| Top of the Agenda World Depends on ‘Indispensable’ U.S. Leadership, Japanese PM Tells U.S. CongressJapanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio stressed the global importance (Nikkei) of U.S. leadership and Japan’s increased commitment to helping bear the burden of upholding a rules-based international order in an address to Congress yesterday. The United States is “indispensable,” Kishida said, adding that Japan is fully committed to upholding the same values and thus has transformed from a “reticent ally” to a “strong, committed” one in recent years. Kishida’s address to Congress was the first (Bloomberg) by a Japanese leader since 2015 and occurred during a visit where the two nations also held a first-of-its-kind trilateral summit with the Philippines. A joint statement issued after the summit called (Nikkei) the three countries “equal partners and trusted friends,” and pledged to advance a vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific region with more such meetings “for decades to come.” |
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Half a year into the war in Gaza, here’s a look at the conflict by the numbers
The United Nations chief is blaming Israel’s military strategy and procedures for the killing of nearly 200 humanitarian workers and is calling for independent investigations to fix those failures and practices.Photos
BY JULIA FRANKEL, AP Updated 7:02 PM GMT+7, April 6, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israel-Hamas war has stretched on for half a year and become one of the most destructive, deadly, and intractable conflicts of the 21st century.
Since Hamas’ Oct. 7 cross-border attack, Israel has pummeled the Gaza Strip, displacing the vast majority of the population and causing many to flee to Gaza’s southernmost city, Rafah. Food is scarce, the U.N. says famine is approaching and few Palestinians have been able to leave the besieged territory.
Meanwhile, Hamas continues to fire rockets into Israel from Gaza, and Hezbollah and other militant groups do so from southern Lebanon, prompting tit-for-tat fighting that has displaced thousands of civilians on both sides of Israel’s borders. Hamas is still holding hostages taken during the Oct. 7 raid, as well as the bodies of some who died in captivity. And cease-fire talks stretch on with no end in sight.
Continue reading Half a year into the war in Gaza, here’s a look at the conflict by the numbersAP Photos chronicle 6 months of devastation in Gaza war with no sign of an end
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Palestinians flee from the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza after an Israeli ground and air offensive on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. Associated Press photographers have captured what six months of devastating war have brought for Israel and for Palestinians. At its six-month mark, it is not clear what direction the war will now take. Weeks of mediation by the U.S., Egypt and Qatar for a longer cease-fire have so far been unable to make a breakthrough. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
Biden and Xi speak for first time since November summit amid global tensions
By MJ Lee and Donald Judd, CNN
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Updated 10:27 PM EDT, Tue April 2, 2024
US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together after a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ week in Woodside, California on November 15, 2023. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty ImagesWashingtonCNN —
President Joe Biden spoke on the phone with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, marking the first conversation between the leaders since their historic in-person summit in November and the latest in ongoing efforts by US and Chinese officials to defuse tensions between the two superpowers.
Continue reading Biden and Xi speak for first time since November summit amid global tensionsChina’s role in the Middle East: Can China be a peace mediator between Israel and Hamas?
CNA Insider – 28-3-2024
Over the last twenty years, China’s influence in the Middle East has grown substantially. China has major economic partnerships with Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and also Israel.
How is the war in Gaza impacting these investments? Can China be a peace mediator between Israel and Hamas? And how do the current events in the Middle East impact great power competition between the United States and China? Continue reading China’s role in the Middle East: Can China be a peace mediator between Israel and Hamas?
Videos: Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) – Public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by South Africa
Thursday 11 January 2024 – Friday 12 January 2024 >>
South Africa’s oral argument, Thursday 11 january 2024
Israel’s oral argument, Friday 12 January 2024
Biden’s State of the Union (March 8, 2024)
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150 Days of genocide
Dear brothers and sisters,
Today is March 7th, 2024 – day 150 of Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.
Israel has been oppressing the Palestinians for 75 years. Now Israel is still killing the Palestinians.
From October 7th, 2023 to today, in Gaza: Continue reading 150 Days of genocide
Statement of the Commissioner-General of UNRWA to the General Assembly
Statement of the Commissioner-General of UNRWA to the General Assembly
4 March 2024, New York
Mr. President,
Excellencies,
I am here today because UNRWA, the United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees, is at a breaking point.
75 years after its creation by this Assembly as a temporary UN entity, pending a just political solution to the question of Palestine, the Agency’s ability to fulfil its mandate is seriously threatened.
Your urgent action is needed to facilitate a political solution that will bring peace to Palestinians and Israelis, and in this context alone, allow the Agency to transition.
Continue reading Statement of the Commissioner-General of UNRWA to the General AssemblyWhat would a new Palestinian government in the West Bank mean for the war in Gaza?
