I don't think I have to say this here but.. Vote NO on Genocide Joe! To all those who think voting for Genocide Joe is the lesser of two evils, NO, you are voting for GENOCIDE. Stein or West is a vote to Free Palestine. To all those that do vote for Genocide Joe, may you hear the screams of the Palestinians murdered in this Genocide as your head hits the pillow every night.
The ICJ tried to split the baby. As Chris notes - it doesn't matter.
Force is what stops a bully. Not clever word games, not memes, not moral preening. Europeans went from chest-thumping megalomaniacs, the folks who brought us imperialism and colonialism, to mild-mannered metrosexuals, just as soon as they met The Red Army and they decided that this "the world belongs to the strong" stuff isn't nearly as much fun when you're on the receiving end.
Note that Biden could stop this with a phone call.
So the Court demanded all of the elements of a ceasefire without specifically calling for one by name, and clearly described the ongoing genocide without ruling that it is (that'll take years). Of course Mr. Hedges is right that this won't, by itself, stop the slaughter, but it's a significant step in that direction. Bravo, South Africa! You've come a long way.
Is this just another show? Another performance? What difference does it make? Does anyone believe that Israeli - the colonial, settler, Zionist what is mine is mine and what is your is mine too - big tough he-men will do anything but go home tonight and raise a brew and toast their win? And Biden, with a fragile position in the electoral rankings, but a '50's war-hawk America is tough lens to see through, will crusade on with his emptying our bodego of millions and war material with a pink bow for his close Bibi buddy. How is it that he hasn't a clue that some of his undecided are deciding to vote for West and Williamson because of his gigantic favors to Big Oil which ultimately will bury our young under searing climate catastrophes and his ignorant, stupid, and dastardly support of more death to Palestinians. He is not a man of which to be proud.
While the world has been sleeping the Zionists have taken over the world.
Tonight I read a long list of Zionist corporations all over he world.....I wish I could remember where it came from.
The next genocide is coming up.........the Yemenis will be wiped out.
MOST of us except on (MSM) know what is happening before our eyes. We have the internet this time. I would be happy to be sent to Palestine as a journalist. I don't fear for my life.
Most older people like me have maybe 10yrs of life to live...we could do a good job of reporting.
Me too. I would be delighted to go. Monday is my 79th birthday, and I have understood what is going on over there in Israel since I was 14 or 15. It has been a core value of my life since then to do what I can for the Palestinians.
I am interested in this and have already applied to go to Palestine BUT who knows whether I will even get a reply considering France is aiding and abetting genocide.
Maybe try getting yourself a plane ticket to Egypt and then sneak under the border like everybody and everything else does. If you bring lots of cash and give it to the right people, you can probably get a guide to escort you to your desired destination. Again, let us know how that works out for you. I will be cheering for you. I'd rather see blue helmets doing what you'd like to do, but I commend your aspirations.
Thanks once more for your honest coverage, Chris. The Intercept and Democracy Now are also telling us the truth. Bless you all! I continue to be amazed by the artwork of Mr. Fish.
I just read Seth Jackson's article in Jacobin magazine "There was an Iron Wall in Gaza". His descriptions of the Deir Yassin massacre is blood curdling, to say the least. It puts Oct 7 in perspective, having his quotes and story memorized would freak out most people. Like Bibi's dream that Israel might someday get an opportunity to "finish the job of 1948" Nakba. Irgun attacked the peaceful Deir Yassin on April 9 1948 for "the liquidation of all men in the village or any other force that opposes us, whether it be old people, women or children." One example is of a 9 month pregnant woman, shot in the neck and a soldier cutting her stomach with a butcher knife, when another women tries to save the fetus, she was shot too. Many infants were butchered and killed. They raped school girls and later slaughtered them, molested old women and sexually mutilated others. Cutting off ears to remove earrings. Meir Pa'il described the Irgun and Lehi fighters "with their eyes glazed over, full of lust for murder". Jewish Guerrillas were "eating with gusto amongst the dead"! Some DREAM BIBI!
PS Begins radio speech congratulated them on this with "congratulations on this "Splendid" act of conquest. "...."so in Deir Yassin, so everywhere, we will attack and smite the enemy. God! God! Thou hast "CHOSEN" us for CONQUEST"!
The elephant left in the other room called CEASEFIRE FIRE STILL CHAINED TO HIS TETHER! The CBC had live coverage in Canada. CNN very little, talking over it at times, Morning Joe Nada! Watching it live I took away the same feeling of Chris. Its quite laughable hearing the Zionist supporters view. John Manley once a temp Prime Minister pointed out that their were 12 bakeries feeding Palestinian's, no mention the IDF blew them up in the first place! He further goes down his delusion hole of duplicity praising the fact they didn't call for a ceasefire. Ignoring the lack of which would make aid impossible! He then praised the IJC for calling for the immediate release of "hostages", again impossible without a ceasefire and negotiations with Hamas! I had the best laugh when the only vote against every point was the lonely Zionist Apartheid Judge from Israel! I guess for the Genocide Joe club, the only proof of Genocide is when the Palestinians are pushed into the Sinai!
I believe the only vote against every point was NOT the judge from Israel, but rather was from Uganda. It was more laughable that the judge from Israel actually voted in favor of some of the ICJ points issued.
It is not surprising that the US is supporting Israel’s genocide. Throughout our history the US has supported other actors or directedly engaged in genocide or in campaigns though not technically genocide resulting in the killing of hundreds of thousands even millions of civilians examples would be Korea and Viet Nam, usually directed towards non western peoples.
