Mary Robinson warns US increasingly isolated over support for #Israel's assault on #Gaza, ahead of today's United Nations Security Council vote on humanitarian aid to Gaza. Click 'Show more' to read her comment in full. "President Biden’s support for Israel’s indiscriminate bombing of

Two weeks ago, I visited the occupied territories of Palestine, to meet our teams. I visited Jenin, Nablus and Ramallah; unfortunately, it was impossible for me to enter Gaza but I spoke to my colleagues there. I want to share some of my observations from that trip 👇

Mary Robinson calls on President Donald J. Trump to support demands for a ceasefire in #Gaza and allow #UNSC resolution to be passed. President Biden’s international leadership is critical to stopping the killing. #CeasefireNow

Mary Robinson gives qualified welcome to weak #UNSC Resolution on #Gaza, but warns implementation is what really matters to saving lives. “Agreement on this weak and overdue UN Security Council Resolution is better than another US veto. But the test of the resolution’s success

Without sufficient safe water, food and sanitation, child deaths due to disease could surpass those already killed in bombardments. To protect children in Gaza, UNICEF is calling for an immediate and long-lasting humanitarian ceasefire.

This is what happened at the Nakba in 1948. Its exactly the same playbook. First the Israelis drove out the Palestinians with atrocities & mass murder. Then they demolished the villages & built settlements over the ruins. Then they denied the Palestinians had ever been there or

Israel working to expel civilian population of Gaza, UN expert warns | OHCHR ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

Reposted- Jake Wallis Simons inverts the truth and  ignores history and reality here. Three key facts are completely ommitted: 1. The PLO/Palestinian Authority recognised Israel in 1990 and has been committed to a Two State Solution since then, but the ruling Likud Party, in power for

Open calls for the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians of Gaza are becoming ever more frequent in Israel. The Palestinians have been reduced to subhumans, to be shot, starved, dispossessed, subjugated, tortured, bombed, abused and expelled with barely a shrug.

"Once again, "transfer" is in the air - the idea of helping resolve the Israeli-Arab conflict by transferring or expelling some or all of the Arabs from Palestine" An important The Guardian piece from 2002 by Israeli historian Benny Morris reminding us that ethnic cleansing was

What will be left of Gaza when the war ends? ft.com/content/fa93e5…

#Israel's Smotrich, Ben Gvir, and yes, #Netanyahu and the vast majority of his coalition government have forcibly transferred #Palestinians within the West Bank and #Gaza. As I told the #UNSC last week, they intend to deport them on maas, unless stopped. x.com/i/status/17418…

A very amusing find in the library recently! While checking stock, one of our Library Assistants found this note. We managed to track down Brendan, who is now a Professor of Mathematics at Munster Technological University. He has fond memories of cleaning books for £40 a week in the summer of 1983!

Emissions from Israel’s war in Gaza have ‘immense’ effect on climate catastrophe | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian theguardian.com/world/2024/jan…

REMINDER: the public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by South Africa in the case #SouthAfrica v. #Israel will open tomorrow, Thursday 11 January 2024, at 10 a.m. (The Hague). Watch it live on UN Web TV at webtv.un.org/en/asset/k11/k…

The Nelson Mandela Foundation extends support to the South African legal team as they appear before the International Court of Justice today. Wishing them strength and success in their pursuit of truth, justice and peace. #CeasefireNow

South Africa just began its submissions at the International Court of Justice. Whatever ultimately happens in this proceeding, this is a profound moment. History will forever look kindly on South Africa’s people for this noble and heroic deed. #freepalestine #icj #SouthAfrica

This was a moving submission before the International Court of Justice by the Irish lawyer Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh KC advising South Africa. “Look in the mirror and ask where was I when Gaza was going through a genocide? South Africa is here…before this court in the peace palace”