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[VIDEOS] An unpopular truth: Why Israel should reinstate Palestine

It doesn't seem like Israel want an independent Palestine state. They have been grabbing lands from Palestinians for a long time.

Even to this day, illegal settlements are continuing to pop up in West Bank.
 
Finally Israel's people themselves realizing the inevitable
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It is not Hamas that is collapsing, but Israel, says retired Israeli general​

A former senior officer in the Israel Defence Forces has criticised the ongoing war against the Palestinians in Gaza, arguing that the current strategy is leading Israel towards a potential collapse rather than victory. Retired Major General Yitzhak Brik made his comments in a recent opinion piece published in Haaretz.

According to the retired officer, the war is causing significant harm to the IDF and Israel’s broader stability. He also challenged the idea among Israeli political and military leaders that withdrawing forces from Gaza after a hostage deal with Hamas would signify defeat. Brik described this as a “fundamental misunderstanding” of the situation, arguing that it is being used to justify a continued and ultimately ineffective war effort.

The current strategy, he wrote, including repeated raids on Gaza, has not achieved its goals. He warned that the IDF is growing weaker and that continued operations are exacerbating the situation. “If we continue fighting in Gaza by raiding and re-raiding the same targets, not only won’t we bring Hamas to collapse, but we’ll collapse ourselves.”

The Israeli occupation army has launched a brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip since a 7 October cross-border incursion led by Hamas. The Israeli offensive has killed nearly 41,000 Palestinians, mainly women and children, and wounded more than 94,300 others. The onslaught has triggered months of cross-border attacks between Hezbollah in Lebanon and Israel, amid fears of a full-blown war between the two countries.

The retired general also highlighted the strain on Israel’s military, economy and its broader societal impacts. “IDF reservists are already voting through action, with many no longer consenting to be redrafted again and again,” he noted. “The war’s goals — ‘bringing Hamas to collapse’ and ‘freeing all hostages by military pressure’ — have not been achieved.”

Brik argued further that the IDF’s inability to control Gaza fully, including the underground tunnel network used by Hamas, signifies the futility of the current military approach. “The number of tunnels the IDF destroyed amounts to just a few per cent,” he pointed out, emphasising that the IDF’s efforts have been largely ineffective. He proposed that Israel should negotiate a deal for the release of hostages and end military operations in Gaza.

Calling for a complete overhaul of the current political and military leadership, which he described as being complicit in the ongoing failures, Brik stated, “We must stop the war in Gaza, which may very well also bring about a cessation of fighting with Hezbollah, as well as reducing chances for a multifront regional war, for which we are entirely unprepared.”

In conclusion, he said that this approach is the only viable way forward to ensure Israel’s long-term security and stability.

Israel has continued its brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip despite a UN Security Council Resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire.

The Israeli blockade of Gaza has led to severe shortages of food, clean water and medicine, leaving much of the enclave in ruins. The apartheid state stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice. It denies the allegation.

Source: Middle East Monitor
 

Turkey, Egypt call for end of Israeli occupation, Palestinian state​


Turkey and Egypt have called for enhanced international recognition of Palestine, stressing and confirming their stance on the end of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands.

In a joint announcement following the first Turkiye-Egypt High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council session, Turkey and Egypt reaffirmed their firm support for the end of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, and the Palestinian people's right to establish an independent, sovereign state.

They further reiterated their commitment to protect the displaced Palestinians' right to return to their lands.

Regarding the Israeli genocide in Gaza, both countries stressed the necessity of an immediate and permanent ceasefire, the release of Israeli captives and Palestinian prisoners, and the uninterrupted flow of humanitarian and medical aid into the entirety of the Gaza Strip, "in the sphere of confronting the fragrant Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law," which include targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure in Gaza for the past 11 months.

Ankara and Cairo further expressed their readiness for bilateral cooperation in support of efforts to restore the humanitarian situation in Gaza and called for strong solidarity in the rebuilding of Gaza and urgently achieving peace in the region to prevent the escalation of tensions.

