“Palestinian statehood is set to take center stage at the United Nations General Assembly this week, as a flurry of Western nations announced their official recognition ahead of the meeting despite fierce opposition from Israel and the United States” …
… as “several allies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged him to immediately annex the occupied West Bank, which could set off a cycle of diplomatic tit-for-tat retaliation between Israel and Western and Arab countries” …
- Netanyahu Vows Retaliation Ahead of More Palestine Recognitions at U.N. (Washington Post)
… but Netanyahu’s “options are perhaps more constrained than he would have his supporters believe“:
- Netanyahu May Struggle to Find Response that Matches Rhetoric on Palestine Recognition (The Guardian)
The Zionist war on free speech — and the resistance — continues:
- This Free-speech Defender Makes Enemies Left and Right (Washington Post)
- Dua Lipa Drops Agent over Campaign Against Pro-Palestine Group Kneecap (Middle East Eye)
Trump will ask Arab and Muslim states to provide funds and troops for his Gaza reconstruction ambitions:
- Trump to Meet Muslim Majority Nations on Gaza Reconstruction (News Arena India)
Israeli war crimes continue:
- Some 640,000 Palestinians Believed to Have Fled Gaza City amid Fresh IDF Offensive (Times of Israel)
- LIVE: Israel Intensifies Gaza Attacks, Kills 22 Since Dawn (Aljazeera)
“[F]irst Vice President Riek Machar began this Monday in South Sudan. He is accused by the government of treason, terrorism, and even murder”:
- South Sudan: Riek Machar’s Defense Challenges Legality of Special Court in Treason Trial (France 24)
“Netanyahu is desperately looking for scapegoats for the international isolation he has led Israel into”:
- Our Isolation Is Not Due to Muslim Influence (Times of Israel)
If there were a Noble Prize for pettiness in diplomacy, Trump would be a shoe-in:
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