Israel can't ensure law and order in the land it unlawfully occupies. States must intervene. HOW?
UNSG: flag threat to peace (art 99)
UNSC: sanctions, deploy peacekeeping. If vetoed ->
UNGA: Pass a Uniting for Peace resolution.
Meanwhile NO TRADE and NO WEAPONS to Apartheid
Just because you lobbied to have the man who issued the war crimes taken down doesn’t mean the war crimes disappear or your guilt is assuaged. You will not outrun justice. You will not lobby history. You are a murderous maniac Benjamin Netanyahu. You will always be remembered as such.
This is Sheikh Farouk Ramadan.
Yesterday afternoon, he and his family were attacked by settler-terrorists on their own land. Farouk managed to disarm one of the attackers. He took the settler's rifle and shot and killed two terrorists in a clear act of self-defence.
In response, Israeli soldiers murdered him and three of his family members. Israeli government and media portrays him as the terrorist, and the actual terrorists as the victims.
Don't let them push this narrative. Farouk had the full legal and moral right to resist against the genocidal terrorists who invaded his land.
The kidnapping of the Venezuelan President is a war crime. The attack on Venezuela is a war crime. The international community, the UN Security Council, are you there?
The U.S. military strike on Venezuela is deeply regrettable, as it contradicts the very principles of sovereignty and multilateralism that America has long championed. As a self-proclaimed guardian of global democracy, this unilateral action raises serious questions about their consistency, especially in today’s multipolar world where Russia’s and China’s influence in Latin America is growing stronger. It risks sparking widespread instability, compelling nations like Indonesia to navigate our national interests more strategically, rather than simply following ideological currents.
What happens to Venezuela also sets a precedent for other developing countries. It goes beyond a violation of sovereignty. It’s a deliberate effort to restrict the Global South’s freedom to manage its own resources. We must bolster solidarity among developing nations to safeguard the non-intervention principles we have long fought for.
The weaknesses of multilateral diplomacy, such as through the UN or the OAS, are becoming all too evident, rendering soft approaches like the ASEAN Way less effective against direct confrontations. It’s time for us to develop a more proactive diplomacy, including networks with non-state actors for effective mediation, rather than a passive neutrality that leaves us vulnerable as collateral damage.
This strike could also serve as a catalyst for reforming global governance from a Southern perspective. Indonesia has the opportunity to lead initiatives at the UN to amplify the voices of developing countries, particularly on strategic resources. This isn’t merely a moral response, but a survival strategy in a fragmented world, emphasizing leadership that builds bridges rather than yielding to destructive powers. •••
More grim news from Gaza,the crime scene that never closes. No ceasefire -declared, imagined or hoped for- can shield Palestinian journalists from Israel’s violence.
RIP Mahmoud Wadi.Solidarity to his family,or what remains of it.
225–250 journalists killed in Gaza in 750 days