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Above Photo: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP. UNRWA representatives say Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood are refugees who have the right to their support. United Nations representatives have denounced the potential forced expulsion of Palestinian families from their homes in occupied East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood as a “violation of international law”. Speaking from Sheikh Jarrah on […]
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United Nations: Forced Expulsion Of Palestinians Violates Law
June 4th, 2021 
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No Comments »The Palestine Litmus Test
May 21st, 2021 Awake Goy The Palestine Litmus Test President Joe Biden continues to proclaim endless support of apartheid Israel. Millions have decided that defense of Palestinian rights and lives is the only civilized response to barbaric aggression. “The U.S. uses its veto power on the United Nations Security Council to prevent the international community from using its voice.” There […]
US, UK, EU Barbaric Sanctions Are Killing Syrians
May 11th, 2021 Awake Goy The following is a short five minute paper I presented to the Arab International Forum to lift sanctions against Syria which was held on the 6th May 2021: In order to review the sanctions against Syria, we must see these sadistic, punitive measures in greater context. We must review US UK and EU neocolonialist foreign […]
Posted in international law, Sanctions, Syria Tags: barbaric, killing, sanctions, Syrians No Comments »NLG Urges Biden To Align US Israel-Palestine Policy With International Law
May 11th, 2021 Awake Goy Above photo: An Israeli soldier points a rifle at a Palestinian man protesting then-President Donald Trump’s so-called Middle East peace plan in the illegally occupied West Bank city of Hebron on February 28, 2020. Hazem Bader/AFP via Getty Images. “The United States cannot turn its back on the atrocities, including war crimes, enabled by U.S. […]
Posted in international law Tags: align, biden, international, israel, Palestine, policy, urges No Comments »Canadian court ruling sends settlement wine labels back to square one
May 6th, 2021 Awake Goy In what might best be described as a “very cautious” decision (at least one Palestine-friendly lawyer considers it a victory), today (May 5), the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) dismissed the Trudeau government’s appeal of a lower court ruling that ‘Product of Israel’ labels on Israeli settlement wines are “false, misleading and deceptive,” all […]
Posted in international law, News, wariscrime Tags: canadian, court, labels, ruling, sends, settlement, square No Comments »Whistleblower Daniel Hale, The Drone Program And The War On Our Right To Know
May 3rd, 2021 Awake Goy By Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. May 3, 2021 The United States’ drone assassination program is illegal under international law, but the whistleblower who exposed it, Daniel Hale, is being prosecuted under the Espionage Act. Chip Gibbons of Defending Rights and Dissent describes who Daniel Hale is and why his act of leaking information about […]
Police Killing Black Americans Amounts To Crimes Against Humanity
April 29th, 2021 Awake Goy Above photo: Demonstrators hold posters of Daunte Wright during a protest near the Brooklyn Center police department in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota 16 April 2021. Kerem Yucel/AFP/Getty Images. In devastating report, human rights experts call on international criminal court prosecutor to open an immediate investigation. The systematic killing and maiming of unarmed African Americans by police […]
Posted in international law Tags: against, Americans.., amounts, black, Crimes, killing, police No Comments »EU Sanctions Iran, Netanyahu Goes On The Offensive After ‘Nuclear Terrorism’
April 15th, 2021 Awake Goy The day following the reported Israeli attack on Iran’s Natanz Nuclear site this Monday, the European Union has decided to place sanctions on Iran over alleged human rights abuses, further fanning the flames of all out war in the Middle East. The EU has sanctioned 8 prominent Iranians and 3 entities within the Islamic Republic, […]
Posted in international law, netanyahu, wariscrime Tags: after, netanyahu!, nuclear, offensive, sanctions, terrorism No Comments »Does Canada’s Unilateral Sanctions Regime Violate International Law?
