12-26-23
4:03 PM Pacfic
Greetings from California – thanks for stopping in. Bringing yet more numbers into the light, the day after Christmas, Hype the Herald Presscorps sings . . .
Into the Chips – Intel on INTEL:
12-29-23
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1-4-24
1-5-24
Hi from California . . .pushback here:
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1-8-24
4:47 AM Pacific
Hi from California – thanks for stopping in.
With thanks to Marjorie Cohn over at Truthout, following are more details and opinion on South Africa’s case for genocide before the International Court of Justice:
@DrAliciaHill
Believe it when I see it. Israel behaved from its inception as an ideology and not as a country. Western
countries were so anamored with that behavior they sacrificed democracy and logic to obtain it themselves. Notwithstanding this court is a total sham full of corrupt sleesbal pretenders.
1-8-24
2:09 PM Pacific
Peace need not be impractical, nor war inevitable. . . JFK
Following is the 84-page South African document accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, along with John Mearsheimer’s summary article highlighting the document’s key points and their historical significance:
1-9-24
10:37 AM Pacific
Hi … thanks for stopping in. Three pieces today highlight the international pushback against genocide, in contrast to those in positions to represent Americans who have not pushed back:
#1 International groups support South Africa’s action against genocide:
#2 New York City protesters block Holland Tunnel yesterday during rush hour:
#3 The majority of U.S. Congress members reject calling for a ceasefire in Gaza:
1-10-24
Good morning from California. Thank you for stopping by.
Today’s post features Israeli historian Ilan Pappé. He and
Chris Hedges discuss Israel as an inherently colonial, and therefore anti-democratic, project:
Northern District of California –
The lawsuit against Biden is headed for a hearing in the U.S. District Court for the later this month. In late December, 77 groups — representing tens of thousands of lawyers, civil society leaders, and activists from six continents — filed an amicus brief :
1-11-24
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Today, South African Attorney Ngcukaitobi used the words of Netanyahu and other high-ranking officials to present the case to the International Court of Justice that Israel’s military is acting with clear genocidal intent in the Gaza:
“The evidence of genocidal intent is not only chilling, it is also overwhelming and incontrovertible.”
January 12, 2024
4:51 AM Pacific
Hi and thank you for stopping in today . . .
Today’s post: With thanks, Craig Mokhiber and Phyllis Bennis discuss the historical salience of South Africa’s case against genocide before the International Court of Justice.
Craig is an International human rights lawyer and former Director of the New York Office of the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights. As discussed in this thread last year, he stepped down from his post in 2023 and penned a now-viral letter on unfolding genocide and the UN’s failures.
Phyllis Bennis is a fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies and serves as international adviser to Jewish Voice for Peace.
January 16, 2024
9:02 AM Pacific
Good morning from California, and thank you for stopping in . . .
With thanks to Juan Cole over at Informed Consent, the following summary updates some key recent events in Gaza and reports a Phase 5 level of starvation:
South Africa’s complaint against Israel by Thierry Meyssan.
January 18, 2024
12:57 PM Pacific
Last Friday, Israel made the argument that no dispute between South Africa and Israel had been established, therefore the International Court of Justice lacks jurisdiction . . . The question becomes, Will the Court buy it?
1-23-24
2:52 PM Pacfic
Greetings, Gizas – and thank you for stopping in.
With thanks to Mischa Geracoulis and Heidi Boghosian over at Common Dreams, this piece criticizes the New York Times 1-11-24 version of Raphael Lemkin’s work on genocide as a serious historical misrepresentation:
Video of Chris Hedges’s speech on January 18, 2024:
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January 26, 2024
12:32 PM Pacific
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The International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel must cease its warmaking in Gaza and that the case charging Israel with genocide must proceed. Details:
With thanks to Dave Swanson over at World Beyond War.
Chris Hedges assesses the ICJ’s ruling:
January 27, 2024
5:07 PM Pacific
Greetings, Gizas – hope this finds you well, and thank you for stopping in today. The following two pieces document current popular resistance to genocide, including over 2000 organizational signators to a letter calling on states to support South Africa’s Genocide Convention Case Against Israel at the ICJ:
International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine Welcomes World Court’s Order: