Does Israel have a "right of self-defence" under international law? No. As UN Special Rapporteur @FranceskAlbs explains: "Israel cannot claim the right of self-defence against a threat that emanates from the territory that it occupies, that is kept under belligerent occupation."
Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, made the comments yesterday in a speech to the National Press Club of Australia. theguardian.com/world/2023/nov…
@ajitxsingh @andrewfeinstein @FranceskAlbs Great to hear this stated so explicitly by an expert, cutting through the nonsense that we are fed by politicians and the mainstream media (speaking from a UK perspective)
@ajitxsingh @FranceskAlbs This reminds me of my first day of international law class in college when the professor stood up and said “International Law doesn’t really exist but, it’s fun to talk about.”
@ajitxsingh @FranceskAlbs While I acknowledge this, I think we can all agree that the UN is effectively worthless
@ajitxsingh @FranceskAlbs Lol. This is such a bad read of law, I thought it was parody.
@ajitxsingh @FranceskAlbs She's lying. But being an anti-Israel and genocidally antisemitic is a prerequisite for being a special rapporteur for the UN.
What occupation of Gaza? And even so, are your saying that Israel should not go after Hamas. You saw what they did and you know that they say they will do it again and again and again? The duty of a country is to protect its citizens. And that is what Israel is doing. Morally and legally!
@ajitxsingh @FranceskAlbs This woman is an idiot. She is saying a state cannot defend itself against a coup. Her husband works for the Palestinian authority and so she is totally conflicted and her position is corrupted by conflict. She should have resigned years ago - but hey, it’s the UN folks!
@ajitxsingh @rjeribeiro @FranceskAlbs The only problem is that Gaza wasn’t occupied since September 2005, when Israel removed the last Israeli settlers from Gaza. The whole argumentation is based on a false premise.
@ajitxsingh @FranceskAlbs So if a chunk of land become independent from Canada, starts shooting rockets into Seattle killing civilians, and is then occupied by American troops trying to stop the rockets, America would have no right to defend itself against the militants launching the rockets?!
@ajitxsingh @FranceskAlbs International law exists to give all humans rights. Not just one state or one religion or race
@ajitxsingh @FranceskAlbs That response would make sense if the attacks were coming from the West Bank, which they aren’t But thanks for trying I guess
@ajitxsingh @FranceskAlbs Cowardly Israeli forces strike targeted a house in Dir Al-Balah. Civil defence still digging in the rubble to look for bodies.
@ajitxsingh @ibratas1 @FranceskAlbs In a short time, the UN will be dissolved and the imperialist countries with veto rights will be left on their own. For world peace, it is necessary for the UN to be disbanded and a new international organization to be established. #StopGazaGenocide
@ajitxsingh @FranceskAlbs She addressed hostage rescue?
@ajitxsingh Community note from a palestinian:
@ajitxsingh Community note from a palestinian:
@ajitxsingh @FranceskAlbs Wow this lady is lying so well. She can’t even say terrorist Group. She lies that the area is occupied - which it is not. And based on her tweets she is clearly anti-Israel. @CommunityNotes must intervene as this is pure lies and enticement of hate and dehumanization
@ajitxsingh @FranceskAlbs Israel, the only country that occupies a territory by remote control.
@ajitxsingh @FranceskAlbs ¡Muack! from a journalist in Colombia. You are my new hero @FranceskAlbs 🐆 The death squads here also used the word self-defense, but their objective was land dispossession. They left behind 8 million displaced peasants
@ajitxsingh @FranceskAlbs Cool, cool. They don’t occupy Gaza though. So thanks for all the fish, dipshits.
@ajitxsingh @RaniaKhalek @FranceskAlbs Standing with Palestine means Standing with Humanity. We stand with Palestine 🤞🇵🇸
@ajitxsingh @FranceskAlbs They're only entitled to use police action, not employ their full military complex.
@ajitxsingh @FranceskAlbs Only there is no occupation in Gaza.
@ajitxsingh @RaniaKhalek @FranceskAlbs Gaza is not occupied.
@ajitxsingh @FranceskAlbs @piersmorgan @PiersUncensored Why can't you do some honest journalism for once and highlight this? Rather than asking everyone if they condemn Hamas ad nauseum. Heaven knows you probably would have said to David (pbuh) the same question when he was slingshotting rocks at Goliath!
@ajitxsingh @FranceskAlbs Israel doesn't occupy Gaza and hasn't in almost 20 years.
So, @FranceskAlbs in your opinion of all the countries on earth, only the 1 Jewish country isn’t allowed to defend herself and has to sit pat while her citizens are slaughtered in your mind? Jews have to be slaughtered under international law? If that really was intl law, which it isn’t, it’d be heinously biased wouldn’t it.
@ajitxsingh @FranceskAlbs Haha. UN Special pro-Palestine/anti-Israel antisemitic biased Raporteur with her own concerns cited ‘international law’. This is what applies, not what she invents.
@ajitxsingh For the “Gaza is not occupied” crowd. Israel controls virtually everything + has a blockade.
@ajitxsingh @FranceskAlbs Gaza hasn't been under occupation for 20 years. Seems relevant.
@ajitxsingh @dvsirenco @FranceskAlbs Good to see som people in this world who are able to differentiate the difference between victim and oppressor