The Palestinian Authority’s prime minister announced his government’s resignation on Monday, seen as the first step in a reform process demanded by the United States as part of its latest ambitious plans to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (Feb. 26)Photos
BY JOSEPH KRAUSSUpdated 9:02 AM GMT+7, February 27, 2024 AP
The Palestinian Authority’s prime minister announced his government’s resignation on Monday, seen as the first step in a reform process urged by the United States as part of its latest ambitious plans to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
But it will do little to address the authority’s longstanding lack of legitimacy among its own people or its strained relations with Israel. Both pose major obstacles to U.S. plans calling for the PA, which administers parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, to govern postwar Gaza ahead of eventual statehood.
(Feb. 16, 2024) Decision of the CIJ on South Africa’s request (dated Feb. 12, 2024) for additional provisional measures (on the Genocide case against Israel) Read and Download Court Order of 16 Feb, 2024 >>
Majority of countries argue Israel violated international law in last historic hearing at UN court
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A Palestinian flag flies outside the United Nations’ highest court, rear, during historic hearings in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, into the legality of Israel’s 57-year occupation of the West Bank and east Jerusalem, plunging the 15 international judges back into the heart of the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Six days of hearings at the International Court of Justice, during which an unprecedented number of countries will participate in proceedings, are scheduled as Israel continues its devastating assault on Gaza. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
TTCT – Năm 2023 đối với cá nhân tôi đáng nhớ vì vào cuối năm xảy ra sự cố Gaza. Dĩ nhiên đây là về mặt chủ quan cá nhân vì tôi có nhiều gắn bó với khu vực và có nhiều quan hệ với người Palestine tị nạn ở Lebanon và nước ngoài.
Dẫu vậy, tôi chưa hề đặt chân lên lãnh thổ Palestine.
Ảnh: The Nation
Lebanon là một trong những quốc gia còn trong tình trạng chiến tranh với Israel và mỗi bận tôi nhập cảnh Lebanon là công an cửa khẩu lật sổ thông hành của tôi ra dò kỹ từng trang. Nếu bạn có con dấu Israel là họ không cho bạn vào.
Mỗi bận như vậy, tôi nói thách anh tìm ra con dấu vì tôi sẽ chỉ đặt chân đến lãnh thổ đó ngày nào có một nhà nước Palestine độc lập và chủ quyền. Các anh cười nhưng lần nào cũng vẫn dò tìm con dấu tiếp.
Itochu is one of Japan’s biggest trading houses and is based in Tokyo. Toru Hanai/ReutersHong Kong/TokyoCNN —
One of Japan’s biggest trading firms, Itochu, has decided to end its partnership with a major Israeli defense company due to the war in Gaza.
The sprawling conglomerate, best known outside Japan for its Family Mart chain of convenience stores, said its aviation unit will cut ties with Elbit Systems, which bills itself as Israel’s largest defense contractor, by the end of February.
The decision was made following a January ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) — the top court of the United Nations — and guidance given by Japan’s Foreign Ministry to observe the court’s findings in “good faith,” a spokesperson for Itochu told CNN on Tuesday.
Last month, the ICJ ordered Israel to prevent genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, but stopped short of calling for Israel to suspend its military campaign in the war-torn enclave, as South Africa, which had filed the case to the court, had requested.
The court said Israel must “take all measures” to limit the death and destruction caused by its military campaign, prevent and punish incitement to genocide and ensure access to humanitarian aid
Itochu’s announcement was first made Monday by Tsuyoshi Hachimura, the company’s chief financial officer, during an earnings presentation.
Itochu Aviation, Elbit Systems and Nippon Aircraft Supply signed a cooperation agreement in March 2023, months before war broke out between Israel and Gaza.
Itochu, which reported revenues of $104 billion in 2023, has faced small-scale, student-led protests in Tokyo against its partnership with Elbit since January. Its Family Mart chain has also been the target of calls for boycotts in Muslim-majority Malaysia over the agreement.
