The liberal Arab camp thinks the ICJ ruling will lead to a peaceful settlement of the Palestinian question, while the popular camp has lost faith in international organizations, including the ICJ.
Throughout, and to its eternal shame, the West along with Arab governments in the region have stood by and offered nothing in the way of serious and meaningful intervention, writes John Wight.
Pretoria’s urgent request to the World Court on Tuesday calls for further action as Israeli shelling and airstrikes killed more than 100 Palestinian people across Rafah overnight Monday.
On Monday, the EU’s top foreign policy official rebuked the U.S. president and other world leaders for decrying the loss of life in Gaza while also sending weapons to the Netanyahu government.
With compliance ordered within a week, the Dutch government plans to appeal the ruling, which came Monday as the country’s prime minister was visiting Netanyahu in Jerusalem.
Some of the nations that have banded together to defend the U.N. Charter — particularly Russia and China — have provided Venezuela with alternatives to the U.S.-dominated financial and trade system, writes Vijay Prashad.
In an open letter, Christophe Peschoux, recently retired from the U.N. Human Rights Office, calls on his former boss to help the WikiLeaks publisher, whose legal appeal will be heard in London later this month.