubling relationship with Israel, Zionism, and its own historical identity. From Angela Merkel’s declaration that Israel’s security is Germany’s 'Staatsräson', to the silencing of Palestinian solidarity and dissenting Jewish voices, we unpack the dangerous intersections of history, politics, and power.

The German approach to confronting history was to declare, “We were all guilty as a nation” - a line that conveniently absolves individuals of the blame. “Ultimately it's a redemption narrative, a guilt pride - so you're proud of how evil your nation was and how you've accepted that.”