CRAIG MOKHIBER, [email protected], @CraigMokhiber
Mokhiber is an international human rights lawyer and activist and a former senior United Nations human rights official. His articles at Mondoweiss include “How the U.N. could act today to stop the genocide in Palestine.” See a recent interview where he contrasts Trump’s plans along with Saudi-French plans for a “stabilization force” as schemes of domination with an international law approach and a protection force for the Palestinians. He will be participating in the Gaza Tribunal in Istanbul over the next few days.
He recently posted: “The colonial powers that carved up Palestine for their European settler colony, granted the colony full impunity as it carried out its bloody 100-year project of ethnic cleansing, and then supported it in two years of open genocide, are now plotting to finish the job with a U.S. and Western directed proxy occupation force manned by troops from complicit regional vassals of the empire. Their plan is to crush all resistance, subjugate the Palestinian people, pillage Palestinian resources, and secure the Zionist project for another century. A Security Council stamp of approval for this historic crime will be the last nail in the coffin of U.N. legitimacy. If there are any states left who are not on their knees before empire, stop this colonial outrage now.” This contrasts with the protection force articulated by the presidents of Colombia and Ireland. See his response to the recent ruling by the ICJ.
UBAI ABOUDI, [in Ramallah] [email protected], @ubaiaboudi
Aboudi is with the Palestinian NGO Network which just released a statement which “Affirms Inalienable Rights and Calls for Urgent International Protection.” It calls “on the member states of the United Nations to approve the deployment of international protection force in accordance with the Uniting for Peace mechanism in the General Assembly with a clear mandate to protect Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, to ensure the safe passage of goods, aid and personnel, and to implement all United Nations resolutions related to Palestine.” Uniting for Peace allows the General Assembly to overcome the U.S. veto with a two thirds vote.
Activists are protesting outside missions to the U.N. this week. The group Lifeline For Palestine allows people to email members of the U.N. Security Council, which meets today.
ROBERT JERESKI, [email protected]
Jereski is a New York City-based attorney who was recently featured on the IPA news release “Challenging Israel’s Impunity.”
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