16/11/2024 09:59
The Guardian
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said ‘the enemy’ carried out three air raids, including one near Haret HreikIn the crowded Qalandia refugee camp, UNRWA’s training centre is an island of calm where young people from the occupied West Bank learn trades, but a recent Israeli ban on all cooperation with the UN agency has left the centre in limbo, AFP reports.UNRWA’s ban in Israel and occupied east Jerusalem has raised fears that its West Bank employees could face problems not only accessing those areas, but also moving around more generally because they would lose the ability to coordinate with the Israeli authorities manning checkpoints.[Biden’s] lack of action this week is especially egregious because he is politically unrestrained: the presidential election is over, and Donald Trump won. Biden can do whatever he wants without incurring a political cost. He doesn’t even have to worry about a transition to his fellow Democrat and vice-president, Kamala Harris. If there was ever a time for Biden to use his considerable power to save Palestinians, this was it. Yet he squandered this final opportunity to make the right and moral choice – and help end the Gaza war before leaving office.Biden’s decision to keep supplying weapons to Israel reinforces his legacy as the primary enabler of the slaughter in Gaza, and Netanyahu’s campaign to expand the war into Lebanon. While Biden and his allies have done a lot of hand-wringing about Trump’s disregard for the rule of law, the Biden administration failed to uphold US law and its own policies – and it has undermined US credibility around the world even before Trump takes office once again. Continue reading...
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