The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) opened its 80th session on September 9 with its high-level debate starting on September 23. On the 80th anniversary of its founding, the agenda of the General Assembly, and specifically how it deals with the resistance of the Palestinian people, will determine whether the United Nations will uphold its founding Charter and principles or whether it will continue to be held hostage by the U.S. and its striving for world domination, along with its Genocide 7 partners in crime. Will the UN be paralyzed at a time when the peoples of the entire world are demanding it function to uphold the international rule of law?

As the 80th session of the General Assembly gets underway, on the eve of the General Assembly session where leaders of member states address the assembly, concerted actions are being organized to counter the paralysis of the UN. It was two years ago that the criminal Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, was permitted to appear there to promote his plan for a "Greater Israel" which, ipso facto, outlined the intentions of the Zionists to occupy all of historic Palestine and neighbouring countries, as Netanyahu is attempting to do today. It was also two years ago this October, that the Palestinian Resistance launched Al-Asqa Flood to break the siege of Gaza because, in the face of inaction on the part of the UN to enforce its resolutions, there was no end to the brutal ongoing crimes of the occupation forces. Since then Israel has revealed its crimes for all the world to see.

It was one year ago during Netanyahu's 2024 visit to the UN that he launched Israel's criminal attack on Lebanon, assassinating Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Lebanese resistance organization Hezbollah. It is one year and four months since Israel assassinated Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and barely three months since Israel and the U.S. bombed Iran's nuclear installations, assassinated prominent military leaders, nuclear scientists and politicians. The U.S. spoke of obliterating Iran, and Israel is acting to obliterate the Palestinians.

Official figures updated by the Palestine Health Ministry and the World Health Organization (WHO) as of August 21, 2025, put the number of people wantonly killed by Israel since October 2023, at 62,122, including 19,000 children, and the number of injured at 156,758. The actual death toll is likely much higher. Furthermore, these figures exclude direct deaths from malnutrition and starvation and all those unrecorded by hospital morgues, including bodies trapped under the rubble or thrown into mass graves by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF). These deaths include 242 journalists deliberately targeted for assassination -- a war crime under international humanitarian law. Official accounts put the death toll of health workers and medical professionals at 1,581 -- also a war crime under international humanitarian law. The large numbers of Israel's illegally detained prisoners and their torture and abuse is also a matter of grave concern.

As the UN holds its 80th General Assembly, the peoples of the world are determined to end the stranglehold of the U.S. and its partners in crime and big powers which dominate the Security Council over the crucial matters of war and peace.

A real problem is that while the United Nations is now comprised of 193 member countries, it only recognizes duly approved nation-states which the big powers claim are worthy members of the international family of nations, not all the peoples of the world, its founding Charter notwithstanding.

The Preamble of the UN Charter begins: "We the Peoples of the United Nations, determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war...." The statement is said to emphasize that the UN was established by and for all people, and reflects a commitment to uphold fundamental human rights, equality, justice, and international peace. But who are the "peoples of the United Nations," the UN recognizes? It recognizes nation-states, especially those created along the lines of European nation-states brought into being and imposed on the world since colonial times.

The Eurocentric view is that "peoples" have existed since time immemorial but only those who create a nation-state along the lines recognized by the colonial powers and the U.S. today have history. Since history is memory and memory signifies intelligence, they claim that the peoples they refuse to recognize either have no intelligence or are inferior in terms of their traditions and values.They are relegated to a status which not only denies that they have civil rights protected by rule of law but, most importantly, denies their inherent right to self-determination.

As took place in the U.S. where enslaved Africans were considered property captured in foreign wars and therefore not subject to domestic laws, so too today many peoples are denied human and civil rights because they are not recognized under domestic laws and, internationally, they fall outside the laws of war.

For decades, and well before that, the peoples of the world have fought against such colonial and Anglo-American imperialist definitions. Since colonial times, peoples through their acts of being have affirmed their own right to self-determination and this has been the planet's life-giving force. Of all the crucial questions facing humanity, the peoples' affirmation of their rights is clashing fundamentally with the definition of rights which is a legacy from colonial times.

Peoples are acts of being, expressed today in their resistance to hegemons which have usurped the right to accord official recognition only to those they claim are legitimate. But the peoples of the world reject their claims.

This is the dilemma which blocks the United Nations as currently constituted. How various states play their role in the coming session, especially as concerns using the means at the disposal of the General Assembly to end the crimes the U.S./Israeli Zionists, Genocide 7 and other conciliators and partners in crime are committing, will determine the UN's future.

This is the essence of the fundamental clash behind attempts by the U.S./Zionist lobby and Genocide 7 to not permit the recognition of a Palestinian state as determined by the Palestinian people themselves. It is what explains the failure to recognize the Palestinian people as a people, at all. This session of the General Assembly is an occasion to break the stranglehold of the dictate exercised over the will of sovereign countries and how to exercise it.

The peoples of the world have said Enough! Enough of the world being forced to watch as the Palestinian people are starved to death, displaced, murdered in cold blood, dispossessed and abused with impunity. And so too enough of U.S. and EU illegal economic sanctions which impose inhuman conditions on entire peoples who refuse to submit to big power dictate. Enough of U.S. and NATO war exercises which threaten countries to submit to their dictate or suffer consequences, including obliteration.

Montreal, July 30, 2025

Eighty years since the UN was founded after World War II, after tens of millions of people gave their lives to end the scourge of Nazi-fascism and Japanese militarism, this is what the peoples of the world are steadfastly, courageously and forcefully communicating through their actions in defence of humankind and the right of peoples everywhere to be.

The 80th session of the UNGA is a crucial time to demand action, such as those in New York City and all over the world on September 18 which marks the one-year deadline set by the General Assembly for Israel to comply with the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to end its occupation of Palestine.

In terms of support for the right of the Palestinian people to be, the Global Sumud Flotilla is amassing more and more participants, supporters, and boats en route to Gaza to smash the U.S./Zionist attempt to starve the people and occupy all of historic Palestine. Demonstrations continue to be held weekly all over the world, while the Resistance movements within Palestine and neighbouring countries continue to prevail against mighty odds.

Actions also include demonstrations at the UN headquarters demanding a multinational UN protection force to Palestine for safe and unhindered food distribution and protection of the people. On September 26, at 9: 00 am, a mass march is planned in New York City, from Times Square to the UN, to protest Netanyahu's announced presence at the General Assembly's annual debate.

Organizers are demanding that Netanyahu be arrested as well as immediate sanctions on Israel and an end to the genocide. "Tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza have been murdered by Israel, enabled by U.S. support and inaction from the international community," they point out.

Lifeline for Palestine is among those organizing, calling on the UNGA to utilize its Uniting for Peace authority to pass a binding resolution against genocide in Palestine. Before this could occur, a duplicitous non-binding "New York Resolution" was presented by the supporters of Israel's crimes, in an attempt to block universal condemnation and action to stop the U.S./Zionist genocide. It passed despite the fact that it contained no concrete measures to recognize an independent, sovereign Palestine state.

The demand of the peoples for a binding resolution can be satisfied by utilizing the UN's Uniting for Peace authority to provide concrete measures that compel Israel's compliance with the decisions of the International Court of Justice, which determined the Israeli occupation is illegal and must end.

Lifeline for Palestine brings out that "holding this vote within the long-standing Uniting for Peace process allows the General Assembly to bypass the undemocratic Security Council and U.S. veto that invariably blocks the protection of Palestinian rights." Organizers are using the one-year expiry date of the 2024 non-binding resolution as an opportunity to call on all UN member states to take "further measures" since Israel did not comply. More than 2,000 letters have been sent to member states and the Palestine delegation calling for support for a Uniting for Peace action.

Seminars are also being held to make sure discussion on the Uniting for Peace process takes place in the open and state media of the supporters of Israel cannot suppress it. A week of actions is taking place around the world from September 15 to 18. Everyone is encouraged to join these efforts and make sure the will of the peoples of the world prevails.[1]

In this way, cowards and heroes have come face to face, the cowards universally condemned and the heroes winning the support and admiration of the peoples of the world. This is despite all attempts to slander them and call them "terrorist," while letting the real Zionist terrorists act with impunity.

