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Getting Serious About Halting Israeli Genocide

December 13, 2023 UNAC Editor Genocide, International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Palestine, United Nations, US Foreign Policy

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, December 13, 2023 On Friday, December 8, the UN Security Council met under Article 99 for only the fourth time in the UN’s history. Article 99 is an emergency provision that allows the Secretary General to summon the Council to respond to a crisis that “threatens the maintenance of international peace and[…]