"#Germany will face a fresh call to revoke all #ArmsSalesToIsrael on Thursday in a lawsuit that puts more pressure on Berlin amid a rising outcry about the scale of deaths and destruction in the war on #Gaza."
Following an analysis of Israel’s actions and patterns of violence in its onslaught on Gaza, underpinned by dehumanising rhetoric by high-ranking Israeli officials and often reflected in soldiers’ actions on the ground, the Special Rapporteur’s report found that the threshold indicating Israel’s commission of genocide...
"#Israel Hayom: One option considered by the war cabinet is the "thinning out the Gazan population to the minimum possible level." ..."#Netanyahu sees this as a strategic goal," & asked Ron Dermer to formulate a working plan"
The article gives a sense about how this may look, the need to bypass int'l pressure..."The sea is also open to Gazans. Israel can open the sea crossing at its will that will enable a mass exodus to Europe & African countries."
Al Jazeera journalists used a consumer drone to document the aftermath of a Jan 7 Israeli strike on a building in Khan Younis.
As the 4 journalists returned, the IDF targeted them in their car, striking it with a missile & killing the driver & 2 Al Jazeera crew — Hamza Dahdouh, 27, & drone operator Mustafa Thuraya, 30 — & seriously wounding 2 freelancers.
IDF claimed they were terrorists who'd threatened IDF troops.
“The Israel-Gaza war is the most dangerous situation for journalists we have ever seen, and these figures show that clearly,” said Sherif Mansour, CPJ’s Middle East and North Africa program coordinator.
“The Israeli army has killed more journalists in 10 weeks than any other army or entity has in any single year. And with every journalist killed, the war becomes harder to document and to understand.”
Have western governments now directly engaged in genocidal actions in #Gaza?
To understand why some experts are saying this may be the case, let us sketch some context:
• For the last sixteen weeks or more, #Israel has escalated its comprehensive devastation of the entire population of Gaza, causing tens of thousands of violent deaths, many more serious injuries, likely condemning tens or hundreds of thousands more to die in coming weeks and months from dehydration, starvation, exposure, disease, and a collapsed health system, and displacing around two million people.
• Every nation that is a signatory to the 1948 #GenocideConvention has a binding legal obligation to do everything in their power to prevent genocide.
• The International Court of Justice finds it plausible that the state of Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and orders them to stop: to refrain from genocidal activities, to prevent their commission, punish their incitement, and avoid destroying evidence of those already committed. It also orders Israel to ensure access to adequate humanitarian assistance.
• Israel has been thwarting the delivery and distribution of such assistance for sixteen weeks and had already been throttling it for sixteen years prior to the current escalation. Even now, it tolerates Israeli citizens blockading the movement of aid into Gaza.
• The #ICJ ruling is decisive, with 15 judges in favour of most of South Africa’s claims and only 2 opposed (one of whom is the Israeli justice on the ICJ).
• The Israeli government immediately thumbs its nose at the ICJ, with a government minister posting a childish piece of mockery on social media just minutes later. Israel’s rejection of the ICJ is consistent with a long history of ignoring and/or denigrating international law and the United Nations.
#Ukraine’s popular army chief Valery #Zaluzhny was called to a meeting at the president’s office on Monday and told he was being fired, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN, following weeks of growing speculation over tensions between Volodymyr #Zelensky and his top commander.
A formal announcement has not been made, however, a presidential decree is expected by the end of the week.
On Friday, judges said the #ICJ had jurisdiction to rule on #Ukraine's request for the court to declare that #Kyiv has not committed #genocide.
However, judges will not rule on whether #Russia's invasion or recognition of the independence of areas in eastern Ukraine amount to a violation of the #GenocideConvention. #TheHague
"The ruling by the #InternationalCourtOfJustice is said by public international lawyers to be a game changer. For starters, the vocabulary has been reset. Out with the references to ‘self-defence’, bandied around as an excuse for the inexcusable; in with the cogently argued case that the US and UK’s greatest ally in the #MiddleEast is committing #genocide."
"Amnesty International has not made a determination that the situation in Gaza amounts to genocide. However, there are alarming warning signs given the staggering scale of death and destruction with more than 23,000 Palestinians killed in just over three months and a further 10,000 missing under the rubble..as well as an appalling spike in dehumanizing and racist rhetoric against Palestinians by certain Israeli government and military officials" #GenocideConvention#Gaza
President Joe #Biden’s administration is backing legislation that would let it seize some of $300 billion in frozen Russian assets to help pay for reconstruction of #Ukraine, a shift as the White House seeks to rally support in #Congress to further fund the war against Vladimir #Putin’s forces.
@martin Let me direct you to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, I'll start with a simple quote:
"Article II
In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
(a) Killing members of the group;
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
Article III
The following acts shall be punishable:
(a) Genocide;
(b) Conspiracy to commit genocide;
(c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide;
(d) Attempt to commit genocide;
(e) Complicity in genocide."
