Lawyers for South Africa argued before the World Court in The Hague on Thursday why Israel was committing genocide in Gaza and why the court must stop them now, reports Joe Lauria.
SA’s Impassioned Plea to Stop Israel’s Genocide
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What Israel Faces at The Hague
South Africa’s petition to stop what it alleges is Israeli genocide in Gaza has begun on Thursday in the International Court of Justice. Gareth Porter reports.
Israel Worried Ahead of World Court Genocide Hearings
The Netanyahu regime and its chief patron, the United States, understand the magnitude of South Africa’s ICJ application, which will be heard this week, writes Marjorie Cohn.
How Israel Leverages Genocide With Hamas ‘Massacres’
Gareth Porter reviews the Netanyahu government’s process of planting stories of nonexistent atrocities by Hamas on Oct. 7 with credulous foreign-news outlets and the Biden administration.
US Scolds Israeli Officials for Saying Quiet Part Aloud
The State Department is not actually upset with Ben Gvir and Smotrich for advocating the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, it’s only upset that they said it, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Chris Hedges: The Death of Israel
Craig Murray: Murder
It is not that people are worried that a claim of genocide will not be successful at the International Court of Justice. It is that everybody is quite sure it will succeed.
Israel’s ‘Two-State’ Smokescreen for Ethnic Cleansing
The genocide in Gaza must not be viewed in isolation, writes Hamza Ali Shah. It is inextricably linked to what is happening in the West Bank.
Hamas as Sinn Fein & the IRA
M.K. Bhadrakumar compares the two wings of the Palestinian resistance group to Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland and its militant wing, the Irish Republican Army.
Not a Penny Nor a Bullet Off the Table
The U.S. vice president, secretary of state and defense secretary are using unusually blunt language against Israel’s massacres of Palestinians. But the money and weapons keep flowing, says Joe Lauria.