Small Shifts to Hold Israel to Account

by Oui Thu Jul 25th, 2024 at 06:51:04 PM EST

Will the United Kingdom of Keir Starmer switch sides?

ICC accepts deluge of briefs over Gaza war case, likely delaying decision for months [_link]
— The Times of Israel (@TimesofIsrael) July 23, 2024

State of Palestine @ ICC
On 20 May 2024, the ICC Prosecutor filed applications for warrants of arrest before Pre-Trial Chamber I :

Concerning Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri (Deif), and Ismail Haniyeh for war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed on the territory of Israel and the State of Palestine (in the Gaza strip) from at least 7 October 2023;

Concerning Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed on the territory of the State of Palestine (in the Gaza strip) from at least 8 October 2023.

It is now for the judges of the Pre-Trial Chamber I to decide whether the necessary standard for the issuance of warrants of arrest has been met.
The Court finding it difficult to hold Israel's war criminals to account, contrary to clear demands by the ICJ at the Carnegie Peace Palace in The Hague.

ICC set to release warrant of arrest against Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled that Israel's settlement policy in occupied Palestinian territories is contrary to international law. In 2022, the UN General Assembly requested the court to rule on Israel's prolonged occupation, settlement and annexation of Palestinian territories including East Jerusalem. The advisory opinion predates the current conflict between Israel and Palestine. In a separate case brought by South Africa, the world court ordered Israel to halt its Rafah offensive in the Gaza Strip.

The criminal fascist state strongly condemned the ruling.

Netanyahu: An ICC investigation of Israel would be 'pure anti-Semitism' | TOI - 6 Feb 2021 |

ICC Israeli arrest warrants: US, UK & Germany trying to block procedure

UK's Labour 'backtracks' on decision to drop objection to ICC arrest warrants[_link]
— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) July 15, 2024

The UK has not issued a formal challenge to the arrest warrants yet. The former Conservative government had only managed to gain court approval to submit arguments before the July 4 UK elections, which the Conservatives lost, leaving the challenge up in the air. The ICC first gave the UK government time until July 12 to file a legal opinion. That was then extended to July 26.

The New York Times reports that Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to drop the previous government's objections to the ICC warrant. The International Criminal Court (ICC) is expected to issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Defense Minister Gallant within weeks.
"If reports that the new British government will drop its objections to the pursuit of an ICC arrest warrant for the war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu are true, that would be a welcome decision that the Biden administration should also take," said CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad.

"Keir Starmer is expected to drop the previous government's objections to the International Criminal Court prosecutor's pursuit of an arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, two people briefed on the government's deliberations said" [_link]
— Adil Haque (@AdHaque110) July 25, 2024

The new British government is likely to drop the meritless effort of its predecessor to delay International Criminal Court arrest warrants for Israel's Netanyahu and Gallant. As it should. [_link]
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 25, 2024

Our statement on Netanyahu's speech and yesterday's protests on Capitol Hill and at Union Station:

"We strongly condemn war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu and his racist, delusional, genocidal speech to members of Congress. We applaud those members of Congress who boycotted his... pic.twitter.com/WVPCaDBw95
— CAIR National (@CAIRNational) July 25, 2024

TRUMPISM - POPULISM - FASCISM

AMERICA - HUNGARY - ISRAEL

Netanyahu joined press briefing Mar-a-Lago with presidential candidate Trump

Local rabbis respond to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago tomorrow

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Today meeting in the White House making genocide Joe complicit in massacre of Palestinians

Netanyahu meets with Biden in crucial moment for the US and Israel | AP News |

Public relations before the 7 Oct attacks …

Benjamin Netanyahu, a great friend of the United States pic.twitter.com/ii6g9GNQjH
— Alon Pinkas (@AlonPinkas) March 30, 2023

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Netanyahu Visit Highlights Risk that US Officials could also be Prosecuted under International Law [_link] via @jricole
— Juan Cole (@jricole) July 25, 2024

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by Oui (Oui) on Thu Jul 25th, 2024 at 09:23:45 PM EST

The Left Believes In Rules-based Order (none / 0)

UK drops objection to ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu | Politico |
Labour U-turns on the previous government's opposition to the warrant, arguing for judicial independence and everyone being subject to international law.
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy visited both Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories earlier this month where he met Netanyahu and Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, stressing the need for an immediate cease-fire and release of all hostages.
In June, Lammy, who was then shadow foreign secretary, said the U.K. would comply with any ruling, telling CNN: "In the Labour party, we believe in the rules-based order. We believe in international law."
Starmer reportedly sought the legal advice of Attorney General Richard Hermer, one of a group of Jewish lawyers who signed an open letter to the Financial Times telling Israel to comply with international law.

UK appoints new attorney general critical of Israeli rights violations | MEE |

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Labour should listen to pro-Gaza voters. But it's letting toxic narratives about them flourish | Owen Jones [_link]
— Guardian Opinion (@guardianopinion) July 30, 2024

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by Oui (Oui) on Sat Aug 10th, 2024 at 11:05:58 PM EST
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Canada set to revoke Jewish National Fund's charitable status | Mondoweiss |

Score a significant victory against apartheid, genocide and Palestinian dispossession. The powerful Jewish National Fund of Canada has reportedly had its charitable status revoked.

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Childhood Kamala Harris Jewish National Fund collection for the Zionist state

Isaiah Weeps: Jewish National Fund, GOD-TV Erase Israeli Bedouin Village to Bring Jesus' Second Coming | Tikun Olam - 6 Dec 2010 |
If anyone needed evidence of the fact that the nationalists extremists running this Israeli government have made unholy alliance with Christian Zionist extremists, there can be no better example than this. This sign proudly erected a few hundred feet from where Al Araqib lies boasts not only that GOD-TV is partnering with the JNF is destroying a Bedouin community-it has the chutzpah to quote Isaiah. This brilliant prophet committed to justice and morality is being exploited to whitewash pure evil. It would make the man who proclaimed these words cry out in his anger and his shame:

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil.
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because
I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the
midst of a people of unclean lips.
What do you mean by beating my people
to pieces, and grinding the faces of the poor?
He looked for judgement, but behold oppression;
for righteousness, but behold a cry.
When you see images of the young, green saplings planted by JNF juxtapose this image with the following news of the devastation the Israeli government wrought in 2004 on these same fields when they were planted and harvested by the native Bedouin.

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Sun Jul 28th, 2024 at 03:12:51 PM EST

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'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Sun Jul 28th, 2024 at 03:15:57 PM EST
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