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.
In an exhaustive presentation, lawyers for South Africa presented its case to the International Court of Justice that Israel has failed to prevent and is continuing to commit acts of genocide against the Palestinian people of Gaza.
South Africa’s case before the International Court of Justice charging Israel with the crime of genocide has the potential to dramatically alter Israel’s image in the world, and profoundly strengthen the global movement for justice in Palestine.
Francesca Albanese and Susan Abulhawa discuss the role Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza plays in the global systems of diplomacy, economics, and culture.
Some of Palestine’s allies seem more comfortable with Palestinians as victims of Israel’s colonial rule than agents of their own liberation. Palestinians need support when they fight, not only when they die.
Hamas rejects Blinken’s visit to Ramallah, saying there are “no differences between Israel and the Americans,” as U.S. and UK naval forces shoot down 21 Yemeni drones over the Red Sea. Meanwhile, Corbyn is set to join South Africa’s ICJ delegation.
Haaretz and the New York Times are peddling fantasies about how genocidal incitement in Israel is only coming from an extremist fringe. But evidence shows there is near universal support across Israeli society for the genocide in Gaza.
Israel is planning to fight for the rest of 2024 in the Gaza Strip, according to a military spokesperson, as fighting continues to expand into Lebanon following the assassination of a senior Hezbollah commander, Wisam al-Taweel, on Monday.
The United Auto Workers has called for a ceasefire in Gaza but can do much more to stop the production of weapons used to massacre Palestinians.
The horror of the past has returned in a new guise, and the comparison of the Jewish ghetto under Nazism with the Gaza ghetto under Israel’s current fascistic authority must cease to be sacrilegious.