The Guardian stiller spørsmål om hvitvasking og korrupsjon mht til mange eiendommer i UK og London som eies av elite-familier fra Bangladesh, se Kilde.
"Money trail: questions over deposed Bangladeshi elite’s £400m UK property empire"
Den såkalte "Monsun-revolusjonen" i sommer fikk Bangladesh sin mangeårige statsminister Sheikh Hasan til å flykte til India. Nå rettes søkelyset mot hennes regjeringsår, der konserner har fått ta opp store lån i statsbanken .. og pengene er ikke betalt tilbake.
Artikkelen beskriver dette. Og angir at London fortsatt er et sted for hvitvasking uten god nok kontroll av hvor pengene kommer fra, og der skallselskaper i skatteparadis brukes for å skjule eierskap.
ICC viser spesielt til struping av tilgang på mat, vann, medisiner og helsehjelp, og angir dette som:
"Forbrytelser mot menneskeheten"
Utdrag av ICCs vurderinger:
"The Chamber considered that there are reasonable grounds to believe that both individuals intentionally and knowingly deprived the civilian population in Gaza of objects indispensable to their survival, including food, water, and medicine and medical supplies, as well as fuel and electricity, from at least 8 October 2023 to 20 May 2024."
"The Chamber also found reasonable grounds to believe that the abovementioned conduct deprived a significant portion of the civilian population in Gaza of their fundamental rights, including the rights to life and health, and that the population was targeted based on political and/or national grounds. It therefore found that the crime against humanity of persecution was committed."
Disse tre aktørene undergraver ICC.
Og det vet de.
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21. november svarte ICC på Israels klage over arrestordren på Netanyahu og Gallant. Israels innvendinger avvises, både mht jurisdiksjon, men også på vurderingen av handlinger.
Stor vekt legges på struping av tilgang på mat, vann, medisiner og helsehjelp.
Utdrag:
"The Chamber considered that there are reasonable grounds to believe that
both individuals intentionally and knowingly deprived the civilian
population in Gaza of objects indispensable to their survival, including
food, water, and medicine and medical supplies, as well as fuel and
electricity, from at least 8 October 2023 to 20 May 2024."
"The Chamber also found reasonable grounds to believe that the
abovementioned conduct deprived a significant portion of the civilian
population in Gaza of their fundamental rights, including the rights to
life and health, and that the population was targeted based on political
and/or national grounds. It therefore found that the crime against
humanity of persecution was committed."
Vurdering fra ICC: "Forbrytelse mot menneskeheten"
"Støtte til den liberale verdensorden tilsier sterk kritikk av Israel."
"Under den noe misvisende overskriften «Arbeiderpartiets utenrikspolitikk skader norske interesser» løfter Skjalg Stokke Hougen og Torkel Brekke en viktig debatt om samhold i norsk utenrikspolitikk (Aftenposten 20. november). Det er viktig å stå sammen om hovedlinjen i utenrikspolitikken. Det gjør man ved å søke et minste felles multiplum.
Hougen og Brekke gjør det motsatte. For dem er ett av Norges to statsbærende partiers utenrikspolitikk altså skadelig. Dette fordi den bryter med konsensus om Midtøsten, som ifølge dem er å støtte Israel, og fordi den er «urealistisk». Så vidt jeg kan se, er begge påstander uriktige."
Artikkel i The Guardian 29. november 2024, se Kilde:
"Israeli military to remain in Gaza for years, food minister says"
"Avi Dichter, of Israel’s security cabinet, made the comments as reports of the scale of Israel’s military infrastructure in the territory emerge"
Utdrag: “I think that we are going to stay in Gaza for a long time. I think most people understand that [Israel] will be years in some kind of West Bank situation where you go in and out and maybe you remain along Netzarim [corridor],” Dichter said."
Klar melding. Gaza skal være som Vestbredden, under full kontroll av IDF. Store områder skal være ubebodd, for redusere områder som må overvåkes. Gaza-folket skal bo i flyktningeleirer.
Tydeligvis har IDF "god erfaring" med Vestbredden. Og ICJ sin dom fra 19.juli ... Israel bryr seg ikke.
Det er liten tvil om at det må ytre press og krefter for å komme på et annet spor i MØ, der det er en løsning for palestinerne.
"France believes Israel's Netanyahu has immunity from ICC arrest warrant"
Fransk UD har sendt ut en uttalelse om dette, Den kom uniddelbart etter avtalen om våpenhvilke mellom Israel og Libanon, der Frankrike hadde deltatt i forhandlingene.
Med denne uttalelsen undergraver Frankrike ICC. Det er en alvorlig utvikling.
Og eksperter mener denne franske vurderingen er feil, se Kilde.