April 13th, 2021 Awake Goy Above photo: iStock. Sanctions constitute a form of collective punishment and could be considered a war crime under the Fourth Geneva Convention. Is Canada breaking international law when it applies to unilateral coercive economic measures, commonly referred to as sanctions? Most countries and international law experts believe sanctions are only legitimate when approved by the […]
Posted in international law, Sanctions Tags: Canada, international, regime, sanctions, unilateral, violate No Comments »Israeli Airstrikes On Syria Twisted By Syrian Opposition Media To Claim Iranian Losses
April 10th, 2021 Awake Goy Unprovoked Israeli airstrikes against the Syrian capital, Damascus, were again reported in the early hours of Thursday morning, leading to further accusations by Syrian opposition media and monitoring groups that Iranian-backed fighters had been killed. At approximately 12:58 (Syrian local time) Israeli airstrikes were said to have been confronted by Syrian Air Defense, according to […]
Posted in international law, Syria, wariscrime Tags: airstrikes, israeli, Media, opposition, Syria, syrian, twisted No Comments »Save Sheikh Jarrah: The online campaign giving hope to Palestinian refugees in East Jerusalem
March 24th, 2021 Awake Goy Residents of Karm al-Jaouni live under the threat of forcible eviction that would see them replaced by Israeli settlers Nabil al-Kurd, a long-time resident of Karm al-Jaouni, stands next to a wall graffitied with “We will not leave” in Arabic (MEE/Aseel Jundi) By Aseel Jundi in Sheikh Jarrah Published date: 22 March 2021 16:06 UTC At first glance, everything […]
Posted in international law, jordan Tags: campaign, giving, jarrah, online, palestinian, refugees, sheikh No Comments »The ICC and Israel’s Charge of Anti-Semitism
March 14th, 2021 Awake Goy MARCH 12, 2021 BY NEVE GORDON Photograph Source: Greger Ravik – CC BY 2.0 We are at a critical historical juncture in which it is becoming increasingly difficult to criticize Israel without being branded an anti-Semite. You are an anti-Semite if you support the International Criminal Court’s recent ruling that it has jurisdiction to open a war crimes investigation […]
Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
March 1st, 2021 Awake Goy Above photo: Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary. Bullshit Spoken In An Assertive Tone. Watching the slow, silent realization creep over online Democrats that Biden really isn’t going to do anything for them. Americans: $2000 checks please Government: Sorry did you say airstrikes on Syria? Americans: No, $2000 checks Government: Okay, since you asked nicely […]
Biden’s First Strike
March 1st, 2021 Awake Goy Biden’s First Strike Above photo: A picture taken on November 12, 2018 from al-Qaim in Iraq’s border al-Anbar province shows the Syrian border city of Albu Kamal in the Deir Ezzor region. Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images. And the international law of self-defense. The United States carried out airstrikes in Syria early Friday morning, killing […]
US Sanctions On Venezuela Have Failed To Achieve Anything But Death And Misery
February 26th, 2021 Awake Goy Above photo: An antenna is located on a terrace after the US television satellite operator DirectTV announced its withdrawal from Venezuela. Pedro Rances Mattey / Getty Images. NOTE: Sign the petition calling on the Biden administration to end the economic war at SanctionsKill.org/petition. And join us on Saturday, February 27 at 4:00 pm Eastern/1:00 pm Pacific […]
Posted in international law Tags: achieve, anything?, Death, failed, misery, sanctions, Venezuela No Comments »UN Expert Details Crushing Human Toll Of US Sanctions On Venezuela
February 18th, 2021 Awake Goy Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with Alena Douhan, UN special rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, about her recent trip to Venezuela. In her first interview since the publication of the preliminary findings of her mission to Venezuela, Professor Douhan discusses her main […]
Posted in international law, united nations Tags: crushing, details, expert, human, sanctions, Venezuela No Comments »Israel violates international law anew, again bombing Syria to further indifference of Western media
February 17th, 2021 Awake Goy Israeli missiles reportedly targeted Syria again on Monday. Usually carried out under the pretense of “targeting Iranian/Iranian-backed militias,” Israel’s strikes violate Syria’s sovereignty and breach international law. Israel’s military chief of staff boasted earlier about hitting over 500 targets in just 2020 alone. Bearing in mind that Syria’s air defenses do intercept Israeli […]
Posted in damascus, international law, Middle East, Syria Tags: again, bombing, further, international, israel, Syria, violates No Comments »How The Nuclear Ban Treaty Impacts The United States
January 27th, 2021 Awake Goy Above photo: From WILPF. Why the United States must embrace its entry into force. The United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) entered into force on January 22, 2021, two days following the inauguration of Joseph Biden as the 46th president of the United States. Despite the TPNW’s widespread support throughout the […]
UN Expert: End US Sanctions On Syria
January 17th, 2021 Awake Goy [embedded content] Crippling US sanctions on Syria are illegal and hurting civilians. US sanctions imposed under the Caesar Act are decimating war-ravaged Syrian civilians, are illegal, and should be lifted, the UN Special Rapporteur on sanctions says. An independent United Nations expert is calling on the US to lift its crippling sanctions on Syria. Under […]
