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Palestine’s UN Envoy Withdraws Bid for General Assembly Vice Presidency Following US Threats

News from The Cradle, May 22, 2026 Palestinian UN Ambassador Riyad Mansour is withdrawing as a candidate for vice president of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) following pressure from Washington, NPR reported on 22 May. Earlier this week, the US threatened to revoke Palestinian diplomats’ visas if Mansour did not …

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“Global Appeal to Endorse Palestinian Right of Return of Refugees”

by the One State Assembly, May 10, 2026 Global appeal to origination to Endorse the Palestinians’ refugees Call to the (ICC) for the Enforcement of UN Resolution 194 Pursuant to Article 15 of the Rome Statute Concerning the Ongoing Denial of the Right of Return of Palestinian Refugees. We, the …

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Administering Gaza: American Control, International Abdication, Palestinian Refusal

by Rima Najjar, published on Global Research, December 8, 2025 For the first time in the history of the U.S.-Israel relationship, Washington has moved beyond arming, funding, and diplomatically shielding Israeli violence and has instead inserted its own military personnel, intelligence systems, and command structures into Israel’s war machine. It …

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What the UN Gaza Vote Revealed About the Imperialist World Order

by Gary Wilson, published on  La Lucha/The Struggle, November 20, 2025 A colonial plan in diplomatic clothing A U.S.-drafted UN resolution endorsing President Donald Trump’s Gaza “peace plan” passed in the Security Council on Nov. 17. Palestinians responded immediately: This was not peace — it was a blueprint for foreign …

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UN Security Council approves Trump’s Gaza ‘peace plan,’ green-lighting U.S.-Israeli control of Gaza’s future

by Qassem Muaddi and Michael Arria, published on  Mondoweiss, November 17, 2025 On Monday, the United Nations Security Council approved the Trump administration’s “peace plan” for Gaza. The resolution calls for the establishment of an International Stabilization Force (ISF) to demilitarize and govern Gaza while Israel withdraws from the area. …

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Security Council Agrees to Condemn Massacre of Alawites in Syria

News from PressTV, March14, 2025 There’s an irony here.  The UN Security Council condemned the massacre of thousands of civilians by a terrorist government – uncontroversial – except that some members of that council paved the way for that government to come to power.  Sighhhhhhh The United Nations Security Council …

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Separation or Provocation? Israel Resurrects the ‘Golan Wall’ Project

by Haidar Mustafa, published on The Cradle, November 19, 2024 Tel Aviv has recently resumed efforts on a long-dormant project announced back in 2011: the construction of a ‘separation wall’ along its border with Syria. The move seeks to replicate similar structures erected along the borders with Lebanon, Egypt, Gaza, …

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What role for the UN in post-conflict Gaza?

by Peter Ford, originally published at Katoikos.World https://katoikos.world/analysis/what-role-for-the-un-in-post-conflict-gaza.html With the Israel-Hamas conflict still possibly having months to run and with even the outlines of an end state still far from clear, trying to chart a course for the UN at this juncture is challenging. It is nevertheless possible to identify …

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Can Jordan’s Treaty with Israel Survive the Gaza Genocide?

by Tamara Nassar, published on Electronic Intifada, January 25, 2023 Jordan is undergoing what appears to be its most serious diplomatic rift with Israel since the two countries established formal ties in 1994. Amman has announced that it plans to beef up its military presence along its long border with …

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Situation Will Improve If All Illegal Sanctions, Occupation Are Withdrawn

from People’s Dispatch, July 25, 2023 Syria has allowed the continuation of the cross-border aid program in the rebel-held areas in its north-east even though the UN Security Council had failed to adopt a resolution on its extension earlier this month It seems that Syria made a show of generosity …

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