Israel detains polio vaccine team, blocks humanitarian aid (more than usual), bullies South Africa, bullies Palestinian Authority, interferes with UN rape probe, covers up killing of 3 more Israeli hostages, seizes more West Bank land; Biden administration expects Israel to conduct transparent investigation into killing of American activist Aysenur Eygi in West Bank, as it feigns ignorance of who pulled the trigger; Florida politician’s blatant Islamophobia; Netanyahu may be delaying ceasefire as a gift to Trump; rabbi blesses, excuses Israeli rapist of Palestinians; Freedom Flotilla held hostage in Turkey; more.
Tags: international court of justice
In a population that treasures education, no school for Gaza’s children – Day 337
Gazan children begin a second year without school; how to starve 2.3 M people in record time; Israel bombs 16 schools-turned-shelters in one month; 69 percent of Gaza’s children receive polio vaccination; Jordanian gunman kills 3 Israelis; Israeli generals’ latest scheme to destroy Hamas; car-ramming in Hebron; Smotrich, Ben Gvir stir up trouble; PA wants illegal settlers out of West Bank; more.
U.S. media downplays and ignores ICJ ruling declaring Israeli occupation illegal
The New York Times and the rest of the U.S. mainstream media downplayed, covered up, and even ignored the historic ICJ opinion declaring the Israeli occupation illegal.
Fact or Fiction: Is Israel Unfairly Singled Out for Global Condemnation?
Is Israel singled out for rebuke on the world stage? Quite the opposite: it has enjoyed a free ride until the current war with Gaza.
Israeli-imposed mass starvation, airstrikes continue to kill in Gaza – Day 260
Another child dies of malnutrition; dozens killed by Israeli airstrikes; US-built pier malfunctions; West Bank youth dies after soldiers shot him in stomach; Palestinian used as human shield; 2 US servicemen seek CO status over support of Israel; Military expert says US seen as taking orders from Netanyahu: Hind Rajab investigation; Cuba joins ICJ genocide case, more.
Gaza: Civil ICC case against Ursula von der Leyen raises stakes on genocide complicity
Experts are urging the ICC to investigate the European Commission president over her alleged support for Israel’s genocidal assault on the Palestinian people.
To continue the Gaza genocide, Israel and the US must destroy the laws of war
In trying to uphold international law and end Israeli atrocities, the world’s two highest courts have made an implacable enemy of Israel.
Children of Gaza live amid sewage, trash, insects – and famine – Day 241
UNICEF says Gaza Children “need an immediate ceasefire”; desperation rips apart Gaza’s social fabric; Hamas says no new ceasefire proposal, but stands by previous one; UN experts call on global community to recognize Palestine; Israeli forces kill at least 5 Palestinians in West Bank; Israel conducts criminal investigations into 48 Gazan deaths; over 9,000 Palestinians have been “arrested” in West Bank since October 7th; 4 Israeli hostages dead, one by Israel; State Department veteran says administration submitted falsehoods to Congress; US senator calls for sanctions against Israeli minister…
Israel, The ICC, And The Disintegration Of Our Species
The rule of law, appropriately applied (that is, equally across the board) keeps us from chaos. But when some think they are above the law, the rest pay dearly. Gaza is a case in point.
Israel’s response to ICJ ruling: bomb more – Day 231
Friday’s ruling by International Court of Justice welcomed by legal experts; not by Israel; some people in Gaza surviving on three per cent of the minimum standard for daily water needs; Media Freedom Coalition on the closure of Al Jazeera in Israel; Gaza pier is broken; first arrest made over UCLA counterprotester violence; Harvard graduation protest; more