As nations come together in the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, they face both a serious challenge and an unprecedented opportunity, write Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies.
The World’s Chance to Confront US-Israeli Genocide
Category: U.N. General Assembly
The Brutal Wish of a Failed Israeli Diplomat
There is more to Gilad Erdan’s hatred of the U.N. than the mere frustration of a disappointed diplomat, writes Ramzy Baroud.
Suspending Israel From the UN
Members could employ the same mechanism used in 1974 to freeze apartheid South Africa out of the General Assembly, Anton Ferreira reports.
Netanyahu Visit & US Contempt for International Law
To comply with the World Court ruling, the U.S. would have to end its military assistance to Israel and stop providing political and diplomatic cover to enable Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory, writes Marjorie Cohn.
10 Principles for 21st Century Peace
An extensive and historically unprecedented set of international institutions offer invaluable tools for pursuing what Immanuel Kant called a “federation of free states,” writes Jeffrey Sachs.
Palestinian Factions Sign Unity Deal in China
The agreement reached on Tuesday in Beijing, which includes Hamas and Fatah, encompasses all Palestinian forces and factions under the umbrella of the PLO, Pablo Meriguet reports.
How the ICC Is Overcoming Israeli Impunity
Ramzy Baroud on the power paradigm that long defined the West’s relationship with Palestine and, by extension, the Global South.
Israel’s Doomed-to-Fail Strategy
Jeffrey Sachs on why the General Assembly speech of Israel’s U.N. ambassador advanced the Palestinian cause.
UN Vote Was for Palestinian Membership, Not Statehood
In a blow to the U.S., the U.N. General Assembly voted Friday to give Palestine, whose statehood it has already acknowledged, full U.N. membership, forcing the U.S. into another embarrassing veto at the Security Council, says Joe Lauria.
Vijay Prashad: Landless Brazilians & Gaza
The mass food drive for Gaza was also a campaign to contest the growth of Christian Zionism in the country and deepen ties with the Palestinian struggle.