Based on the new U.N. special rapporteur’s report, the ICC should be obliged to file arrests warrants, at a minimum, against Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer, Olaf Scholz, Friedrich Mertz, Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
In his speech to the Knesset, Trump told Netanyahu: “We make the best weapons in the world, and we’ve got a lot of them. And we’ve given a lot to Israel … [And] you used them well,” writes Marjorie Cohn.
Plaintiff Tarik Kanaana says the lawsuit “has given people something to rally behind and a renewed sense of hope.” writes Marjorie Cohn.
Mick Hall analyzes an Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s story — 11 months into a genocide — on the Israeli military’s use of the Hannibal Directive to kill its own citizens.
The World Court cited “exceptionally grave” developments, especially the “spread of famine and starvation,” in once again ordering Israel to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza.
U.S. military force is useless or worse in sustaining regimes that lack broad international support and legitimacy, writes Jeffrey Sachs.
That the ICJ has not affirmed Israel’s right to self-defence is perhaps the most important point in this interim order. It is the dog that did not bark.
A global human rights coalition expressed hope Thursday that the imminent verdict by the International Court of Justice will be a step toward stopping the genocide.
The Ukraine War and Israel’s genocide in Palestine have both accelerated the decline in the authority of NATO countries, writes Vijay Prashad.
This president’s signature project — America will lead democratic nations in a crusade against the world’s authoritarians — is virtually nowhere taken seriously.