Moreover, Turkey and Egypt expressed deep concerns regarding "Israel's" unlawful practices in the occupied West Bank, including East al-Quds.

During the meeting, both countries called on the international community to "support the Palestinian National Authority in fulfilling its duties and responsibilities towards the Palestinian people in the West Bank, as well as Gaza and East al-Quds, and to support efforts to confront and remove illegal Israeli restrictions, policies, and practices."

The two sides also discussed several issues and developments in the region, including supporting Iraq's sovereignty and stability, supporting the political process led by the Libyans under the auspices of the United Nations, achieving peace, security, and stability in the Horn of Africa region, finding solutions to the ongoing conflict in Sudan and the resulting humanitarian crisis, as well as finding a permanent and comprehensive solution to the conflict in Syria, in addition to emphasizing the importance of combating terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.

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Turkey, Egypt call for end of Israeli occupation, Palestinian state

In a joint announcement, Turkey and Egypt affirm their continued support for Palestinian statehood and the end of the Israeli genocide in Gaza.
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Palestinians can cry all they want nothing will change. Muslims are weak so they will remain pushovers unless they can emerge as a superpower economically and militarily. I guess Saudi and UAE are the only 2 which have potential but MBS is unlikely to ever get involved with Palestinian issues.
 

US citizen killed by Israeli troops in anti-settler protest in West Bank: Report​


A US citizen taking part in a protest against settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank died of her wounds on Friday after being shot in the head by Israeli troops, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.

The Israeli military said it was looking into the report.

There was no immediate comment from the US embassy.

Fouad Nafaa, the head of the Rafidia Hospital in Nablus, told Reuters the woman arrived at the hospital in a very critical condition, with a serious head injury.

“We tried to perform a resuscitation operation on her, but unfortunately she died,” he said.

WAFA said the incident occurred during a regular protest march by activists in Beita, a town near the city of Nablus that has seen repeated attacks by settlers.

The rise in violent attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinian villages in the West Bank have caused growing anger among Western allies of Israel, including the United States, which has imposed sanctions on a number of individuals.

Friday’s incident comes a few weeks after around 100 settlers attacked the village of Jit, in the northern West Bank, drawing worldwide condemnation and a promise from the government of swift action against anyone found guilty of violence.

Palestinians and rights groups regularly accuse Israeli forces of standing by as attacks take place and even joining in themselves.

 
Maybe it's time now for US citizens to wake up and understand the need for an independent State of Palestine.
 
FearlessRoar said:
Maybe it's time now for US citizens to wake up and understand the need for an independent State of Palestine.
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Until Hamas stops its terror activities and Israel is guaranteed security from hams terrorists , an independent Palestine is a pipe dream. And for all the media reports you see, honestly , the mainstream US public is not interested in the conflict nor know meaningfully about it. They are more concerned with the local economy, inflation, fed interest rate, job growth etc. The Oct 7th Hamas terror attack wiped out any chance of a peace 2 state deal and gave Israel especially Netanyahu a blank canvas to react . All the Biden harris peace talk negotiation info is just for the elections. They dont want this issue to blow up before the US election and so are hoping a temp ceasefire till the elections and normal service resumes after elections no matter who wins
 
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There is indeed a lot of public opinion being swayed but nearly not enough. I also think a lot of Muslims have woken up and are boycotted Biden, he would have for sure lost Michigan. Kamala is on the hook now. Muslims are most likely going to note vote as much in this election. Democrats have lost quite a bit if support from us, although our numbers are not that significant and wont matter much in the overall scheme of things.
 
Harris may had gotten some sympathy by raising voice for Palestine but she has exposed herself already so better be prepared for an ignominious loss.
 

Palestinians take new seat at UN General Assembly​


Palestinians took a seat among member states at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, a new right accorded to the delegation despite not being a full member of the body.

In May, an overwhelming majority of the General Assembly asserted that Palestinians deserved full membership, a move that has been blocked by the United States.

