Israeli government poisons the region with firefighting foams containing PFAS
Israel is also a world leader in the production of deadly brominated flame retardants.
By Pat Elder January 27, 2024
An obscure 2022 report by the Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection on PFAS provides shocking data on levels of PFAS contamination in the groundwater near oil installations in Haifa, Ashdod, and Kiryat Haim.
Poisoning Gaza
By Pat Elder January 31, 2024
Joshua Frank’s article, Making Gaza Unlivable ought to be read by everyone. Frank is the managing editor of CounterPunch. He describes the collapsing infrastructure and dire circumstances of Gaza in this January 12 story:
“Like the Allied forces of World War II, Israel is killing indiscriminately. …
International Court of Justice Rules That Israel Must Stop Killing Palestinians
The International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel must cease its warmaking in Gaza — cease committing and inciting genocidal acts — and that the case charging Israel with genocide must proceed.
Übersetzung der Klage von Südafrika gegen Israel
Die Übersetzung mittels deepl hat jetzt eine Gruppe überprüft, sie steht online. Danke, sie bekannt zu machen.
https://www.sand-im-getriebe.org/media/pages/artikel/thema-israel-palastina/5fe7f23936-1706049646/klage-von-sudafrika-gegen-israel-vor-dem-igh-29-12-2023.pdf
Bei dem Zusammentragen der Korrekturen habe ich gedacht, dass eigentlich ganze Passagen – die öfter schwer erträglich sind – öffentlich vorgelesen werden sollten. Als ständige Anklage.
Joseph Gerson : Gaza Cease-Fire Now! No Wider War
we must join the majority of the world’s nations in building pressure on Biden and Netanyahu to declare a ceasefire, to deluge Gaza with the food, water, medicines, and fuel essential for life. We must do this with everything we’ve got and we must do it now.
Joseph Gerson Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/gaza-ceasefire-now-no-wider-war
Killer Robots: UN Vote Should Spur Action on Treaty
From: “‘Kate Kheel’ via GN List serve: Keep Space4Peace”

Campaign to Stop Killer Robots robot at the United Nations in New York in October 2019. © 2019 Campaign to Stop Killer Robots/Ari Beser
On October 5, Secretary-General Guterres & President of the IC Red Cross Mirjana Spoljaric issued a joint appeal for UN member states to negotiate a new international treaty by 2026 to ban and regulate autonomous weapons systems.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/01/03/killer-robots-un-vote-should-spur-action-treaty
America’s Longest War – A Brief Timeline of US Military Campaigns in the Middle East
Russia, China, Iran and North Korea Warned the U.S. on Their Red Lines
By Ann Wright, Fall 2023 Edition, Featured
The Companies Profiting from Israel’s 2023 Attack on Gaza
(compiled by the AFSC Action Center–American Friends Service Committee)