Your idea that Hamas "very much wanted Israel's IDF to do in Gaza, what the IDF did..." is pure (and pointless) speculation on your part. If you're a lawyer, you appear to be a very poor one. Further, the "World Court" did not conclude what you speculate. More bullshit from you. Despite what you think, many (including myself) believe this is a winning step for South Africa...and the rule of law on the international stage.
While everyone knows the judicial standing of the ICJ has no executive power to enforce any ruling, the judgements issued today are, nonetheless, legally binding. Since Israel choose to defend the case brought by South Africa, they are in a bind on this ruling despite their attempts to mock it. In my opinion, Israel continues to tarnish its short history on the international stage. Many folks may have forgotten about the attack on the U.S.S. liberty in 1967---but not all; including myself. Reputations and illegal actions matter in terms of international diplomacy. The ICJ, in my opinion, has left it up the U.N> security council to take up the matter of enforcement of today's pronouncements. I also believe the U.N. Secretary General is not finished with the U.S on the matter of a cease fire resolution.
As for your request to comply with any of your preferences in referencing myself on this forum: Piss up a rope.
The World Court made a clear statement how it views the war in Gaza, and that was not what Chris Hedges or Hamas or Israel hoped would happen. Only the blind cannot see that Hamas hoped the Oct 7 attack would provoke Israel to do what it did in Gaza, to turn the world against Israel, but the power brokers in America didn’t ignore Hama’s bait, yet, nor did The World Court fall for it. Radical Islam thinks nothing like people in Western Europe and America. It views itself as Allah’s army against Evil. Radical Islam is willing to die fighting for Allah, and to sacrifice a lot more martyrs than IDF already killed in Gaza, to try to turn even America against Israel.
Sure Sloan "As the blind man picked up his hammer and saw"! Read Dr. Gregory H Stanton "The Genocide Education Project" The Ten Stages of Genocide. Israel ticks off every box! Even #10 DENIAL "denial is the tenth stage that ALWAYS follows genocide. It is among the surest indicators of further genocidal massacres. They deny that they committed any crimes and often blame the victims. They block investigations of the crimes and continue to govern until driven from power by force. The best response to denial is punishment by an International Tribunal or National Courts. The SAME ICJ court Zionist Israel is Smearing before your eyes!
I agree with you about Israel, but unfortunately, and The World Court saw it, which is why it cut the Gaza baby in half, Hamas tried to provoke Israel to do what it did in Gaza, to turn the entire world against Israel.
Unable to defeat Israel militarily and destroy it, Hamas, as per its Charter’s mission statement, became willing to sacrifice every person in Gaza to turn the world against Israel. Israel took Hamas; October 7 bait, and here we are, with the World Court waffling, and the UN recently earning some of its workers participated in the October 7 raid. Stephen King, stand up and take a bow.
That is a ridiculous Polemic, Sloan. Israel has been murdering Palestinian's for over 75 years, they needed no excuse or HAMAS! Oct 7 hasbara is only an excuse to increase the murders. To fulfil Bibi's dream to "Finish of the job of 1948" (NAKBA). The governments of world have not turned against Israel, its the citizens that have! If a dozen UNRAW workers cause their defunding,. What should the response be of the millions who support the onslaught and the hundreds of thousands that take part in it? What should have been the response for the illegal wall, illegal land theft and settlement building? The PLO, PA and Hamas have toned down their initial calls for complete victory. Israel is the one that never has and has no intention of ever doing. Including any possibility of a 2 State solution! The US Viceroy Baghdad Bob Blinken, just tried to bribe Egypt by cancelling their foreign debt and $ billions more to care for 2.3 million and ethnically cleanse Gaza! Orwell's description of Obrien fits every Zionist leader that ever existed!
I’m not disputing the history of that region, which includes Hamas was unable to destroy Israel, which was the stated goal in iHamas's Charter, and Hamas was not able to defeat Israel’s military, and so the guy running Hamas, Sinwar is his last name, after 20 or so years in an Israel prison, where he studied Israel intensely, came up with a different strategy, which was to provoke Israel to destroy its reputation worldwide, and, except for about half of America, that’s what Israel has done since October 7, which happened to be my birthday.
I am a lawyer. Lawyers and judges are trained to cut ot the chase, substance over form, it is called in jurisprudence. The World Court’s opinion cut to the chase. The justices saw enough to understand Hama’s strategy, and the Court’s opinion reflects that.
I wish President Biden would cut Israel loose and bring his troops home to defend America from the invasion from Mexico and to defend American school children from NRA/US Supreme Court-enabled domestic terrorists, and to stop a civil war, if Donald Trump is jailed or loses the 2024 election.
Unfortunately,, there are a lot of MAGAs and such in the US military, and I imagine they will not fight for the American government against Donald Trump, who told Israel he is their best friend, hoping every Jew and conservative Christian in America would vote for him.
Sure Sloan, your jurisprudence is a little off. Israel was built with terror, founded with terror, maintained with terror, expanded with terror, ruled with increased terror, now Genocidal TERROR in Gaza! The mask is off, if Oct 7 tore it off, it is only because people have been fooled with sophisticated hasbara, along with money and power in Washington and the US Media! I have said it more than once before. Israel has been a fascist government from the outset! When or if a fascist government comes to America, it will be with the help of Zionists and Zionism! Genocide Joe is going to keel over any time now. Waiting in the wings is the Orange Jesus and Niki Haley, backed with AIPAC Zionist and Christian Billionaires and Tea Party Koch Big Donor Money! PNAC Neo Con John Birchers will end it all in a Nuclear Armageddon! What a pathetic choice! P.S The Palestinian's are starving to death, while Israel tortures UNRAW workers to smear the only ones getting food in and murdered doing so, even if true 12 out of a hundred thousand makes it an outrageous excuse! Although 30,000 murdered Palestinian's and 60,000 wounded and maimed gets the short end of the stick! While Israel gets IRON CLAD Guarantees of $billions and $billions of more more more more! War humph, What is it Good For ABSOLUTELY NOTHIN !
