• African perspectives on the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza

    From NefeshBarYochai@21:1/5 to All on Mon Dec 9 00:53:52 2024
    XPost: seattle.politics, alt.global-warming, edm.general
    XPost: or.politics

    In the aftermath of 7 October and IsraelÆs ongoing genocide in Gaza,
    official African responses1 in support of the Palestinians have been articulated by South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe.

    On 11 December 2023, South Africa's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued
    a statement urging a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian
    resistance, while also offering to draw on its historical experience
    to mediate between the parties. Then-Minister of International
    Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor further called on South
    African trade union movements to boycott products associated with the
    Israeli occupation, while on 14 October 2023, South African President
    Cyril Ramaphosa, spokesperson for the ruling African National Congress
    (ANC), expressed solidarity with the Palestinian people and denounced
    the Israeli army's calls for 1.1 million Palestinians to evacuate
    northern Gaza. He emphasised that ôthe Palestinians live under the
    occupation of an apartheid stateö.

    On 29 December 2023, South Africa filed a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, for
    breaches of the Genocide Convention.2 The 84-page application to the
    Court, written in English, presents evidence of Israel's genocidal
    acts and its intent to commit genocide against the Palestinian people
    in Gaza. In its judgement of 26 January 2024, and subsequent
    judgements of 28 March and 24 May 2024, the ICJ issued provisional
    measures to protect Palestinians in Gaza from breaches of the Genocide Convention.

    Namibia's condemnation of IsraelÆs genocide in Gaza was as resolute as
    South AfricaÆs. On 24 January 2024, in a statement posted on the
    platform X (formerly Twitter), then-President Hage Geingob criticised
    the German government for supporting Israel in the case before the
    ICJ. Geingob remarked that Germany, of all nations, should have
    learned from its own genocidal history and he argued that Germany
    could not uphold its commitment to the Genocide Conventionùincluding
    atonement for its genocide in Namibiaùwhile at the same time
    supporting IsraelÆs actions in Gaza, which he equated to the Nazi
    Holocaust and to genocide.

    The Republic of Zimbabwe also condemned the Israeli war of aggression
    against the Gaza Strip and demanded the immediate cessation of
    hostilities, describing the Israeli action of cutting off water and
    electricity in Gaza as a ôwar crimeö. Veterans Minister and
    spokesperson for the political bureau of the ruling party, the
    Zimbabwe African National UnionûPatriotic Front (ZANUûPF), Christopher Mutsvangwa highlighted during a press conference in Harare that 2
    million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip were under constant and brutal bombardment by Israel, using aircraft supplied by Western powers. He
    stated: ôDepriving the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip of basic
    needs, such as water, food, and electricity, is a compound crime
    because it is a crime of siege and a war crime under international
    law. à As allies of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) since
    the struggle for liberation, we affirm our support for the Palestinian
    people and condemn Israel for not committing to the two-state
    solution, violating the agreements, and allowing Israeli settlers to
    continue seizing more lands with the aim of leaving nothing for the Palestinians. Now, it [Israel] wants to forcibly displace them again
    to Egypt or perhaps push them into the sea.ö3

    On the other hand, several African countries, most prominently Kenya,
    Ghana, Rwanda, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo, have
    expressed their unconditional support for Israel. Kenyan President
    William Ruto issued a strongly worded statement condemning Hamas
    attacks on Israel and urging the international community to take
    action against the perpetrators, organisers, financiers, sponsors and supporters of what he described as ôcriminal terrorist actsö. Ghana, a temporary member of the Security Council, took a similar stance,
    abstaining on two draft resolutions for a ceasefire in Gaza: one
    Russian and the other Brazilian. Similarly, statements in support of
    the Israeli occupation came from the governments of the Democratic
    Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Cameroon. These governments
    explicitly condemned resistance operations against the Israeli
    occupation. It is likely that in so doing they were motivated by
    pragmatic considerations related to security and their economies:
    these countries have significant projects with Israel in fields such
    as security, agriculture, infrastructure, technology and armaments.4

    Between these two poles, the events since 7 October have revealed what
    can be called a ôhesitantö bloc, which seeks to maintain an unbiased
    stance due to its intertwined interests with both Israel and Arab
    countries. This bloc includes nations that have commonly advocated for
    the adoption of a two-state solution to the Palestine situation, based
    on the pre-June 1967 borders. Foremost among these countries are
    Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Guinea-Bissau and Ethiopia. However, it is
    notable that Ethiopia, despite its long and strong historical
    association with Israel, has not expressed a definitive position on
    the events since 7 October.

