[Drop Site News reports: “As U.S. Envoy Steve Witkoff and Ambassador Huckabee visit a GHF distribution site, Palestinian journalist Osama Abu Rabee describes a staged and deeply cynical performance at U.S.-backed aid distribution centers in Gaza — designed to whitewash Israeli atrocities and present a false image of order and humanity. … Distribution today was reportedly limited to families loyal to Yasser Abu Shabab’s forces — armed gang backed by Israel — excluding the general starving population.” The GHF has been recently scrutinized because of statements by whistleblowers. Also see follow-ups from Drop Site News here, here and here. And recent interview with Dr. Feroze Sidhwa on the program “Flashpoints.”]
Many media outlets have been reporting on Saudi Arabia and France holding a conference at the UN for “recognising Palestinian statehood.” This narrative is scrutinized in an in-depth video with Ali Abunimah of the Electronic Intifada: “UK, France, Canada ‘recognizing Palestine’ to cover up support for Israel’s genocide.”
KATHY KELLY, [email protected], @voiceinwild
Kelly is board president of World BEYOND War. See her recent appearance on “Democracy Now!” She said today: “Symbolic measures — which as Abunimah notes might actually have negative repercussions — are hardly what’s needed.
“These countries should be implementing UN General Assembly Resolution ES-10/24 of Sept. 18, 2024, which states that Israel must withdraw completely and fully from the Occupied Palestinian Territories within one year. That year is almost up. This resolution was adopted decisively and with overwhelming consensus by the UNGA and it is the obligation of all Member States to implement and enforce it in keeping with Article I of the UN Charter.
“Every member state of the United Nations General Assembly must fulfill its international obligations by:
* Ceasing all trade, investment, economic, diplomatic, and cultural relations with the Israeli government
* Stripping Israel of its UN credentials
* Calling on all member nations to implement a total embargo on arms
* Deploying an unarmed protection force
“Hamas is ordered to disarm, but Israel continues reckless storage and development of nuclear weapons. Also, Palestinians’ right of return goes unmentioned in the conclusions of the UN conference.”