Here is the first part of The Wall Street Journal report on the World Court’s decision. When I practice law, when a court basically leaves each side where the court found them, which seems to be the case with the World Court, we called such a case a “dog fall”.
Wall Street Journal
Updated January 26, 2024, 3:07 pm EST
World Court Rejects Demand for Gaza Cease-Fire
International Court of Justice orders Israel to take measures to prevent destruction of Palestinian community, avoid incitement and facilitate humanitarian aid
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The International Court of Justice declined a plea to order Israel to cease military operations in Gaza following Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist attacks but required the Jewish state to enable humanitarian aid to the enclave’s civilian population and take every measure to prevent destruction of its Palestinian community.
Friday’s decision, adopted by an overwhelming majority of the United Nations court, was a nuanced response to a blood-soaked conflict that began with Hamas’s massacre of more than 1,200 people in Israel, triggering an Israeli military campaign that Gaza officials say has claimed more than 25,000 lives.
“The court is acutely aware of the extent of the human tragedy that is unfolding in the region and is deeply concerned about the continuing loss of life and human suffering,” the ICJ’s American president, Joan Donoghue, said in announcing the ruling from the Peace Palace in The Hague.
The ICJ order came a month after South Africa initiated proceedings accusing Israel of violating the 1949 Genocide Convention, and two weeks after hearings where South Africa, backed by the Palestinian Authority, presented its case, portraying the Gaza operation as a continuing assault on Palestinians that began with Israel’s establishment in 1948.
Israel, in rebuttal, said that its military complies with international legal obligations and that noncombatant casualties had been exacerbated by Hamas’s practice of locating fighters and supplies in civilian areas.
To side with South Africa, the court had to find that its allegations, if true, could be in violation of the treaty; a final determination of those questions could take years of litigation.
In Friday’s provisional orders, adopted In a series of near-unanimous votes, the world court required Israel to punish incitement to genocide in the Gaza Strip, preserve evidence of potential violations of the treaty and report back to The Hague on its compliance. It also called for the immediate and unconditional release of hostages taken by Hamas during its Oct. 7 attack and held by it and other militant groups.
But the court stopped short of the fundamental objective South Africa and its allies sought: ordering an immediate end to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.
Both sides claimed vindication.
“Our war is against Hamas terrorists, not against Palestinian civilians,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said shortly after the decision. “We will continue to facilitate humanitarian assistance, and to do our utmost to keep civilians out of harm’s way, even as Hamas uses civilians as human shields.”
South Africa’s Foreign Ministry called the decision “a decisive victory for the international rule of law and a significant milestone in the search for justice for the Palestinian people.” The ICJ, it said, “has determined that Israel’s actions in Gaza are plausibly genocidal and has indicated provisional measures on that basis.”
I mostly agree with you, Jenny. Although a lawyer, I have no international law experience, and while I imagined The World Court was sort of like, say, the U.S. Supreme Court, in the sense that the justices all get to put in their two cents worth, before a decision is handed down (published), I wasn’t sure, so so I went to Wikipeida and found:
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The International Court of Justice (ICJ; French: Cour internationale de justice, CIJ), also called the World Court,[1] is the only international court that adjudicates general disputes between nations, and gives advisory opinions on international legal issues. It is one of the six organs of the United Nations (UN),[2] and is located in The Hague, Netherlands.
The ICJ is the successor of the Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ), which was established in 1920 by the League of Nations. After the Second World War, the League and the PCIJ were replaced by the United Nations and ICJ, respectively. The Statute of the ICJ, which sets forth its purpose and structure, draws heavily from that of its predecessor, whose decisions remain valid. All member states of the UN are party to the ICJ Statute and may initiate contentious legal cases; however, advisory proceedings may only be submitted by certain UN organs and agencies.
The ICJ consists of a panel of 15 judges elected by the UN General Assembly and Security Council for nine-year terms. No more than one judge of each nationality may be represented on court at the same time, and judges collectively must reflect the principal civilizations and legal systems of the world. Seated in the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, the ICJ is the only principal UN organ not located in New York City.[3] Its official working languages are English and French.
Since the entry of its first case on 22 May 1947, the ICJ has entertained 191 cases through 13 November 2023.[4] Pursuant to Article 59 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice, the court’s rulings and opinions are binding on the parties with respect to the particular case ruled on by the court.
Continuing my other comment to what you wrote, Jenny.
From what I have read, The World Court’s Gaza opinion is the view of the entire court panel, as I am not aware yet of any dissents. What leaped out at me, which I think was really important to the entire panel, is that Hamas needs to release its October 7 hostages, which tells me the panel is not giving Hamas the free pass it has consistently gotten from Caitlin and everyone I have discussed this with at Caitlin’s place.
I think the panel should have gone further, by deciding Israel’s IDF was committing genocide in Gaza. I think the panel should have condemned President Biden and America for not stopping to supply Israel with arms and munitions after Biden saw what IDF was doing in Gaza, which, was what Hamas hoped Israel would in Gaza, which, as a lawyer, I bet The World Court justices also figured out. Meaning, Hamas was okay with IDF killing a whole lot of Gazans and destroying where they lived, in an attempt to destroy Hamas. And, I think the justices are acutely aware that Hamas uses the Gaza civilians as human shields, for the very purpose of getting a whole lot of Gaza civilians killed by IDF.