    In regard to popular solidarity with Palestine, public support for the Palestinian cause remains strong across Africa, often surpassingùand contradictingùofficial reactions. Despite a decline in pro-Palestinian
    activism and in the number of Palestinians present in many African
    countries, large segments of the African population still view support
    for the Palestinian people and their cause as part of collective
    African values, including the rejection of occupation and
    exploitation. This support is especially evident in Muslim-majority
    countries, such as Senegal, Gambia and Mauritania, but people in other
    African countries without Muslim majorities also continue to show
    support for the Palestinian cause.

    Since 7 October, explicit solidarity with Palestine and rejection of
    IsraelÆs genocide in Gaza have been demonstrated in numerous popular
    protests in many African countries, including Kenya, Senegal and
    Nigeria. Protests have also been held in front of Western embassies.
    All of this counters the Western media's portrayal of African public
    opinion as divided on Palestine.

    In Kenya, President Ruto's stance was quickly criticised by voices in solidarity with Palestine, who argued that it contradicted the Kenyan constitution as he had not consulted the Kenyan people on the issue.
    Booker Omole, vice chairperson of the Communist Party of Kenya,
    likened Israel's occupation of Palestine to Britain's historic
    colonisation of Kenya, while Raila Odinga, leader of the opposition
    Orange Democratic Movement, condemned Ruto's stance, stating: "We must
    condemn in the strongest terms possible the brutality with which
    innocent children and women of Palestine are being brutalized by the
    regime of Mr Netanyahu."5

    In March and April 2024, the opposition in Nigeria organised
    candlelight vigils in solidarity with Palestinian martyrs, while in
    January 2024 some political movements in Senegal called for a massive
    donation campaign to support the residents of Gaza and to alleviate
    their suffering and demanded the immediate cessation of Israeli
    aggression on Gaza and the permanent opening of crossings for
    humanitarian aid.

    In South Africa, as early as 23 October 2023, Julius Sello MalemaÆs
    Economic Freedom Fighters party organised protests across various
    regions and held a sit-in in front of the Israeli embassy in Pretoria.

    As can be inferred from the foregoing, anti-colonial sentiment remains prevalent in the African consciousness, although it is not as intense
    as it once was. In this regard, it is important to note that IsraelÆs
    genocide in Gaza has occurred alongside growing popular rejection of
    the French presence in the Sahel countries. In the light of French
    support for the Zionist Israeli regime, many African countries, and
    their people, view Palestinian goals as aligned with their own.

    https://www.tni.org/en/article/african-attitudes-to-and-solidarity-with-palestine

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  • From Sharx335@21:1/5 to NefeshBarYochai on Mon Dec 9 09:59:40 2024
    XPost: seattle.politics, alt.global-warming, edm.general
    XPost: or.politics

    On 2024-12-08 10:53 p.m., NefeshBarYochai wrote:
    In the aftermath of 7 October and Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, official African responses1 in support of the Palestinians have been articulated by South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe.

    On 11 December 2023, South Africa's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued
    a statement urging a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian
    resistance, while also offering to draw on its historical experience
    to mediate between the parties. Then-Minister of International
    Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor further called on South
    African trade union movements to boycott products associated with the
    Israeli occupation, while on 14 October 2023, South African President
    Cyril Ramaphosa, spokesperson for the ruling African National Congress
    (ANC), expressed solidarity with the Palestinian people and denounced
    the Israeli army's calls for 1.1 million Palestinians to evacuate
    northern Gaza. He emphasised that “the Palestinians live under the occupation of an apartheid state”.

    On 29 December 2023, South Africa filed a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, for
    breaches of the Genocide Convention.2 The 84-page application to the
    Court, written in English, presents evidence of Israel's genocidal
    acts and its intent to commit genocide against the Palestinian people
    in Gaza. In its judgement of 26 January 2024, and subsequent
    judgements of 28 March and 24 May 2024, the ICJ issued provisional
    measures to protect Palestinians in Gaza from breaches of the Genocide Convention.

    Namibia's condemnation of Israel’s genocide in Gaza was as resolute as South Africa’s. On 24 January 2024, in a statement posted on the
    platform X (formerly Twitter), then-President Hage Geingob criticised
    the German government for supporting Israel in the case before the
    ICJ. Geingob remarked that Germany, of all nations, should have
    learned from its own genocidal history and he argued that Germany
    could not uphold its commitment to the Genocide Convention—including atonement for its genocide in Namibia—while at the same time
    supporting Israel’s actions in Gaza, which he equated to the Nazi
    Holocaust and to genocide.

