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Forums - Politics Discussion - Israel-Hamas war, Gaza genocide

SvennoJ 3 hours ago

Main points on October 31st

  • Medical sources have told Al Jazeera Israeli air raids have killed at least 95 people across Gaza over the past 24 hours, including an attack on two houses near the Nuseirat refugee camp that killed 16 Palestinians.
  • Israeli attacks have killed 45 people in Lebanon over the past 24 hours, according to local authorities, including at least six health workers in separate strikes in southern Lebanon.
  • Hezbollah rockets have killed seven people in northern Israel – four foreign workers and three Israelis – marking the deadliest day in months for civilians inside the country.
  • US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said negotiators have made “good progress” towards a deal that would bring a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
  • At least 10 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in air strikes on Syria’s Qusayr region bordering Lebanon, where Israel said it hit a Hezbollah weapons depot.
  • The European Union has condemned Israel’s ban on the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), saying “as long as there is no sustainable solution to the conflict” UNRWA’s mandate “will remain vital”.


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SvennoJ 1 hour ago

"Genocide as Colonial Erasure": U.N. Expert Francesca Albanese on Israel's "Intent to Destroy" Gaza


We are joined by U.N. special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, who says Israel is committing genocide on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Facing accusations of antisemitism from Israeli and U.S. officials, Albanese is in New York to present her report, titled "Genocide as colonial erasure," which finds that Israel's genocide is founded on "ideological hatred" and "dehumanization" and "enabled through the various organs of the state," and recommends that Israel be unseated from the United Nations over its conduct. She argues that Israel's attacks on U.N. employees, including the killings of at least 230 U.N. staff in Gaza, its flagrant violations of U.N. resolutions and international law and the unique status of "the first settler-colonial genocide to be ever litigated before [an international] court" justify this measure. Israel's continued impunity, Albanese warns, "is the nail in the coffin of the U.N. Charter."