International Law

Ukraine’s Leaders Discuss Continued War Against Russia, Plans to Transform Country into Western Colony

December 12, 2024 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Corruption, Imperial Wars, Imperialism, International Law, Military Budget, NATO, Russia

by Dmitri Kovalevich, published on Defend Democracy Press, November 25, 2024 Dissenting evaluation of the Ukrainian war by a member of the Ukrainian opposition. After Donald Trump’s election victory on November 5, the Ukrainian authorities and media are visibly concerned about a possible change of policy in Washington. During the recent presidential and Congress elections, US media close to the[…]

Without Including Blinken and Biden and the Issue of Genocide, International Criminal Court Arrests are a Sham

December 1, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, International Institutions, International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Racism, United Nations, US Hypocrisy

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, November 27, 2024 The International Criminal Court finally indicted Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, but this action is merely performative. If arrest warrants do not include war criminals like Joe Biden and other U.S. officials, they are ultimately empty attempts to maintain a semblance of legitimacy. After months of procedural stalling, allegations of sexual harassment[…]

The Beginning of the End of Israel

October 18, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Colonialism, International Institutions, International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Racism, United Nations, US Hypocrisy, US Intervention, War Crimes, War on the Poor

by Craig Mokhiber, published on Mondoweiss, October 8, 2024 One year later the flames of genocide still burn, but after decades of persecution and bloodshed we may well be seeing the beginning of the end of the settler-colonial project in Palestine. We have reached a grim milestone. A full year of gruesome Israeli mass murder. A year of epic Palestinian[…]

Julian Assange to the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).

October 10, 2024 UNAC Editor CIA, Free Speech, Government Corruption, Imperialism, International Law, U.S. Aggression, US Government Action, US Hypocrisy

by Julian Assange, Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, October 1, 2024 Julian Assange: “I want to be totally clear. I am not free today because the system worked. I am free today after years of incarceration because I pled guilty to journalism. I pled guilty to seeking information from a source. I pled guilty to obtaining information from a[…]

How Can The UN Save Palestine From US-Israeli Genocide?

September 17, 2024 UNAC Editor International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, United Nations, US Foreign Policy

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies, September 15, 2024 On September 18th, the UN General Assembly is scheduled to debate and vote on a resolution calling on Israel to end “its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory” within six months. Given that the General Assembly, unlike the exclusive 15-member UN Security Council, allows all UN members to vote[…]

About Israeli Soldiers Tell Story of Savage Cruelty in Gaza – One Blessed by the West

August 7, 2024 UNAC Editor Europe, Genocide, International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, LandGrabs, Palestine

by Jonathon Cook, published on Middle East Eye, July 19, 2024 Women and children are being targeted intentionally, say Israeli whistleblowers. From ground troops to commanders, the rules of war have been shredded. They just keep coming. On the weekend, Israel launched another devastating air strike on Gaza, killing at least 90 Palestinians and wounding hundreds more, including women, children[…]

Confronting NATO’s War Summit in Washington

July 8, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, International Law, NATO, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, July 1, 2024 After NATO’s catastrophic, illegal invasions of Yugoslavia, Libya and Afghanistan, on July 9th NATO plans to invade Washington DC. The good news is that it only plans to occupy Washington for three days. The British will not burn down the U.S. Capitol as they did in 1814, and the[…]

The International Criminal Court Takes on Israel and the US Congressional Mafia

June 4, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, International Law, Israel, Uncategorized, US Government Action, US Hypocrisy

by Medea Benjamin, published on Countercurrents, May 29, 2024 Senator Lindsay Graham was bursting with contempt for the International Criminal Court (ICC) when he grilled Secretary of State Blinken at a May 21 Congressional hearing. Wagging his finger, he warned that, if the ICC gets away with issuing arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav[…]

US Intelligence Agencies Explicit on Genocidal Nature of Israel’s Gaza War and Palestinian Resistance

June 2, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Action!!, Free Speech, Genocide, Imperial Wars, International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine

by Barry Sheppard and Malik Miah, published on Socialist Action, May 19, 2024 U.S. intelligence agencies have now openly recognized that the war Israel is ostensibly waging, to eliminate Hamas in Gaza, cannot be won. This is a virtual recognition what the pro-Palestinian demonstrators have been saying, and most of the world knows, that the war is a war against[…]

ICJ Orders Israel to ‘Immediately Halt Its Military Offensive’ in Rafah

May 24, 2024 UNAC Editor Breaking News, Diplomacy, Genocide, International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, United Nations

by Sam Husseini, published on the Institute for Public Accuracy, May 24, 2023 UN whistleblower Craig Mokhiber just posted on X: “BREAKING: The #ICJ has just ruled in favor of additional provisional measures in the Genocide case against Israel, ordering Israel to immediately halt its military offensive and other activities in Rafah and to allow aid and genocide investigators in.”[…]