NYC 7.54am
After being diplomatically isolated at the United Nations over its invasion of Ukraine, and in same time for China being ‘decoupling’ especially by the West alliance in the middle tension China - Taiwan, Russia and China [especially China] appears smug as the United States suffers a similar fate for its support of Israel and its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
153 or more than three-quarters of the 193-member U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday backed a demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the two-month long conflict after the U.S. vetoed the measure in the Security Council days earlier.
"With its veto the American side essentially issued a license to kill and now bears full responsibility for each new victim of the conflict in Gaza," Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia told the General Assembly after the vote.
"Sharing this blame with them is something that other members of Security Council and members of the U.N. as a whole should not be asked to do," he added.
The General Assembly resolution demanding a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was adopted on Tuesday with the overwhelming support of 153 countries, while the United States, Israel and eight other countries voted no and 23 countries abstained.
"They are loving it," a senior European diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, said of Russia watching the U.S. come under fire at the United Nations for its support of Israel.
Ahead of the vote, U.S. President Joe Biden said that Israel was losing international support for its campaign to wipe out the Palestinian group Hamas because of "indiscriminate bombing."
Israel has bombarded Gaza from the air, imposed a siege and launched a ground offensive in retaliation for an Oct. 7 attack by Hamas that Israel says killed 1,200 people and saw 240 people taken hostage. Gaza's health ministry says 18,608 people have been killed and 50,594 wounded.
General Assembly resolutions are not binding but carry political weight, reflecting a global view on the war.
When asked if Washington felt diplomatically isolated, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller on Wednesday said there was "a long history of fairly overwhelming vote counts when it comes to resolutions that involve the state of Israel at the General Assembly."
"One of the things that we continue to hear about from our partners in the region, and from countries all around the world, is the indispensability of American leadership with respect to this issue," Miller told reporters on Tuesday.
Russia saw itself isolated by the General Assembly over its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
"Russian diplomats see the war in the Middle East as a huge opportunity to reset their position at the U.N. They have made strenuous efforts to highlight U.S double standards over the war," said Richard Gowan, U.N. director at the International Crisis Group. "They know that Ukraine and its allies won't dare float any resolutions targeting Moscow ... for a while."
The world body adopted six resolutions on the conflict in the first year - denouncing Moscow and demanding it withdraw all its troops. A resolution in October 2022 - condemning Russia's "attempted illegal annexation" of four regions in Ukraine - won the greatest support with 143 states voting yes.
But some diplomats have now signaled that U.S. credibility in rallying support at the United Nations for issues like Ukraine may have been compromised over its shielding of Israel.
"The U.S. and other Western governments have quite rightly taken clear positions in support of human rights and the laws of war when it comes to Russian atrocities in Ukraine and Hamas' atrocities in Israel," said Louis Charbonneau of Human Rights Watch. "But international law applies equally to everyone."