    The Republic of Zimbabwe also condemned the Israeli war of aggression
    against the Gaza Strip and demanded the immediate cessation of
    hostilities, describing the Israeli action of cutting off water and electricity in Gaza as a “war crime”. Veterans Minister and
    spokesperson for the political bureau of the ruling party, the
    Zimbabwe African National Union–Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF), Christopher Mutsvangwa highlighted during a press conference in Harare that 2
    million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip were under constant and brutal bombardment by Israel, using aircraft supplied by Western powers. He
    stated: “Depriving the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip of basic
    needs, such as water, food, and electricity, is a compound crime
    because it is a crime of siege and a war crime under international
    law. … As allies of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) since
    the struggle for liberation, we affirm our support for the Palestinian
    people and condemn Israel for not committing to the two-state
    solution, violating the agreements, and allowing Israeli settlers to
    continue seizing more lands with the aim of leaving nothing for the Palestinians. Now, it [Israel] wants to forcibly displace them again
    to Egypt or perhaps push them into the sea.”3

    On the other hand, several African countries, most prominently Kenya,
    Ghana, Rwanda, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo, have
    expressed their unconditional support for Israel. Kenyan President
    William Ruto issued a strongly worded statement condemning Hamas
    attacks on Israel and urging the international community to take
    action against the perpetrators, organisers, financiers, sponsors and supporters of what he described as “criminal terrorist acts”. Ghana, a temporary member of the Security Council, took a similar stance,
    abstaining on two draft resolutions for a ceasefire in Gaza: one
    Russian and the other Brazilian. Similarly, statements in support of
    the Israeli occupation came from the governments of the Democratic
    Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Cameroon. These governments
    explicitly condemned resistance operations against the Israeli
    occupation. It is likely that in so doing they were motivated by
    pragmatic considerations related to security and their economies:
    these countries have significant projects with Israel in fields such
    as security, agriculture, infrastructure, technology and armaments.4

    Between these two poles, the events since 7 October have revealed what
    can be called a “hesitant” bloc, which seeks to maintain an unbiased stance due to its intertwined interests with both Israel and Arab
    countries. This bloc includes nations that have commonly advocated for
    the adoption of a two-state solution to the Palestine situation, based
    on the pre-June 1967 borders. Foremost among these countries are
    Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Guinea-Bissau and Ethiopia. However, it is
    notable that Ethiopia, despite its long and strong historical
    association with Israel, has not expressed a definitive position on
    the events since 7 October.

    In regard to popular solidarity with Palestine, public support for the Palestinian cause remains strong across Africa, often surpassing—and contradicting—official reactions. Despite a decline in pro-Palestinian activism and in the number of Palestinians present in many African
    countries, large segments of the African population still view support
    for the Palestinian people and their cause as part of collective
    African values, including the rejection of occupation and
    exploitation. This support is especially evident in Muslim-majority countries, such as Senegal, Gambia and Mauritania, but people in other African countries without Muslim majorities also continue to show
    support for the Palestinian cause.

    Since 7 October, explicit solidarity with Palestine and rejection of Israel’s genocide in Gaza have been demonstrated in numerous popular protests in many African countries, including Kenya, Senegal and
    Nigeria. Protests have also been held in front of Western embassies.
    All of this counters the Western media's portrayal of African public
    opinion as divided on Palestine.

    In Kenya, President Ruto's stance was quickly criticised by voices in solidarity with Palestine, who argued that it contradicted the Kenyan constitution as he had not consulted the Kenyan people on the issue.
    Booker Omole, vice chairperson of the Communist Party of Kenya,
    likened Israel's occupation of Palestine to Britain's historic
    colonisation of Kenya, while Raila Odinga, leader of the opposition
    Orange Democratic Movement, condemned Ruto's stance, stating: "We must condemn in the strongest terms possible the brutality with which
    innocent children and women of Palestine are being brutalized by the
    regime of Mr Netanyahu."5

    In March and April 2024, the opposition in Nigeria organised
    candlelight vigils in solidarity with Palestinian martyrs, while in
    January 2024 some political movements in Senegal called for a massive donation campaign to support the residents of Gaza and to alleviate
    their suffering and demanded the immediate cessation of Israeli
    aggression on Gaza and the permanent opening of crossings for
    humanitarian aid.

