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Thursday, June 01, 2023

Palestinians demand EU pressure Israel to cede Jerusalem. As they always do.

Ma'an reports:Prime minister Muhammad Shtayyeh called on Germany to put pressure on Israel to abide by its agreements, to fulfill our right to hold elections in all Palestinian territories, including Jerusalem, and to stop all measures and violations by the occupation and its settlers.This came during his meeting with the President of the German Federal Council (Bundesrat)...

UN Human Rights Council claims to have a Code of Conduct -- and Francesca Albanese claims to follow it. They are both lying. (Daled Amos)

By Daled AmosFrancesca Albanese, the "UN Special Rapporteur Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territory Occupied Since 1967" observes the strictest standards of objectivity and impartiality. We know this because Albanese tells us so herself on her Twitter account: And this makes sense. After all,...

A French court ruled Israel's "occupation" is legal. The UN makes up new laws to say otherwise.

The UN Commission of Inquiry - which is not a court - decided that Israel's occupation is illegal, which is pretty much new legal ground. And the Commission even admits it!Its report says, "It is unclear in international law and practice when a situation of belligerent occupation becomes unlawful." But that doesn't stop it from trying - and then pretending it did!A number...

Palestinians will try to hijack COP27 climate conference

Palestinian prime minister Mohamed Shtayyeh has arrived in Sharm el-Sheikh to participate in the COP27 climate conference.As usual with these kinds of international meetings, the Palestinian intention is to try to hijack the conference into an anti-Israel sham.His speech will "focus on the environmental challenges imposed by the Israeli occupation," according to the official...

The UN Commission of Inquiry's footnotes betray how they lie

It happens again and again. A major institution, whether the UN, Amnesty or HRW, issues a report that asserts what it considers facts, it refers to a footnoted publication, and the footnote proves that they are lying.Here is an example from the latest UN Commission of Inquiry report. It finds that Israel's "occupation" is unlawful under international law. It says:The...

Mahmoud Abbas supports Russia's invasion of Ukraine: "Russia adheres to justice and international law"

Ever since the free world has been condemning Russia for invading Ukraine, modern Jew-haters have been trying to paint Israel as being like Russia.They tried to compare Ukraine to Gaza. They tried to compare Russia's occupation to Israel in the West Bank. Facts, of course, are not part of the conversation. Modern antisemites rely on emotion and analogy, as well as the...

Does this Palestinian brewery have access to enough water? Depends on who is interviewing them

The Media Line has an article on the Oktoberfest in Taybeh, happening this month for some reason, which features Taybeh Beer:It was the first microbrewery in the Middle East. Nadim says that, despite their great success, they operate under harsh conditions.“We face many challenges; many stem from the Israeli occupation and the harsh restrictions it imposes on our exports and...

Roger Waters opposes "occupation" - except when he supports it. A real mystery.

Israel-hater and antisemite Roger Waters is in the midst of a North American tour. The Times of Israel writes about the concert and the protesters outside his New York show on Tuesday.Waters puts political messages on a massive screen, and among them are messages about how awful "occupation" is.Waters became a spokesperson for BDS in 2011, so it is safe to say that he held...

The other Turkish occupation

Everyone knows about Turkeys' occupation of Northern Cyprus. But Turkey also occupied large swaths of territory in northern Syria, and the people who scream about the evil of Israeli "occupation" are silent.Not only that, but Turkey is threatening to invade Syria, and - again - the people who are upset about countries like Russia invading their neighbors seem to not have...

Know How to Answer, part 11A: "Israel is illegally occupying territories"

Nearly six years ago I gave a lecture at Yeshiva University on how to answer anti-Israel arguments. Since the lecture was over an hour and twenty minutes, I decided to break it up into 20 sections, one each to answer one popular anti-Israel argument. Sound is not too good here, sorry. We have lots of ideas, but we need more resources to be even more effective. Please donate today to help get the message out and to help defend Israe...

Who's the Occupier?

The language of occupation is an oft-wielded weapon against Israel. Those who use it have interests at odds with the existence of the Jewish State. They may refer to Israel as an “illegal occupier,” and the Jewish State’s presence in the Middle East as an “illegal occupation.” The IDF, Israel’s military, is variously known by the anti-Israel media as “occupying forces,"...

Jerusalem declared "permanent" capital of Arab culture

Back in 2009, the Palestinian Arabs were jubilant that they managed to get Jerusalem declared to be the "capital of Arab culture" for the year, in between Damascus and Doha. It looks like this UNESCO/Arab League initiative has ended, as the last capital of Arab culture was Sfax, Tunisia in 2016. So the Palestinians got the Arab League to declare Jerusalem to be the permanent...

EU to build desalination plant in Gaza. Guess who is opposed?

AFP reports: The European Union and UNICEF launched a project Thursday to build a desalination plant in the Gaza Strip to provide 75,000 Palestinians with drinking water. A joint statement said the project will be implemented by UNICEF thanks to a 10-million-euro ($13.7-million) EU grant. Just 5.8 percent of Gaza households have good quality water because of increased salinity caused by sewage infiltration of groundwater, according to a statement...

ICRC shows again how inconsistent its definition of "occupation" is

Yesterday's post about the Red Crescent-branded ambulances being part of the Hamas terror convoy brought a reaction from Juan-Pedro Schaerer, ICRC Head of delegation for Israel and the Occupied Territories, on Twitter. these ambulances do not belong to the PRCS [Palestinian Red Cross Society] I asked: So Hamas is misusing the Red Crescent symbol? Is anything being done to go after them? He responded: not so simple responsibility for authorising...

When are illegal settlements legal?

There are two kinds of settlements in Judea and Samaria: the ones that are legal under Israeli law, and the ones that are not. The illegal settlements, often called "outposts" because they are often tiny, are, under international law - legal! Let me explain. The entire reason any settlements are considered "illegal" under international law is because of a tortured reading of the Fourth Geneva Conventions, Article 49, paragraph 6: The Occupying...

A legal scholar details ICRC bias against Israel over "occupation" of Gaza

Last week I wrote a post about how the International Committee of the Red Cross was, in my opinion, hypocritical for ignoring the opinions of experts it gathered to discuss the definition of "occupation" and choosing instead to consider Gaza to still be occupied, against all normative legal opinions. I received two responses from Juan-Pedro Schaerer, ICRC Head of Delegation, Israel and the Occupied Territories, in the comments. The first one: While...