Daily Archives: 10. Januar 2024


10.01.2024 - 12:00 [ Justice.gov.za ]

Minister Lamola leads South Africa’s delegation to the Hague

The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Mr Ronald Lamola (MP) will lead South Africa’s delegation to Peace Palace (International Court of Justice) in the Hague.

The South African delegation comprises of South Africa’s distinguished diplomats and officials namely:

Director General in the Presidency Ms Phindile Baleni Director General of the Department of International Relations and Co-operation Mr Zane Dangor;
Director General of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development Advocate Mashabane; (former Deputy Ambassador for South Africa to the United Nations); and
Special Advisor to the President of the Republic of South Africa Advocate Nokukhanya Jele.

The South African delegation will be joined by senior political figures from progressive political parties and movements across the globe which include amongst others Jeremy Corbyn the Former leader of the opposition in the United Kingdom.

10.01.2024 - 11:55 [ Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services in the Republic of South Africa / Twitter ]

Minister Lamola leads South Africa’s delegation to the Hague The South African delegation will be joined by senior political figures from progressive political parties and movements across the globe which include amongst others Jeremy Corbyn.

10.01.2024 - 10:48 [ Times of Israel ]

UK’s foreign minister worried Israel may have breached international law in Gaza

Britain’s Foreign Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday he was worried that Israel might have breached international law in its war on terror group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and that though the advice he had received so far was that Israel was compliant, there were still questions to answer.

10.01.2024 - 10:37 [ Times of Israel ]

‘We should be worried’: Israel faces peril at The Hague in Gaza ‘genocide’ case

Although a final ruling will likely take years, South Africa has requested the court issue provisional orders against Israel that could range from demanding a total and immediate ceasefire — which Israel and the US firmly oppose because Hamas has yet to dismantled — to more moderate orders such as insisting that more humanitarian aid be allowed in.

But it would be the interim ruling itself, that there is even plausibility to South Africa’s allegations, that would be the most damaging to Israel’s standing.

10.01.2024 - 10:30 [ Times of Gaza / Twitter ]

Gaza Ministry of Health: • 12 massacres, 126 killed, and 241 injured in the past 24 hours • The total death toll since the beginning of the Israeli aggression rose to 23,210 killed and 59,167 injuries

These numbers do not include those who remain stuck under the rubble.

10.01.2024 - 10:20 [ Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists ]

The coming US-Saudi nuclear deal: Keep it honest

(January 5, 2024)

In 1988, the Central Intelligence Agency did discover that Riyadh bought SS-2 medium-range missiles from China but only after the deal was sealed. In 2003, when China exported DF-21 ballistic missiles to the Kingdom, the CIA again found out and was even allowed to verify the missiles were not nuclear-capable, but only after the missiles were delivered.

Several years later, when intelligence finally leaked out that China secretly built missile factories for the Saudis, the Trump administration was mum on whether there was an intelligence failure and allowed speculation that it had blessed the transaction. Then, in 2020, when US intelligence confirmed China was helping the Kingdom mill uranium domestically, it did so, again only after the mining and milling were well underway.

This track record of studied inadvertence, then, brings us to the next worry: MBS wants Washington to green-light the Kingdom enriching uranium…

10.01.2024 - 10:11 [ Radio Utopie ]

Die Achse des Religiösen

(8. Mai 2013)

Israel, Saudi-Arabien, die Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate, Jordanien und die Türkei wollen einen Militärpakt gründen. Die U.S.A. befördern die Angelegenheit, so israelische „Offizielle“.

10.01.2024 - 09:57 [ European Leadership Network ]

After Hamas: Rationales and dilemmas for US-Saudi nuclear agreement persist

(19 October 2023)

The United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have for over a decade negotiated without success the terms of an agreement for peaceful nuclear cooperation. These negotiations have intensified recently in the context of US efforts to broker a normalisation agreement between the KSA and Israel, which have included discussions about how the US could solidify its own support for Saudi Arabia. On the 7th of October 2023, Hamas terrorists appeared to drive a stake through the heart of the US effort to broker Israel-KSA normalisation. This has sent shockwaves through the region, and the full implications remain uncertain. However, it seems likely that in the longer run, rationales for normalisation and for US nuclear engagement with Riyadh will remain, reflecting the fact that the Hamas attacks underscored that a future nuclear-armed Iran would be a yet more formidable adversary for both Israel and the KSA.

10.01.2024 - 09:44 [ Politico.eu ]

Germany holds its nose, paving the way for future jet fighter sale to Saudi Arabia

(08.01.2023)

The change was signaled by Green Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock during a trip to Israel on Sunday.

10.01.2024 - 09:38 [ Middle East Eye ]

Saudi Arabia still interested in Israel normalisation after war on Gaza ends

Prince Khalid bin Bandar, the Saudi ambassador in London, told the BBC on Tuesday that a normalisation deal was „close“ but the kingdom paused US-brokered talks after the attack on Israel on 7 October by Hamas-led fighters.

„For us, the final end point definitely included nothing less than an independent state of Palestine,“ he said.

10.01.2024 - 09:32 [ US Außenministerium / US State Department ]

Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Al ‘Ula

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Matthew Miller: