Jay Waxse

One week has passed since the expiration of the historic one-year deadline set by the UNGA for the Israeli regime to end the occupation and genocide or face further measures. The UNGA has done nothing. No sanctions, no military embargo, no denial of credentials, no reactivation of the anti-apartheid mechanisms, no criminal tribunal, and no mandating of a protection force. Instead, delegations are working to block these measures with a promise of yet another endless process toward a Palestinian Bantustan, as the genocide rages. Colombia has called for protection and accountability. Will it now move forward through Uniting for Peace? And where is the rest of the world? Indeed, where is the Palestinian delegation on this? Time is up. And the whole world is watching.

Israel has murdered hundreds of civilians in Gaza last night, in what some are calling an end to the ceasefire. But there was never a ceasefire. And there was never a cease genocide. For two months, Israel merely shifted the bulk of its military attacks on civilians from Gaza to the West Bank, continued periodic killings in Gaza, obstructed aid to genocide survivors in Gaza, and ethnically cleansed thousands more in the West Bank. The US, pretending to be the mediator and guarantor of the ceasefire, not only did nothing to stop Israel’s violations, but continued to arm them. The US is not a mediator. It is a perpetrator.