    In South Africa, as early as 23 October 2023, Julius Sello Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters party organised protests across various
    regions and held a sit-in in front of the Israeli embassy in Pretoria.

    As can be inferred from the foregoing, anti-colonial sentiment remains prevalent in the African consciousness, although it is not as intense
    as it once was. In this regard, it is important to note that Israel’s genocide in Gaza has occurred alongside growing popular rejection of
    the French presence in the Sahel countries. In the light of French
    support for the Zionist Israeli regime, many African countries, and
    their people, view Palestinian goals as aligned with their own.

    https://www.tni.org/en/article/african-attitudes-to-and-solidarity-with-palestine



    More B.S. from the King of the B.S.ers.

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to sharx35@telus.net on Mon Dec 9 17:12:03 2024
    XPost: seattle.politics, alt.global-warming, edm.general
    XPost: or.politics

    In article <vj77lt$g45j$1@dont-email.me>, Sharx335 <sharx35@telus.net> wrote: >On 2024-12-08 10:53 p.m., NefeshBarYochai wrote:
    In the aftermath of 7 October and Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza,
    official African responses1 in support of the Palestinians have been
    articulated by South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe.

    On 11 December 2023, South Africa's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued
    a statement urging a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian
    resistance, while also offering to draw on its historical experience
    to mediate between the parties. Then-Minister of International
    Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor further called on South
    African trade union movements to boycott products associated with the
    Israeli occupation, while on 14 October 2023, South African President
    Cyril Ramaphosa, spokesperson for the ruling African National Congress
    (ANC), expressed solidarity with the Palestinian people and denounced
    the Israeli army's calls for 1.1 million Palestinians to evacuate
    northern Gaza. He emphasised that “the Palestinians live under the
    occupation of an apartheid state”.

    On 29 December 2023, South Africa filed a case against Israel at the
    International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, for
    breaches of the Genocide Convention.2 The 84-page application to the
    Court, written in English, presents evidence of Israel's genocidal
    acts and its intent to commit genocide against the Palestinian people
    in Gaza. In its judgement of 26 January 2024, and subsequent
    judgements of 28 March and 24 May 2024, the ICJ issued provisional
    measures to protect Palestinians in Gaza from breaches of the Genocide
    Convention.

    Namibia's condemnation of Israel’s genocide in Gaza was as resolute as
    South Africa’s. On 24 January 2024, in a statement posted on the
    platform X (formerly Twitter), then-President Hage Geingob criticised
    the German government for supporting Israel in the case before the
    ICJ. Geingob remarked that Germany, of all nations, should have
    learned from its own genocidal history and he argued that Germany
    could not uphold its commitment to the Genocide Convention—including
    atonement for its genocide in Namibia—while at the same time
    supporting Israel’s actions in Gaza, which he equated to the Nazi
    Holocaust and to genocide.

    The Republic of Zimbabwe also condemned the Israeli war of aggression
    against the Gaza Strip and demanded the immediate cessation of
    hostilities, describing the Israeli action of cutting off water and
    electricity in Gaza as a “war crime”. Veterans Minister and
    spokesperson for the political bureau of the ruling party, the
    Zimbabwe African National Union–Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF), Christopher >> Mutsvangwa highlighted during a press conference in Harare that 2
    million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip were under constant and brutal
    bombardment by Israel, using aircraft supplied by Western powers. He
    stated: “Depriving the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip of basic
    needs, such as water, food, and electricity, is a compound crime
    because it is a crime of siege and a war crime under international
    law. … As allies of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) since
    the struggle for liberation, we affirm our support for the Palestinian
    people and condemn Israel for not committing to the two-state
    solution, violating the agreements, and allowing Israeli settlers to
    continue seizing more lands with the aim of leaving nothing for the
    Palestinians. Now, it [Israel] wants to forcibly displace them again
    to Egypt or perhaps push them into the sea.”3

    On the other hand, several African countries, most prominently Kenya,
    Ghana, Rwanda, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo, have
    expressed their unconditional support for Israel. Kenyan President
    William Ruto issued a strongly worded statement condemning Hamas
    attacks on Israel and urging the international community to take
    action against the perpetrators, organisers, financiers, sponsors and
    supporters of what he described as “criminal terrorist acts”. Ghana, a >> temporary member of the Security Council, took a similar stance,
    abstaining on two draft resolutions for a ceasefire in Gaza: one
    Russian and the other Brazilian. Similarly, statements in support of
    the Israeli occupation came from the governments of the Democratic
    Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Cameroon. These governments
    explicitly condemned resistance operations against the Israeli
    occupation. It is likely that in so doing they were motivated by
    pragmatic considerations related to security and their economies:
    these countries have significant projects with Israel in fields such
    as security, agriculture, infrastructure, technology and armaments.4

