A journalist for the British newspaper The Guardian described Israel as a “rogue state” and suggested expelling it from the United Nations or suspending its participation in the General Assembly, at least as a first step.
Journalist Mehdi Hassan added that the authority of the United Nations is still essential, indicating that “it is not permissible for that rogue state to declare war on the United Nations itself and continue with impunity.”
The French newspaper Liberation said in an article that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu only believes in a policy of force and bulldozing.
The newspaper adds that this doctrine prompted Netanyahu to open wars on 7 fronts, in addition to his wars against the United Nations and its organizations, and against Palestinian journalists, “the only source for informing the world about what is happening in Gaza.”
In turn, writer Thomas Friedman in the American newspaper The New York Times said that Washington needs strong diplomacy to change the Middle East towards peace and stability, stressing the need to address Iran and Israel.
Friedman added, “Iran needs to be told strictly that it is isolated, infiltrated, and exposed,” in addition to informing it that the continuity of its regime “lies in adhering to its borders.”
According to Friedman, Israel must be informed with the same rigor that it must purge its government of extremists, curb the settlement movement, and work with the Palestinians and the surrounding environment, because “America will not be able to protect it forever,” according to the writer.
The Wall Street Journal described the latest US message to Israel regarding improving the humanitarian situation in Gaza or facing restrictions on US arms sales, as “the strongest warning since the outbreak of the war in Gaza.”
The newspaper quoted analysts and former officials as saying that the letter represents an implicit admission that Israel’s approach in Gaza violates American law.
Human suffering in Gaza and Lebanon
On the humanitarian level, the British Financial Times newspaper highlighted a warning from Israeli human rights groups that Israel has begun implementing a siege on the northern Gaza Strip and starving the remaining population to force the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) to surrender.
The Executive Director of the Gisha organization, Tanya Harry, says that treating those who remained in the north as fighters simply for their presence there, and issuing open-ended evacuation orders, are “two flagrant violations of international law,” stressing that Israel is obligated to protect them and follow the rules of international humanitarian law.
For its part, the French website Media Part published an investigation from Beirut which stated that relief crew employees are paying a heavy price in the war launched by Israel against Lebanon.
The investigation revealed that at least 150 paramedics were killed in Israeli bombing, while testimonies from some relief workers showed “their greatest fears and their certainty that the Israeli army was deliberately targeting them.”
Source : American press + Israeli press + British press + French press