The Time to Act Is Now!

Note

1. Lifeline for Palestine includes organizations from different fronts of struggle, who along with many others, are all engaged in diverse types of action to end the U.S./Zionist genocide. For this UN action, they are joined by people in the U.S., Canada and worldwide in demanding:

- A UN protection force to deliver humanitarian aid, protect civilians, preserve evidence of war crimes, and facilitate reconstruction;

- Comprehensive sanctions and military embargo;

- Withdrawal of Israel's General Assembly credentials;

- Reactivation of the UN's long-dormant anti-apartheid mechanism, and

- Establishing a war crimes tribunal.

(Photos: Palestine Online, @tag_tx_01, Palestine Project, Lifeline for Palestine, Shehab)

UN General Assembly Endorses
"New York Declaration"

The General Assembly of the United Nations, on September 12 endorsed a resolution entitled Endorsement of the New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, (document A/80/L.1/Rev.1). The UN reports that the resolution "endorses the outcome document of the High-Level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, which was held from July 28 to 30.

According to the UN report, the Declaration "commits to taking tangible, time bound, and irreversible steps for the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine and the implementation of the two-state solution, and to achieve, through concrete actions, as rapidly as possible, the realization of an independent, sovereign, economically viable and democratic State of Palestine living side by side, in peace and security with Israel. It also condemns the attacks committed by Hamas against civilians on 7 October, the attacks by Israel against civilians in Gaza and civilian infrastructure, and the siege and starvation, which have resulted in a devastating humanitarian catastrophe."

The UN reports that, speaking to the resolution as he introduced the text, the representative of France, also speaking for Saudi Arabia, "highlighted the major commitments made by the Palestinian Authority and by Arab countries for peace and security," adding that this roadmap involves "an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all the hostages," and that "It involves the establishment of a Palestinian State that is viable and sovereign, the disarmament of Hamas and its exclusion from governance in Gaza, and normalization between Israel and Arab countries." "Finally," the representative of France said, "it involves the implementation of collective security guarantees including Israel."

Some supported it as a first step given that a two-state solution is the position of the United Nations. For instance, South Africa's delegate pointed out that "this is a very important and long overdue matter." Citing Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent statement that "there will be no Palestinian State -- this land is ours," she warned that such assertions undermine the prospect of a Palestinian State. This text "should not distract us from the urgent efforts that are needed to ensure an immediate ceasefire and an end to Israel's genocidal war against the Palestinian people," she said.

Underscoring the position of those who voted no, abstained or were absent as a means to reject the "New York Declaration," Iran was purposely absent for the vote, rejecting the resolution's failure to fully address the rights of the Palestinian people and overlooking that Israel is an occupying regime and must end its occupation. The West Asia News Agency (WANA) reported that Iran considered the framework of the resolution "crisis-producing," rather than contributing to peace.

Recorded Vote

The General Assembly endorsed the "New York Declaration" by a recorded vote of 142 in favour to 10 against (Argentina, Hungary, Israel, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Tonga and the United States) with 12 abstentions (Albania, Cameroon, Czechia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Guatemala, Moldova, North Macedonia, Samoa, South Sudan). Quite a few other countries absented themselves when the vote took place.

Remarks of the Iranian Ambassador Defending Palestine
Against the "New York Declaration"

During debate on the resolution to endorse the "New York Declaration," Iran's UN Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani intervened. Excerpts of his intervention are reproduced below:

"[...] our world faces an unprecedented situation, the fundamental values we collectively uphold, including humanity, justice, and integrity, are under severe threat by an occupying power whose policies reflect systemic discrimination, territorial expansionism, and disregard for international humanitarian norms. After two years of relentless military assault, the Palestinian people -- especially in Gaza -- are enduring mass killings, forced displacement, starvation, and the systematic destruction of civilian life and infrastructure, in flagrant violation of international law.

"A just and lasting solution will remain out of reach unless the international community adopts binding resolutions that address the root causes, ensure accountability, and uphold the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people.

"The Islamic Republic of Iran has consistently called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Gaza, unimpeded humanitarian access, and reconstruction that fully respects the rights of the Palestinian people. Iran also recalls its unwavering support for the Palestinian people's steadfast resistance to occupation, foreign intervention, and apartheid policies. Iran affirms that lasting peace can only be achieved through ending the occupation and fully realizing the independence and sovereignty of the State of Palestine. This must be grounded in the genuine will of its original inhabitants -- Muslims, Jews, and Christians alike -- expressed through a free and inclusive referendum, as proposed in document S/2019/862.

"In conclusion, Iran believes that any viable solution must be based on recognizing the Palestinian people's inalienable right to self-determination, rejecting any form of marginalization or forced displacement, and ensuring the full and equal participation of every segment of Palestinian society in shaping the country's future. The international community must urge the Security Council to recommend Palestine's admission as a full Member State of the United Nations and ensure full accountability for Israel's war crimes, genocide, and prolonged illegal occupation, including through the imposition of targeted sanctions and the suspension of its UN membership, in order to safeguard the credibility of this Organization."

Demonstration in Iran, March 28, 2025 in solidarity with Palestine

(Photos: UNGA, Quds)

"New York Declaration" Is Duplicitous
and Unacceptable

– Steve Rutchinski –

The resolution endorsing the "New York Declaration" by the United Nations General Assembly on September 12 is unfortunate because it is duplicitous and intended to muddy the debate on recognition of Palestinian statehood and ending the genocide, which will be of greatest concern in this session of the General Assembly, held on the 80th anniversary of its founding.

The resolution, which is non-binding, with no specific measures for rapid "concrete actions," for Palestine, was drafted by France and Saudi Arabia, the countries which co-chaired the July 2025 Conference on the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, along with countries such as Canada, Great Britain, the European Union (EU) and others – many of whom provide weapons and political support to Israel in carrying out genocide against the Palestinian people.

To achieve a two-state solution, the conference aimed to develop a widely supported international framework addressing the disarmament of Hamas, the release of hostages in Gaza, the reform of the Palestinian Authority, and, as if Israel's terrorism aimed at wiping out the Palestinian people is a "conflict," then "post-conflict" planning.

The fact that the sponsors of the resolution can propose the endorsement of a declaration which is anathema to the Resistance movements is a matter of serious concern from the outset. While a political resolution condemning the genocide is needed, the framework the "New York Declaration" provides and its consequences are sure to be used to block appropriate action to recognize Palestinian statehood and end the genocide. This is especially true at this moment when the UN can act to end the genocide using binding resolutions with concrete measures to hold Israel accountable.

Israel is in violation of the very UN resolutions which founded it in 1948. Talk about its collective security when it has committed heinous crimes for 77 years is precisely the bogus justification for the genocide today and many crimes it has committed in the name of the fictitious right of self-defence of an occupying power.

While endorsement by a majority of member states stands as a rejection of Israel's declaration that "there will be no Palestinian state," it does not mean recognition of statehood by the United Nations or full membership for Palestine at the United Nations.

Point 6, for example, reads: "We have thus committed to taking tangible, time bound, and irreversible steps for the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine and the implementation of the two-state solution, to achieve, through concrete actions, as rapidly as possible, the realization of an independent, sovereign, economically viable and democratic State of Palestine living side by side, in peace and security with Israel, thus enabling full regional integration and mutual recognition."

The wording is deliberately duplicitous because the countries behind the resolution -- France, Canada, Britain, the EU, and others -- are not only providing weapons to the murderous Israeli regime but also a green light for Israel to commit genocide and act with impunity. It is no surprise that U.S. colonies and NATO dependents, such as the Marshal Islands and Latvia, pointedly made the statement that adopting this text "does not constitute recognition of the State of Palestine."