    Between these two poles, the events since 7 October have revealed what
    can be called a “hesitant” bloc, which seeks to maintain an unbiased
    stance due to its intertwined interests with both Israel and Arab
    countries. This bloc includes nations that have commonly advocated for
    the adoption of a two-state solution to the Palestine situation, based
    on the pre-June 1967 borders. Foremost among these countries are
    Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Guinea-Bissau and Ethiopia. However, it is
    notable that Ethiopia, despite its long and strong historical
    association with Israel, has not expressed a definitive position on
    the events since 7 October.

    In regard to popular solidarity with Palestine, public support for the
    Palestinian cause remains strong across Africa, often surpassing—and
    contradicting—official reactions. Despite a decline in pro-Palestinian
    activism and in the number of Palestinians present in many African
    countries, large segments of the African population still view support
    for the Palestinian people and their cause as part of collective
    African values, including the rejection of occupation and
    exploitation. This support is especially evident in Muslim-majority
    countries, such as Senegal, Gambia and Mauritania, but people in other
    African countries without Muslim majorities also continue to show
    support for the Palestinian cause.

    Since 7 October, explicit solidarity with Palestine and rejection of
    Israel’s genocide in Gaza have been demonstrated in numerous popular
    protests in many African countries, including Kenya, Senegal and
    Nigeria. Protests have also been held in front of Western embassies.
    All of this counters the Western media's portrayal of African public
    opinion as divided on Palestine.

    In Kenya, President Ruto's stance was quickly criticised by voices in
    solidarity with Palestine, who argued that it contradicted the Kenyan
    constitution as he had not consulted the Kenyan people on the issue.
    Booker Omole, vice chairperson of the Communist Party of Kenya,
    likened Israel's occupation of Palestine to Britain's historic
    colonisation of Kenya, while Raila Odinga, leader of the opposition
    Orange Democratic Movement, condemned Ruto's stance, stating: "We must
    condemn in the strongest terms possible the brutality with which
    innocent children and women of Palestine are being brutalized by the
    regime of Mr Netanyahu."5

    In March and April 2024, the opposition in Nigeria organised
    candlelight vigils in solidarity with Palestinian martyrs, while in
    January 2024 some political movements in Senegal called for a massive
    donation campaign to support the residents of Gaza and to alleviate
    their suffering and demanded the immediate cessation of Israeli
    aggression on Gaza and the permanent opening of crossings for
    humanitarian aid.

    In South Africa, as early as 23 October 2023, Julius Sello Malema’s
    Economic Freedom Fighters party organised protests across various
    regions and held a sit-in in front of the Israeli embassy in Pretoria.

    As can be inferred from the foregoing, anti-colonial sentiment remains
    prevalent in the African consciousness, although it is not as intense
    as it once was. In this regard, it is important to note that Israel’s
    genocide in Gaza has occurred alongside growing popular rejection of
    the French presence in the Sahel countries. In the light of French
    support for the Zionist Israeli regime, many African countries, and
    their people, view Palestinian goals as aligned with their own.

    https://www.tni.org/en/article/african-attitudes-to-and-solidarity-with-palestine



    More B.S. from the King of the B.S.ers.

    No wonder Idlehands, Dr.WTf and that ilk loves NefeshBarYochai.

    You can smeel the stench in edm.general .
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  • From Idlehands@21:1/5 to The Doctor on Mon Dec 9 18:03:44 2024
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    XPost: or.politics

    On 2024-12-09 10:12 a.m., The Doctor wrote:
    In article <vj77lt$g45j$1@dont-email.me>, Sharx335 <sharx35@telus.net> wrote:

    <CHOP>



    More B.S. from the King of the B.S.ers.

    No wonder Idlehands, Dr.WTf and that ilk loves NefeshBarYochai.

    You can smeel the stench in edm.general .

    If his message upsets your tender sensibilities binky why do you repost
    the entire thing and then add your witty, intelligent response?

    BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

    What I really mean is your pointless childish idiocy.

    You sure can "smeel" the stench but it only appears when you show up,
    why is that?


    --
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    rational behavior."

    pt
    (Binky failed to answer this question)

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