For the latest updates on the Israel-Palestine conflict, visit our dedicated page.

The General Assembly granted the delegation certain new rights in a resolution, which still excluded it from being able to vote or be a member of the Security Council.

Starting with the 79th General Assembly session, which began Tuesday, the Palestinians can submit proposals and amendments, and sit among member states.

The Palestinian envoy to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, took his place on Tuesday afternoon at a table marked “State of Palestine” between Sri Lanka and Sudan.

“This is not merely a procedural matter. This is a historic moment for us,” said Egyptian Ambassador Osama Mahmoud Abdelkhalek Mahmoud.

Just as during the resolution’s adoption, Israel denounced the move.

“Any decision and or action that improves the status of the Palestinians, either in the UN General Assembly or bilaterally, is currently a reward... for terrorism in general and the Hamas terrorists in particular,” said Jonathan Miller, deputy Israel ambassador to the United Nations.

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In April, following the outbreak of the war in Gaza, Palestinians, who have had “non-member observer state” status since 2012, relaunched a full membership bid.

Full membership would not only need a vote by the General Assembly but would also require a Security Council recommendation.

The United States, Israel’s staunch ally, vetoed a Security Council recommendation on the matter on April 18.

Source: Al Arabiya
 
It may be an issue in pak or middle east but the common public in the USA cares more about the economy inflation jobs abortion. Palestine doesn't even register on their agenda. The election will be decided based on these issues and not Palestine
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Harris may had gotten some sympathy by raising voice for Palestine but she has exposed herself already so better be prepared for an ignominious loss.
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European, Muslim countries meet in Spain eyeing schedule for Palestinian statehood​


Spain, hosting a high-level meeting on Friday of several Muslim and European countries on ways to end the Gaza war, called for a clear schedule for the international community to implement a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

"We meet to make another push for the end of the war in Gaza, for a way out of the unending spiral of violence between the Palestinians, the Israelis... That way is clear. The implementation of the two-state solution is the only way," Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares told reporters.

In attendance were his counterparts including from Norway and Slovenia, European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa and members of the Arab-Islamic Contact Group for Gaza that includes Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey.

Albares said there was "a clear willingness" among the participants, who notably do not include Israel, "to move on from words to actions and to make strides towards a clear schedule for the effective implementation" of a two-state solution, starting with Palestine joining the United Nations.

Israel was not invited because it was not part of the contact group, Albares said, adding though that "we will be delighted to see Israel at any table where peace and the two-state solution are discussed".

On May 28, Spain, Norway and Ireland formally recognised a unified Palestinian state ruled by the Palestinian Authority comprising the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, with East Jerusalem as its capital. With them, 146 of the 193 member states of the United Nations now recognise Palestinian statehood.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has repeatedly described the co-existence of two sovereign states on the territory of the former Mandatory Palestine as the only viable path to peace in the region.

Such a two-state solution was set out in the 1991 Madrid Conference and the 1993-95 Oslo Accords, but the peace process has been moribund for years.

However, the search for a peaceful solution has been given new urgency by the 11-month-long war in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Palestinian militant groups Hamas - the bloodiest episode yet in the overall conflict - as well as escalating violence in the occupied West Bank.

The West Bank, including East Jerusalem, was captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war and has been occupied ever since, with expanding Jewish settlements complicating the issue. Israel annexed East Jerusalem in 1980 in a move generally not recognised internationally.

Israel also says guarantees on its security are of paramount importance.

Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide has told Reuters the meeting also needed to discuss the demobilisation of Hamas - which controlled Gaza prior to the war - and the normalisation of ties between Israel and some other states, notably Saudi Arabia.

 

Saudi Arabia will not recognize Israel without Palestinian state, says Crown Prince​


Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday said that Saudi Arabia would not recognize Israel without a Palestinian state and strongly condemned the “crimes of the Israeli occupation” against the Palestinian people.

“The Kingdom will not stop its tireless work towards the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, and we affirm that the Kingdom will not establish diplomatic relations with Israel without that,” the Crown Prince, known as MBS, said.

