U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke out last week against the effort by South Africa to hold Israel accountable for alleged genocide in Gaza—calling the initiative “galling.”
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GENOCIDE: ISRAELI POLITICIAN STANDS HIS GROUND: GAZA SHOULD BE ‘BURNED’ TO THE GROUND
Nissim Vaturi, a far-right member of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party, said in an interview last week that he stands by his earlier comment that Israel has been too soft in Gaza and should burn the coastal enclave to the ground.
ISRAELI MP SAYS HE SUPPORTS SOUTH AFRICA’S CASE OF GENOCIDE AGAINST ISRAEL, FACES BACKLASH
Ofer Cassif, a member of Israel’s (left wing) Hadash-Ta'al party in the Knesset, faced calls for his ouster after he lent his support behind South Africa’s case of genocide against Israel in the International Court of Justice.
PALESTINIANS IN GAZA STARVING TO DEATH AS ISRAEL TIGHTENS GRIP
Most Gazans face the risk of famine as Israel continues its genocide and food blockade in the coastal enclave—and the UN now forecasts that the city could reach the level of famine by February without intervention.
IRAN BLAMES U.K. FOR ROLE IN ISRAEL’S WAR CRIMES AGAINST PALESTINIANS IN GAZA
Iran’s top diplomat held a phone call with Britain’s David Cameron, the foreign secretary, on Sunday and blamed the U.K. for its role in the war crimes and genocide being committed by Israel in Gaza—noting that the conflict’s history did not begin on 7 October.
UN SAYS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST USE ‘ALL ITS INFLUENCE’ TO END GAZA WAR
Martin Griffiths, the UN’s under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, said Friday that the international community must come together to bring an end to Israel’s war in Gaza, which made the coastal enclave uninhabitable and has shown the “worst of humanity.”
U.S., AGAIN, VOTES FOR ISRAEL TO KEEP ITS GENOCIDAL WAR GOING
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.
ISRAEL POLITICIAN CALLS FOR GENOCIDE: BURY PALESTINIANS ALIVE
Aryeh Yitzhak King, the far-right deputy mayor of Jerusalem who represents the mindset of Israel’s extremist Knesset, posted on X on Friday that the IDF should save itself the trouble and just bury alive hundreds of captured Palestinians.
BY WORDS AND DEEDS, ISRAEL IS COMMITTING GENOCIDE
By words, deeds and definition, Israel’s mass bombing of Gaza and its killing thousands of Palestinian civilians who have nowhere to hide is genocide: the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group. "A campaign of genocide."
GENOCIDE EXPANDS TO SOUTHERN GAZA AS HUNDREDS REPORTED KILLED IN 24 HOURS
Israel followed Gaza’s displaced people from the north to the south and carried out a brutal bombing campaign where hundreds of thousands were taking refuge.