With no recourse in U.S. courts or Congress, the Taxpayers Against Genocide movement pivots to the U.N. Human Rights Council, Marjorie Cohn reports.
US Taxpayers Appalled at Funding Genocide Turn to UN
Tag: Genocide Convention
Palestinian Resistance in an Orwellian World
In Palestine, Israel has been the executioner and the United States has been the executor of ethnic cleansing and genocide, though it is those who uphold international law that are blamed, writes M. Reza Behnam.
Israel’s Most Explicit Statement of Genocidal Intent
The Israeli defense minister is simply following Trump’s position and reiterating what everyone who isn’t a blinkered partisan hack knew Trump was saying two weeks ago, says Caitlin Johnstone.
South Africa Files ‘Overwhelming’ Evidence of Genocide
South Africa’s President Ramaphosa calls the package a “comprehensive presentation of the overwhelming evidence of genocide in Gaza.”
Netanyahu Commands, US Obeys
UPDATED: U.S. support for Israel’s genocide against Palestine is rooted not only in campaign financing but other factors, including a rigid ideology stuck in the shadow of World War II, writes Joe Lauria.
Judges Unmoved in Biden Genocide Complicity Case
The administration didn’t dispute there’s an ongoing genocide, writes Marjorie Cohn. But the three-judge appeals panel appeared unmoved by the plaintiffs’ contentions the Biden administration is complicit in Israel’s genocide.
Australia ‘Gone Missing’ on Preventing Genocide
Newly declassified documents show what Canberra knew about events unfolding on the ground in Gaza after Oct. 7, Kellie Tranter reports.
South Africa Urges ICJ to Halt Israeli Assault on Rafah
On Thursday, South African representatives urged the World Court to see that Israel has not followed its order to prevent genocidal acts by its military forces.
WATCH: Nicaragua v Germany on Genocide Complicity
The Central American nation laid formal charges against the Federal Republic at the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Monday, demanding Berlin stop arming Israel.
WATCH: UN Council Debates ICJ Israel Ruling on Genocide
The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday debated last Friday’s World Court ruling that Israel must stand trial for genocide after finding plausible evidence against it.