cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/29877256
By #PalestineChronicle Staff
May 9, 2025"The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO), the country’s largest labor federation, has voted in favor of a comprehensive boycott of #Israel, including a ban on trade and investment with #Israeli companies.
The decision was passed with an overwhelming 88 percent majority during LO’s national congress, held in the #Norwegian capital, Oslo, from May 8 to 9, the official #Palestinian news agency WAFA reported."
I don’t see Jordan not defending its land.
Isnt the West Bank technically still Jordan? I have no idea tbh.
But yeah they will have to defend it sooner or later if they dont want to suffer the same fate.
Nope UN Resolution 242. Jordan grabbed the area during Israel’s war of independence (1948), annexed it in 1950, then Israel did its six-day thing, conquering the territory, and the UN said “nope neither of you can keep it it’s still Palestine”.
Much of applicable law in Palestine is Jordanian law, though: It’s a modern system and culturally appropriate enough, so why replace it when you can tinker. Not that it matters much, Israel is applying its own martial law to the whole area because it didn’t annex it but occupy it, which in principle should make the settlements illegal under Israeli law but you know only democracy in the Near East and all that.
Interesting framing to call the colonization and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians a "war of independence“
Well, it should also have been Palestine’s independence: The UN mandate was dissolved, terminating British rule, and then instead of having two brand-new states shit hit the fan even harder. Zionists wanted their state, surrounding Arab states wanted to have none of that, hence also why Jordan grabbed the West Bank.
I mean in all other cases we call the point where colonial mandates were removed “independence”, it doesn’t really matter that the state then established is also a colonising state. Random example: The USA.
Thanks for the recap. There are so many events in that areas timeline, its hard to keep track of.