On 23 March, US President Biden signed off on a spending Bill that will provide $3.8 billion in funding to the Israeli military. The passing of the Bill, with no conditions, was celebrated by the Israel lobby, AIPAC, which also welcomed the State Department‘s decision that the Israeli Government‘s assault on the people of Gaza was in compliance with international law.
In confirmation of the US/Israel alliance’s contempt for human rights and the international community, the US Bill continues its ban on funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), until March next year.
On 26 March, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights violations, Francesca Albanese, condemned the past six months of “unrelenting Israeli assault on occupied Gaza” as “the worst of what humanity is capable of . . .” Global security now urgently requires state-liability for criminal violations of human rights law to be enforceable under international law. To that end, the world community needs to demand an end to the separation of voting rights at the UN Security Council from those at the UN General Assembly.
“US/Israel military alliance undermines the UN and endangers us all” Leslie Bravery
And it does this by making another world war more likely.
18 million people were killed in WW1, more than three times that number, 63 million were killed in WWII, Extrapolating that three fold increase, with modern weapons systems, (excluding nuclear), we can guess over 200 million will be killed in another global war.
It was to prevent another catastrophic War between the global superpowers that the UN system was set up.
Supporters of Western military power lecture us, that the, expansionist imperialist rivals to Western global hegemony, Russia and China, must adhere to international law,
“Tension in the Pacific, and around the world is high as authoritarian regimes test the commitment of nations to the international rule of law.”
https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2024/02/24/ben-morgans-pacific-update-a-simple-explanation-of-this-weeks-military-and-political-developments-in-the-pacific-3/
“China is using similar tactics in the South China Sea drawing its ‘standard map’ to match Chinese interpretations rather than international law…..
…..China recently released its latest edition of the ‘standard map of China,’ or China’s interpretation of its international boundaries and borders. The map is not supported by international law and includes questionable interpretations of borders.”
https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2023/09/07/guest-blog-ben-morgan-pacific-intelligence-update-28/
“At this time it is important that NATO and the international community remain united in their commitment to protecting the rule of international law. Last week, I watched an interview with General Wesley Clark, an American general who served as Supreme Commander NATO. He thoughtfully articulated the importance of the United Nations, NATO and the international community’s support not for Ukraine but for the principles of international law.”
One sided demands that other non-Western powers obey the International Rule of Law while we disregard it is extremely dangerous for world peace.
Russian soldiers are fighting and dying in Ukraine, not just because their politicians and generals have ordered them to, but because their politicians and generals have also convinced them that their cause is just.
The more we in the West show disrespect for international law, the more convincing the propaganda narrative of the Russian and Chinese leaders becomes, and the more the people of China and Russia will back their states against us.
The Chinese government’s ‘position’ is that the United States is not constrained by International law. (The unstated part of China’s ‘position’ is that China should not be constrained by international law either.)
And this viewpoint is being reinforced every day in Gaza
The more we in the West flout international law, the more the anti-Western narrative of China and Russia is reinforced And the more the people in the nations of the global South will see China and Russia as a bulwark protecting themselves from Western imperialism. As a result the world is being realigned into two hostile opposed camps not bound by any international laws or rules except the rule of force.
Might makes Right is the lesson of Gaza. Even genocide is permissible if your country is aligned with the right super power, and you buy into their propaganda narrative.
“China’s position is that by supporting and reinforcing countries like Japan, Australia, Taiwan (although China disagrees about Taiwan’s status) and the Philippines the United States is physically isolating China, blocking access to maritime trade routes. Further, that this strategy is motivated by economic competition rather than by a commitment to maintaining peace or the international rule of law.”
https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2023/03/15/guest-blog-ben-morgan-pacific-intelligence-update-3/
The heavily biased UN, along with the blatantly antisemitic Albanese, has no credibility. The IDF are readying to deploy into Rafah at this very moment, to finish off the barbaric terrorist monsters you so lovingly embrace once and for all. Israel stands valiantly against the enemies of civilisation and victory, as in the past, is not in doubt.
Are you are Zionist Gaby?
Can you string a sentence, O’Dea, and are you an antisemite?
“O’Dea, and are you an antisemite?”
No, of course not.
You asked me a question. I have answered it.
Now it’s your turn.
I asked you a simple question, I wasn’t accusing you of being a Zionist, Gaby. I just asking if you were.
Are you a Zionist, Gaby?
Yes or No
Sorry, Pat, she’s gone back to sleep…..yawn
It seems that no one wants to identify as a Zionist anymore.