"Why experts say Netanyahu has no immunity before ICC as France claims"
"The
Rome Statute has a provision against immunities for senior state
officials, including heads of state, but some countries attempt to defy
the rule for political convenience"
"Revealed: Israel used US weapons in strike that killed journalists"
#Killing of journalists in Israeli strike could be war crime, legal experts say after Guardian investigation"
Dokumentasjon av målrettet drap på journalister i Libanon. Og der det angis denne konklusjonen: "“It is the silence of the international community that let this happen,” Ftouni said."
The World Rejects Israel's 'Generals' Plan' for Gaza, So the Generals Work Around It
A
former Military Intelligence chief predicts that in the coming years,
the army will divide Gaza into sections and use them to raid into
populated areas to fight Hamas' organizational efforts"
Vurderingen er at IDF vil holde Gaza under okkupasjon i flere år. Sentral er Netzarim-korridoren som deler Gaza-stripen i to. Og så deles Nord-Gaza i flere deler, og der de som bodde der ikke får lov å komme tilbake.
Netanyahu venter på at Trump skal overta 20. januar. Og vil hvilke muligheter som dukker opp da.
Cevita's Brekke og Hougen har 20. november innlegg i Aftenposten, se Kilde:
"Arbeiderpartiets utenrikspolitikk skader norske interesser"
Min kommentar;
Jan Marton Jensen
for noen sekunder siden
Noe har gått galt i Cevita's ledelse.
ICJ dømte i juli om Israels ulovlige 57-årige okkupasjon av palestinske områder.
Og ICC's bekreftelse av arrestordren fra mai av Netanyahu, Gallant og Deif var dagsventende (og er nå kommet).
DA velger Cevita å sende ut en ytring ved Brekke og Hougen, som er HELT BLOTTET for sakens kjerne, Israels pågående brutale krig og okkupasjon, i lys av ICJ/ICC sin dom.
Istedet angriper Cevita Arbeiderpartiet.
Det parodiske er når Cevita-artikkelen angir å stå opp for "dagens regelbaserte verdensorden".
Det er NETTOPP det ICJ og ICC gjør.
Innlegget fra Cevita støtter derimot prinsippløst at ... "Makta rår".
Da vet man hva Cevita's ledelse egentlig står for.
Net wealth taxes are recurrent taxes on an individual’s wealth, net of debt. The concept of a net wealth tax is similar to a real property tax. But instead of only taxing real estate, it covers all wealth an individual owns. As today’s map shows, only three countries levy net wealth taxes in Europe—Norway, Spain, and Switzerland. France and Italy levy wealth taxes on selected assets but not on an individual’s net wealth per se.
Rappport fra Tax Justice Network fra 19. august 2024:
Taxing extreme wealth: what countries around the world could gain from progressive wealth taxes
This paper models how much tax countries can raise by following the example of Spain's wealth tax on the richest 0.5%
Taxjustice Norge 2. mai 2024
Mobilisering for en global formuesskatt
Hva betyr det at G20-landene nå diskuterer en global formuesskatt for dollarmilliardærer?
Artikkel fra Skattebetalerforeningen fra januar 2023:
15 år siden Sverige avskaffet formuesskatten: – Lykkes
Det krangles om formuesskatten i Norge. I Sverige har de i 15 år levd uten. Det har vært vellykket , mener Skattebetalarna.
Tegn i tiden tyder på en utvikling der formuesskatt legges på de superrike, ellers ikke. Dette står på dagsorden både i OECD og FN. Det ligger også an til et navnebytte fra Formuesskatt til Solidaritetsskatt.
17. mars 2020 sendte jeg innspill til "Planstrategi 2020-2023" for Karmøy kommune, se Kilde. Innledning: "Behov for mer fokus på og målrettet, strategisk og langsiktig arbeid med: - eiendomskjøp - arealplanlegging - reguleringsplaner "
Resten av innspillet i Kilde.
Uklart for meg om dette kom med ... eller hvordan det ble behandlet i kommunen.
Men i november 2024 er denne "Temaplan" kommet med i "Planstrategi for 2024-2027":
"Temaplan" "Kommunen som strategisk eiendomsaktør og samfunnsutvikler" "Oppstart 2025 Ferdig 2027"
Ting tar tid. Dette viktige planarbeidet burde vært en rullering, og ikke en oppstart. Nå vil det ha gått fem år før innspillet blir realisert.
Israel Is Gaslighting the World by Diverting Blame for the Humanitarian Disaster in Gaza
A truck carrying aid for Gaza, July.Credit: David Bachar
In early October, after the siege against northern Gaza was tightened
and the attacks in the region increased, the Gisha human rights
organization petitioned the High Court of Justice, in cooperation with
other human rights organizations, to issue an interim order requiring
Israel to enable full access to humanitarian aid necessary for the
survival of the civilian population in the area.
At that point it was already clear that the
overall quantity of goods entering the Strip, and the northern part in
particular, had dramatically been reduced. According to the figures
published by the Coordinator of Government Activities in the
Territories, COGAT, the quantity of goods entering in October is the lowest since the start of the year, and in effect the lowest ever – even less than in November 2023.