He emphasized that the Palestinian cause remains a top priority for Saudi Arabia and expressed gratitude to the nations that have recognized the Palestinian state.

MBS said Saudi Arabia aims to enhance regional and international security through diplomatic solutions, emphasizing the Kingdom’s commitment to a policy of good neighborliness.

The Saudi leader made the remarks at an annual speech to the advisory Shura Council, which he gave on behalf of King Salman.

The council swore an oath of office before MBS on Wednesday before he addressed it.

 
President Joe Biden warned against a full-scale war in Lebanon and said it is time to end the conflict in Gaza, as he delivered his final address Tuesday to hundreds of leaders at the United Nations General Assembly

“A full-scale war is not in anyone’s interest,” Biden said, referring to the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. He said a diplomatic solution is still possible.

On the nearly one-year-old conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, Biden urged the parties to “finalize the terms” of a cease-fire and hostage deal that has been endorsed by the U.N. Security Council.

On Ukraine's efforts to fight off Russia’s invasion, Biden said, “We cannot grow weary. We cannot look away, and we will not let up on our support for Ukraine, not until Ukraine wins with a just and durable peace."

Biden's speech comes at a clutch moment, according to U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield.

"We say this every year, but this UNGA could not come at a more critical and more challenging moment,” she said in a briefing last week at the U.N. “The list of crises and conflicts that demand attention and action only seem to grow and grow."

Atop that list: Gaza. The U.S. position is not in line with the rest of the general assembly, which last week overwhelmingly passed a resolution demanding that Israel end its occupation of Palestinian territory within the next 12 months. The United States was among the 14 no votes.

Thomas-Greenfield said the U.S. vote is in line with Washington’s opposition to "unilateral measures that undermine the prospect of a two-state solution.”

Biden has spotlighted these conflicts as major challenges as he ends his presidency.

“With the Middle East, this looks like, you know, ‘How do you keep the lid on this and hope the conflict doesn't spiral out of control into a regional war?’” said Jim Kessler, executive vice president for policy at Washington-based think tank Third Way. “And I think that's anybody's best guess, about what's going to happen.”

One thing is painfully clear: As the Israel-Hamas conflict nears the one-year mark, nearly 100 hostages are thought to remain in Hamas’ custody. The White House says bringing them home is its top priority, and the key pillar of a deal to halt the fighting between Israel and the U.S.-designated terrorist group.

For months, Biden’s emissaries have raced between Qatar and Cairo to try to bring the sides together. And for months, they have appeared to be on the precipice of a deal, only for it to fall apart.

Source: VOA Zimbabwe
 

PM Shehbaz condemns Israeli actions in Gaza, supports Palestinian statehood​


Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reiterated Pakistan's unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people during a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

Speaking to the media afterward, Sharif expressed that the hearts of Pakistanis resonate with those of Palestinians.

The Prime Minister strongly condemned the atrocities committed by Israel in Gaza over the past year, describing them as a form of barbarism not witnessed by mankind for ages.

"During the last one year, 41000 Palestinian people have been martyred. Cities after cities, towns, villages, hospitals, schools and infrastructure have been razed to the ground. This kind of barbarism hasn’t been witnessed not only in the recent past but since ages,” the Prime Minister remarked.

The prime minister underscored the sacrifices made by the Palestinian people, stating that they would not be in vain and ultimately lead to the creation of an independent State of Palestine.

“The time has come when we all must come together and demand an immediate ceasefire and the creation of the State of Palestine as without that peace will not return in this part of the world. If this is allowed to linger on, then God forbids, things will become very very tense,” the Prime Minister said.

In his remarks, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said even since before 1948, Pakistan’s position on Palestine had been unchanged as the country had extended the maximum possible support to the people of Palestine.

He said Pakistan’s support was not just limited to the students rather it maintained its pro-Palestine position in the international forums.

