Geopolitics
UN News – Mass graves in Gaza show victims’ hands were tied, says UN rights office
We are only scratching the surface of the horror Israel has inflicted in Gaza. Read the article HERE.
United Nations
Geopolitics
United Nations: No evidence yet of Israel’s claims against UNWRA: Colonna report
Israeli authorities have provided no proof yet following their three-month-old claim that a dozen UN staff colluded with Hamas in the 7 October attacks in Israel, according to the final report of an independent review […]
Geopolitics
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Sybil Fares – If the US and UK Have Any Shame, They Will Welcome Palestine as a UN Member State
A vote is due to take place this week on Palestine becoming a full UN member, but the US and UK look set to reject the will of the vast majority of the world’s countries. […]
Geopolitics
Phyllis Bennis: UN Security Council’s Gaza Ceasefire Resolution Is Not Enough—But It’s a Start
Analysis of the UN Security Council’s belated support for a ceasefire in Gaza. Phyllis Bennis is a fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies and serves on the national board of Jewish Voice for Peace. […]
Geopolitics
Hasan Basri Bulbul – Defunding UNRWA: With this act, western powers are likely complicit in genocide
The war on UNRWA is a shocking escalation in the West’s participation in the genocide in Gaza. Hasan Basri Bulbul is an Assistant Professor of International Law at Bogazici University, Faculty of Law, Istanbul, Turkey. […]
Geopolitics
What enforcement power does the International Court of Justice have in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel? – Interview w/ Victor Peskin
Some insights into legal precedents for genocide and how the ICJ has acted before in comparable cases. Victor Peskin is associate professor of politics and global studies at Arizona State University. Cross-posted from The Conversation […]
EU politics
Michael von der Schulenburg: The war in Ukraine and our obligation to seek peace
The UN Charter requires that all states seek peace, and as such seems forgotten today by both Russia and the West Michael Von der Schulenburg is a former UN Assistant Secretary-General and is the author […]
Climate Crisis
United Nations – Climate change: CO2 and methane in our atmosphere reach record levels
Atmospheric levels of the three main greenhouse gases warming our planet – carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide- all reached new record highs in 2021, according to a new report from the UN’s World Meteorological […]