The text of the "New York Declaration" is filled with the arrogance and prejudice of the U.S., its allies in the Genocide 7 and its outpost Israel. It tramples underfoot principles of the right to self-determination of the Palestinian people, non-interference in the internal affairs of others, non-use of force to resolve differences, amongst others. Point 4 condemns "the attacks committed by Hamas against civilians on the 7th of October" while ignoring that the overwhelming majority of civilians killed on October 7, 2023 died at the hands of the Israeli armed forces implementing the Hannibal Directive to kill their own citizens rather than have them taken captive. This has been well documented, but the Genocide 7 continue declaring that it was Hamas who killed 1,200 people on October 7.

The "New York Declaration" ignores the obligations put on all members of the UN by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to stop providing weapons for Israeli genocide against the Palestinians. It ignores Israel's obligation to make reparations, the Palestinian right of return, and all humanitarian obligations.

It ignores the right of occupied nations and peoples to self-defence and instead sets disarmament of the Resistance, as a condition of "statehood" for Palestine. While demanding the Resistance disarm, there are no demands for Israel to disarm, though it is known for its criminal aggression against the peoples of Palestine and the region.

The "New York Declaration" dictates who can and who cannot participate in the governing bodies of Palestine. This is the only kind of "sovereign, independent" state of Palestine the U.S., Canada, Britain, the EU and others who are in lockstep with the U.S. say is acceptable. As well, it demands that Palestinians and peoples of the entire region integrate an openly racist, genocidal regime -- the criminal apartheid state of Israel which is not only committing crimes against humanity but has, since its founding in 1948, violated its founding resolution and many more since -- into the fabric of the Middle East.

None of this has anything to do with the principles of the UN Charter and rule of International Law. During this session of the General Assembly, the peoples of the world will continue to stand steadfastly in support of the Palestinian resistance and the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination.

UN Commission Confirms Israel Guilty of
Genocide and Urges States to Act

On September 16, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, delivered a 72-page report to the UN's Human Rights Council. This marks the first time that a UN commission has concluded that Israel is guilty of genocide in Gaza, citing mass killings, starvation, and direct incitement by top leaders, and urged states to act under the Genocide Convention. The report states that "the Israeli authorities and Israeli security forces have had and continue to have the genocidal intent to destroy, in whole or in part, the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip."

The commission, established in 2021 to investigate violations of international law in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel, concluded that four acts under the Genocide Convention have been carried out in Gaza since October 7, 2023: killing, causing serious bodily or mental harm, deliberately inflicting destructive living conditions, and imposing measures intended to prevent births.

"The Commission concludes that the actus reus and mens rea of killing members of the group under article II(a) of the Genocide Convention are established," the report said. These are the legal requirements. The people of Palestine and the world, based on actual conditions, have long since established the U.S./Israeli genocide and organized to stop it. The UN report now provides backing for member states to utilize its finding of genocide to join in passing a Uniting for Peace resolution. Such a binding resolution could mandate a multinational protective force to Gaza, to provide safe access to food and protect the people.

Mass Killings of Civilians

Between October 2023 and September 2025, more than 65,000 Palestinians were killed, including more than 18,500 children and 10,000 women. Entire families were wiped out, neighborhoods flattened, and residential blocks destroyed.

"The killings of Palestinian civilians were conducted in a large-scale manner over a significant period of time and widespread geographical area. Victims were targeted collectively due to their identity as Palestinians," the commission found. "In all cases analyzed, the Israeli security forces had clear knowledge of the presence of Palestinian civilians along the evacuation routes and within the safe areas but nevertheless they shot at and killed civilians, some of whom (including children) were holding makeshift white flags," the report stated.

Beyond killings, the U.S./Israeli genocide has left at least 146,000 injured, including tens of thousands of children with amputations and permanent disabilities. Torture and psychological trauma were and are widespread. The war's impact on children, both physical and psychological, was the central focus of the findings. Malnutrition and trauma threaten an entire generation. "The essence of childhood has been destroyed in Gaza," the report quoted one medical professional as saying.

Starvation as a weapon was also key to the findings, as were the general use of siege tactics and deliberate deprivation of basic necessities. "Israel has weaponized the withholding of life-sustaining necessities, specifically by cutting off supplies of water, food, electricity, fuel, and other essential supplies, including humanitarian assistance," the commission concluded. Since May 2025, investigators reported that "At least 1,373 Palestinians have been killed while seeking food; 859 in the vicinity of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites and 514 along the routes of food convoys."

The report also described systemic use of sexualized violence against Palestinians, both in detention and during military operations. "Israeli security forces have perpetrated sexual and gender-based violence including rape, sexualized torture and other forms of sexual violence not only as a punishment against the individuals, but as part of a pattern of collective punishment to fracture, humiliate and subjugate the Palestinian population in its entirety," the commission said.

Health and relief personnel, including those of the UN were killed in large numbers, often while on duty. Ambulances and UN vehicles were deliberately fired on. As one example, "The Commission finds that the Israeli security forces intentionally shot at the first responders on 23 March 2025 and, due to the extensive duration of the gunfire, it is reasonable to find that the Israeli security forces had intended to kill the victims," the inquiry reported.

Incitement by Israeli Leaders

The commission stressed that responsibility extended beyond battlefield conduct to public statements by Israel's top officials. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog, and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant were singled out. "As early as 7 October 2023, Israeli officials made statements that indicated their intention to destroy Palestinians in Gaza as a group," the report noted.

The commission concluded that states are legally obligated to act under the Genocide Convention to halt and punish the crime.

"The genocide in Gaza is unfolding in real time. The legal, moral, and political duty of States is clear. The world must act now to stop the killing, to protect the Palestinian people, and to uphold its obligations to prevent and punish the crime of genocide," the report urged.

To read the full report, click here.

(Palestine Chronicle. Photo: UN)

Significant Proposals for UN Action to Stop Genocide in Palestine

TML is publishing excerpts from an article written by Craig Mokhiber titled "How the UN Could Act to Stop the Genocide in Palestine."

Craig Mokhiber was the director of the New York office of the UN high commissioner for human rights. He has investigated human rights in Palestine since the 1980s, lived in Gaza as a UN human rights advisor in the 1990s, and carried out several human rights missions to the country before and since that time. He resigned on October 28, 2023, in protest of the UN failure to stop the genocide in Palestine. He continues to speak out and be a staunch defender of the rights of the Palestinian people.

The Time to Act is Now!

Genocide (and apartheid) will only end through resistance against the Israeli regime, the steadfastness of the Palestinian people, the solidarity of the rest of the world, and the isolation, weakening, defeat, and dismantling of the Israeli regime.

As was the case in apartheid South Africa, this is a long-term struggle. But even in the face of Western government obstruction, there are things that can be done right now. Things like boycott, divestment, sanctions, demonstrations, disruption, civil disobedience, education, prosecutions under universal jurisdiction, and civil cases against Israeli perpetrators and complicit actors in our own societies. And yes, we can also demand intervention and protection for the Palestinian people.

Established by a Cold War-era resolution adopted in 1950, the Uniting for Peace mechanism authorizes the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to act when the Security Council is blocked by the veto of one of its permanent members. Under this mechanism, the UNGA could mandate a UN protection force to deploy to Palestine, protect civilians, ensure humanitarian aid, preserve evidence of Israeli crimes, and assist in recovery and reconstruction.

And the upcoming deadline set by the UNGA last year for Israeli compliance with the orders and findings of the International Court of Justice, with a promise of "further measures" in the wake of non-compliance, provides a critical moment for action. Indeed, the time for intervention is long past due.

Models of Intervention

Any country can legally intervene (individually or in concert with others) to stop the genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes of the Israeli regime. Indeed, under the Geneva Conventions, the Genocide Convention, and other sources of law, states are legally obliged to do so in the face of such atrocities. International law requires intervention, the State of Palestine has invited intervention, and Palestinian civil society has appealed for intervention. But few states have met this solemn obligation, while Yemen, under Ansar Allah, has been mercilessly attacked by U.S. forces for doing so, and the genocide has been allowed to rage on for almost two years now. Thus, a multilateral mandate could provide the legal, political, and diplomatic cover that most states would need to participate in an intervention.