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Shehbaz Sharif condemns Israeli actions in Gaza, supports Palestinian statehood | The Express Tribune

The Prime Minister calls for an immediate ceasefire to restore peace in the region.
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Israel must be stripped of UN membership, Abbas tells General Assembly​


Israel must be stripped of United Nations membership for failing to accept a two-state resolution to the conflict and allowing the return of Palestinian refugees to their homes, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told the General Assembly on Thursday.

“Israel, which refuses to implement United Nations resolutions, does not deserve to be a member of this international organization,” he said.

“We are going to submit an application to the UNGA on this matter,” he said.

Israel ‘has, from the very beginning, not fulfilled the conditions of membership because in 1949, when it submitted its application” for membership, the UN imposed two conditions, Abbas said.

Two conditions on Israel

The first is that Israel accepts Resolution 181, Abbas said as he referred to the text that backed the UN’s 1947 partition plan, which called for the territory that had been part of mandatory Palestine between the two world wars to be divided into a Jewish and Arab state.

The second condition, Abbas said, is that Israel accepts Resolution 194, which calls for the right of return for Palestinians who fled their homes during the 1948 war.

Abbas took the opportunity to call for the United Nations to recognize Palestine as a member state of the UN. The United States has blocked this move to date at the Security Council, which must approve such a step.

“How could the United States insist on depriving our people” of this fundamental right, he said.

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Israel must be stripped of UN membership, Abbas tells General Assembly

“Israel, which refuses to implement United Nations resolutions, does not deserve to be a member of this international organization,” Abbas said.
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Saudi Arabia announces new global coalition to establish Palestinian state​


Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat on Thursday announced the launch of a new initiative to establish a Palestinian state and garner support for the implementation of a two-state solution after decades of international efforts failed, leading the region to the brink of an all-out war.

The Global Alliance for the Implementation of the two-state solution was unveiled during Prince Faisal bin Farhan’s speech at a meeting that included the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Norway.

Prince Faisal said the first meeting will be held in Riyadh. The EU foreign affairs chief, Josep Borrell, said the first follow-up meetings would also be held in Riyadh and Brussels.

Prince Faisal added that the initiative was a joint Arab and European effort. “We will make every effort to achieve a reliable and irreversible plan for just and comprehensive peace,” he said.

The Saudi foreign minister reaffirmed the need to move collectively to make decisions that will lead to tangible results towards an immediate ceasefire and implementing a two-state solution, “the foremost of which should be an independent Palestinian state.”

Israel has been bombarding Gaza and reduced it to rubble since it began a response to the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, which killed close to 1,200 people. Hamas captured hundreds of hostages, some of which have been killed, and others remain held in Gaza.

But Prince Faisal said the ongoing war has resulted in a devastating humanitarian catastrophe due to Israeli as well as Israeli crimes in the West Bank, Al-Aqsa Mosque and other Muslim and Christian holy sites.

Prince Faisal also stressed that the right to self-defense does not justify the killing of tens of thousands of civilians, forced displacement, using starvation as a tool of war, incitement, dehumanization and systematic torture to include sexual violence and other documented crimes by the Israeli military.

Saudi Arabia has repeatedly said it would not establish diplomatic relations with Israel without the establishment of a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.

However, Israel has shown no interest in doing so. An overwhelming majority of the Knesset voted against a two-state solution, while the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu consistently rejects committing to do so.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman last week said that Riyadh would not recognize Israel without a Palestinian state and strongly condemned the “crimes of the Israeli occupation” against the Palestinian people.

“The Kingdom will not stop its tireless work towards the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, and we affirm that the Kingdom will not establish diplomatic relations with Israel without that,” MBS said during a speech to the advisory Shura Council.

 
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Israel must be stripped of UN membership, Abbas tells General Assembly​


Israel must be stripped of United Nations membership for failing to accept a two-state resolution to the conflict and allowing the return of Palestinian refugees to their homes, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told the General Assembly on Thursday.

“Israel, which refuses to implement United Nations resolutions, does not deserve to be a member of this international organization,” he said.

“We are going to submit an application to the UNGA on this matter,” he said.

