remember how the israeli prime minister, in september 2023, presented to the UN GA a map of his "new middle east" ... with palestine nowhere to be found on it? were there any outcries in outrage? "from the river to the sea - only jewish sovereignty."
well, yesterday, the UN general assembly adopted a palestinian draft resolution calling o…
remember how the israeli prime minister, in september 2023, presented to the UN GA a map of his "new middle east" ... with palestine nowhere to be found on it? were there any outcries in outrage? "from the river to the sea - only jewish sovereignty."
well, yesterday, the UN general assembly adopted a palestinian draft resolution calling on israel to end its unlawful presence in gaza + the occupied west bank w/i a year. 124 countries voted in favor, while 43 abstained and 14 opposed the resolution, which demands sanctions and an arms embargo against israel along with "the return of the land and other immovable property as well as all assets seized from any natural or legal person since its occupation in 1967 and [the return of] all cultural property and assets taken from palestinians and palestinian institutions".
[considering, if only briefly, the fact that gaza has been reduced to rubble by now, i do ask myself, "what assets seized from any natural or legal person there are now left to return?"] and i wonder:
will this resolution share the fate of all the others that were totally ignored by the nations concerned, i.e. israel and all its al_lies - or will it mark a turning of the tide, as more and more people wake up and decide to side with the forces that work for PEACE, in the middle east and across the globe?
how to effectively STOP these warmongers before they destroy what's left of humanity in all of us? is even voting for parties that advocate for peaceful coexistence nothing but utterly futile?
I get hope from the 124 countries that voted for an end to Israel's military occupation of Palestine but like you feel concern that it won't be enough. If Australia, Canada and UK had voted in support of Palestine (instead of abstaining from the vote) it could have created more pressure on US/Israel to retreat. But unfortunately there's a moral vacuum in the West created from financial ties and cultural arrogance.. I feel very alienated from my Anglo/Euro ancestry. It is literally sickening. The military industrial complex has far far too much lobbying power. Change needed.
@ julia anne: thank you for responding! moral vacuum, cultural arrogance - i totally agree and find it sad that people in my EU country don't get mad enough to flood the streets in protest for days, even weeks on end. global warming, forever wars, techno feudalism, modern slavery, digital and otherwise, fascism on the rise ... too many people are either indifferent or so overwhelmed that they think they can't make a difference. we probably can but might not see the good results in our lifetime?
remember how the israeli prime minister, in september 2023, presented to the UN GA a map of his "new middle east" ... with palestine nowhere to be found on it? were there any outcries in outrage? "from the river to the sea - only jewish sovereignty."
well, yesterday, the UN general assembly adopted a palestinian draft resolution calling on israel to end its unlawful presence in gaza + the occupied west bank w/i a year. 124 countries voted in favor, while 43 abstained and 14 opposed the resolution, which demands sanctions and an arms embargo against israel along with "the return of the land and other immovable property as well as all assets seized from any natural or legal person since its occupation in 1967 and [the return of] all cultural property and assets taken from palestinians and palestinian institutions".
[considering, if only briefly, the fact that gaza has been reduced to rubble by now, i do ask myself, "what assets seized from any natural or legal person there are now left to return?"] and i wonder:
will this resolution share the fate of all the others that were totally ignored by the nations concerned, i.e. israel and all its al_lies - or will it mark a turning of the tide, as more and more people wake up and decide to side with the forces that work for PEACE, in the middle east and across the globe?
how to effectively STOP these warmongers before they destroy what's left of humanity in all of us? is even voting for parties that advocate for peaceful coexistence nothing but utterly futile?
I get hope from the 124 countries that voted for an end to Israel's military occupation of Palestine but like you feel concern that it won't be enough. If Australia, Canada and UK had voted in support of Palestine (instead of abstaining from the vote) it could have created more pressure on US/Israel to retreat. But unfortunately there's a moral vacuum in the West created from financial ties and cultural arrogance.. I feel very alienated from my Anglo/Euro ancestry. It is literally sickening. The military industrial complex has far far too much lobbying power. Change needed.
@ julia anne: thank you for responding! moral vacuum, cultural arrogance - i totally agree and find it sad that people in my EU country don't get mad enough to flood the streets in protest for days, even weeks on end. global warming, forever wars, techno feudalism, modern slavery, digital and otherwise, fascism on the rise ... too many people are either indifferent or so overwhelmed that they think they can't make a difference. we probably can but might not see the good results in our lifetime?