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Items by Dr Chandra Muzaffar
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Palestine and the role of international laws and conventions
Israel’s wanton aggression against Lebanon has overshadowed an important decision by the UN General Assembly. On Wednesday, 18 September, 124 nations voted in favour of a General Assembly resolution to end Israel’s illegal occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem in Palestine. The resolution was prompted...
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Israeli terror in Lebanon
When thousands of pagers and other communication devices exploded simultaneously last week in Lebanon, it was a dastardly act of terrorism by the Israeli regime. Totally indiscriminate, people from all walks of life were killed or wounded. This was a clear attempt to spread fear and terror among ordinary...
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BlackRock: there can be no compromise with evil
The International Movement for a Just World (JUST) empathises with the concerns expressed by several NGOs and public figures in Malaysia over the involvement of the investment fund manager BlackRock in Malaysia’s infrastructure development. BlackRock has extensive investments in companies allied closely to Israel’s arms industry. It has, for example,...
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ICJ on Gaza: Acting against Israel
Five days after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced various interim measures aimed at preventing the State of Israel from committing acts in Gaza, which come within the scope of the Genocide Convention, such as “killing members of the (targeted) group, deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of...
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South Africa seeks justice for Gaza
The International Movement for a Just World (JUST) commends the Government of South Africa for requesting the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to issue an urgent order declaring that Israel is in breach of its obligations under the 1948 Geneva Convention for its massive slaughter of Palestinians living in...