Now, I don't believe you're really interested in learning about what constitutes genocide, I don't believe you're even interested in discussion about what is, or is not, in fact a genocide. I do, however, believe you're simply trolling in bad faith and have no interest other than polishing those fascist boots you so seem to admire. With your tongue. As per usual.
(Since you seem to be having a slight problem with understanding the written word: I'm calling you a boot licker.)
So I'll leave this discussion at that, I'll take any answer as proof of reading and will proceed to block you.
"When asked whether they would discipline students (or, I suppose, faculty) if they called for the genocide of Jews, each president responded that the answer depends on the context of the utterances."
SOUTH AFRICA APPROACHES THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE UNDER THE GENOCIDE CONVENTION WITH RESPECT TO ACTS COMMITTED BY ISRAEL IN THE CONTEXT OF ITS ATTACKS ON GAZA
"South Africa is gravely concerned with the plight of civilians caught in the present Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip due to the indiscriminate use of force and forcible removal of inhabitants.
Furthermore, there are ongoing reports of international crimes, such as crimes against humanity and war crimes, being committed as well as reports that acts meeting the threshold of genocide or related crimes as defined in the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide, have been and may still be committed in the context of the ongoing massacres in Gaza."
The Republic of South Africa institutes proceedings against the State of Israel.
and requests the Court to indicate provisional measures/
THE HAGUE, 29 December 2023. South Africa today filed an application instituting
proceedings against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ
of the United Nations, concerning alleged violations by Israel of its obligations under the Convention
on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (the “Genocide Convention”) in relation
to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
According to the Application, “acts and omissions by Israel . . . are genocidal in character, as
they are committed with the requisite specific intent . . . to destroy Palestinians in Gaza as a part of
the broader Palestinian national, racial and ethnical group” and that “the conduct of Israel — through
its State organs, State agents, and other persons and entities acting on its instructions or under its
direction, control or influence — in relation to Palestinians in Gaza, is in violation of its obligations
under the Genocide Convention”.
The Applicant further states that “Israel, since 7 October 2023 in particular, has failed to
prevent genocide and has failed to prosecute the direct and public incitement to genocide” and that
“Israel has engaged in, is engaging in and risks further engaging in genocidal acts against the
Palestinian people in Gaza”.
South Africa seeks to found the Court’s jurisdiction on Article 36, paragraph 1, of the Statute
of the Court and on Article IX of the Genocide Convention, to which both South Africa and Israel
are parties.
The Application also contains a Request for the indication of provisional measures, pursuant
to Article 41 of the Statute of the Court and Articles 73, 74 and 75 of the Rules of Court. The
Applicant requests the Court to indicate provisional measures in order to “protect against further,
severe and irreparable harm to the rights of the Palestinian people under the Genocide Convention”
and “to ensure Israel’s compliance with its obligations under the Genocide Convention not to engage
in genocide, and to prevent and to punish genocide”.
Pursuant to Article 74 of the Rules of Court, “[a] request for the indication of provisional
measures shall have priority over all other cases”.
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The Application instituting proceedings, which includes the Request for the indication of
provisional measures, is available on the Court’s website.
Note: The Court’s press releases are prepared by its Registry for information purposes only
and do not constitute official documents.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations.
It was established by the United Nations Charter in June 1945 and began its activities in April 1946.
The Court is composed of 15 judges elected for a nine-year term by the General Assembly and the
Security Council of the United Nations. The seat of the Court is at the Peace Palace in The Hague
(Netherlands). The Court has a twofold role: first, to settle, in accordance with international law,
legal disputes submitted to it by States; and, second, to give advisory opinions on legal questions
referred to it by duly authorized United Nations organs and agencies of the system.
What is the Genocide Convention?
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According to the UN, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention) is an instrument of international law that codified for the first time the crime of genocide.
The Convention describes genocide as a crime committed with the intent to destroy a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, in whole or in part.
#CAIRO — After a long journey from #Gaza, more than 100 American citizens and their families have entered #Egypt through the #RafahCrossing. Jonathan Webster, the #USEmbassy in Cairo's consul general, said some of those families are telling him they ran out of food and water during their journeys. #Israel
Granting #SouthAfrica’s application for special measures, the court did not have to find whether #Israel had committed #genocide, which will be determined at a later date, only that its acts were capable of falling within the #GenocideConvention and urgent preventative action was necessary. #TheHague#ICJ
States Must Adhere To Obligations Under Genocide Convention To Prevent Further Loss Of Life In Gaza: Special Rapporteur (United Nations) (www.scoop.co.nz)
Following an analysis of Israel’s actions and patterns of violence in its onslaught on Gaza, underpinned by dehumanising rhetoric by high-ranking Israeli officials and often reflected in soldiers’ actions on the ground, the Special Rapporteur’s report found that the threshold indicating Israel’s commission of genocide...