The UN last week adopted a non-binding resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, with 153 countries voting in favor of the resolution that was presented by Egypt and Mauritania.
Category: 19 December 2023
U.S.’S UN VOTE GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO ISRAEL TO KEEP SLAUGHTERING PALESTINIANS
The U.S.’s decision to oppose the UN General Assembly’s vote last week for a ceasefire resolution in Gaza gives the hardline Israeli government carte blanche to continue its onslaught against Palestinians in the coastal enclave and the West Bank, according to an article in WSWS.
PAPER OF RECORD SELLS ‘BIG TOLL’ FROM RUSSIAN ATTACK ON KYIV… WHICH PALES IN COMPARISON TO ISRAEL’S SLAUGHTER
The New York Times published a story last week to describe the living conditions that many Ukrainians find themselves living in nearly two years since the Russian invasion.
WHITE HOUSE BRUSHES OFF BIDEN’S COMMENT ON ISRAEL’S INDISCRIMINATE BOMBING IN GAZA
John Kirby, the spokesman for the White House National Security Council, did his best last week to play down President Joe Biden’s comment that Israel has been conducting “indiscriminate bombing” in Gaza.
GAZA UNFIT FOR HUMAN LIFE, UN SAYS
Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), said last week that the conditions on the ground in Gaza are so poor that the coastal enclave is “not really a habitable place anymore.”
PUTIN: NO COMPARISON BETWEEN UKRAINE AND GAZA
Russian President Vladimir Putin said during his lengthy news conference last week that no sensible person can compare the conflict in Gaza with Russia’s approach to Ukraine.
ISRAELI SOLDIERS WICKEDNESS IN GAZA CAUGHT ON VIDEO
The Israel Defense Forces, or IDF, have been forced to acknowledge publicly some troubling ruthlessness by its troops in Gaza ranging from chanting racist slogans to intentionally destroying a toy store with no military significance.