Israel ‘has, from the very beginning, not fulfilled the conditions of membership because in 1949, when it submitted its application” for membership, the UN imposed two conditions, Abbas said.

Two conditions on Israel

The first is that Israel accepts Resolution 181, Abbas said as he referred to the text that backed the UN’s 1947 partition plan, which called for the territory that had been part of mandatory Palestine between the two world wars to be divided into a Jewish and Arab state.

The second condition, Abbas said, is that Israel accepts Resolution 194, which calls for the right of return for Palestinians who fled their homes during the 1948 war.

Abbas took the opportunity to call for the United Nations to recognize Palestine as a member state of the UN. The United States has blocked this move to date at the Security Council, which must approve such a step.

“How could the United States insist on depriving our people” of this fundamental right, he said.

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Israel must be stripped of UN membership, Abbas tells General Assembly

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It's too simple to put reins on Israel only if the hypocrite western governments are serious about it.
 
Israel can live in peace with Arab states if Palestinian state established: Jordan FM

Arab countries are “willing to guarantee the security of Israel” if Israel ends its occupation and a Palestinian state is established, Jordan’s foreign minister Ayman Safadi said during a press conference held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

“All of us in the Arab world here, want a peace in which Israel lives in peace and security, accepted, normalized with all Arab countries in the context of ending the occupation, withdrawing from Arab territory, allowing for the emergence of an independent, sovereign Palestinian state on the June 4, 1967 lines with East Jerusalem as its capital,” Safadi said on Friday shortly after Benjamin Netanyahu gave his speech.

“The Israeli prime minister came here today and said that Israel is surrounded by those who want to destroy it,” he told the press.

“We are here, members of the Muslim-Arab committee, mandated by 57 Arab and Muslim countries, and I can tell you very unequivocally all of us willing to right now guarantee the security of Israel in the context of Israel ending the occupation and allowing for the emergence of a Palestinian state,” the Jordanian minister said.

Netanyahu “is creating that danger because he simply does not want the two-state solution. If he does not want the two-state solution, can you ask Israeli officials what is their end-game — other than just wars and wars and wars?”

“The amount of damage that this Israeli government has done — 30 years of efforts to convince people that peace is possible, this Israeli government killed it. The amount of dehumanization, hatred, bitterness, will take generations to navigate through,” the Jordanian minister added.

Israel is only thinking about “destroy[ing] Gaza, inflame[ing] the West Bank, destroy[ing] Lebanon,” according to Safadi.

“We have no partner for peace in Israel, there is a partner for peace in the Arab world, and that’s why the international community needs to move.”

Israel’s military offensive on the Gaza Strip has reduced the territory to rubble and killed at least 41,586 people since October 7. The Israeli government said it launched its war in retaliation for the Hamas attack on southern Israel in which 1,200 Israelis were killed and over 100 were taken hostage.

 
I hope this Israel-Palestine conflict comes to an end because too many lives are lost. The war only brings death and nothing else.
 
Because they are losing badly on the diplomatic front
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The government of Nicaragua has announced that it will break diplomatic relations with Israel, adding to the country’s growing isolation on the global stage amid its war on Gaza

Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo announced the move to state media on Friday after Congress passed a resolution calling for action following the one-year anniversary of the Gaza war on October 7.

Murillo, who is President Daniel Ortega’s wife, said her husband instructed the government to “sever diplomatic relations with the fascist and genocidal government of Israel”.

The announcement is largely a symbolic one, since Israel does not have a resident ambassador in the Nicaraguan capital, Managua, and relations between the two nations are nearly nonexistent.
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Nicaragua breaks diplomatic ties with Israel amid ongoing Gaza war

In a largely symbolic move, the Ortega government condemned Israel’s leaders as ‘fascist’ and ‘genocidal’ over Gaza war.
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The Israeli ‘General’s Plan’ for northern Gaza is unlikely to succeed​

On October 5, Israel launched a ground military operation, demanding the evacuation of Palestinians residing in Beit Hanoon, Beit Lahiya, Jabalia refugee camp, and Jabalia town. It then cut off the transfer of humanitarian aid to the area, leading aid agencies to sound the alarm of imminent starvation.

