Nine countries have announced the formation of The Hague Group to coordinate legal, diplomatic and economic measures against Israel’s violations of international law.

The move comes as representatives from South Africa, Malaysia, Namibia, Colombia, Bolivia, Chile, Senegal, Honduras and Belize gathered in The Hague on Friday in a meeting hosted by Progressive International, a global political organization comprised of activists and organizations worldwide.-

“We know that advanced weaponry cannot be built without technology, without materials, without components, from factories that span across continents. We know that they can’t be shipped to be used against the Palestinian people without using ports and logistics networks that are on each of our own soils and each of our own territories,” Gandikota-Nellutla continued.

  • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    I wonder if the UN can swing abolishing the security council?

    Seems the rest of the world is not happy with China, the US, and Russia, and I don’t blame them. France and the non-permanent members are probably getting more sympathetic to this.

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      17 hours ago

      In order to believe that, you’d have to believe that “the rest of the world” is the imperial core minus the US.

      But the actual majority of the world—in terms of population, landmass, and natural resources—is not unhappy with China or Russia.