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I know a lot of high-ranking media, such as New York Times, Guardian, Anadolu, BILD, Spiegel, Financial Times, Strait Times, Washington Post etc subscribed my substack. Plestia ‘Bosbos’ Alaqad ready to be your Stringer or Keynote Speaker or Source about [everything related] Gaza, as Global Opinionator the Washington Post Rana Ayyub Rana Ayyub doing around 78 hours ago, or 18 hours ago interview with Egyptian activist Zein Rahma, please contact Plestiaa2011@gmail.com or collab@plestiaalaqad.com
Rana Ayyubis the first Indian to be an honorary member of the US National Press Club. Interview with Plestia maybe around [Dec 11] 1pm New Delhi and 8pm Melbourne [Plestia] —— 1 day after Plestia’s birthday. Plestia evacuated to Melbourne after eyewitnessing horror [at least] until 49 days of war in Gaza. As of now 13/12 [Dec 12], is Day 68 of war
Toddler with Plestia, before war, living in Northern Gaza and they evacuated to Southern Gaza. Since Friday, Oct 13, when Israel announced to every Gazans from northern move to southern, more than 5,000 killed in southern, not counting barbaric bombing in northern Gaza. Northern Gaza is being depopulated, while even residents in the south are ordered to evacuate as the israelis implement their ethnic cleansing. Refugee literally fulfilled Israel warning, and still killed with barbaric bombing by Israel. Documentation by Plestia Alaqad
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Quebec Ojibwe (/oʊˈdʒɪbweɪ/ oh-JIB-way) also known as Ojibwa (/oʊˈdʒɪbwə/ oh-JIB-wə) Ojibway / Otchipwe / Ojibwemowin / Anishinaabemowin, an indigenous language of North America of the Algonquian language family. The language is characterized by a series of dialects of Ojibwemowin are spoken in Canada, from southwestern Quebec, through Ontario, Manitoba and parts of Saskatchewan ==== twitter [at]greatlakesqueer
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Chinese / Mandarin [1st version] ==== twitter [at]blkpaws ===== she / he started initiative across globally to translating Refaat Alareer’s poem
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Shona / chiShona / Central Shonic varieties (comprising Zezuru, Manyika, Korekore and Karanga) or specifically Standard Shona in Zimbabwe ==== twitter [at]assata_burner
Wolof / Wolof làkk / وࣷلࣷفْ لࣵکّ language of Senegal, Mauritania, and the Gambia, and the native language of the Wolof people == twitter [at]drlandislife
Coptic (Bohairic Coptic: ϯⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ, timetremǹnkhēmi), in detail Sahidic Coptic / Saidic Coptic ==== twitter [at]pterandydon
Ndebele / isiNdebele saseNyakatho / specific Zimbabwean Ndebele [because another language ‘South Africa Ndebele] / North Ndebele, associated with the term Matabele ==== twitter [at]NcubeBokang
Yoruba / Èdè Yorùbá / عِدعِ يوْرُبا language spoken in West Africa, primarily in Southwestern and Central Nigeria === twitter [at]ayoTweetz
Ogadēn / Somali Ogaadeen / ውጋዴ/ውጋዴን / Ogaden Language === twitter [at]FarhiaFarah
Kurdish language === twitter [at]stfuerdogan
Carribean Spanish [the translator from Cuba] twitter [at]midnucas
Puerto Rican Spanish / Español puertorriqueño —- twitter [at]mojitodeparcha
Latin America Spanish / Mexican Spanish / Español Mexicano === the translator from Mexico, twitter [at]aleximenez
Latin America Spanish / Mexican Spanish / Español Mexicano === the translator from Mexico, twitter [at]Adrialg212
South American Spanish / Chilean Spanish / castellano chileno / español chileno === the translator from Chile, twitter [at]alexbaez
Castilian Spanish ==== twitter [at]adrianaperezgr2
Catalan === twitter [at]DeeVee53657246
Valencian language / Valencian Catalan language (llengua valenciana) ==== twitter [at]davidsegarra
Basque / Euskara ==== twitter [at]leiredeitzenaiz
Danish language / dansk sprog ==== twitter [at]TakingMyZzzs
