The U.S., once again, rejected a UN General Assembly resolution that demanded a permanent ceasefire in Gaza between the IDF and Hamas and the release of the remaining Israelis still held hostage inside the battered enclave.
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IRELAND JOINS SOUTH AFRICA’S GENOCIDE CASE IN THE ICJ AGAINST ISRAEL
Ireland announced last week that it will intervene in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice and ask the court to “broaden its interpretation of what constitutes the commission of genocide by a State.”
TRUMP CONSIDERS PREEMPTIVE STRIKES ON IRANIAN NUKE SITES
Donald Trump, the U.S. president-elect, is reportedly considering “preventive airstrikes” against Iranian nuclear facilities because he does not want the country to obtain nuclear weapons during his presidency.
ISRAEL SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED FOR WAR CRIME VIOLATIONS IN LEBANON STRIKES THAT KILLED 49: TOP HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP
Over 4,000 Lebanese have been killed by Israel since 7 October 2023, and now Amnesty International said last week that Israel should be investigated for war crime violations in four separate attacks across Lebanon that killed 49 that the London-based human rights group said were “emblematic of Israel’s shocking disregard for civilian lives” during the conflict.
IDF, ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE WARNED NETANYAHU ABOUT ATTACK RISK WEEKS BEFORE HAMAS RAID
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was informed by his military and intelligence team that Israel was vulnerable to an enemy attack because of domestic social upheaval tied to his Knesset’s judicial overhaul plan that divided the country, a report last week said.
BURIED IN THE TIMES: GAZA HOSPITAL LACKS BASIC SUPPLIES, CAN’T TREAT PATIENTS
The old saying in journalism is: if it bleeds, it leads.
GM WRITES OFF $5 BILLION FROM ITS CHINA OPERATIONS
General Motors will take a $5-billion loss on its struggling operations in China, the company announced.
CHINA RETALIATES AGAINST U.S. TRADE RESTRICTIONS
On 3 December, China banned exports to the U.S. of gallium and germanium in retaliation for President Joe Biden’s ban on sales of advanced computer chips to the country.
AUSTRALIA’S ECONOMY SLIPS TOWARD RECESSION AND “NATIONAL EMERGENCY”
In this year’s third quarter, Australia’s economy squeaked out growth of 0.8 percent, year on year, down from 1 percent in the preceding three months, government figures show. The expansion was the slimmest since the end of the COVID War, the World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) reported.
TRUMP CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE IN UKRAINE
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who campaigned on the promise to end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours once he took office, called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, stating that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Kyiv would “like to make a deal and stop the madness.”