More than 1,500 graduate students, teaching assistants and researchers are expected to walk off the job at UC Santa Cruz today, launching the first labor strike over the University of California’s response to pro-Palestinian protests in the past month....
Every time I hear a genocide apologist ask a #FreePalestine supporter if they condemn #Hamas I remember being told as a child that Nelson Mandela was a terrorist and the #ANC a terrorist organisation.
'After their dismissal of the ICC and ICJ calls on Israel to comply with international law, how can the US and its partners make a convincing case again that their rules are fair and universal, and so must be followed by all? It is brazenly clear that the rules-based order is not about democratic values, the rule of law and the sanctity of human lives, but the observance of a global hierarchy in which some lives are sacred and others are not.' #ICC#israel#hamas#justicehttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/27/icc-israel-benjamin-netanyahu-arrest-warrant-us-west
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seeking an arrest warrant for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of war crimes.
The ICC has also said it is seeking a warrant for the arrest of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar as well as Israel’s defence minister Yoav Gallant and two other key Hamas figures – Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri and Hamas’ political leader Ismail Haniyeh.
Oh man, imagine a trial for both of them, wouldn't that be more civilised than endless warfare?
Isn't that what a grown up planet would do?
Just apply the Law no matter which side it was applied to?
Strafgerichtshof: Haftbefehle gegen Netanyahu und Hamas-Chef beantragt
Die Staatsanwaltschaft hat hat beim Internationalen Strafgerichtshof (IStGH) Haftbefehle gegen den israelischen Regierungschef Netanyahu und Hamas-Anführer Sinwar beantragt.
from #WashingtonPost
Business titans privately urged #NYC mayor to use police on #Columbia protesters, chats show
A #WhatsApp chat started by some wealthy #Americans after the Oct. 7 #Hamas attack reveals their focus on Mayor #EricAdams and their work to shape #USA opinion of the #Gaza war.
Two Red Crescent paramedics were murdered by #IDF while they were working in #Rafah last night. Their ambulance was hit directly and intentionally.
Of course the usual excuse by IDF is that there were #Hamas fighters in the ambulances. Ignoring that injured fighters are not legitimate targets, specially if they are inside an ambulance receiving care.
Israel's far-right wants the killings to continue!
Two far-right Israeli ministers have threatened to resign from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government over a cease-fire proposal outlined by President Biden on Friday. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Israel#gaza#Hamas
"The #protesters carried a banner that said “It is right to rebel, #Hillel go to hell,” with an inverted red triangle on it, which has come to signify support for #Hamas on social media because the terror group uses the symbol in videos of its attacks. The student demonstrators repeatedly formed inverted triangles with their hands, flashing the symbol at the counter-protesters. Another protester brandished a banner that had a #swastika inside a Star of David while shouting: “#Synagogue of Satan.”
The pro- #Palestinian, anti- #Israel demonstrators chanted “From #CUNY to #Gaza, globalize the #intifada,” and “Hillel, Hillel, what do you say? How many kids did you kill today?”
The Spanish, Irish & Norwegian govts announced Wed that they would recognize a #Palestinian state, saying there would be no #peace in the #MiddleEast w/o it.
Israel denounced the move as giving aid to its enemy #Hamas.
The coordinated announcements are purely symbolic — but not w/o some power.
"We’ve started a tracker to keep tabs on the #Kosher, #Jewish, and #Israeli-owned r#estaurants (kosher and not kosher) that have been attacked or vandalized since October 7th, 2023.
Surely, #antisemitism existed before the #Hamas attacks, and many of these types of businesses have been attacked prior, but we’ve seen a ramping up of these targeted attacks since October."
The International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Netanyahu & Gallant & Hamas leaders
ICC prosecutor Karim Khan claims he has reasonable grounds to believe PM Netanyahu & Defence Minister Yoav Gallant bear responsibility for war crimes & crimes against humanity in Gaza, including starvation as a method of warfare, together with other attacks & collective punishment against the civilian population.
A helicopter carrying President #EbrahimRaisi of #Iran & his foreign minister crashed on Sunday in the country’s mountainous northwest, acc/to state media, deepening the turmoil that has gripped the nation on both the international & domestic fronts in recent months.
#Raisi, 63, was traveling from Iran’s border w/ Azerbaijan to inaugurate a joint dam project.
#Raisi, a conservative who violently crushed dissent is widely viewed as a possible successor to the SupremeLeader. The uncertainty over his fate comes during a particularly tumultuous period for #Iran.
Its long shadow war w/ #Israel burst into the open after #Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, setting off the war in #Gaza & a cascade of strikes & counterstrikes across the region.
“Since February, the Israeli government has declared more than 1,097 hectares [4.2 sq mi] ‘state territory,’ which makes it easier to build or expand Jewish settlements. The figure already makes 2024 a record year over the past three decades.”
The difference between Israel and Hamas is clear, one a democracy (with problems) and the other is a terrorist organisation. At the same time it means Israel's actions should maintain high standards with regard to innocent victims. They seem to be failing in that respect... #gaza#hamas#israel
Why UC grad students are going out on strike (calmatters.org)
More than 1,500 graduate students, teaching assistants and researchers are expected to walk off the job at UC Santa Cruz today, launching the first labor strike over the University of California’s response to pro-Palestinian protests in the past month....