Diana Buttu discusses the experience Palestinians are sharing of watching a genocide of their people play out on their mobile phones.
Despite proceedings at the International Court of Justice, Benjamin Netanyahu made clear Israel has no intention to relent in its genocidal attack on Gaza: “Nobody will stop us – not The Hague, not the axis of evil and not anybody else.”
Israel supporters have had such kid-glove treatment for so long they have lost all sense of reality and proportion. But the New York Times is cosseting them.
We call on all Jews to reject the politics of Jewish exceptionalism and to hold our communities accountable for supporting and enabling Israel’s genocidal and wholly unjustifiable war.
Irish barrister Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh made international headlines for her stirring presentation to the International Court of Justice on the urgent need to protect Palestinians from Israel’s genocidal attack on Gaza. Read her full speech here.
New U.S. strikes on Yemen spark fears of regional escalation as Ansar Allah vows to continue fighting for Palestine. Meanwhile, Germany asks to join Israel’s side in the ICJ case.
Facing charges of genocide, Israel claims “self-defense” in front of the ICJ, as world powers strike Yemeni rebel group in the name of protecting global trade. Meanwhile, Israel continues to bomb and shoot Palestinians.
Presenting its case before the International Court of Justice, Israel argued that South Africa’s request to end the assault on Gaza was “unconscionable” and a “transparent attempt to abuse the [Genocide] Convention.”
Like many Palestinians, I have lost faith in the international community. But I was emotional watching South Africa lay bare Israel’s crimes at the ICJ. For the first time, our pain was taken seriously, and our call for justice was honored.
The Biden administration’s “National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia” cannot be taken seriously while the U.S. gives Israel a blank check in Gaza. The U.S. cannot claim to combat Islamophobia at home while attacking Muslim communities abroad.