If Chris Hedges had taken that approach, I would have been with him all the way. But he didn’t, and I think The World Court’s decision reflects the reality that Hamas is a monster, too, but what can The World Court do about Hamas? Nothing, except what it did in its ruling.
I applaud your dragging karma into this matter, for I agree with you that President Biden and America have created awful karma by helping Israel do what it has done, and will do, in Gaza. It’s beyond just that, though. During the fracas, Donald Trump said he is Israel’s best friend, and he may or may not be that, but he said it because he wats the vote of every Jew and conservative Christian in America. I think anyone who thinks Trump will go hard on Israel is dreaming.
A lot of people in America believe God sent Trump to them, and they will be very upset if he is not elected in 2024. They might revolt with violence, if he is not elected in 2024. The January 6, 2020 insurrection was a tea party compared to what Trump has primed his lemmings to do, if he is not elected in 2024. So, please understand that I worry plenty about that happening where my children and their families live, as do I, but I’m an ornery old geezer, and my continued breathing is kinda unimportant compared to my children and their families' safety.
As for Gaza, I look forward to Hama’s reply to The World Court telling it to release its October 7 hostages, for if Hamas does that, that will put Israel in a really ugly bind, if it does not ceasefire and bring IDF back to Israel.
I don’t see anyone having control over Israel and Hamas, except Israel and Hamas.
What I see very clearly is Hamas got a whole lot more people killed in Gaza than Palestinians held in Israel prisons and jails, while Hamas bartered its hostages for the release of Israel’s prisoners. That don’t look to me like very good arithmetic on Hamas’s part, unless, as I keep saying at Caitlin’s place, Hamas wanted Israel to kill even more civilians in Gaza, to prove to the world what a monster Israel is, while nobody here sees what the other monster, Hamas, is up to.
The World Court saw what Hamas is up to, and it called Hamas’s hand by telling it to release the October hostages.
My criminal law professor at the University of Alabama School of Law, Clinton McGhee, graduated from that law school and went into the U.S. Army and was sent to Europe where he was assigned to defend Nazis in the Nuremberg trials. He did such a good job defending Nazis, which was his duty as their lawyer, that he was switched over to prosecuting Nazis, which he did.an excellent job at, which also was his duty as the prosecution’s attorney. What is happening in Gaza is horrible, but it is not yet like what Hitler and the Nazis did to the Jews in Europe. and Caitlin and the people making that comparison reveals they know nothing about Hitler and the Nazis.
Of course you would believe that. You just referred to the genocide of Palestinians at the hands of the IDF as a "fracas". In my opinion, Jan. 6, 2020 could better be described as a fracas.
Compare to WWII, what’s going on in Palestine is a very small fracas. If you read my 2nd comment to Jenny Stokes above, then you see where I stand on Israel and its IDF and President Biden and America not cutting off American weapons and munitions to Israel
I disagree. Genocide is, indeed, the crime of all crime. Scale does not change the intent or the level of criminality. I recommend you look up the definition of fracas. You're not even in the ballpark.
Small fracas? with all the number of bombs dropped on such small, overpopulated place in such a short time? In my opinion Israel is worse than the Nazis, though their level of hatred is the same. Hitler fought himself his war, but Israel managed to highjack the most powerful nation to defend her.
After reading Judge Barak's past. I thought a laugh would be best! There once was a crooked Judge, who had a crooked smile. He ran a crooked court and ruled with crooked style. If you lived their long enough, he'll put you before a crooked court in a crooked trial. He lives for crooked torment, with his crooked rulings, he'll send you to a crooked jail. After all his rulings the crooked judge walks home alone on his crooked mile. Where he found a crooked shekel, up upon a crooked stile. He took the crooked money, walking on his crooked cane and bought a crooked cat, who killed an ugly crooked rat. They both lived happily ever in his stolen crooked house!
I don't think I have to say this here but.. Vote NO on Genocide Joe! To all those who think voting for Genocide Joe is the lesser of two evils, NO, you are voting for GENOCIDE. Stein or West is a vote to Free Palestine. To all those that do vote for Genocide Joe, may you hear the screams of the Palestinians murdered in this Genocide as your head hits the pillow every night.
And when blue anon says "a vote for a third party candidate is a vote for Trump," let them know a vote for Biden is a vote for genocide.
No way. no day, no how.
"But Biden had a sad when he...." Don't care.
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The ICJ tried to split the baby. As Chris notes - it doesn't matter.
Force is what stops a bully. Not clever word games, not memes, not moral preening. Europeans went from chest-thumping megalomaniacs, the folks who brought us imperialism and colonialism, to mild-mannered metrosexuals, just as soon as they met The Red Army and they decided that this "the world belongs to the strong" stuff isn't nearly as much fun when you're on the receiving end.
Note that Biden could stop this with a phone call.
Biden can’t work them newfangled iPhones and doesn’t want to stop the genocide anyhow.
Come on...he can be expected to call and eat ice cream at the same time.
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So the Court demanded all of the elements of a ceasefire without specifically calling for one by name, and clearly described the ongoing genocide without ruling that it is (that'll take years). Of course Mr. Hedges is right that this won't, by itself, stop the slaughter, but it's a significant step in that direction. Bravo, South Africa! You've come a long way.
Experience is the best teacher.
