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UN General Assembly demands immediate and unconditional Gaza ceasefire
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The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The resolution, passed with overwhelming majority, demands a permanent ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas. The demand is more urgent than previous resolutions, with 158 countries voting in favor and only 9 countries voting against, including the US, Israel and 7 other countries. 13 countries abstained from voting. The resolution also calls for the immediate release of all hostages.
The price of silence and failure in the face of the Palestinian tragedy is a very heavy price, and it will be heavier tomorrow.
The resolutions before the assembly today are beyond logic. (...) The vote today is not a vote for compassion. It is a vote for complicity.
By demanding a ceasefire today without addressing the hostages, this assembly will once again side with those who weaponise human suffering.
The images of our children burning in tents, with no food in their bellies and no hopes and no horizon for the future, and after having endured pain and loss for more than a year, should haunt the conscience of the world and prompt action to end this nightmare.
There is no reason for this war to continue. We need a ceasefire now. We need to bring hostages home now.
One rewards Hamas and downplays the need to release the hostages, and the other denigrates Israel without providing a path forward to increasing humanitarian assistance to Palestinian civilians.
The urgency of this situation demands concrete action – Australia must end its support for Israel's genocidal regime, impose sanctions and a two-way arms embargo, and suspend its trade and military ties.
No country in the world should be expected to betray its own citizens as Israel is being called upon to do.
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sources
- 1.South China Morning Post
- 2.The Guardian
- 3.Al Jazeera
- 4.CTV News
- 5.France 24
- 6.CNA News
- 7.Agence France-Presse
- 8.Guardian
perspectives
- 1.US Foreign Policy
- 2.US under Donald Trump
- 3.2024 US Presidential Election
- 4.Israel-Palestine Conflict
- 5.British Foreign Policy
- 6.Israel Foreign Policy
- 7.Islamic Terrorism
- 8.Israel under Benjamin Netanyahu
- 9.Israel-US Relations
- 10.2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
- 11.Qatar Foreign Policy
countries
- 1.Albania
- 2.Argentina
- 3.Australia
- 4.Canada
- 5.Germany
- 6.Algeria
- 7.Israel
- 8.Italy
- 9.Lebanon
- 10.Papua New Guinea
- 11.Palestine, State of
- 12.Paraguay
organizations
- 1.United Nations
- 2.Hamas
- 3.UN Relief and Works Agency
- 4.UN General Assembly
- 5.UN Security Council
- 6.International Court of Justice
- 7.Knesset
- 8.Green Party
- 9.Labour Party
- 10.Adass Israel
- 11.Australia Israel and Jewish Affairs Council
- 12.Australian Council for International Development
persons
- 1.Robert Wood
- 2.Riyad Mansour
- 3.Danny Danon
- 4.António Guterres
- 5.Nacim Gaouaoui
- 6.Samuel Zbogar
- 7.Adam Bandt
- 8.Anthony Albanese
- 9.Daniel Aghion
- 10.Gabriel Elizondo
- 11.James Larsen
- 12.James Paterson
technicals
- 1.Judaism