Here, caution is warranted. There are many proposals for intervention. But some of these are not about protection for the Palestinian people, let alone their liberation.

Some have called for civilian monitors for Gaza, essentially a few dozen observers in blue vests armed only with clipboards and radios. But there have been human rights monitors in the West Bank and Gaza for decades, before and throughout the current genocide. While these perform valuable work, they have no deterrent effect, and the Israeli regime views them as no impediment at all to its nefarious designs.

Others, including the French and the Saudis, have called for a so-called "stabilization force." But the details of their proposal suggest that such an intervention would not be designed principally to protect the Palestinians from the Israeli regime, but rather to keep an eye on the Palestinian resistance, and to restore the cruel status quo ante before October 2023, with the caging of the Palestinian people, and their slow, systematic annihilation.

At the same time, many such proposals appear to be designed in large measure to resume the process of normalization of the Israeli regime, and to resuscitate the ruse of Oslo [referring to Oslo Accords of 1993, TML Ed. note]. Needless to say, a return to a kind of Oslo 2.0, as yet another smokescreen for Israeli impunity, wherein Palestinians are told they must negotiate for their rights with their oppressor, as their rights and land are continuously eroded and the regime's status increasingly solidified and normalized, is not the answer.

Then there is Donald Trump's proposal for direct U.S. occupation, ethnic purging, and colonial domination of Gaza, revealing once again the dangerous and deeply racist delusions of the U.S. empire. Finally, the Israeli regime itself has suggested the deployment of a proxy occupation force manned by forces from Arab states that collaborate with the regime. As is self-evident, these proposals are not about ending genocide and apartheid. They are about entrenching them.

The UN Options

Mid-September will see the expiration of the deadline set last year by the General Assembly for Israel to comply with the demands of the International Court of Justice and of the UNGA or face "further measures." Western delegations are scurrying to forestall this ratcheting up of Israeli accountability by shifting the focus to recognizing Palestine or by trying to resuscitate the long-dead corpse of Oslo and the so-called "two state solution," i.e., another political process that normalizes Israel, marginalizes Palestinians, provides a smokescreen for continuing Israeli abuses, and offers an amorphous promise of a Palestinian Bantustan somewhere down the road. But the UN need not fall for this ruse.

Of course, the UN itself has much to answer for in this genocide. To be sure, some in the UN have been absolutely heroic: like the UNRWA (UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees) workers, who have been murdered in their hundreds by the Israeli genocide, many along with their families; other UN humanitarians who have continued to work to relieve the suffering of the people of Gaza, in the face of enormous risk; the UN's International Court of Justice, which has issued historic decisions affirming the rights of the Palestinian people in the face of enormous pressure not to do so; and the UN special rapporteurs, like Francesca Albanese, who have endured two years of smears, slander, harassment, death threats, and U.S. sanctions, just for telling the truth and applying the law. [...]

Uniting for Peace offers a chance to right the UN ship, and to rescue the legacy of the organization from the potentially fatal blow of yet another genocide on its watch. [...]

Meaningful UN Security Council action is effectively impossible in a body dominated by the U.S. veto. But here is the point: the world need not surrender in the face of that veto.

The UN General Assembly (UNGA), that will meet in September, is empowered under the Uniting for Peace resolution, to act when the Security Council is unable to act owing to the veto. There are historical precedents. And taking such extraordinary action has never been more urgent.

A UNGA resolution adopted under Uniting for Peace could:

1. Call on all states to adopt comprehensive sanctions and a military embargo against the Israeli regime. While it lacks the power to enforce sanctions, it can call them, monitor them, and supplement them as required.

2. Decide to reject the UNGA credentials of Israel, as the UNGA did in the case of apartheid South Africa.

3. Mandate an accountability mechanism (like a criminal tribunal) to address Israeli war crimes, crimes against humanity, apartheid, and genocide.

4. Reactivate the UN's long-dormant anti-apartheid mechanisms to address Israeli apartheid, and

5. Mandate an armed, multinational, UN protection force to deploy to Gaza (and, ultimately, to the West Bank), acting at the request of the State of Palestine, to protect civilians, open entry points via land and sea, facilitate humanitarian aid, preserve evidence of Israeli crimes, and assist in recovery and reconstruction.

All of these actions could be adopted by the UNGA with a two-thirds majority, thereby circumventing the U.S. veto in the Security Council. [...] Palestine would retain full authority over when and for how long the mission was to be deployed, obviating fears of yet another occupation force.

Very importantly, as affirmed by recent World Court findings, Israel would have no legal right to refuse, obstruct, or influence the mission. The Court has affirmed that Israel has no authority, no sovereignty, and no rights in Gaza or in the West Bank. [...]

Legally, there are no hurdles. The rules allow it, the UNGA's Uniting for Peace power has been repeatedly affirmed, and there are precedents, most notably the UNGA's mandating of the 1956 UN Emergency Force to the Sinai (UNEF) over the objections of the UK, France, and Israel. [This UN action came after Israel, Britain, and France invaded Egypt following its nationalization of the Suez Canal -- TML Ed. note.]

Of course, the U.S. and the Israeli regime will use every available carrot and stick to try to prevent the securing of the necessary two-thirds majority, seeking to water down the text, and bribing and threatening states to vote no, to abstain, or to be absent for the vote. The current lawless government in Washington may even threaten sanctions on behalf of the Israeli regime, as it has already done vis-à-vis the International Criminal Court and the UN's Special Rapporteur. And they are likely to try to obstruct the protection force itself, once mandated.

As such, the global majority of states will need to stay the course in the face of U.S. and Israeli threats. And global civil society will need to be steadfast in its demands for protection and justice, ensuring the glare of public exposure under which states will be forced to vote for or against a force to protect the Palestinians from genocide. [...]

In the face of historic atrocities such as these, that threaten the very survival of a people, and that could bury the nascent project of human rights and international law in their wake, every tool available must be deployed. The world has not done so. It must try, and quickly.

Of course, we are not naïve. Success is not assured. But failure is guaranteed if we do not try. And time is of the essence.

Genocide continues to rage in Gaza and is spreading as well in the West Bank. Famine has been declared in Gaza. Israel is expanding its military presence in Gaza and is rampaging across the West Bank. And September 18 will mark the end of a one-year deadline set by the UNGA for Israel to comply with their demands and that of the World Court or face "further measures." The time to act is now.

Ten Point Overall Proposal for UN Action to End Genocide in Palestine

Craig Mokhiber put forward these ten points for UN action to end genocide and defend the rights of the Palestinian people in his letter of resignation from the UN, in October 2023:

1. Legitimate action: First, we in the UN must abandon the failed (and largely disingenuous) Oslo paradigm, its illusory two-state solution, its impotent and complicit Quartet, and its subjugation of international law to the dictates of presumed political expediency. Our positions must be unapologetically based on international human rights and international law.

2. Clarity of Vision: We must stop the pretense that this is simply a conflict over land or religion between two warring parties and admit the reality of the situation in which a disproportionately powerful state is colonizing, persecuting, and dispossessing an indigenous population on the basis of their ethnicity.

3. One State based on human rights: We must support the establishment of a single, democratic, secular state in all of historic Palestine, with equal rights for Christians, Muslims, and Jews, and, therefore, the dismantling of the deeply racist, settler-colonial project and an end to apartheid across the land.

4. Fighting Apartheid: We must redirect all UN efforts and resources to the struggle against apartheid, just as we did for South Africa in the 1970s, '80s, and early '90s.

5. Return and Compensation: We must reaffirm and insist on the right to return and full compensation for all Palestinians and their families currently living in the occupied territories, in Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, and in the diaspora across the globe.

6. Truth and Justice: We must call for a transitional justice process, making full use of decades of accumulated UN investigations, inquiries, and reports, to document the truth, and to ensure accountability for all perpetrators, redress for all victims, and remedies for documented injustices.

7. Protection: We must press for the deployment of a well-resourced and strongly mandated UN protection force with a sustained mandate to protect civilians from the river to the sea.