Is this just another show? Another performance? What difference does it make? Does anyone believe that Israeli - the colonial, settler, Zionist what is mine is mine and what is your is mine too - big tough he-men will do anything but go home tonight and raise a brew and toast their win? And Biden, with a fragile position in the electoral rankings, but a '50's war-hawk America is tough lens to see through, will crusade on with his emptying our bodego of millions and war material with a pink bow for his close Bibi buddy. How is it that he hasn't a clue that some of his undecided are deciding to vote for West and Williamson because of his gigantic favors to Big Oil which ultimately will bury our young under searing climate catastrophes and his ignorant, stupid, and dastardly support of more death to Palestinians. He is not a man of which to be proud.
While the world has been sleeping the Zionists have taken over the world.
Tonight I read a long list of Zionist corporations all over he world.....I wish I could remember where it came from.
The next genocide is coming up.........the Yemenis will be wiped out.
MOST of us except on (MSM) know what is happening before our eyes. We have the internet this time. I would be happy to be sent to Palestine as a journalist. I don't fear for my life.
Most older people like me have maybe 10yrs of life to live...we could do a good job of reporting.
Me too. I would be delighted to go. Monday is my 79th birthday, and I have understood what is going on over there in Israel since I was 14 or 15. It has been a core value of my life since then to do what I can for the Palestinians.
Happy Birthday on Monday and congratulations!
https://forbes.co.il/e/rankings/2022-jewish-billionaires/
Here's a list
Yes. This is what I saw. Thanks so much.
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Thanks Pita. But I am spending too much on here. Need to get shot of some others.
go.
let us know how that works out for you.
Be sarcastic and devoid of righteousness.
Let us know how that works out for you.
I am interested in this and have already applied to go to Palestine BUT who knows whether I will even get a reply considering France is aiding and abetting genocide.
Maybe try getting yourself a plane ticket to Egypt and then sneak under the border like everybody and everything else does. If you bring lots of cash and give it to the right people, you can probably get a guide to escort you to your desired destination. Again, let us know how that works out for you. I will be cheering for you. I'd rather see blue helmets doing what you'd like to do, but I commend your aspirations.
I am not sure I have the money to do it alone.
Thanks to a friend it was a list in Forbes.
Thank you Chris, this article is exactly why I am a paid subscriber and encourage anyone who reads to contribute to this excellent writing.
"But the court did deliver a devastating blow... "
Good thing the US and Israel are so respectful of deomcracy, human rights and Rule of Law, eh?
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Thanks once more for your honest coverage, Chris. The Intercept and Democracy Now are also telling us the truth. Bless you all! I continue to be amazed by the artwork of Mr. Fish.
Mr. Fish is a wonderful artist and I hope he’s doing as well in his artistic career as Hunter Biden with his blobs and squiggly lines has done in his.
I thought it was Bush Two who was attempting art--"self-portrait of my toes". Hunter, too?
I just read Seth Jackson's article in Jacobin magazine "There was an Iron Wall in Gaza". His descriptions of the Deir Yassin massacre is blood curdling, to say the least. It puts Oct 7 in perspective, having his quotes and story memorized would freak out most people. Like Bibi's dream that Israel might someday get an opportunity to "finish the job of 1948" Nakba. Irgun attacked the peaceful Deir Yassin on April 9 1948 for "the liquidation of all men in the village or any other force that opposes us, whether it be old people, women or children." One example is of a 9 month pregnant woman, shot in the neck and a soldier cutting her stomach with a butcher knife, when another women tries to save the fetus, she was shot too. Many infants were butchered and killed. They raped school girls and later slaughtered them, molested old women and sexually mutilated others. Cutting off ears to remove earrings. Meir Pa'il described the Irgun and Lehi fighters "with their eyes glazed over, full of lust for murder". Jewish Guerrillas were "eating with gusto amongst the dead"! Some DREAM BIBI!
PS Begins radio speech congratulated them on this with "congratulations on this "Splendid" act of conquest. "...."so in Deir Yassin, so everywhere, we will attack and smite the enemy. God! God! Thou hast "CHOSEN" us for CONQUEST"!
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Only Armed Resistance, which Attrits away the Oppressors, can Liberate Palestine. That said:
The ICJ ruling will Now give Nations across the Globe Ample Causus Belli & Legal Justification.
The Time has come to use Bilateral Sanctions, Embargoes, Blockades, etc. to Starve the Beast:
'Israel' & Apartheid is on its Last Legs. The ICJ ruling is a Call to Action for World governments.
Starve the Beast of Apartheid! Implode it, & Let it Crumble under Total Isolation!
Free Palestine! Palestine will Live, Be Free & Be Prosperous, Inshallah!
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The pillars of the empire are collapsing like domino and a new more just and progressive new world order is emerging.
This judgment clearly puts the genocidists on the defensive. The USA is welcome to veto it at the UN as it is more self-incrimination.
I hope you are right 🙏
The elephant left in the other room called CEASEFIRE FIRE STILL CHAINED TO HIS TETHER! The CBC had live coverage in Canada. CNN very little, talking over it at times, Morning Joe Nada! Watching it live I took away the same feeling of Chris. Its quite laughable hearing the Zionist supporters view. John Manley once a temp Prime Minister pointed out that their were 12 bakeries feeding Palestinian's, no mention the IDF blew them up in the first place! He further goes down his delusion hole of duplicity praising the fact they didn't call for a ceasefire. Ignoring the lack of which would make aid impossible! He then praised the IJC for calling for the immediate release of "hostages", again impossible without a ceasefire and negotiations with Hamas! I had the best laugh when the only vote against every point was the lonely Zionist Apartheid Judge from Israel! I guess for the Genocide Joe club, the only proof of Genocide is when the Palestinians are pushed into the Sinai!
