Donald Trump was among heads of government and state addressing the first day of the 80th general debate of the United Nations General Assembly as Gaza burned.
WATCH : The 80th UN General Debate
Category: Palestine
WATCH: UN General Assembly on Palestinian State
Heads of state and government spoke at the U.N. assembly on the recognition of the state of Palestine and the Gaza war in a meeting chaired by France and Saudi Arabia.
WATCH: US Again Vetoes Security Council on Gaza Ceasefire
The Council met on Thursday to vote on an immediate ceasefire resolution in Gaza that the U.S. vetoed against the wishes of the other 14 Council members.
AS’AD AbuKHALIL: Israel’s Qatar Attack Rattles the Gulf
Like its Gulf neighbors, Qatar invested in a security system premised on U.S. reliability and Israeli restraint. Both pillars have now collapsed.
Hedges Report: Israel, Kirk, & the Coming Repression
Max Blumenthal provides important context on Charlie Kirk’s changing relationship with Israel and tension within the Trump administration in the lead up to his assassination, and discusses the political impact of his death.
WATCH: Germany’s Israel Obsession
Germany has become one of the world’s most repressive states in cracking down on legitimate speech in support of Palestine, empowering the far-right in the process, says Antony Lowenstein in his latest documentary.
Can the UN GA End Israel’s Occupation?
The General Assembly is not powerless in the face of genocide. It can recommend one or more of six concrete measures based on the GA’s own precedents, writes Mona Ali Khalil.
Jonathan Cook: Billionaires Want You to Think Israel Is in Control
Through Israel and the ideology of Zionism, western elites reinvented their ugly, racist system of control and sold it as a ‘moral’ cause. Now the game is up.
Craig Murray: Palestine Action & the Scottish Claim of Right
The result of the English judicial review of Palestine Action’s case against terrorist proscription will apply to the whole U.K. — which is a direct violation of Scottish legal rights.
The Chris Hedges Report: The Death of Holocaust Studies
How distortion of the Holocaust, in the midst of the genocide in Gaza, has been used to serve the narrative of Zionists and the Israeli government, analyzes Israeli historian Raz Segal.