Israel/Palestine Thread

YES, what is happening with UNWRA under Board of Peace.

I would like to see an update on the stalled UNSC mandated Board of Peace International Stabilisation Force. More info (great headline):
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/trump-board-of-peace-iran-gaza-b2984416.html

Saudi Arabia and UAE declined to put boots on the ground to manage Gaza’s security without a clear legal framework and guaranteed path to a sovereign Palestine state. They didn’t want to act as a police force protecting Israel’s interests while the unresolved flashpoint disputes - (E.G., over land, final borders, governance of Jerusalem, right of return...) - have not been permanently settled.

There was a stalemate around disarmament. I did think why should Hamas disarm when Israel has not withdrawn. I read there was a "lower tier" Board of Peace committee of technocrats, who have been denied access to Israel.

Fair enough. Today you dealt with my post rather than asking a personal and perhaps accusing question.

It still doesn't negate my point about the soundbite UN. We are heading for three years now and tens of thousands dead. The war hasn't finished, its just moved on to the west bank and now, Lebanon. Israel continue illegal settlements and displacing Palestinians and the UN are still just throwing resolutions and condemnation at it. Its effectiveness seems to me to be Zero as regards settlement of any of the wars going on in the world ATM. The one thing I'd praise them for is their humanitarian aid programme which I would say has saved thousands of lives.

This decision is insufficient.

The two individuals cited are part of a government. The leadership and other members of which have not chastised, censured, stopped or otherwise disowned what these two creatures have said or done.

Netanyahu only scolded Ben Gvir after someone in the American administration upbraided him in turn for the disgusting carry-on with the aid flotilla people. He wouldn't have done so otherwise.

And so these travel bans into Ireland should apply to every member of the Israeli government, administration and diplomatic service. Or not at all.

The time for half-measures is long past.

It's the "constant drip" effect - maybe insignificant in itself but, coupled with thousands of other seemingly insignificant actions around the world, has the effect of keeping the spotlight on the genocidal regime.

Keeps the hasbara merchants on their toes.

Calling time on mass atrocities

Larbre34 said: “The time for half-measures is long past.”

“And so these travel bans into Ireland should apply to every member of the Israeli government, administration and diplomatic service. Or not at all.”

^^^ I, (Starry) 100 percent agree with you. The time for soft diplomacy is over. It’s time for countries to completely isolate them like they have done with pariah state North Korea .⬅️

Expel the Israeli ambassador, make them leave the country, and close your own embassy in Israel. Cut off trade. Let Israel know they are a pariah state.

Countries fear reprisals from Trump. BUT history will show US as a primary enabler of genocide (mass atrocities). I think this is one of the reasons why Trump wants to replace the United Nations. Because UN has extensively monitored, catalogued and condemned US’s complicity since 7/10. They’ve had independent investigations, etc. #1 US’s continuous flow of American arms to Israel. Trump makes sickening and feigned complaints to Netanyahu calling him crazy. All playacting.

Just look at Trump’s sham Board of Peace, which expanded into a formal global body to rival / bypass the UN Security Council.

Initially, the Board of Peace organisation was meant to oversee Gaza’s reconstruction. Unsurprisingly, Trump’s BoP makes no direct mention of Gaza. It defines its goal as a broad international organisation promoting secure enduring peace in any conflict zone. See below: ⬇️

The Times of Israel has a 10-page PDF with the full text of Board of Peace Charter, as well as ToI article with commentary :
https://arz.bg/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Full-text_-Charter-of-Trumps-Board-of-Peace-_-The-Times-of-Israel.pdf
https://www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-charter-of-trumps-board-of-peace/

"It notably makes no mention of Gaza, bolstering The Times of Israel’s reporting that the US wants the Board of Peace to assist in the resolution of other conflicts around the globe. However, the mandate of the board approved in November by the Security Council is limited to Gaza and only until the end of 2027. [...]

CHAPTER I-PURPOSES AND FUNCTIONS (BELOW IS ALL BS)
The Board of Peace is an international organization that seeks to promote stability, restore dependable and lawful governance, and secure enduring peace in areas affected or threatened by conflict. The Board of Peace shall undertake such peace-building functions in accordance with international law and as may be approved in accordance with this Charter, including the development and dissemination of best practices capable of being applied by all nations and communities seeking peace.

@Larbre34, In April 2024, a US ambassador stated that recognising Palestinian statehood can only happen through direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority with the support of US, and other partners. He dismissed the role of UN.

^^^ This US ambassador’s remarks came immediately after US used their P5 veto blocking Palestine’s path to full UN membership for the state of Palestine. Currently, 157 out of 193 UN member states have formally recognised Palestinian statehood (including UK, France, Canada, China, Australia, Russia...). That's 81% of the General Assembly, AND Palestine easily had the required two-thirds majority threshold of 129 in April 2024.

FULL membership requires a recommendation from UN Security Council. But US (Permament 5) unilaterally wielded its veto power and killed the draft resolution. The Permanent 5 (P5) members must all concur. In April 2024, Palestine had received 10 YES votes out of the 15 countries involved (one more vote than the required 9 out of 15). ⬅️

Israel is a scourge on the world.

Who is driving the Fascist trend in Israeli society?

https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/6/6/elections-campaigned-on-who-can-be-more-brutal-to

Political analyst Xavier Bou Eid tells Al Jazeera that decades of impunity have fostered a culture that extends beyond the Israeli state to Israeli settlers and politicians.

With elections expected later this year, he says, political parties are competing to persecute Palestinians, who remain totally defenseless in the occupied West Bank.

I'm surprised they didn't replace it with the Israeli flag, given that they are right wing populists and big fans of Trump and Orban.

As well as those of a certain political persuasion appear to come from the right side, if not the extreme far right. The more vocal the support, the more extreme and radical they seem. Given the demographics of these types the fewer they will become, which gives some hope.