I believe the only vote against every point was NOT the judge from Israel, but rather was from Uganda. It was more laughable that the judge from Israel actually voted in favor of some of the ICJ points issued.
Indeed, the judge from Uganda voted, when the ruling was 16 -1, and 16 -2, she was there on the no-side every time. What's up with that?
It is not surprising that the US is supporting Israel’s genocide. Throughout our history the US has supported other actors or directedly engaged in genocide or in campaigns though not technically genocide resulting in the killing of hundreds of thousands even millions of civilians examples would be Korea and Viet Nam, usually directed towards non western peoples.
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Thanks!
Your idea that Hamas "very much wanted Israel's IDF to do in Gaza, what the IDF did..." is pure (and pointless) speculation on your part. If you're a lawyer, you appear to be a very poor one. Further, the "World Court" did not conclude what you speculate. More bullshit from you. Despite what you think, many (including myself) believe this is a winning step for South Africa...and the rule of law on the international stage.
While everyone knows the judicial standing of the ICJ has no executive power to enforce any ruling, the judgements issued today are, nonetheless, legally binding. Since Israel choose to defend the case brought by South Africa, they are in a bind on this ruling despite their attempts to mock it. In my opinion, Israel continues to tarnish its short history on the international stage. Many folks may have forgotten about the attack on the U.S.S. liberty in 1967---but not all; including myself. Reputations and illegal actions matter in terms of international diplomacy. The ICJ, in my opinion, has left it up the U.N> security council to take up the matter of enforcement of today's pronouncements. I also believe the U.N. Secretary General is not finished with the U.S on the matter of a cease fire resolution.
As for your request to comply with any of your preferences in referencing myself on this forum: Piss up a rope.
The World Court made a clear statement how it views the war in Gaza, and that was not what Chris Hedges or Hamas or Israel hoped would happen. Only the blind cannot see that Hamas hoped the Oct 7 attack would provoke Israel to do what it did in Gaza, to turn the world against Israel, but the power brokers in America didn’t ignore Hama’s bait, yet, nor did The World Court fall for it. Radical Islam thinks nothing like people in Western Europe and America. It views itself as Allah’s army against Evil. Radical Islam is willing to die fighting for Allah, and to sacrifice a lot more martyrs than IDF already killed in Gaza, to try to turn even America against Israel.
Sure Sloan "As the blind man picked up his hammer and saw"! Read Dr. Gregory H Stanton "The Genocide Education Project" The Ten Stages of Genocide. Israel ticks off every box! Even #10 DENIAL "denial is the tenth stage that ALWAYS follows genocide. It is among the surest indicators of further genocidal massacres. They deny that they committed any crimes and often blame the victims. They block investigations of the crimes and continue to govern until driven from power by force. The best response to denial is punishment by an International Tribunal or National Courts. The SAME ICJ court Zionist Israel is Smearing before your eyes!
I agree with you about Israel, but unfortunately, and The World Court saw it, which is why it cut the Gaza baby in half, Hamas tried to provoke Israel to do what it did in Gaza, to turn the entire world against Israel.
Unable to defeat Israel militarily and destroy it, Hamas, as per its Charter’s mission statement, became willing to sacrifice every person in Gaza to turn the world against Israel. Israel took Hamas; October 7 bait, and here we are, with the World Court waffling, and the UN recently earning some of its workers participated in the October 7 raid. Stephen King, stand up and take a bow.
That is a ridiculous Polemic, Sloan. Israel has been murdering Palestinian's for over 75 years, they needed no excuse or HAMAS! Oct 7 hasbara is only an excuse to increase the murders. To fulfil Bibi's dream to "Finish of the job of 1948" (NAKBA). The governments of world have not turned against Israel, its the citizens that have! If a dozen UNRAW workers cause their defunding,. What should the response be of the millions who support the onslaught and the hundreds of thousands that take part in it? What should have been the response for the illegal wall, illegal land theft and settlement building? The PLO, PA and Hamas have toned down their initial calls for complete victory. Israel is the one that never has and has no intention of ever doing. Including any possibility of a 2 State solution! The US Viceroy Baghdad Bob Blinken, just tried to bribe Egypt by cancelling their foreign debt and $ billions more to care for 2.3 million and ethnically cleanse Gaza! Orwell's description of Obrien fits every Zionist leader that ever existed!
I’m not disputing the history of that region, which includes Hamas was unable to destroy Israel, which was the stated goal in iHamas's Charter, and Hamas was not able to defeat Israel’s military, and so the guy running Hamas, Sinwar is his last name, after 20 or so years in an Israel prison, where he studied Israel intensely, came up with a different strategy, which was to provoke Israel to destroy its reputation worldwide, and, except for about half of America, that’s what Israel has done since October 7, which happened to be my birthday.
I am a lawyer. Lawyers and judges are trained to cut ot the chase, substance over form, it is called in jurisprudence. The World Court’s opinion cut to the chase. The justices saw enough to understand Hama’s strategy, and the Court’s opinion reflects that.
I wish President Biden would cut Israel loose and bring his troops home to defend America from the invasion from Mexico and to defend American school children from NRA/US Supreme Court-enabled domestic terrorists, and to stop a civil war, if Donald Trump is jailed or loses the 2024 election.
Unfortunately,, there are a lot of MAGAs and such in the US military, and I imagine they will not fight for the American government against Donald Trump, who told Israel he is their best friend, hoping every Jew and conservative Christian in America would vote for him.