How A Lawbreaking International Coalition Failed To Overthrow Venezuela’s Government
January 15th, 2021 Awake Goy By Vijay Prashad and Carlos Ron/Globetrotter, Popular Resistance. January 14, 2021 | Educate! Above photo: Rally in Ottawa, Canada. The Lima Group represents a key tool in the hybrid war arsenal: diplomatic war. On January 5, 2021, the newly elected National Assembly took its seats in Venezuela’s capital. That day the Lima Group released a […]
Posted in international law Tags: coalition, failed, government, international, lawbreaking, overthrow, Venezuela No Comments »Iran Asks Interpol To Help Arrest Trump
January 7th, 2021 Awake Goy Above photo: (L) Qasem Soleimani © Getty Images / Anadolu Agency / Press Office of Iranian Supreme Leader; (R) Donald Trump. Getty Images / Andrew Harrer-Pool. And 47 other US officials over 2020 killing of General Soleimani. Iran has requested that Interpol issue a ‘Red Notice’ for Donald Trump and 47 other officials, over their “role” in […]
Alex Saab Case: ‘One Of The Most Egregious Examples Of Jurisdictional Overreach’
December 29th, 2020 Awake Goy Alex Saab Case: ‘One Of The Most Egregious Examples Of Jurisdictional Overreach’ Baltasar Garzón, former Spanish judge who is the defense attorney for Venezuelan diplomatic envoy Álex Saab, reiterated during an interview with the Colombian newspaper El Espectador that his client is a special envoy of the Government of Venezuela who works as a diplomatic […]
Urgent Call To End The Illegal Sanctions
December 19th, 2020 Awake Goy US sanctions are suffocating the world. The Progressive International calls the UN to end them. We call on António Guterres (UN Secretary General), Michelle Bachelet (UN High Commissioner for Human rights) and Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo of Guyana (Chair of the G-77) to take urgent steps to put an end to the unilateral, illegal (primary […]
Venezuela Advances In Case Against The US Before International Criminal Court
December 17th, 2020 Awake Goy Collaborates in ‘Venezuela I’ Case. The International Criminal Court (ICC), in its annual report, confirmed the deposit of evidence by Venezuelan authorities regarding the lawsuit (Venezuela II) against United States officials for committing crimes against humanity as a result of the blockade and the coercive measures imposed on the Caribbean country. The information was released […]
Posted in international law, Sanctions Tags: advances, against, before, court, criminal, international, Venezuela No Comments »Lessons To Be Learned From Washington’s Lethal War Against The World
December 16th, 2020 Awake Goy Lessons To Be Learned From Washington’s Lethal War Against The World Above photo: Evo Morales (left) and Vijay Prashad. Twitter. Vijay Prashad’s investigation of US’s murderous global interventions against socialism and national liberation is a must-read. The latest book from Indian Marxist Vijay Prashad is a passionate critique of the “US-led liberal international order,” in […]
Posted in international law Tags: against, learned, lessons, lethal, Washington, world No Comments »How The US Dominates Tech: The Untold Story
December 11th, 2020 Awake Goy [embedded content] This is the untold story of how the US uses its hegemony and mass surveillance system to weaponize its laws and take down non-US tech giants. On May 27, 2020, the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Canada finally ruled that Ms. Meng met the “double criminality” standard. That is her actions “were illegal” […]
Isolated and Alone. Palestinian Children Held in Solitary Confinement by Israeli Authorities for Interrogation
December 5th, 2020 Awake Goy By Defense for Children International – Palestine Global Research, December 04, 2020 Defense for Children International – Palestine 1 December 2020 Between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2019, Defense for Children International – Palestine (DCIP) documented 108 cases in which Palestinian children arrested by the Israeli military were held in isolation for two or more days […]
Posted in human rights violation, international law Tags: alone, children, confinement, isolated, israeli, palestinian, solitary No Comments »Iran Calls On The International Community To Confront Israel
December 3rd, 2020 Awake Goy Above photo: A handout photo made available by the Iranian defense ministry office shows officials praying over the coffin of slain Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh during the burial ceremony at Saleh shrine in northern Tehran, Iran, 30 November 2020. EFE/EPA. NOTE: Palestine Chronicle reports that the United Nations Human Rights Office is calling for […]
Celebrate Armistice Day – Wage Peace With Renewed Energy!
November 8th, 2020 Awake Goy By Gerry Condon, Popular Resistance. November 7, 2020 | Organize! Above photo: Veterans for Peace. November 11 is Armistice Day, marking the 1918 armistice that ended the First World War, on the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.” Horrified by the industrial slaughter of millions of soldiers and civilians, the people […]
Ending Regime Change In Bolivia And The World
October 30th, 2020 Awake Goy By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, Popular Resistance. October 29, 2020 Above photo: Bolivian woman votes in October 18 election. Less than a year after the United States and the U.S.-backed Organization of American States (OAS) supported a violent military coup to overthrow the government of Bolivia, the Bolivian people have reelected the […]
