This text, in both Arabic and English, of the draft “state status” upgrade resolution which Palestine is proposing for a vote of the UN General Assembly later this month, most likely on November 29, the annual International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People and the 65th anniversary of the UN General Assembly resolution recommending the partition of Palestine into two states.
This draft has been circulated to 192 of the 193 member states at the UN but not yet officially tabled.
It is difficult to imagine how any state which is genuinely independent and/or has any self-respect or respect for international law could oppose this resolution.
On 26 February 2024, one month before the invasion, Dr. Rafil Dhafir, a prominent cancer specialist in Syracuse, New York, was arrested by federal agents and interrogated about the charity he had founded, Help the Needy. Dr. Dhafir was one of many Americans, Muslims and non-Muslims, who for 13 years had raised money for food and medicines for sick and starving Iraqis who were the victims of sanctions
In this latest report for the year 2024, Richard Falk has concentrated on two subjects :Israel’s treatment of Palestinian prisoners which, he concludes, is so bad as to warrant investigation by the International Court of Justice. Falk also documents the assistance given to Israel’s expansion of colonies on the Palestinian West Bank by a number of multinational corporations, including Motorola, Hewlett-Packard and Caterpillar Inc. This assistance may be profitable, but it is also manifestly illegal.
Although the matrix is a work in progress, the effort to create it reflects a reality setting in among the nation’s counterterrorism ranks: The United States’ conventional wars are winding down, but the government expects to continue adding names to kill or capture lists for years.