Israeli soldiers take up positions next to the Philadelphi Corridor along the border with Egypt, in the Gaza Strip, September 13, 2024
THE United Nations general assembly was set to vote last night on a Palestinian resolution demanding that Israel end its “unlawful presence”in Gaza and the occupied West Bank within a year, withdraw its military forces and evacuate all settlers.
The resolution is being put to a vote in the 193-member assembly as Israel’s brutal military campaign in Gaza approaches its first anniversary.
Palestinian UN ambassador Riyad Mansour opened the assembly meeting on Tuesday by warning that his people face an “existential threat” and accusing Israel of holding them “in shackles.”
On International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, HUGH LANNING warns that the US-led “Comprehensive Plan” entrenches decades of Western complicity in Israel’s domination and denial of Palestinian land and rights
Israeli media awash with leaks and rumours of Netanyahu’s plans to seize Gaza. Meanwhile, the unrelenting siege of Gaza continues unabated