Source: Common Dreams
by Medea Benjamin & Nicolas JS Davies
“One year ago, the United Nations General Assembly demanded that Israel must end its occupation of the Palestinian Territories within 12 months. The General Assembly voted, by 124 votes to 14, with 43 abstentions, for a strong resolution that not only ‘demanded’ an end to the occupation within a year, but called on all countries to refrain from trade involving Israeli settlements and from transfers of weapons ‘where there are reasonable grounds to suspect that they may be used in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.’ … A year later, Israel has failed to comply with any of the demands of the 124 states. … In response to this unconscionable state of affairs, Palestine’s UN representative has formally asked the UN to authorize an international military protection force for Gaza to help with the delivery of humanitarian aid and protect civilians.” (09/03/25)