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.
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!
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!
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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?
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!
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!
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.
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!
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.
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
Follow the WSJ
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.”
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!