The Palestinian Authority’s prime minister announced his government’s resignation on Monday, seen as the first step in a reform process demanded by the United States as part of its latest ambitious plans to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (Feb. 26)Photos
BY JOSEPH KRAUSSUpdated 9:02 AM GMT+7, February 27, 2024 AP
The Palestinian Authority’s prime minister announced his government’s resignation on Monday, seen as the first step in a reform process urged by the United States as part of its latest ambitious plans to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
But it will do little to address the authority’s longstanding lack of legitimacy among its own people or its strained relations with Israel. Both pose major obstacles to U.S. plans calling for the PA, which administers parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, to govern postwar Gaza ahead of eventual statehood.
Continue reading What would a new Palestinian government in the West Bank mean for the war in Gaza?List of United Nations resolutions concerning Palestine
UN General Assembly Resolutions & UN Security Council Resolutions
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following is a list of United Nations resolutions concerning Palestine. From 1967 to 1989 the United Nations Security Council adopted 131 resolutions directly addressing the Arab–Israeli conflict, with many concerning the Palestinians; Since 2012, a number of resolutions were issued dealing directly with the modern State of Palestine. The United Nations General Assembly also adopted resolutions. Continue reading List of United Nations resolutions concerning Palestine
International Court of Justice: Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem – Public hearings Monday 19 February 2024 – Monday 26 February 2024
Hy vọng mới về một nhà nước Palestine
SÁNG ÁNH – 15/02/2024 06:17 GMT+7
TTCT – Năm 2023 đối với cá nhân tôi đáng nhớ vì vào cuối năm xảy ra sự cố Gaza. Dĩ nhiên đây là về mặt chủ quan cá nhân vì tôi có nhiều gắn bó với khu vực và có nhiều quan hệ với người Palestine tị nạn ở Lebanon và nước ngoài.
Dẫu vậy, tôi chưa hề đặt chân lên lãnh thổ Palestine.
Ảnh: The Nation
Lebanon là một trong những quốc gia còn trong tình trạng chiến tranh với Israel và mỗi bận tôi nhập cảnh Lebanon là công an cửa khẩu lật sổ thông hành của tôi ra dò kỹ từng trang. Nếu bạn có con dấu Israel là họ không cho bạn vào.
Mỗi bận như vậy, tôi nói thách anh tìm ra con dấu vì tôi sẽ chỉ đặt chân đến lãnh thổ đó ngày nào có một nhà nước Palestine độc lập và chủ quyền. Các anh cười nhưng lần nào cũng vẫn dò tìm con dấu tiếp.
Toàn cảnh làn sóng biểu tình của người nông dân trên khắp châu Âu
baotintuc – Thứ Sáu, 09/02/2024 07:45
Nông dân châu Âu đang tổ chức các cuộc biểu tình trên khắp châu lục với máy kéo, máy cày làm tắc nghẽn đường phố và các cửa khẩu, bất mãn trước các chính sách nông nghiệp của khối liên minh.
“Chúng tôi đã không còn thể kiếm sống bằng nghề của mình nữa”, một người nông dân tại Pháp nói với phóng viên CNN.
Trong khi một số cuộc biểu tình căng thẳng nhất diễn ra ở Pháp, tình hình tương tự cũng diễn ra ở nhiều quốc gia bao gồm Italy, Tây Ban Nha, Romania, Ba Lan, Hy Lạp, Đức, Bồ Đào Nha và Hà Lan.
Continue reading Toàn cảnh làn sóng biểu tình của người nông dân trên khắp châu ÂuNga, trừng phạt và mâu thuẫn giữa hai bờ Đại Tây Dương
ANTG – Thứ Hai, 05/02/2024, 08:27
Châu Âu chìm trong khủng hoảng năng lượng. Các công ty châu Âu đang dần chuyển hướng sang Mỹ. Người Mỹ thì lợi dụng điều này để bán khí thiên nhiên hóa lỏng (LNG) cho châu Âu với giá cao.
Không còn lựa chọn nào khác, châu Âu đang bắt đầu xây dựng các bến cảng lớn để tiếp nhận hàng từ Mỹ. Thế nhưng, sau đó, Mỹ tuyên bố đình chỉ các dự án LNG và sẽ không cung cấp cho châu Âu trong những năm tới.
Tổng thống Mỹ Joe Biden ngày 26/1 công bố lệnh tạm dừng xây dựng các kho cảng xuất khẩu LNG mới. Theo dữ liệu do tổ chức quốc tế Cedigaz công bố, trong năm 2023, Mỹ là nước xuất khẩu LNG hàng đầu thế giới. Theo Nhà Trắng, khoảng một nửa lượng xuất khẩu LNG vào năm 2023 được xuất khẩu sang châu Âu, do lục địa này đã chấm dứt việc nhập khẩu khí đốt của Nga kể từ khi nổ ra cuộc xung đột tại Ukraine.
Một cảng xuất khẩu khí thiên nhiên hóa lỏng ở Mỹ.
Continue reading Nga, trừng phạt và mâu thuẫn giữa hai bờ Đại Tây Dương
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