What is a Zionist Pat?
Why don’t you
Tell us?
Ann with
an E
A simple fact check shows that since Jan 2020, Russia and China, those well-known supporters of human rights and freedom, have used their veto *six times* on resolutions relating to the Middle East, twice as many times as the USA. In addition, China and Russia have of course also vetoed on *three occasions* resolutions relating to the situation in Ukraine, as opposed to none by the USA.
Either you are too stupid to know this or more likely so biased by your anti-western and anti-Semitic mindset that you lack all objectivity.
Civilized countries have every right to veto genocidal zionist plots.
Nabatean are you a Zionist?
It seems that no one wants to identify as a Zionist anymore.
You gotta ask yourself, why’s that?
Probably because you are trying to pigeonhole people without giving any indication of what you think a Zionist is Pat. Would you, for example, agree with Mohammed Khan’s venomous depiction of Zionists? You, yourself use the descriptive phrase “genocidal Zionists.” Do you attribute that to all Zionists of political, religious or economic hue. Or to people that may support a Jewish state? And why do you not equally apply the genocidal term to the rulers of Gaza? You have read their charter haven’t you?
You need to give some context to your question to avoid it looking like a gotcha trap.
“….you are trying to pigeonhole people without giving any indication of what you think a Zionist is Pat” Ann E
So how about it, Ann E. Tell us what you think a Zionist is.
Oh dear Pat, it appears Mr Bravery doesn’t want me to.
But I’ll keep trying.
My definition of a Zionist: a member or supporter of that national movement of the Jewish people which holds that Jews, like any other nation, are entitled to a homeland in the place from where they originated. Yours?
Who wants to be insulted by feculent wonks. https://www.jihadwatch.org/2024/04/california-pro-hamas-demonstrators-at-berkeley-city-council-denounce-zionist-pigs
When Zionists claim/describe, that normal people who object to Israels barbaric terrorist actions of slaughtering and starving and maiming civilian men women and children ,,, as being anti-Semitic… British Surgeon Describes Children Suffering “Appalling Injuries” in Gaza https://youtu.be/MujncUROemo?t=134
Then it becomes clear that in our modern times the racist, violent and cruel ideology of Zionism is the driver and “engine of anti-Antisemitism” ,,,, Programmed to kill https://youtu.be/IGcOI_0EkgY?list=TLPQMjkwMzIwMjSIjvgTu-HAvg&t=3810
Gaby was one of the first to jump on and fog-horn Israels atrocity propaganda/lies ,,, to justify the mass murder and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians,,,, which blood-lust Gaby has been baying for throughout his entire posting history here at TDB.
You need a mountain of lies to even begin to justify what Gaby has always called for ,,,, here’s a relatively good doco showing some of the evil ‘blood libel’ fiction that gaby and other Zionist extremists have used to rape the truth regarding barbaric Israel actions since Oct 7th …. October 7 | Al Jazeera Investigations https://youtu.be/_0atzea-mPY?t=2067
The Nazis thought they were the peak of civilization ,,, and they were masters of propaganda/lies too.
And fascist countries in the Middle East, spurred on by the Palestinian Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, welcomed and safeguarded some of those Nazis instead of handing them over to be tried in Nuremberg.
One International War for all?
The supporters of the Western alliance demand that Russia and China obey international law.
“Tension in the Pacific, and around the world is high as authoritarian regimes test the commitment of nations to the international rule of law.” Ben Morgan
“China is using similar tactics in the South China Sea drawing its ‘standard map’ to match Chinese interpretations rather than international law…..
….The map is not supported by international law and includes questionable interpretations of borders.” Ben Morgan
“At this time it is important that NATO and the international community remain united in their commitment to protecting the rule of international law.” Ben Morgan
“….General Wesley Clark, an American general who served as Supreme Commander NATO. He thoughtfully articulated the importance of the United Nations, NATO and the international community’s support not for Ukraine but for the principles of international law.” Ben Morgan
How does the West stack up in obeying international law?
The government of the UK. have been advised by their legal experts that Israel is acting illegally in Gaza
The smoking Gun
@0:52 minutes
….the foreign office has received official advice that Israel broke International humanitarian law, but the government has not announced it. …they haven’t stopped arms exports…..
Former foreign office and Ministry of Defense official and Conservative government MP Alysa Kerns, currently the chair of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs select committee.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnoLqtI0iV8
The UK government know that Israel is committing war crimes, and is supplying them with the weapons to do it.
Horrific, Leslie. I missed this.