And while the world declares more groups as terrorist organisations why isn't the Zionist movement also included?

Likely as their own religions fall from it, it would declare themselves terrorists, which they are.

Albo has made a big mistake and it isn't going down well.

Albanese's invitation to Herzog is a shift in his approach to Israel.

Adolf Benji and his band of Nazis continue their murders and land thefts.

Palestinians say new Israeli measures in West Bank amount to de facto annexation.

Lebanon says Israel sprayed southern villages with concentrated herbicide.

Meanwhile unwanted Israeli President triggers huge protests here down under and police accused of using undue force.

Police pepper spray protesters as Israeli president visits Sydney.

Lebanon says Israel sprayed southern villages with concentrated herbicide.

from the article:

US Environmental Protection Agency and European Food Safety Authority, have concluded it is unlikely to pose a carcinogenic risk to humans.

Glyphosate is perfectly safe... which why we use it everywhere in our agriculture sector, isn't it? Uuh.. I assume it's the wrong thread here for such observations...

back to topic:

In April 2025, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization reported that the 2024 conflict had caused more than $700m (£515m; 600m euros ) in damage and losses to Lebanon's agricultural sector, particularly in the south and the Bekaa Valley.

This UN organization (FAO) is spot on naming the consequences of this recent war.

The other UN organization, named UNIFIL, which was responsible to uphold and guard the peace in Southern Lebanon was not. I still miss the report of this UN organization, why they were absolutely incapable to detect, to observe and to report about the deployment of thousands of ballistic missiles (infringing UNSC resolution 1701). ...right at their feet, often just a few hundred meters from UNIFIL observation posts.

An unbelievable failure, or rather, the wilful decision of UNIFIL to tolerate a terrorist organization in order to continue their 'important mission' undisturbed, instead of openly denouncing the Hezbollah terrorists on the world stage, which was their original mandate.

UNIFIL has taken the wrong side and allowed another war to erupt. The population bears the consequences. That's how it always is... in every war.

Lebanon says Israel sprayed southern villages with concentrated herbicide.

from the article:

US Environmental Protection Agency and European Food Safety Authority, have concluded it is unlikely to pose a carcinogenic risk to humans.

Glyphosate is perfectly safe... which why we use it everywhere in our agriculture sector, isn't it? Uuh.. I assume it's the wrong thread here for such observations...

https://www.p65warnings.ca.gov/fact-sheets/glyphosate wrote:

Glyphosate is on the Proposition 65 list because it has been identified as a carcinogen.

https://www.p65warnings.ca.gov/fact-sheets/glyphosate wrote:

Glyphosate is on the Proposition 65 list because it has been identified as a carcinogen.

Please see my reply in the 'Climate Change, 'Greenhouse' effects and Politics: Continued DENIAL (#6)' thread. (maybe not the best fitting thread... anyway.)

The use of chemical weapons on civilians does belong here. For comparison the US use of rainbow herbicides in Vietman of the British use a few years earlier in Malaya. There is a convention prohibiting their use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_Weapons_Convention but I note that Israel has not ratified it! This is sufficient for any sane mind to understand what is going on.

The use of chemical weapons on civilians does belong here. For comparison the US use of rainbow herbicides in Vietman of the British use a few years earlier in Malaya. There is a convention prohibiting their use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_Weapons_Convention but I note that Israel has not ratified it! This is sufficient for any sane mind to understand what is going on.

This is a gross exaggeration and therefore incorrect.

Neither Glyphosate nor Agent Orange constitute chemical weapons. These are clearly defined in the three OPCW lists ('schedules'). Glyphosate as well as Agent Orange are herbicides. Their use is not prohibited (at least not by the Chemical Weapons Convention). It's not advised either... and inexplicable for us today how the U.S. and British military back then decided to apply them without considering longterm effects on the ecosystem (and humans).

Ricin or chlorine, or e.g., the Russian 'Novichok' are regulated chemical weapons. Glyphosate is not.

I think it's wrong to spray glyphosate on populated areas. Its proper use demands to protect the skin as well as to prevent inhalation of droplets.
I also think it's the wrong decision still not to belong to the 193 signatory states of the OPCW treaty.

Neither Glyphosate nor Agent Orange constitute chemical weapons.

Try telling that to Vietnam Vets and farmers that are suffering (or have died from) the cancerous effects of those substances.

Neither Glyphosate nor Agent Orange constitute chemical weapons.

Try telling that to Vietnam Vets and farmers that are suffering (or have died from) the cancerous effects of those substances.

It is a chemical. It was (and is) used as a weapon (offensive and defensive). Ergo it is a chemical weapon. It may not be a listed as a prohibited one by a specific treaty, but that does not alter its nature.

It is a chemical. It was (and is) used as a weapon (offensive and defensive). Ergo it is a chemical weapon. It may not be a listed as a prohibited one by a specific treaty, but that does not alter its nature.

Agreed. I assume it depends on their 'mode of action' and their purpose: killing people en masse with maximum lethality differs from eradicating specific plant types.

A strange species we are... Herbicides are no longer used here to keep railway lines clear. Environmental concerns.... Glyphosate on farmland? No restrictions.

I assume it depends on their 'mode of action' and their purpose: killing people en masse with maximum lethality differs from eradicating specific plant types.

Tse on farm crops to starve the enemy.