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Well he's won an award for fiction...
yes. see the guardian link below.
www.lemonde.fr
and you've no opinion on thisHezbollah says it downs Israeli drone in south Lebanon
Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Sunday it shot down an Israeli drone over southern Lebanon with a surface-to-air missile, the first time it has announced such an incident, as clashes on the Lebanese border escalate.www.reuters.com
afaik, the 27 oct resolution put forward by jordan and passed with >2/3 majority (120 in favour, 14 against, 45 abstentions, 14 non--voters) is the first voted on by the general assembly.
turkey voted against canadas amendment & for the resolution.
there have been a number of resolutions voted upon by the security council, two have passed but been vetoed, the others have failed to gain support. but turkey is not a member of the security council - so they weren't voting.
erdogan started out calling for restraint from both sides, having some sympathy for the need to fight terrorists while noting that the un & others have left the palestinians alone.
when the us vetoed brazils resolution for a humanitarian pause, he said that the un didn't fulfill its responsibility.
yesterday he said israel had been openly committing war crimes & turkey would expose them to the world.
yusuf islam also gave a speech, calling for peace. quite moving, too.
(erdogan, of course, is a cunt)
yes. see the guardian link below.
Two more resolutions to halt Israel-Gaza war fail at UN Security Council
Elected members to work on new draft resolution amid growing frustration at council’s failure to act.www.aljazeera.com
US looks isolated after opposing UN resolution on Gaza truce
Only 12 countries joined Washington and Israel as Jordan’s motion was passed at the general assemblywww.theguardian.com
UN General Assembly passes resolution for humanitarian truce in Gaza
The 193-member world body adopted the non-binding resolution by a vote of 120-14 with 45 abstentions. France voted for the measure; Germany, Italy and Britain abstained; while Austria and the United States voted against it.
Well Irsael have no regard on they hit atm that's my opinion
boris johnson is quivering at home, scared that his record on lying will be eclipsed by the zionists
To be fair, the UN is not historically much good at keeping track of where the aid goes. To claim that none of the fuel has ended up with Hamas is as insane as the Israeli claim that all of it goes to them.
don't worry, they will be
No, that’s not heartening at all!
On the other hand, the UK was effectively a co-belligerent in the civil war in Yemen. British-made bombs dropped from British-made and British-maintained warplanes piloted by British-trained pilots were being dropped on schools, hospitals, factories and homes. British military officers were present, offering “advice”, in the command centre of the Saudi-led coalition that was dropping these bombs. British “special forces” were deployed on the ground on a number of occasions.
www.plutobooks.com
Oh it absolutely is the case the the British left focuses on Gaza well above focusing on other conflicts which Britain involves itself in or provides weaponry for, Syria was just a bad example being used by someone who, ironically, doesn't give enough of a shit to properly find a good one, and was trying to fit that bad example into a rather clunky box.
Honest question - is there a reason you spell it "Isreal"?Hamas
What is Hamas's history; its key beliefs; and its political agenda? From its' founding, following the First Intifada, to the 2008 Israeli Gaza offensive, Kha...
Finished this. It was written in 2010. So is not up to date.
I've already posted a bit about it previously.
It's a very good balanced intro to Hamas.
In relation to the recent violence what comes across is the missed opportunities.
Hamas changed its stance, which was a big move, and took part in elections. To its surprise winning against Fatah.
At this point the international community - USA and EU decided that palestinians had right to democracy but should not have voted Hamas in. So from the start Hamas was under economic sanctions.
Hamas made a series of concessions. Including attempt at unity government , de facto accepting the already agreed accords except explicit recognition of Isreal.
Despite Hamas being elected at no time were attempts made to enter into talks with them over peace process.
Ironically initially when Hamas were first elected was most safe time for Israelis as they called halt to military struggle.
Hamas leaders aren't Al Qaeda . Military struggle would only take place in Isreal/ Palestine. Whatever they think of USA they have made it clear no attacks on the west.
They are an Islamist party but have toned it down and emphasized national liberation as that's the major concern of palestinians In practise more like the ruling Islamic party in Turkey than Isis or Taliban.
Fatah , apart from corruption, had lost a lot of political capital due to no progress in peace process.
After reading this even handed account cant help but feel that:
1 Hamas could have been negotiated with
2 Isolating Hamas didnt lead to them losing power- a tactical mistake by USA and EU
3 This all suited Isreal governments. Went on settlement building on West Bank.
4. Isreal governments military policy was to keep the Palestinians in there place. BY "mowing the lawn" in Gaza and tough military policing in west bank. A military strategy that was low intensity conflict that they appeared to think would work indefinitely. Whilst west bank was gradually taken over with more and more settlement building. And settlers being an armed part of the state.
It's all been a recipe for the latest violence. As Rashid Khalidi said recently Gaza was a pressure cooker waiting to explode. Years of blockade in itself had done untold damage.
Perhaps Hamas had run out of options. Options not taken up by Isreal or USA. And turned to high Risk military action.