Macedonian / македонски јазик, makedonski jazik. ==== twitter [at]lofidelica
Italian [1st version] ==== twitter [at]namilait
Italian [2nd version] ==== twitter [at]TarsieroRosanna [detail: Liguria / Tuscany, or if you use wikipedia, Ligurian (/lɪˈɡjʊəriən) or Genoese (/ˌdʒɛnoʊˈiːz) (locally called zeneise or zeneize)
Italian [3rd version] ==== twitter [at]danielukes
Italian [4th version] / L’alfabet furlan / Eastern Friulano language === twitter [at]GioFassetta
Latin (lingua Latina [ˈlɪŋɡʷa ɫaˈtiːna] or Latinum [ɫaˈtiːnʊ̃]), classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages, originally spoken in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area around Rome ==== twitter [at]arielwroteit
Georgian / Kartvelian / ქართული ენა / kartuli ena ==== twitter [at]avtoism
Circassian (/sɜːrˈkæʃən/ sur-KASH-ən), also known as Cherkess === twitter [at]art_emissss
Eastern Armenian Language / Արևելահայերեն === romanized: Arevelahayeren
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Western Armenian Language Արեւմտահայերէն, romanized: Arevmdahayeren === twitter [at]komitas1_5
Swahili / Kiswahili [1st version] ==== twitter [at]DoktorYakub
Swahili / Kiswahili [2nd version] ==== twitter [at]catherine_amayi
Igbo / Ásụ̀sụ́ Ìgbò language ====== twitter [at]Ani_Kayode
Moroccan Darija / al-ʻArabiyyah al-Maghribiyyah ad-Dārija / Maghrebi Arabic / العربية المغربية الدارجة ==== twitter [at]alsahrawiya
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Harshen / Halshen Hausa / هَرْشٜن هَوْسَ, Chadic language spoken by the Hausa people in the northern parts of Nigeria, Niger, Ghana, Cameroon, Benin and Togo, and the southern parts of Niger, Chad and Sudan, with significant minorities in Ivory Coast ==== twitter [at]HausaTranslator
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Pushto / Pashto / Pashtun / پښتو, Pəx̌tó ====twitter [at]miguel3o2
Punjabi / Panjabi presenting in shahmukhi and roman === twitter [at] MeeMmarvel
Maldivian also known by its endonym Dhivehi / Divehi / ދިވެހި, ==== twitter [at]ishahr
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Galician === twitter [at]desdeoturonio
Albanian (shqip [ʃcip] or gjuha shqipe [ˈɟuha ˈʃcipɛ]) === twitter [at]Gentanishku
Czech / Czechia / čeština / Bohemia / lingua Bohemica ===== twitter [at]marundersea
Hungarian / magyar nyelv ==== twitter [at]Sz_Giulia
Azerbaijani / Azərbaycan dili / آذربایجان دیلی / Азәрбајҹан дили === twitter [at]NAmeetsCaucasia
Maori New Zealand / te reo Māori ===== twitter [at]aotearoalib / Haimana Hirini
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Chewa / Nyanja / Chichewa / Chinyanja (spelled Cinianja in Portuguese) === twitter [at]ElizaMbamba
Fanti / Fantse / Mfantse, one of the four principal members of the Akan dialect continuum. principally spoken in the central and southern regions of Ghana as well as in settlements in other regions in western Ghana, Ivory Coast, as well as in Liberia, Gambia and Angola. ==== twitter [at]DaughterApraku
Tswana / Setswana, and previously spelled Sechuana, a Bantu language spoken in Southern Africa ==== twitter [at]kgmgobozi
Polish ==== twitter [at]kamilmozel
Serbian ==== twitter [at]weird__sister
سِنڌِي / सिन्ध [sɪndʱiː] / Sindhi language === twitter [at]DeTrop_
Bangla [1st version] ==== twitter [at]luv_dkz
Bangla [2nd version] ==== twitter [at]brotigupta
Hindi / Devanagari / मानक हिन्दी / Mānak Hindī ==== twitter [at]moonchildbichen
മലയാളം / Malayāḷam language === twitter [at]vinayaravind
Gujarati / ગુજરાતી, romanized: Gujarātī ===== twitter [at]imrevelationist
नेपाली / Nepali language ==== twitter [at]timothyaryal
Sinhala / සිංහල / Siṁhala / Sinhalese === twitter [at]_vajra
Telugu language / తెలుగు ===== twitter [at]abhignarigala
Romanize Telugu language / తెలుగు ===== twitter [at]abhignarigala
Saraiki ( سرائیکی Sarā'īkī; also spelt Siraiki, or Seraiki) / Multani, is a Western Punjabi Language ==== twitter [at]TanveerMohana
