Many of us are somewhere between perplexed and outraged by the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant. How can these so-called judges believe that Israel’s goal is to starve the population of Gaza, when it’s obviously to free the hostages and fight Hamas? Rather than vilify …
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Israel has come to dominate the calendar of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Last winter, South Africa asked the ICJ to find Israel in violation of the Genocide Convention. In July the ICJ delivered an advisory opinion requested by the UN General Assembly regarding the legality of Israel’s continued occupation of Gaza and the …
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Yesterday Amnesty International released a report accusing Israel of genocide. It begins with the Genocide Convention, then uses evidence from hundreds of eye witnesses, satellite images, and statements of Israeli leaders in an attempt to prove that what Israel is doing meets the definition of genocide the convention spells out. Lots of people are criticising …
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