8. Disarmament: We must advocate for the removal and destruction of Israel's massive stockpiles of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, lest the conflict lead to the total destruction of the region and, possibly, beyond.

9. Mediation: We must recognize that the U.S. and other western powers are in fact not credible mediators, but rather actual parties to the conflict who are complicit with Israel in the violation of Palestinian rights, and we must engage them as such.

10. Solidarity: We must open our doors (and the doors of the UN Secretary General) wide to the legions of Palestinian, Israeli, Jewish, Muslim, and Christian human rights defenders who are standing in solidarity with the people of Palestine and their human rights and stop the unconstrained flow of Israel lobbyists to the offices of UN leaders, where they advocate for continued war, persecution, apartheid, and impunity, and smear our human rights defenders for their principled defense of Palestinian rights.

This will take years to achieve, and western powers will fight us every step of the way, so we must be steadfast.

Condemnation of Israel's Terrorist Attack on Qatar

Condemn Israel's Attempt to Assassinate
Hamas Negotiators in Qatar!

– Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) –

Israeli assassination attempt in Doha, Qatar, September 9, 2025

The Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) condemns the September 9 U.S.-backed Israeli assassination attempt that targeted peace negotiators of the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas in Doha. Attempts to assassinate Hamas negotiators in Qatar are unacceptable. They are cowardly. They show that Israel refuses to negotiate. It is a rogue state which must be sanctioned by international bodies which are duty-bound to uphold international rule of law.

CPC(M-L) also condemns the lame laments about the attack from Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney. On September 9, Carney posted the following statement on social media: "Canada condemns Israel's strikes in Qatar – an intolerable expansion of violence and an affront to Qatar's sovereignty. Regardless of their objectives, such attacks pose a grave risk of escalating conflict throughout the region."

To limit himself to saying that the strikes in Qatar "pose a grave risk of escalating conflict throughout the region " while refusing to denounce Israel's targeted assassinations as acts of state-terrorism which must be condemned and Israel sanctioned is unacceptable.

Foreign Minister Anita Anand joined him by issuing a statement on September 9 in which she said that Canada condemns the strikes conducted by the Israeli Defence Forces in Qatar as a violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity. She nonetheless gave clear expression to Canada's conciliation with the brutal aims of the Zionist genocide against the Palestinians. After saying that Qatar's sovereignty must be respected and international law upheld, Anand continued, "Let there be no doubt: Hamas is a terrorist organization. It must immediately release all hostages and disarm. Defeating Hamas and achieving peace require respect for international law, sovereignty, and the protection of civilians."

Canada has never condemned the genocide being conducted by the apartheid state of Israel, never once called a spade a spade in this regard and continues to arm the genocide state as well as support the illegal settlements and settlers who are committing murder and mayhem -- all in the name that the resistance organizations are "terrorist."

This shows that Canada continues to act in lockstep with the United States. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on September 9 that the Trump administration was notified by the U.S. military that Israel was attacking Hamas too late to caution Qatar – a statement which has seen been shown to be false. The strike, she said, "very unfortunately, was located in a section of Doha, the capital of Qatar." "Unilaterally bombing inside Qatar, a sovereign nation and close ally of the United States that is working very hard and bravely taking risks with us to broker peace, does not advance Israel or America's goals," she said. "However, eliminating Hamas, who have profited off the misery of those living in Gaza, is a worthy goal," she added.

International law will never be defended by the United States and countries such as Canada which make up the Genocide 7. They do not recognize that Palestinians are a people who have the inherent right to self-determination. This includes the right to overthrow the occupation of their lands by a state which since its founding has violated all precepts of international law.

Canada continues to arm Israel, has failed to take a stand against the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people, and does not condemn the U.S./Israeli extrajudicial killings of Resistance leaders. It does not condemn the killings of babies, women, elders, teachers, writers and poets, medical personnel and journalists either.

All the atrocities carried out by Israel which now include deliberate starvation must be condemned in real time, but Canada does not even condemn the seizures of ever more Palestinian lands. Far from upholding human rights, international law, or human decency, Canada insinuates, or says outrightly, that these atrocities are just because they are carried out under Israel's so-called right to self-defence against "terrorist" organizations.

Neither are the resistance movements terrorist organizations and neither does this so-called right of self-defence even exist in international law when it comes to the apartheid state of Israel because Israel is an occupying power.

Canadians and Quebeckers condemn the U.S./Israeli genocide and criminal actions being undertaken with increasing brutality and frenzy to prevent a just and lasting peace based on recognition of the right to be of the Palestinian people. Without reservations, they stand as one with the peoples of all countries, to demand Israel end its occupation, withdraw from all lands it has occupied since 1967 and that Palestinians right to govern themselves as they see fit be upheld.

(With files from the PMO and Global Affairs Canada. Photos: Al Mayadeen)

Broad International Condemnation

Qatar Condemns Israel's Attack on Doha as "Organized State Terrorism"

8th Joint Ministerial Meeting of the Strategic Dialogue between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Russian Federation was held in Sochi, Russia, September 12, 2025

International condemnation of the U.S.-backed Israeli assassination attempt carried out on September 9 has been very broad, further isolating Israel and breaking through attempts by the U.S. and Genocide 7 to justify what Israel is doing in Gaza, in the occupied Palestinian territories and in the entire region. The assassination attempt targeted the residential headquarters of a number of members of the Political Bureau of the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas, carrying out peace negotiations in Doha, capital of Qatar. Homes, schools, and diplomatic residences were struck. The son of Hamas leader Khalil Al-Hayya was murdered along with five security guards. A number of civilians were injured. Given that Qatar was one of the main negotiators in mediating a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, securing the release of the remaining prisoners of war -- frequently called "hostages" -- establishing peace in the Middle East and alleviating the suffering of the Palestinian people, the attack has drawn widespread condemnation.

Following the attack, Qatar immediately issued a statement published by Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari on the X platform. The Qatari Foreign Ministry said that "the criminal attack violates all international laws and poses a serious threat to the security and safety of Qataris and residents."

"The State of Qatar strongly condemns this attack and affirms that it will not tolerate this reckless Israeli behavior," the statement added. Qatar "will not tolerate any action targeting its security and sovereignty." The ministry explained that "investigations are ongoing at the highest level, and further details will be announced as soon as they become available."

The Resistance organization Hamas whose negotiators were targeted described the attack as "a heinous crime, a blatant aggression, and a flagrant violation of all international norms and laws." It "constitutes an attack on the sovereignty of the sisterly State of Qatar and reveals the criminal nature of the occupation and its desire to undermine any chances of reaching an agreement," Hamas said.

Hamas' representative in Tehran, Khaled al-Qaddoumi, confirmed that the assassination attempt on its leaders during a meeting in Doha had failed. He said Israel acted "with direct support from the United States" and accused the Trump administration of paving the way for the attack under the guise of ceasefire talks.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the bombing a "flagrant violation" of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Qatar. News agencies report he said that all parties to the Gaza war must work towards achieving a permanent ceasefire rather than destroying the prospects of one.

Immediately following the cowardly attack, there was a steady flow to Doha of Heads of States and dignitaries, including from the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Kuwait, and Pakistan to express full support for Qatar.

Al Jazeera reported that Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Jordan, Iran, the Palestinian Authority, Pakistan, Morocco, Syria, Sudan, Egypt, the Gulf Cooperation Council, Algeria, Oman, the Maldives, Mauritania, Kazakhstan, Spain, and Libya expressed support for Qatar. Some condemned Israel's actions as cowardly. Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, expressed "sincere support for Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Qatar." She reaffirmed Italy's support for all efforts to end the war in Gaza. Germany called it "unacceptable."

A September 11, an emergency United Nations Security Council meeting condemned the Israeli attacks on Doha and called for de-escalation in a statement agreed to by all 15 members, including the United States. The statement did not mention Israel.