Sure Sloan, your jurisprudence is a little off. Israel was built with terror, founded with terror, maintained with terror, expanded with terror, ruled with increased terror, now Genocidal TERROR in Gaza! The mask is off, if Oct 7 tore it off, it is only because people have been fooled with sophisticated hasbara, along with money and power in Washington and the US Media! I have said it more than once before. Israel has been a fascist government from the outset! When or if a fascist government comes to America, it will be with the help of Zionists and Zionism! Genocide Joe is going to keel over any time now. Waiting in the wings is the Orange Jesus and Niki Haley, backed with AIPAC Zionist and Christian Billionaires and Tea Party Koch Big Donor Money! PNAC Neo Con John Birchers will end it all in a Nuclear Armageddon! What a pathetic choice! P.S The Palestinian's are starving to death, while Israel tortures UNRAW workers to smear the only ones getting food in and murdered doing so, even if true 12 out of a hundred thousand makes it an outrageous excuse! Although 30,000 murdered Palestinian's and 60,000 wounded and maimed gets the short end of the stick! While Israel gets IRON CLAD Guarantees of $billions and $billions of more more more more! War humph, What is it Good For ABSOLUTELY NOTHIN !
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PARA-POLITICS: the exploitation of unacknowledged political processes.
Thanks, read his on Bushnell and liked it, and signed up, and will go from there.
Here is the first part of The Wall Street Journal report on the World Court’s decision. When I practice law, when a court basically leaves each side where the court found them, which seems to be the case with the World Court, we called such a case a “dog fall”.
Wall Street Journal
Updated January 26, 2024, 3:07 pm EST
World Court Rejects Demand for Gaza Cease-Fire
International Court of Justice orders Israel to take measures to prevent destruction of Palestinian community, avoid incitement and facilitate humanitarian aid
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The International Court of Justice declined a plea to order Israel to cease military operations in Gaza following Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist attacks but required the Jewish state to enable humanitarian aid to the enclave’s civilian population and take every measure to prevent destruction of its Palestinian community.
Friday’s decision, adopted by an overwhelming majority of the United Nations court, was a nuanced response to a blood-soaked conflict that began with Hamas’s massacre of more than 1,200 people in Israel, triggering an Israeli military campaign that Gaza officials say has claimed more than 25,000 lives.
“The court is acutely aware of the extent of the human tragedy that is unfolding in the region and is deeply concerned about the continuing loss of life and human suffering,” the ICJ’s American president, Joan Donoghue, said in announcing the ruling from the Peace Palace in The Hague.
The ICJ order came a month after South Africa initiated proceedings accusing Israel of violating the 1949 Genocide Convention, and two weeks after hearings where South Africa, backed by the Palestinian Authority, presented its case, portraying the Gaza operation as a continuing assault on Palestinians that began with Israel’s establishment in 1948.
Israel, in rebuttal, said that its military complies with international legal obligations and that noncombatant casualties had been exacerbated by Hamas’s practice of locating fighters and supplies in civilian areas.
To side with South Africa, the court had to find that its allegations, if true, could be in violation of the treaty; a final determination of those questions could take years of litigation.
In Friday’s provisional orders, adopted In a series of near-unanimous votes, the world court required Israel to punish incitement to genocide in the Gaza Strip, preserve evidence of potential violations of the treaty and report back to The Hague on its compliance. It also called for the immediate and unconditional release of hostages taken by Hamas during its Oct. 7 attack and held by it and other militant groups.
But the court stopped short of the fundamental objective South Africa and its allies sought: ordering an immediate end to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.
Both sides claimed vindication.
“Our war is against Hamas terrorists, not against Palestinian civilians,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said shortly after the decision. “We will continue to facilitate humanitarian assistance, and to do our utmost to keep civilians out of harm’s way, even as Hamas uses civilians as human shields.”
South Africa’s Foreign Ministry called the decision “a decisive victory for the international rule of law and a significant milestone in the search for justice for the Palestinian people.” The ICJ, it said, “has determined that Israel’s actions in Gaza are plausibly genocidal and has indicated provisional measures on that basis.”
There is more to come.
This to me is a beginning.
IF the US and Europe continue to send weapons to Israel I perceive :
1. That the IJC will become defunct. Owned and headed by a US Judge.
2.There is still the Criminal court in the Hague.Probably headed by a US Judge> I do not know.
I still am an optimist although my brain tells me I am stupid.
MY last sentence is to all those who vote for Biden (the warmonger)
IF you people can go to bed at night knowing that YOUR President is aiding and abetting Israel good luck to you and sleep well.
Karma is coming for the USA
Karma, and I'd add comeuppance.
I mostly agree with you, Jenny. Although a lawyer, I have no international law experience, and while I imagined The World Court was sort of like, say, the U.S. Supreme Court, in the sense that the justices all get to put in their two cents worth, before a decision is handed down (published), I wasn’t sure, so so I went to Wikipeida and found:
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The International Court of Justice (ICJ; French: Cour internationale de justice, CIJ), also called the World Court,[1] is the only international court that adjudicates general disputes between nations, and gives advisory opinions on international legal issues. It is one of the six organs of the United Nations (UN),[2] and is located in The Hague, Netherlands.
The ICJ is the successor of the Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ), which was established in 1920 by the League of Nations. After the Second World War, the League and the PCIJ were replaced by the United Nations and ICJ, respectively. The Statute of the ICJ, which sets forth its purpose and structure, draws heavily from that of its predecessor, whose decisions remain valid. All member states of the UN are party to the ICJ Statute and may initiate contentious legal cases; however, advisory proceedings may only be submitted by certain UN organs and agencies.