Tagalog Filipino / Philippines ==== twitter [at]horchoffee
Cebuano / Visayan / Bisaya, Southern Philippines language ===== twitter [at]maglawod
Hiligaynon / Ilonggo / Binisaya / Bisaya nga Hiniligaynon / Inilonggo, an Austronesian regional language spoken in the Philippines === twitter [at]mooIahz
Phasa Thai / Bahasa Thai / Thai language / ภาษาไทย === twitter [at]bangtanT4NNI3
Slovenian ==== twitter [at]gaiius_iunius
Greek / Ελληνικά, romanized: Elliniká === twitter [at]waitingfor2day
Korean / Hangul / 한글 ==== twitter [at]goroswe
Japanese / 日本語, Nihongo with HIRAGANA and ROMANIZE version === twitter [at]marevevivace
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Romanian === twitter [at]elliebotoman
German / Deutsch === twitter [at]merlinonasunday
Basel German / Baseldytsch (Standard German: Baseldeutsch) === twitter [at]Burgi323
Russian / современный русский литературный язык – "sovremenny russky literaturny yazyk ==== twitter [at]fictionalizer
Ukrainian language / українська мова / ukrainska mova ==== twitter [at]tweegf
Icelandic language / íslenska === twitter [at]BragiPall
Afrikaans / Afrikaansch ==== twitter [at]jacksondayton_
Dutch ==== twitter [at]grafbanga
Turkish === [at]Karpuzcevirdegi
Farsi / Persian / (فارسی, Fārsī) ==== twitter [at]littlezab
Urdu / (Nastaliq: اردو; /ˈʊərduː/; ALA-LC: Urdū) ==== twitter [at]EeshaalU
Urdu but Romanize version ==== twitter [at]umkalra
Brazilian Portuguese === twitter [at]ribslyrics
European Portuguese === twitter [at]MargemSultejano
Norwegian / Norsk === twitter [at]andreas_ved
Swedish / (svenska [ˈsvɛ̂nːska]) === twitter [at]Nieszkas
Finnish / (ssuomen kieli / suomi) === twitter [at]mimisadore
Bosnian === twitter [at]namik_klaric
Slovak / slovenčina [ˈslɔʋentʂina] or slovenský jazyk [ˈslɔʋenskiː ˈjazik]) ==== twitter [at]taejinmono
hrvatski / Croatian language ==== twitter [at]simpforsurrera
Vietnamese / tiếng Việt === twitter [at]croissantmusain
Bahasa Indonesia / Indonesian language === twitter [at]SER0T0JIN
Bahasa Melayu / Malay language ==== twitter [at]sluffick
Jawi Alphabet / Jawi (جاوي; Acehnese: Jawoë; Kelantan-Pattani: Yawi; Malay pronunciation: [d͡ʒä.wi], Arabic Malay) ==== combination by twitter [at]_Ereshkigal666 for text version and twitter [at]carroteuk for brush version
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lingua de planeta, an international auxiliary language ==== twitter [at]st00perduck
Esperanto === twit [at]sintooth
I dont know this is essentials or not, but, Victoria Secret / VS Angel posted in her stories hours ago, which, she already on glamorous lifestyle, and then finally posted like this, imagine if you didn’t speak up for Palestine. For Gaza.
Ramy Abdu from EUROMEDHR
Statement Genocidal Netanyahu for International Crime Court
Gernika / Guernica, Spain
Plestia Alaqad in Gaza. Anne Frank in Germany
Plestia Alaqad
This is all concerning enough. But politicians, seizing on some evidence of antisemitic displays at pro-Palestinian protests to link Muslims and migrants with antisemitism, have taken the opportunity to advance an anti-migrant agenda.
In America, 82% of all U.S.-based respondents, incl. almost all assistant professors (98 %), said they self-censor when they speak professionally about the Israeli-Palestinian issue. 81 % of those said they primarily held back their criticism of Israel vs 11% of Palestinians. Can't possibly imagine why 98% of assistant Profs feel the need to do this.
motaz azaiza
2 Symbol of Gaza. Plestia Bosbos Alaqad and Motaz Azaiza. Both [even[ westernized. Motaz part of UNRWA USA. Plestia is Albert Schweitzer Scholars. As of minute-time, 1.57am Melbourne [Plestia] and 4.57pm Gaza [Motaz]
original Plestia’s pict used by Guardian, and poet Rupi Kaur. Rupi Kaur refused Divali invitation by Biden, most of reason, because [I believe] Plestia feed
Refaat Alareer after acknowledge that Rupi Kaur refused Divali’s White House party by Biden.