The Algerian representative -- who along with Pakistan and others requested the meeting – said, in part: "Israel behaves as if law does not exist, as if borders are illusions, as if sovereignty itself is a dispensable notion, as if the UN Charter is an ephemeral text. Even the current carnage in Gaza is not enough for the Israeli authorities. In the span of days, Israel has struck Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and now, a renowned and respected peace-broker, Qatar. This is recklessness, it is the conduct of an extremist government. Protected by immunity, by impunity, Israel is driving the region and the whole world toward the abyss."

Reflecting what others such as the representative of Pakistan and the Prime Minister of Qatar said in their interventions, he went on to say: "The recent attack in Doha is more than a violation of the sovereignty of a UN member, it is an affront to diplomacy itself. It is irrefutable that Israel does not seek peace, does not seek to release the hostages, but only to thrive on war. The silence of this very Security Council fuels chaos. This very Council remains constrained, unable even to name the aggressor, to qualify aggression as a violation of international law. When will the international community awaken to its international responsibility? When will it deter the Occupier? When will it put a stop to the crimes and curb this reckless escalation threatening the entire region? The region, and indeed the world, demand meaningful action. Action to end aggression. Action to hold the occupying power accountable. Action to break the cycle of impunity. This Council must use all its tools, including sanctions, before it is too late."

On September 12, the State of Qatar participated in the 8th Joint Ministerial Meeting of the Strategic Dialogue between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Russian Federation, held in Sochi, Russia. The Qatari delegation was headed by Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Sultan bin Saad bin Sultan Al Muraikhi.

In his address on behalf of Qatar, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs stated that Qatar had been subjected to a treacherous attack, an example of organized state terrorism carried out by the Israeli entity under the leadership of its Prime Minister, as part of systematic policies aimed at destabilizing regional security and stability. He affirmed that Qatar will not hesitate to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity and has formed a legal team to take all necessary measures in response to this attack.

He highlighted that the meeting is taking place amid the ongoing acts of genocide committed by the Israeli occupation in Gaza, which go beyond killing and revenge, aiming to undermine the Palestinian cause entirely and prevent the establishment of an independent Palestinian state through forced displacement and land seizure. He described the Israeli attack as an expression of arrogance and disregard for international peace and security and called on the international community to fulfil its legal and moral obligations to hold Israel accountable and enforce compliance with international law.

Stand of Organization of Islamic Cooperation

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), comprised of a substantial number of states, held an emergency session on September 15 to discuss Israel's cowardly, murderous attack on Hamas negotiators in Doha, Qatar, and to express their solidarity with Qatar and with the Palestinian people.

Qatar is a U.S. ally and home to the largest U.S. base in the region, yet the U.S. facilitated this attack on Doha, the capital. Together, the 57 OIC members took the stand to condemn the attack, "warn of the catastrophic consequences of any decision by Israel, the occupying power, to annex any part of the occupied Palestinian territory," and "the necessity of urgent action by the international community to halt Israel's repeated aggression in the region."

The 57 OIC members are: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, the Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Iraq, Iran, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Libya, Lebanon, Maldives, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Palestine, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somali, Sudan, Surinam, Syria, Tajikistan, Togo, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Yemen.

To read the full text of their communiqué, click here.

(With files from Palestine Chronicle, Al Jazeera, UN News Agency. Photos: Gulf Cooperation Council, Al Mayadeen, Quds News Network.)

Peoples' Ever Bolder Stands to Support the
Palestinian People and End the Genocide

Global Sumud Flotilla Sets Sail to
Break Gaza Blockade

The more than 40 boats of the Global Sumud Flotilla, with its 300 and growing number of participants from 45 countries, including Canada and the U.S., are now on their way to Gaza to bring humanitarian aid, break the siege and stand with the Palestinian resistance.

The flotilla is carrying food, including baby formula, water, medicine, and other critical supplies to Gaza.

The Sumud Flotilla is named after the Arabic word for "resilience." The actions of those involved give the name of the Flotilla living expression. Organizers are determined to proceed, despite two boats being hit by drones as well as difficulties due to weather conditions and the coordination of such a flotilla itself.

The hundreds of participants include artists, clergy, doctors, human rights and environmental activists, lawyers, scientists, and organizers. Parliamentarians from Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain are also participating. Collectively, the boats and participants will form one of the largest coordinated civilian flotillas in history.

More than 50 new people joined the boats in Tunisia, which set sail over the weekend of September 13-14. Another 17 boats departed from Italy and more from North Africa. They plan to merge off the coast of Malta and then join the rest in Gaza.

In addition to those on board the boats, tens of thousands of people have provided support and assistance in numerous ways. Worldwide, people are standing with the Flotilla as it strives to get humanitarian aid into Gaza and break the U.S./Israeli siege.

Port workers' union in Genoa affirms it is "Ready to Defend the Global Sumud Flotilla"

Port workers in Genoa, Italy have made clear they will not stand for any interference by Israel to block the flotilla as it nears Gaza. The workers have said that if anything happens, even if they lose contact with the boats for twenty minutes, they will block shipments to Israel from the port of Genoa, one of Europe's largest. About 13,000-14,000 containers leave Genoa for Israel every year.

The workers are demanding that all the goods, "down to the very last box," get delivered to Gaza, or nothing will move. They emphasized that port workers, together with their union and all of Genoa, will join their resistance. As one of the workers said, "We want to show that the Port of Genoa is a civilian port and not a port of war. We want to send the signal that not only do we block weapons, but we also physically deliver aid to the Palestinian population."

These workers were instrumental in gathering 300 tons of food and supplies for Gaza and organizing a mass demonstration of 40,000, in a city of 600,000, in support of Palestine and the Sumud Flotilla.

Genoa workers are also planning an international conference, September 26-27, bringing together union representatives and other workers from around the world to discuss the possibility of an international strike, including refusing to move any arms or goods to Israel.

These workers have a long history of resistance and international support, including protesting the Vietnam War and against the U.S.-installed Pinochet in Chile. "Our fathers and grandfathers told us about the partisans struggling against fascism," said one worker, adding, "That heritage stays with us."

This is the fourth flotilla this year. Previous efforts were blocked by Israel stopping the boats in international waters, confiscating supplies and kidnapping participants while the Genocide 7 have acquiesced with their silence as well as the active support of their state media. The peoples of the world are determined to smash Israel's starvation of the people of Gaza.

Worldwide people are standing vigilant, prepared to support the Flotilla against any U.S./Zionist attacks. This includes the four major groups organizing the Global Sumud Flotilla:

Global Movement to Gaza (GMTG) – formerly known as Global March to Gaza, is a grassroots movement organizing global solidarity actions to support Gaza and break the siege.

Maghreb Sumud Flotilla – formerly known as the Sumud Convoy, is a North Africa-based initiative carrying out solidarity missions to deliver aid and support to Palestinian communities.

Sumud Nusantara – a people-led convoy from Malaysia and 8 other countries, which aims to break the Gaza blockade and foster solidarity among southern nations.

Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) – with 15 years of experience running sea missions, including past flotillas such as the Madleen and Handala, FFC provides hands-on advice, guidance, and operational support to current efforts to break the Gaza blockade.

Send-off for two ships departing from Syros, Greece to join the flotilla, September 14, 2025

Huge send-off for those joining the Flotilla, Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia, September 10, 2025

Mass action in Rome stands with Palestine and salutes Flotilla participants leaving from Genoa, September 7, 2025.

Firm support for those joining the Flotilla from Barcelona, Spain, August 31, 2025.

(Photos and graphics: @women4pal, @palestine_action_yyt, @unionesindacaledibase, @globalmovementtogaza.rsa, Anadolu Agency, A. Zemzmi, @shot.by.shana.)

Opposition to Presence of Israeli Teams in International Sporting Events

Massive Opposition to Israeli Team at Cycling Events in Montreal and Spain

In the days leading up to the Montreal Cyclist Grand Prix on September 14, pro-Palestinian protesters demanded that organizers ban the Israel Premier Tech (IPT) team, which they refused to do. This did not prevent pro-Palestinian protesters from tracking down the IPT team to their hotel and denouncing their presence during the public presentations of the participating teams on the morning of the competition. When the IPT team members were introduced to the public, the cyclists had to cut short their appearance on stage amid incessant chants of Criminal Israel, Canada Complicit! Boycott Israel, Boycott the Criminals! Genocidal Israel! Boycott the Zionists, Boycott the Terrorists! and more.

