UN whistleblower Craig Mokhiber posts: “Right now, Israel is perpetrating genocide and is bombing, invading, and occupying Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria, seeking to expand its pre-existing theft of land in all three countries, while also threatening Iran. The Israeli regime’s serial aggression is leaving wide swaths of death and destruction across the Middle East. Its impunity threatens the entire region and beyond. It must be stopped now. Appeasement will not work. Has the world learned nothing from the rise of Germany and WWII? Will the region stand up to Israeli aggression before it is too late? Will the world?”
Drop Site News reports in “Israel Expands Invasion of Syria, Launching Massive Airstrikes After Assad’s Fall” that: “Israel’s message is clear: regardless of who governs Syria, Israel will ensure it does not possess the basic military capacity to defend itself.”
Truthout reported last week: “Report: Israel Has Violated Lebanon Ceasefire 100 Times in Just First Week.” The outlet now reports: “Doctors in Gaza Say They Have No Doubt Israel Is Targeting Them.”
AntiWar.com reports that overnight, “Israeli Attacks Kill at Least 34 More Palestinians in Gaza.” Israel has been accused of genocide in Gaza most recently by Amnesty International and is conducting what is being called a war of annihilation in northern Gaza, see video.
JOHN QUIGLEY, quigley.2@osu.edu
Professor emeritus of international law at Ohio State University, Quigley’s books include The Statehood of Palestine: International Law in the Middle East Conflict (Cambridge University Press). He has written extensively on the ICC and Palestine.
He said today: “The UN Security Council is required by the UN Charter to deal with breaches of the international peace. In recent days, Israel has, without consent, occupied Syrian territory adjacent to Syria’s Golan Heights. It has bombed military sites in Syria, including the naval fleet. The Security Council should convene to deal with the situation.”
JENNIFER LOEWENSTEIN, sarinj111@gmail.com
Loewenstein is former associate director of Middle Eastern Studies and senior lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has lived in and reported extensively on the Mideast.