Palestine Tet – 113 – Powerful testimonies “We Charge Genocide” from the Arab League, Indonesia, Namibia at the International Court of Justice

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Arab League Statement at ICJ –  Arab League Shocks the World; Humiliates Israel at International Court of Justice

China Statement at ICJ – China Among Countries To Address ICJ

Indonesia Statement at ICJ – Powerful Intervention from Indonesia at ICJ

Namibia Statement at ICJ – ICJ: Namibia Makes Its Case

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Israel’s campaign of ethnic cleansing and genocide against Gaza continues, its plans to use the current crisis, a la Naomi Klein’s “Shock Doctrine” theory, to expel Palestinians not just from Gaza but also from the West Bank, continues. Meanwhile in the Michigan Democratic Primary some 13.3% of those voting, more than 101,000 chose “uncommitted” as their candidate, in protest to Biden’s U.S.-Israel war on the Palestinians While Biden won the primary handily with over 80% of the vote, should “uncommitted” become a national trend it could bode ill for Biden in November. He seems not to care figuring that given the size of is growing campaign chest, he’ll give more credence billionaire contributions than to voters in Dearborn, Michigan.

Maybe he should be more concerned. The contempt he (and the likes of him) have shown for the Democratic Party base, the overwhelming majority of whom support an immediate binding ceasefire, could blow up in his increasingly senile face.

Although a person doing a Google search could find the testimonies of many countries supporting South Africa’s intervention at the International Court of Justice charging Israel with the high crime of genocide, the mainstream media in the United States minimized the hearings to naught. An occasional (insipid) article noting that the hearings were taking place can be found but very little of the actual testimony – that overwhelmingly critical of Israel and accusing it of genocide – was shown on TV or in the New York Times. 

When the hearings ended – historic in their scope and their near universal condemnation of Israel – the Associated Press ran this measly three paragraph summary:

THE HAGUE (AP) — The United Nations’ highest court on Monday wrapped up historic proceedings into the legality of Israel’s 57-year occupation of lands sought by Palestinians for a future state, with most voices at the hearing arguing against the Israeli government.

Over six days, the International Court of Justice heard from an unprecedented number of countries and the majority argued Israel was violating international law and called for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.

“The real obstacle to peace is obvious — the deepening occupation by Israel of the Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem, and failure to implement the two-state vision, Israel and Palestine living side by side,” Turkey’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Yildiz said.

It reflects the minimum and is inaccurate. It was not “most voices” critical of Israel but the overwhelming number of voices, one after another that came down hard on Israel’s policies accusing it of apartheid practices and genocide. Below are a few of the interventions which I caught. I was caught by the serious research, the knowledge of international law and how Israel has violated and the uncompromising searing criticism both of Israeli practices and U.S. support for those practices. Not something that either Washington nor Tel Aviv will be able to write off soon. Will it stop Israel’s murderous ethnic cleansing in Gaza? Doubtful. But don’t underestimate the consequences of Israel being singled out as a rogue state, and a perpetrator of genocide before the eyes of the world.

Indeed, Israel’s public image is shattered with every man, woman and child incinerated or crushed under rubble by U.S. made Israeli-delivered bombs, by every IDF soldier stripping Palestinian men nude, by the forced starvation now exploding in Gaza, by every statement of representatives of the Israeli government openly calling for genocide.

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