During the afternoon competition on September 14, hundreds of protesters near the finish line and at other locations along the several-kilometre course chanted pro-Palestinian slogans. For more than four hours, they prominently displayed Palestinian flags and their signs and banners denouncing the ongoing genocide in Gaza, including one that read: "Israel Premier Tech, Ambassador of Genocide!"

Massive Opposition During Tour of Spain

Madrid protest forces halt to Tour of Spain, September 14, 2025

Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters made similar demands during the recent Tour of Spain (Vuelta a España) cycling event. During the three weeks (August 23 to September 14) of the competition, Spaniards protested almost daily. On September 14, during the last stage, organizers had to permanently halt the event 56 kilometres from the planned finish in Madrid because a reported 100,000 protesters flooded the streets where the cyclists were supposed to pass. Opposition to the team's presence was so strong that the name "Israel" was removed from the riders' jerseys, although the team retained its official name.

While the International Cyclist Union (UCI) banned Russian athletes from its competitions in 2023, describing Russia's special military operation against the proxy war waged by the United States and NATO in Ukraine as an "invasion," it refuses to ban the IPT team. This team was set up by Canadian-Israeli billionaire Sylvan Adams, an avowed Zionist who describes himself as a "self-proclaimed ambassador for Israel" and an admirer of Israel's genocidal Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

On September 12, Netanyahu expressed his support for the IPT team saying on social media, "Good job, Sylvan and the Israel cycling team, for not giving in to hatred and intimidation. You make the country very proud." He was responding, among other things, to a statement by Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs José Manuel Albares Bueno, who said he supported the exclusion of the IPT team from the Tour of Spain. "We must send a message to Israel and Israeli society: Europe and Israel can only have normal relations when human rights are respected," he said.

(Photos: Anadolu Agency, Quds News Network, @the_purple_line)

A Victory Over Tennis for Genocide,
But the Struggle Continues

– Halifax Committee Against Imperialist War and Genocide –

We have won an important victory. Tennis Canada and Scotiabank Arena have been forced to retreat from their shameful Tennis for Genocide spectacle, deciding to hold the Canada-Israel Davis Cup match behind closed doors. While some may dismiss Tennis Canada's professed concern for the safety of ball boys as ludicrous or malign, others might find it grimly fitting – an obscene echo – given the countless children slaughtered by the Israeli armed forces.

In the end, Tennis Canada has followed Mayor Andy Fillmore in a cowardly flight from the people. Denied the public platform they craved, they now skulk behind closed doors, attempting to celebrate and endorse genocide in secret–shielded from the fury of the community and the judgment of the world.

This craven move is a direct response to reality: Canada's top tennis stars had already withdrawn, ticket sales collapsed under the weight of local, national, and international disgust, and public condemnation grew louder each day.

Fleeing from the public eye and community protest, they hope to evade accountability. But their retreat only exposes their complicity.

Let us be clear: while Tennis Canada may try to escape scrutiny, the genocide of the Palestinian people continues unabated – and Canadian institutions, corporations, and governments remain deeply complicit, colluding and collaborating at every level with the machinery of occupation, apartheid, and ethnic cleansing.

Even behind closed doors, this match for genocide cannot escape the truth. Halifax will not stand on the wrong side of history.

We call on all Haligonians, and all people of conscience, to reject this event, to raise their voices, and to show that genocide cannot be normalized, not in sport, not in culture, not anywhere. [...]

Genocide Is Not a Game! No Tennis for Genocide!

No Sportswashing War Crimes!

Not in Halifax!

(September 9, 2025. Graphics: @noloveforgenocide)

CBC: Broadcasting Genocide, Silencing Truth

– Halifax Committee Against Imperialist War and Genocide –

We have won an important victory. Tennis Canada and Scotiabank Arena have been forced to retreat from their shameful Tennis for Genocide spectacle, deciding to hold the Canada–Israel Davis Cup match behind closed doors. But let us be absolutely clear: the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has chosen to step into the void – becoming the megaphone for genocide.

By live-streaming the Davis Cup match, the CBC has granted Israel precisely the platform that public outrage and people's protest had stripped away. In doing so, it has placed itself squarely on the side of occupation, apartheid, and mass murder.

The obscenity is staggering. Israel has deliberately and systematically targeted journalists–hundreds have been killed, their cameras and voices silenced under bombs and bullets–precisely because truth is the enemy of genocide.

Yet, the CBC, Canada's so-called "public broadcaster," colludes by broadcasting Israel's propaganda spectacle, whitewashing mass slaughter, and lending respectability to a genocidal state.

This is not neutrality. This is not journalism. This is complicity.

CBC's decision to broadcast the Davis Cup match between Canada and Israel shows, once again, that Canadian institutions and corporations are deeply entangled in the machinery of ethnic cleansing.

They provide cover, legitimacy, and applause for crimes against humanity, even as Palestinian journalists are murdered in cold blood in order to suppress the truth of the maniacal and psychopathic drive to annihilate and exterminate their people.

No camera, no broadcast, no slick production can conceal reality: this is not sport – it is the celebration of genocide.

Halifax, and the people of conscience across this country and the world, will not forget. The CBC's betrayal is written in the blood of journalists, children, and entire families wiped from the earth.

History will remember. And history will condemn.

(September 10, 2025. Graphic: @ranazamanactivist)

Britain

Trades Union Congress Declares Support
for a Free Palestine

TUC Congress 2025: In a moving gesture, all delegates stood in silent acclamation with TUC posters declaring their support for a Free Palestine.

The 2025 Trades Union Congress (TUC), a federation of over 48 different trade unions, held in Brighton, England from September 7-10 with some 600 delegates participating, highlighted firm opposition to British support for Israel's genocide with a motion saying this passing unanimously. The motion demanded that Britain secure a ceasefire, aid and food access for Palestinians and "immediately end all arms trade and military collaboration with Israel in line with international law," and that the government must "implement a total ban on all trade which aids or assists Israel's violations of international law including with Israel's illegal settlements."

The motion also stood against the criminalization of protest, with the demand to "repeal the authoritarian proscription of Palestine Action under counter-terrorism laws and uphold and strengthen the right to peaceful protest following the arrest of activists, including Ben Jamal, on peaceful Palestine Solidarity Campaign marches."

Following the debates on the motions and resolutions before the Congress, delegates were addressed by Shaher Saed from the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions. In a moving gesture, all delegates stood in silent acclamation with TUC posters declaring their support for a Free Palestine. This again demonstrates the quality of the stand of the workers' movement and its internationalism, differentiated from the anti-social, anti-worker, pro-war, pro-domination outlook of the ruling elites.

(Photos: TUC)

Gaza Tribunal Exposes Britain's Role in Genocide

– Workers' Weekly –

The Gaza Tribunal, an inquiry into Britain's role in Israeli war crimes in Gaza, took place in London on September 4-5, bringing legal experts, UN Special Rapporteurs, and witnesses together to examine Israel's war crimes in Gaza and Britain's role in the genocide. The event was convened by the Peace & Justice Project, and hosted and led by Jeremy Corbyn, who played a central role both as organizer and speaker.

"Just like Iraq, [Britain] will not succeed in its attempts to suffocate the truth. We will uncover the full scale of British complicity in genocide – and we will bring about justice for the people of Palestine," Jeremy Corbyn said ahead of the launch.

Corbyn opened the proceedings by framing the tribunal as a moral and legal reckoning. He condemned the British government's military and political support for Israel, arguing that it amounted to complicity in genocide. He called for accountability, urging civil society to hold the British government responsible for its role in enabling the destruction in Gaza. Corbyn highlighted the failure of Parliament to investigate UK arms exports and intelligence-sharing with Israel, referencing his own Gaza Inquiry Bill that was rejected by Parliament earlier in the summer.