The
restrictions imposed by Israel on bringing goods to Gaza's private
sector, which is a significant source of merchandise that could increase
the local market's supply during a situation of poverty that is severe in any case, have caused food prices to soar even higher.
In
its response to the High Court, the government confirmed that for
several weeks there has been no "coordination of movement" into northern
Gaza, and even admitted that it continues blocking the entry of aid to
the northern part of the Strip. The government attempted to justify the
withholding of aid by citing "operational constraints" stemming from the
fighting, but this is a manipulative and even absurd claim.
Israel's obligations
in the region stem from the combat situation itself. The response
demonstrates a prolonged violation of international law, which
determines that deliberate denial of humanitarian aid to civilians is a
war crime.
This claim by the government is also an example of its habitual use of
gaslighting tactics, which obfuscate the truth, help it to disclaim
responsibility for the humanitarian disaster and confuses the public
regarding its obligations to the civilian population in Gaza. The article by Bar Peleg
about the decline in the quantities of aid, reflected the use of this
tactic by COGAT, which claimed that the main reason for blocking
supplies is "a decline in international aid – rather than restrictions
imposed by the government," and that "hundreds of trucks loaded with
equipment are still waiting on the Gazan side and aren't being
collected."
Food distribution in Gaza, November.Credit: AFP/EYAD BABA
This is partial or irrelevant use of
information. There really are hundreds of trucks waiting at the passes,
but that's because conditions on the ground – for which Israel is
responsible – are preventing the organizations from transferring the
humanitarian aid to the needy. The organizations warn time after time
about the dangers they face due to the fighting in the area as well as
violent seizures and looting of the deliveries by armed men. They report
that about half of their requests for coordination with the Israel
Defense Forces are rejected, and they're prevented from being able to
reach the residents.
The unrelenting military assault throughout Gaza
has caused the destruction of infrastructure, roads have become
impassable, and the army restricts movement on the access roads to
collection points for goods on the Palestinian side of the passes.
Additionally, aid delegations are delayed
in the Strip by army checkpoints while on the way from the south to the
north. In many cases soldiers in the area prevent their movement, so
that aid delegations are forced to turn back. Many of the organizations'
workers have lost their lives, after their crossing was coordinated with Israel, but despite that they weren't given protection on the ground.
That's
how Israel diverts the blame from itself and directs it at the aid
organizations, disavowing its own responsibility. Since the start of the
war the State of Israel has reviled the work of the aid organizations
and has been trying to blame them for its failures, but absurdly, during
the hearing in the High Court, the government boasted of close cooperation with the organizations.
A Palestinian youth carries humanitarian aid in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, Wednesday, November 13, 2024.Credit: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP
Even the assertion by COGAT that "large-scale efforts" are being
invested by Israel "to enable and ease the transfer of aid to the Gaza
Strip in coordination with the United States, Egypt, the United Nations
and international aid organizations," is a blatant example of
gaslighting. In addition to the fact that international law requires
Israel to enable the entry of humanitarian aid into the Strip – an
obligation that it is failing to meet – because it is a party to the
combat and an occupying power, its obligations, as determined by the International Court of Justice in The Hague,
are not limited to the entry of aid for the Palestinian side, but are
met only when it reaches the protected population that is in need of it.
Another example of the tactic of false pretenses lies in the
"assessment" presented by COGAT in the High Court, to the effect that
"There are sufficient reserves [of aid] in the north" of the Strip. It's
worth lingering on this assessment, because it's groundless, and
clearly contradicts the reports of the aid organizations. The UN
Standing Committee on Nutrition even published a warning this week about
additional deterioration in the humanitarian disaster and possibility
of crossing the threshold of starvation in the northern Strip. Although
the High Court has often demanded of the government to present a
database on which its decisions are based, the government has evaded
doing so.
In the context of the petition, which was filed eight months ago, Israel
admitted that an increase in the amount of aid leads to a reduction in
the incidents of looting.
But instead of investing efforts in that, COGAT makes do with an
ostensibly concerned declaration about "an obligation to enable an
effective humanitarian response." This is at a time when in effect
Israel is doing exactly the opposite: It's preventing the distribution
of aid and making it difficult for the organizations active in the
field, in every way possible. And so, by resorting to manipulation,
distorting the facts and concealment, Israel is in effect implementing
horrifying plans that include a policy of starving the population.
Meanwhile the High Court continues to grant
the government repeated opportunities to divert the blame from itself
and to present a false narrative to the effect that it's meeting its
obligations according to international law. In doing so it's also
cooperating with the State of Israel's gaslighting.
The
writer is a spokeswoman for the Gisha human rights organization, which
works to promote the freedom of movement of Palestinians and goods,
mainly to and from Gaza