The ICJ consists of a panel of 15 judges elected by the UN General Assembly and Security Council for nine-year terms. No more than one judge of each nationality may be represented on court at the same time, and judges collectively must reflect the principal civilizations and legal systems of the world. Seated in the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, the ICJ is the only principal UN organ not located in New York City.[3] Its official working languages are English and French.
Since the entry of its first case on 22 May 1947, the ICJ has entertained 191 cases through 13 November 2023.[4] Pursuant to Article 59 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice, the court’s rulings and opinions are binding on the parties with respect to the particular case ruled on by the court.
Continuing my other comment to what you wrote, Jenny.
From what I have read, The World Court’s Gaza opinion is the view of the entire court panel, as I am not aware yet of any dissents. What leaped out at me, which I think was really important to the entire panel, is that Hamas needs to release its October 7 hostages, which tells me the panel is not giving Hamas the free pass it has consistently gotten from Caitlin and everyone I have discussed this with at Caitlin’s place.
I think the panel should have gone further, by deciding Israel’s IDF was committing genocide in Gaza. I think the panel should have condemned President Biden and America for not stopping to supply Israel with arms and munitions after Biden saw what IDF was doing in Gaza, which, was what Hamas hoped Israel would in Gaza, which, as a lawyer, I bet The World Court justices also figured out. Meaning, Hamas was okay with IDF killing a whole lot of Gazans and destroying where they lived, in an attempt to destroy Hamas. And, I think the justices are acutely aware that Hamas uses the Gaza civilians as human shields, for the very purpose of getting a whole lot of Gaza civilians killed by IDF.
If Chris Hedges had taken that approach, I would have been with him all the way. But he didn’t, and I think The World Court’s decision reflects the reality that Hamas is a monster, too, but what can The World Court do about Hamas? Nothing, except what it did in its ruling.
I applaud your dragging karma into this matter, for I agree with you that President Biden and America have created awful karma by helping Israel do what it has done, and will do, in Gaza. It’s beyond just that, though. During the fracas, Donald Trump said he is Israel’s best friend, and he may or may not be that, but he said it because he wats the vote of every Jew and conservative Christian in America. I think anyone who thinks Trump will go hard on Israel is dreaming.
A lot of people in America believe God sent Trump to them, and they will be very upset if he is not elected in 2024. They might revolt with violence, if he is not elected in 2024. The January 6, 2020 insurrection was a tea party compared to what Trump has primed his lemmings to do, if he is not elected in 2024. So, please understand that I worry plenty about that happening where my children and their families live, as do I, but I’m an ornery old geezer, and my continued breathing is kinda unimportant compared to my children and their families' safety.
As for Gaza, I look forward to Hama’s reply to The World Court telling it to release its October 7 hostages, for if Hamas does that, that will put Israel in a really ugly bind, if it does not ceasefire and bring IDF back to Israel.
Hello Sloan.
If Hamas has to release the hostages then the Israelis have to release all the Palestinians in prison without trial.
Hi, Jenny.
Have?
I don’t see anyone having control over Israel and Hamas, except Israel and Hamas.
What I see very clearly is Hamas got a whole lot more people killed in Gaza than Palestinians held in Israel prisons and jails, while Hamas bartered its hostages for the release of Israel’s prisoners. That don’t look to me like very good arithmetic on Hamas’s part, unless, as I keep saying at Caitlin’s place, Hamas wanted Israel to kill even more civilians in Gaza, to prove to the world what a monster Israel is, while nobody here sees what the other monster, Hamas, is up to.
The World Court saw what Hamas is up to, and it called Hamas’s hand by telling it to release the October hostages.
In this case, I suggest you listen to YOUR BRAIN as it guides you toward an assessment of reality.
My criminal law professor at the University of Alabama School of Law, Clinton McGhee, graduated from that law school and went into the U.S. Army and was sent to Europe where he was assigned to defend Nazis in the Nuremberg trials. He did such a good job defending Nazis, which was his duty as their lawyer, that he was switched over to prosecuting Nazis, which he did.an excellent job at, which also was his duty as the prosecution’s attorney. What is happening in Gaza is horrible, but it is not yet like what Hitler and the Nazis did to the Jews in Europe. and Caitlin and the people making that comparison reveals they know nothing about Hitler and the Nazis.
Of course you would believe that. You just referred to the genocide of Palestinians at the hands of the IDF as a "fracas". In my opinion, Jan. 6, 2020 could better be described as a fracas.
Compare to WWII, what’s going on in Palestine is a very small fracas. If you read my 2nd comment to Jenny Stokes above, then you see where I stand on Israel and its IDF and President Biden and America not cutting off American weapons and munitions to Israel
I disagree. Genocide is, indeed, the crime of all crime. Scale does not change the intent or the level of criminality. I recommend you look up the definition of fracas. You're not even in the ballpark.
Small fracas? with all the number of bombs dropped on such small, overpopulated place in such a short time? In my opinion Israel is worse than the Nazis, though their level of hatred is the same. Hitler fought himself his war, but Israel managed to highjack the most powerful nation to defend her.
When does it become time to stop the killing?
After reading Judge Barak's past. I thought a laugh would be best! There once was a crooked Judge, who had a crooked smile. He ran a crooked court and ruled with crooked style. If you lived their long enough, he'll put you before a crooked court in a crooked trial. He lives for crooked torment, with his crooked rulings, he'll send you to a crooked jail. After all his rulings the crooked judge walks home alone on his crooked mile. Where he found a crooked shekel, up upon a crooked stile. He took the crooked money, walking on his crooked cane and bought a crooked cat, who killed an ugly crooked rat. They both lived happily ever in his stolen crooked house!