Global
The opening session at the International Court of Justice with excellent
initial presentations from the South African Delegation of expert Judges
(of various backgrounds):
Video (4 hours) https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k11/k11gf661b3
Case before the ICJ (84 pages) https://www.icj-cij.org/index.php/node/203394
BRIEF ANALYSIS: The brilliant presentation by the South African Team is a
very, very strong case in my opinion and the opinion of non-engaged global
legal experts (and anyone who have seen the genocide unfold live). The body
of evidence to be presented is overwhelming and it connects so many
An avalanche of polling shows Joe Biden with abysmal approval ratings and grim re-election prospects, but Democratic leaders keep spinning away in dreamland.
Thousands of miles separate Uganda and Congo from the Gaza Strip, but these places are connected to Palestine in ways that traditional geopolitical analyses would fail to explain.
On January 3, it was revealed that the far-right Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu is actively discussing proposals to expel millions of Palestinians to African countries, in exchange for a fixed price.
“I am begging the world: stop all the wars, stop killing people, stop killing babies. War is not the answer. . . .War is not how you fix things. This country, Israel, is going through horror. And I know the mothers in Gaza are going through horror. . . .”
I can only kneel in awe.
Yes, there is sanity in the world – moral sanity – even, and especially, now, as revenge rages in Israel, fed by American armaments. There are courageous voices calling not simply for “peace,” essentially understood by much of the world as nothing more than a ceasefire, but for, oh my God, compassion, healing, love. The “enemy” is as human as we are! And waging war against the enemy guarantees nothing but . . . endless war.
The vast majority of Congress members have refused to call for a ceasefire in Gaza during three months of slaughter by Israel’s military. Capitol Hill remains a friendly place for the Israeli government as it keeps receiving massive arms shipments courtesy of U.S. taxpayers.