This page is an attempt to document statements and actions that question Israel’s right to occupy and wage war against Palestine - especially its recent actions which started in December 2008, since when, a significant number of civilians have been killed or injured.
25th February 2009
The Green Party of New York State accuses Bard College of dismissing Dr. Joel Kovel for his criticism of Zionism and Israel
18th February 2009
Un Security Council meets to discuss the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question
7th February 2009
UCU make a statement on Gaza
28th January 2009
Early Day Motion supporting the student occupations in response to the situation in Gaza.
27th January 2009
UN Security Council meet to discuss the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. They hear from Ms. Koning AbuZayd from the UNRWA who talks of a ’systematic destruction to schools, universities, residential buildings, factories, shops and farms’.
21st January 2009
UN Security Council meet to discuss the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question
16th January 2009
Universities UK issue a statement on Gaza. Text below:
“Universities UK supports calls for an end to the conflict in and beyond Gaza. We are particularly aware that many of the civilian casualties have occurred in educational establishments.
“The UK’s universities are resolutely committed to the right to education, enshrined in the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Higher education, in particular, is a global activity and we value our academic links with universities all over the world. The international nature of higher education means it is a force for understanding, tolerance and respect between peoples.”
8 January 2009
The Members of the Council vote on a draft resolution submitted by the UK. . 14 in favour and 1 abstaining - the draft was adopted and became resolution 1860. Mr. Shalgham (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 11,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails,
some of them elected members of the Legislative
Council
Resolution 1860 Adopted by the Security Council which ‘calls for the unimpeded provision and distribution throughout Gaza of
humanitarian assistance, including of food, fuel and medical treatment’ and ‘calls for an immediate, durable and fully respected ceasefire, leading to the full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza’.
7 January 2009
UN Security Council meet to discuss the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. Mr. Ali, the Malaysian representative condemned the recent actions by Israel and ‘Malaysia considers that act as a war crime and a crime against humanity’. He also talked of the root causes of the conflict:
The root cause of the current violence in the Middle East is the occupation of Palestinian territories by Israel. It began in 1947, when people living on the periphery of the war in Europe found themselves displaced and dispossessed to make way for another group of people torn by that conflict, and went on to the 1967 Israeli military aggression and continued expansion of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land. Since that time, a new theatre of conflict has emerged in the Middle East, which has impacted the state of peace and security globally. Since then, too, the Security Council, in its wisdom, has adopted several resolutions, including 242 (1967), 338 (1973), 1515 (2003) and, most recently, 1850 (2008), aimed at addressing that occupation, which is the longest known in modern history. But the occupation persists and, even worse, despite efforts towards a durable and lasting peace, including the Quartet Road Map and the Arab initiative, a comprehensive solution continues to elude us, not for lack of effort but through the sheer intransigent practices and policies of the Israeli regime. As recently as a year ago, in clear contravention of its obligations under the Annapolis understanding, the machinery of the Israeli occupation regime plodded on relentlessly. The separation wall continued to be constructed. The illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied territories mushroomed. The network of checkpoints and roadblocks continued to inextricably hinder the movement and economic activities of Palestinians.
6 January 2009
UN Security Council meet to discuss the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question
29 December 2008
The National Lawyers Guild Condemns Illegal Israeli Massacre of over 300 Gazans, Calls for Ceasefire and Urges Participation in Protests
