Thursday, July 22, 2004

UN General Assembly condemns apartheid wall: "The General Assembly voted 150 to 6, with 10 abstentions, that Israel obey the ICJ's advisory ruling that it dismantle the separation wall and pay compensation to Palestinians affected by it.

"Aside from the United States and Israel, dissenting votes came from U.S. Pacific protectorates Micronesia, Palau, the Marshall Islands, and Australia. The empire's main outpost in the Atlantic voted with the majority of the world.

"The next step is the Security Council, where the initiative will die. Still, this ruling is bringing closer the day when international law is a weapon that can be used by the weak, not just by the strong."

Howard shames Australia by aligning the country with a blatantly illegal construction. At the same time it is predictable. Howard's policy is simply to align himself unswervingly with the old and discredited policies of imperialism, colonialism, racism and monaarchism.

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