{"id":29118,"date":"2023-10-16T11:38:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T18:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=29118"},"modified":"2023-10-16T11:38:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T18:38:59","slug":"as-gaza-turmoil-deepens-some-leaders-dial-back-pro-israel-rhetoric-but-wont-call-for-cease-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/10\/16\/as-gaza-turmoil-deepens-some-leaders-dial-back-pro-israel-rhetoric-but-wont-call-for-cease-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"As Gaza Turmoil Deepens, Some Leaders Dial Back Pro-Israel Rhetoric\u2014But Won’t Call for Cease-Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Children are seen crying because of Israeli raids on October 15, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Photo: Ahmad Hasaballah\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials in Europe, Canada, and the U.S. have attempted to “backtrack” on the widespread unconditional support that’s been expressed in the last week for Israel’s assault on Gaza.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JULIA CONLEY<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oct 15, 2023 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories expressed concern on Sunday that the international body has so far not publicly advocated for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza, as rhetoric from the United States and other influential countries has offered tacit approval of an Israeli air campaign in the blockaded enclave where at least 2,670 Palestinians, including more than 700 children, have now been killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Francesca Albanese, who has served as the special rapporteur since 2022, told<\/a>Al Jazeera<\/em> that Israel must account for exactly “how the dismantlement of Hamas is happening” as it intensifies what it claims is a war targeting Hamas to retaliate for the group’s surprise attack on October 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have spent the last week bombing residential buildings, schools housing refugees, healthcare facilities, and at least one convoy<\/a> of people traveling through Gaza after Israel ordered <\/a>one million people to leave the northern part of the enclave within 24 hours in order to “save their lives” from continued strikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Palestinian Ministry of Health said <\/a>Sunday that at least 50 entire families in Gaza have been wiped out from the civil registry, with all their members killed in air strikes and shelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I don’t have any sign that [a cease-fire] is being considered even at the U.N. secretary-general level,” Albanese told Al Jazeera<\/em>. “It troubles me because, on one hand, you have Israeli officials saying they want to eliminate Hamas. But what we see on the ground is thousands of people including children being killed and injured.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.N. Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres has called for “international humanitarian law and human rights law” to be upheld, but has not called for a cessation of the strikes in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On social media, Albanese said that “there can be no more delay” of a public call by Guterres for a cease-fire, and that atrocities like the mass displacement and killing of civilians “must not only be punished but also prevented.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once again: I implore the UN to intervene for an immediate CEASEFIRE. There can be no more delay.

Under int'l law, atrocity crimes must not only be punished but also prevented.

The only possible meaning of 'never again' is simply this: never again, for any human being. https:\/\/t.co\/OIO2BmX2B9<\/a><\/p>— Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt (@FranceskAlbs) October 15, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>