The stated objective of this operation is to destroy regrouped Palestinian resistance forces in the north. However, observers have noted that this new assault may be the first stage of what Israeli media has dubbed the “General’s Plan” of ethnically cleansing northern Gaza as a form of collective punishment of Palestinians.

The plan was put forward by retired General Giora Eiland and calls for the expulsion of Palestinians from the area and the forced starvation and targeting of whoever stays behind – to be deemed “legitimate military targets”. At a session of the Knesset Foreign Affairs Defence Committee in September, Eiland reportedly said: “What matters to [Hamas leader Yahya] Sinwar is land and dignity, and with this manoeuvre, you take away both land and dignity.”

A week later, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed members of the same committee that he was considering implementing the proposal. It is likely he hopes the plan could provide him with an opportunity to declare “victory” to save face in front of the Israeli public, given that a year into the war, his government has still not achieved its objectives of “destroying Hamas”.

However, it is doubtful Israel will have the military capacity and political space to carry out Eiland’s proposal in full.

There are several reasons why Israel seeks to cut off and control the northern part of the Gaza Strip. First, it wants to separate Gaza City, the administrative centre of the Strip and the seat of political power, from the rest of the territory, thereby dismantling the physical infrastructure of Palestinian governance. This has political significance.

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No normalization with Israel without Palestinian state: Saudi Arabia’s FM​


Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan slammed Israel’s “devaluing” of Palestinian lives, reaffirming Riyadh’s stance that there will be no normalization of ties without a Palestinian state.

“The level of destruction in Gaza and of really devaluing the human lives of ordinary Palestinians will feed a cycle that is against everybody’s interest,” Prince Faisal said during an interview at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) in the Saudi capital.

It is estimated that over 40,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli bombardment since last October, when Israel’s military began bombing Gaza in response to the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.

The Israelis have also routinely blocked humanitarian aid from getting into the enclave, which has culminated in a recent warning from the US that if more aid does not get in, the US may take specific measures in response.

Washington and the Biden administration have largely been criticized for failing to curb Israel’s response to the Oct. 7 and prevent what many have referred to as a genocide against the Palestinian people.

Asked about referring to this as genocide, Prince Faisal said the blockade of any access to humanitarian goods, with a continued Israeli military assault and no pathway for civilians to find shelter or safe zones, “can only be described as a form of genocide.

“It is certainly against international humanitarian law, and this is feeding a continuing cycle of violence.”

Despite the yearlong war, the Biden administration continues to tout the possibility of brokering a deal for Saudi Arabia to establish diplomatic ties with Israel. Prince Faisal said that was “not just a risk; it is off the table until we have a resolution to a Palestinian state.”

As part of a deal floated by Washington, Saudi Arabia would also receive strong security guarantees and access to weapons via the US.

Without normalization, Saudi Arabia is “quite happy” to wait until its demands are met, Prince Faisal said.

Saudi Arabia launched a new initiative last month aimed at implementing the two-state solution to allow Palestinians to receive their right to self-determination.

Israel continues to refuse to acknowledge a Palestinian state or discuss the steps needed for this to happen. Prince Faisal said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent comments that, once again, failed to mention Palestinians or a need to end the war in Gaza were concerning.

“That tells me that there is a real lack of understanding of strategic reality. We are here in this region, we are stuck in this region, all of us, the Palestinians and everybody. And we have to find a way to live with each other,” Prince Faisal said, warning that if this doesn’t happen, “We are setting ourselves for a continuing cycle of violence that serves no one except the extremists.”

While several steps need to be taken in order to recognize an independent Palestinian state, the top Saudi diplomat said it was not up to whether or not Israel accepts it. “It’s tied to the principles of international law. And I will say that the United Nations resolutions that led to the establishment of the State of Israel clearly had a Palestinian state in view as well. So, we need to make that happen,” he said.

 
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