Hachimura sought to explain the deal on Monday, telling investors: “The partnership was based on a request from the Japan’s Defense Ministry for the purpose of importing defense equipment for the Self-Defense Force necessary for Japan’s security.”
During a November earnings call, Elbit CEO Bezhalel Machlis said the company had “ramped up production” to support the Israel Defense Forces, which uses its services “extensively.”
— CNN’s Hanako Montgomery and Heather Chen contributed reporting.
Tòa án Công lý quốc tế (ICJ) vừa đưa ra một quyết định liên quan vụ kiện của Nam Phi đối với Israel về tội “diệt chủng” khi tiến hành hoạt động quân sự chống lực lượng Hamas ở Dải Gaza, gây ra cái chết cho hàng chục ngàn thường dân Palestine vô tội.
Các thẩm phán Tòa ICJ đưa ra phán quyết.
Tuy nhiên, ICJ cũng mở cho Israel một lối thoát “cửa hậu” bằng cách không đáp ứng hoàn toàn yêu cầu của Nam Phi là buộc Israel ngừng bắn ngay lập tức mà chỉ yêu cầu Israel “đảm bảo rằng hành động quân sự tại Gaza là không diệt chủng”.
The WH has set its sights on Israel’s settlers, a controversial movement that has grown in power over the years & is seen by the outside world as a major impediment to peace between Israel & the Palestinians.
Former Australian diplomat John Lander returns to CITIZENS INSIGHT in the wake of the Israel-Gaza war to discuss the broader global geopolitical ramifications.
Interview with John Lander, Former Deputy Ambassador to China (1974-76), Former Ambassador to Iran (1985–87) Hosted by Robert Barwick, Research Director of the Australian Citizens Party
From Israel-Hamas War of Genocide to China-Taiwan issue, analysis to see the “rule-based order” of the US and Its allies, in which the “rules” keep changing to serve US’ and ít allies’ interests and no one really knows what the rules are.
After the Youtube clip is the computer-generated transcrip of the talk.
South African, left, and Israel’s delegation, right, stand during session at the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. Israel is set to hear whether the United Nations’ top court will order it to end its military offensive in Gaza during a case filed by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)
BY JOSEF FEDERMANUpdated 2:46 AM GMT+7, January 27, 2024 AP
JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.N. world court on Friday came down hard on Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, calling on Israel to “take all measures” to prevent a genocide of the Palestinians. But it stopped short of demanding an immediate cease-fire, as the South African sponsors of the case had hoped.
All sides tried to claim victory with the ruling, seizing on different elements that buttressed their positions.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) 17-judge panel issued six emergency measures ordering Israel to “take all measures within its power” to prevent acts which could fall foul of the Genocide Convention.
Here’s a summary of the measures Israel must take according to the court’s preliminary ruling:
Prevent commission of acts that kill or cause serious bodily or mental harm to Palestinians. The acts are specified within Article Two of the genocide convention.
Ensure that its military does not commit any of the aforementioned acts
Prevent and punish any direct and public incitement to commit genocide
Enable provision of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance for Palestinians in Gaza
Prevent destruction of any evidence related to allegations of acts of genocide
Submit a report to the court on all measures taken to adhere to these orders
The Belt and Road Initiative wasn’t a sinister plot. It was a blueprint for what every nation needs in an age of uncertainty and disruption.
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By Parag Khanna, the founder and CEO of Climate Alpha. FP
An aerial view shows stranded ships dotting bright blue water as they wait to cross the narrow Suez Canal seen in the distance at its southern entrance in the Red Sea.
Over the past two months, a sudden surge in Houthi rebel attacks in the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait connecting the Red Sea to the Arabian Sea prompted the world’s largest shipping carriers to halt transit through the Suez Canal for several weeks—with even more rerouting their vessels as the United States and Britain launched strikes on Yemen and the situation has escalated.
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