Speaking at the opening of the event, Shahd Hammouri, lecturer in international law and legal theory at the University of Kent, said that bringing witnesses to the event was a moral duty for them. "Today we pay tribute to democracy, we pay tribute to justice, we pay tribute to common humanity, and historically decisive moment," she said.

Dr. Nick Maynard, who works as a consultant gastrointestinal surgeon at Oxford University Hospital and who has recently returned from his third trip to Gaza, gave evidence of how Israel is deliberately targeting hospitals and health care workers. "Hospitals are being targeted deliberately, I have seen that daily," he said. He added that more than 450 health care workers have been abducted, along with many others who were killed or injured in the ongoing Israeli attacks.

Dr. Maynard described operating on dozens of teenagers shot by Israeli forces while waiting in line for aid during his latest mission at Nasser Hospital. The injuries, he explained, showed clear patterns: one day victims arrived with wounds to the head and neck, another day with chest injuries, and then with abdominal trauma. His and other testimonies emphasized the calculated nature of the attacks, pointing to a clear intent to exterminate and ethnically cleanse Gaza. Meanwhile, Britain and other European governments have continued to turn a blind eye, focusing instead on criminalizing Palestine solidarity movements.

For her part, Hala Sabbah, a Palestinian and the co-founder of Sameer Project, a donations-based aid initiative for Gaza led by Palestinians, said that during the siege, many children have died due to lack of medicine. "Aid is controlled by the military occupation deliberately," she said, adding that the famine has not stopped and children still starve to death. She also condemned Britain for the very low number of Gazan children who were treated here, while, for example, Italy and Spain host hundreds of children in their hospitals. "The UK is not only actively killing us, they refuse us," she said, accusing Britain of being complicit in the genocide, which she emphasised had started long before October 7, 2023.

Another witness, Palestinian journalist Abubaker Abed, shared his account of malnutrition during the time he was still in Gaza before being evacuated to Ireland in February 2025. "What you see in Gaza is an extension of what Israel has been doing in Gaza for the past 20 years, since the blockade," he said, mentioning that the situation was already bad for Palestinians in Gaza before the beginning of the Israeli attacks in 2023. He also talked about how Israel targeted journalists in the strip, and said that over 250 journalists have been killed deliberately by Israel.

On the second day of the tribunal, more space was given to exposing the depth of British involvement, despite the governing Labour Party's attempts to avoid the issue. The proceedings aimed to establish a factual and legal basis for holding the British government accountable under international law. It was especially searing, with nearly thirty witnesses delivering testimony that painted a devastating portrait of life in Gaza and Britain's role in enabling it. It focused on testimonies from aid workers and survivors, including accounts of systematic targeting and deprivation; legal analysis of Britain's obligations under international humanitarian law, and a political critique of the current government's complicity, particularly under Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Since October 2023, numerous reports have documented British complicity in the genocide in Gaza. They range from warnings over ongoing exports of F-35 jet parts used to bomb schools and hospitals, to accounts of intelligence shared with the Israeli occupation that facilitated attacks on civilian infrastructure. These revelations have sparked regular mobilizations, with many hundreds of thousands demanding accountability from the government and an end to the genocide.

The Gaza Tribunal heard evidence from lawyers that Israel's murder last year -- in three co-ordinated airstrikes -- of British World Central Kitchen (WCK) aid workers in Gaza was almost certainly guided by data from an RAF spy plane flying overhead at the time. And lawyer Forz Khan, who acts as lawyer for one of the bereaved families, told the tribunal how the Starmer government blocked the family's request for the plane's footage and data in a cover-up of Israel's crime and Britain's involvement in it. Israel initially tried to claim the murders were an accident, but the attacks – on three WCK vehicles – were proven to have taken place in three separate locations spread across 1.5 miles. The Foreign Office did not even summon Israel's ambassador to answer for the murders. Khan also recounted how families of Israelis held captive in Gaza were invited to bring legal counsel to their meeting with government ministers -- but the bereaved WCK families who asked to bring their lawyers were refused permission by the Starmer regime.

The same concerns of the British government's assistance in Israel's murders were raised only last month, when a UK spy plane was proven to have been operating over Gaza during occupation airstrikes that murdered six journalists.

Jeremy Corbyn made a striking reference during the Tribunal to the use of rubble in Gaza, reportedly stating that Israel was repurposing the debris from bombed buildings "regardless of whether bodies were still buried beneath it." This remark was part of his broader condemnation of what he described as a systematic erasure of Palestinian life and dignity.

The Tribunal intends to publish a formal report with findings and recommendations, encouraging civil society groups to launch a public pressure campaign for parliamentary debate. Legal teams are exploring avenues for international accountability and sanctions.

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The Gaza Tribunal website can be found here.

(September 6, 2025. Photos: Workers' Weekly, @CaVdy_Fl0ss)

Stands of Professional Organizations

Genocide Scholars Find Israel Guilty of Genocide

The largest professional organization of scholars studying genocide said on September 1 that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. The determination by the International Association of Genocide Scholars – which has around 500 members worldwide, including a number of Holocaust experts – serves to further isolate Israel and the Genocide 7 countries including Canada which are propping it up. The finding adds to a growing chorus of organizations that have used the term for Israel's actions in Gaza.

Israel rejected the accusation and called the resolution an "embarrassment to the legal profession." Nonetheless, the entire world knows that the finding of the International Association of Genocide Scholars is correct. The scholars found that "Israel's policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide," according to the resolution issued which was supported by 86 per cent of those who voted. The organization did not release the specifics of the voting.

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October 7, 2023 -- Palestinian Resistance launches Al-Asqa Flood to end Palestinian people's perpetual imprisonment and humiliation by the brutal apartheid state of Israel.

Montreal, July 30, 2025

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1. Lifeline for Palestine includes organizations from different fronts of struggle, who along with many others, are all engaged in diverse types of action to end the U.S./Zionist genocide. For this UN action, they are joined by people in the U.S., Canada and worldwide in demanding:

- A UN protection force to deliver humanitarian aid, protect civilians, preserve evidence of war crimes, and facilitate reconstruction;

- Comprehensive sanctions and military embargo;

- Withdrawal of Israel's General Assembly credentials;

- Reactivation of the UN's long-dormant anti-apartheid mechanism, and

- Establishing a war crimes tribunal.

(Photos: Palestine Online, @tag_tx_01, Palestine Project, Lifeline for Palestine, Shehab)

Recorded Vote

Remarks of the Iranian Ambassador Defending Palestine Against the "New York Declaration"

Demonstration in Iran, March 28, 2025 in solidarity with Palestine

(Photos: UNGA, Quds)

Mass Killings of Civilians

Incitement by Israeli Leaders

The Time to Act is Now!

Ten Point Overall Proposal for UN Action to End Genocide in Palestine

Israeli assassination attempt in Doha, Qatar, September 9, 2025

8th Joint Ministerial Meeting of the Strategic Dialogue between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Russian Federation was held in Sochi, Russia, September 12, 2025

Stand of Organization of Islamic Cooperation

Port workers' union in Genoa affirms it is "Ready to Defend the Global Sumud Flotilla"

Send-off for two ships departing from Syros, Greece to join the flotilla, September 14, 2025

Huge send-off for those joining the Flotilla, Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia, September 10, 2025

Mass action in Rome stands with Palestine and salutes Flotilla participants leaving from Genoa, September 7, 2025.

Firm support for those joining the Flotilla from Barcelona, Spain, August 31, 2025.

Massive Opposition During Tour of Spain

Madrid protest forces halt to Tour of Spain, September 14, 2025

(Photos: Anadolu Agency, Quds News Network, @the_purple_line)

TUC Congress 2025: In a moving gesture, all delegates stood in silent acclamation with TUC posters declaring their support for a Free Palestine.

(Photos: TUC)

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The Gaza Tribunal website can be found here.

Remarks of the Iranian Ambassador Defending Palestine
Against the "New York Declaration"