50 Causes Why 2024 Was a Success for Palestine

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Trying again at 2024 I used to be oerwhelmed with unhappiness and emotionally distraught enthusiastic about the struggling and injustice that continues in Palestine 🇵🇸 and the destruction and loss of life that befell Lebanon 🇱🇧. It made me really feel helpless and ineffective. However as I drilled deeper and extra completely, I discovered chards of sunshine that poked holes within the darkness of final yr. Selections, actions, annoucements, actions, the refrain of voices talking out for Palestine and the reality, the world leaders who modified course and worldwide establishments passing resolutions that demonstrated an enormous, international shift away from Israel, away from the USA, away from Zionism and in direction of justice and fact.

So, I invite you to take a couple of minutes and watch this video to remind yourselves of the victories, triumphs and successes that all of us helped manifest by way of our collective efforts. As Martin Luther King Jr as soon as taught us: “The arc of the ethical universe is lengthy, however bends in direction of justice.” We should stay steadfast on this perception and justice will prevail. God has not abandoned the Palestinians nor humanity. God is at all times shining his gentle and guiding us in direction of the trail of salvation. Might we focus and construct on the achievements of 2025 that we might finish the march of the evil that inhabits our world right now and save Palestine and humanity.

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT

Day-after-day for the previous yr, I’ve woken as much as information of extra killings, extra bloodshed, extra genocide, and as we speak on New Yr’s Eve I requested myself: was this all 2024 was about? Will this yr go down as one of the vital shameful and tragic, and can we supply this heaviness, this darkness, hopelessness into 2025? Was all of it unhealthy?

And that is when it hit me: that is all a part of a psychological plot by these desirous to destroy humanity and our morality, to crush our hope and make us submissive and subservient slaves to their harmful evil domination, so I’ve chosen to recollect this yr in a different way.

What if as an alternative of specializing in the entire horrors of 2024, we turned our gaze upon all of the successes, the triumphs, the victories for justice towards injustice, for humanity towards inhumanity, for Palestine, Lebanon and all who stood stand towards Israel and the axis of evil? Would not that revive our hope and restore our fortitude and spirit to bend that arc of the ethical universe in direction of justice as Martin Luther King as soon as taught us?

Properly, this New Yr’s Eve, as an alternative of wallowing within the distress, the melancholy, I select to have a look at these victories of 2024 and rejoice the choices and actions that may in the end finish Zionist domination and allow Palestinian liberation, and listed here are 50 good explanation why we must always all stay hopeful.

1. January twenty sixth 2024, the worldwide Courtroom of Justice discovered it believable that Israel’s actions may quantity to genocide.
2. The eighth of February, Nicaragua applies to affix the ICJ case towards Israel.
3. 11 March, Belgium declares their intention to affix the ICJ case towards Israel.
4. 28 March, 130 UK parliamentarians name for suspending arms exports to Israel.
5. 28 March, the UN particular rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese printed a report accusing Israel of genocide.
6. fifth April, Columbia applies to affix the ICJ case towards Israel.
7. April ninth, Turkey proclaims a restriction of exports to Israel.
8. April seventeenth, college students at Columbia College in New York start Gaza solidarity encampments that set off related actions throughout the US and the world.
9. April twentieth, Barbados acknowledges the state of Palestine.
10. April twenty fourth, Jamaica recognises the state of Palestine.
11. Might 1st, Colombia severs diplomatic ties with Israel.
12. Additionally in might, Turkey, Libya, Egypt, the Maldives, Mexico and Eire apply to affix the ICJ case towards Israel.
13. Might 3, Trinidad and Tobago acknowledge the state of Palestine.
14. Might 8, the Bahamas acknowledges the state of Palestine.
15. Might 10, the United nations Basic Meeting passes a decision 143 for and 9 towards supporting Palestine paid for full UN membership.
16. Might twelfth, Egypt proclaims its becoming a member of the ICJ case towards Israel.
17. Might 16, Canada imposes sanctions on Israeli settlers.
18. 28 Might, Norway, Eire and Spain acknowledge this state of Palestine.
19. 29 Might, Brazil withdraws its ambassador to Israel.
20. third June, Maldives bans Israelis from coming into their nation.
21. Throughout June, Chile, Palestine and Spain apply or declare their intention to affix the ICJ case towards Israel.
22. 4th June, Slovenia recognises the state of Palestine.
23. 19 June, a UN unbiased worldwide Fee releases a report concluding Israel’s actions represent warfare crimes and crimes towards humanity.
24. 21 June, Armenia recognises the state of Palestine.
25. 23 July, the worldwide Courtroom of Justice guidelines the Israeli occupation of Palestine is prohibited and constitutes apartheid.
26. 23 July, Japan imposes sanctions an Israeli settlers.
27. 25 July, Australia imposes sanctions on Israeli settlers.
28. 29 August, San Francisco State College divests from weapons corporations linked to Israel.
29. 11 September, Palestine takes its seat amongst different states on the UN Basic Meeting.
30. 28 September, Moodys downgrades Israel’s credit standing.
31. 6 October, French President Emmanuel Macron requires a halt to arms to Israel.
32. 8 October, a Belgian rights group bars a case within the Worldwide Felony Courtroom towards 1000 Israeli settlers.
33. 15 October, Spain and Eire demand the EU droop their free commerce settlement with Israel.
34. 15 October, over 40 British MP’s name for the UK authorities to impose sanctions on Israel.
35. 16 October, France bans Israel from the euro naval commerce present.
36. 16 October, the UK imposes sanctions on West Financial institution settlers.
37. 30 October, Spain cancels an arms take care of an Israeli firm value billions.
38. twenty second October, Australian Israeli diplomat mark regev goes on trial for genocide advocacy.
39. 3 November, 52 international locations name on the United nations to impose a world arms embargo on Israel.
40. 4 November, Malaysia proposed a decision to expel Israel from the United nations.
41. 13 November, Turkey severs all relations with Israel.
42. 13 November, Australia amends or cancel 16 defence exports to Israel.
43. 14 November, Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of warfare crimes and ethnic cleaning.
44. 14 November, Australia backs a United Nations decision recognizing everlasting sovereignty of Palestinians.
45. 18 November, the US sanctions Israeli settler group Amana.
46. 23 November, an Italian courtroom guidelines towards Jerusalem because the capital of Israel.
47. 26 November, Palestine appoints first ambassador to Belgium.
48. 21 November, the ICC points arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and protection minister yahav gallant.
49. third December, Australia splits from the US weblog and calls for an finish to Israeli occupation of Palestine.
50. 5 December, Amnesty Worldwide publishes a damning report accusing Israel of genocide.

All of this isn’t to say the continued international assist the Palestine, the protests, encampments, resignations of U.S. officers and the shift in international opinion towards Israel. Sure, the genocide is ongoing, however Israel has misplaced a lot greater than it has gained and is now thought of a pariah state. The motion for Palestine is stronger than it has ever been.

So Glad New Hear everybody, and let’s make 2025 about constructing on our successes for Palestine and for humanity.