UN Secretary-General Warns Israel Against Occupation of UN-Preserved Buffer Zone with Syria

UN Secretary-General Warns Israel Against Occupation of UN-Preserved Buffer Zone with Syria

The United Nations Secretary General has warned Israel against its occupation of a UN-patrolled buffer zone between Israel and Syria. Israel took over the demilitarised zone on Sunday, just hours after Syrian rebels swept president Bashar al-Assad from power. Jody Jacobs reports from the United Nations in New York.

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World

Palestine Never Had a Chance for Statehood, Legally Speaking, an Expert Argues

Ardi Imseis, a legal scholar and former United Nations expert, argues in a new book that the UN’s long history of managing the international legal status of Palestine has often reinforced its subjugation. Here, the territory’s flag in a battle between Palestine and Israel. WWW.STORYBOARDTHAT.COM By Darsen Hover Did Palestine ever have a chance to gain its full rights as a state? In his new book, “The United […]

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Opinion Pieces

Rafah: A Point of No Return

By Mona Ali Khalil The catastrophe in Rafah has begun. In the 131 terrible days since the horrible Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, we have watched 1.8 million Palestinian civilians pushed from the north of Gaza to the south and even further south until they reached Rafah at the very end of the strip. Adults and children alike have been bombed and shot relentlessly in […]

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