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Daily Archives: 12. Januar 2024
US and UK carry out strikes against Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen
US President Joe Biden said he ordered the strikes “in direct response to unprecedented Houthi attacks against international maritime vessels in the Red Sea.”
In South Africa’s application, the Background section notes that in past bombings of Gaza, UN fact finding missions found no evidence of Israeli allegations that armed groups used hospitals, but they did find evidence that Israel used Palestinian civilians as human shields.
Brazil backs South Africa‘s ICJ genocide case against Israel
Brazil´s President Lula Da Silva has announced his country’s support for South Africa’s case against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) alleging genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza. The announcement came just hours before the ICJ opens the first session of the hearing in The Hague.
Cuba supports South Africa‘s claim before the International Court of Justice against Israel‘s genocide in Palestine
The Republic of Cuba has been a State Party to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide since 1953 and, in accordance with the commitments undertaken therein, has the obligation to prevent and punish genocide.
In this regard, expresses its support for the claim of the Republic of South Africa to initiate proceedings against Israel in the International Court of Justice, in connection with the violations by that country of its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
Daily death rate in Gaza higher than any other major 21st Century conflict – Oxfam
Israel’s military is killing Palestinians at an average rate of 250 people a day which massively exceeds the daily death toll of any other major conflict of recent years, Oxfam said today, as the escalation of hostilities nears its 100th day.
In addition, over 1,200 people were killed in the horrific attacks by Hamas and other armed groups in Israel on 7 October and 330 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since then.
Sally Abi Khalil, Oxfam’s Middle East Director, said: “The scale and atrocities that Israel is visiting upon Gaza are truly shocking. For 100 days the people of Gaza have endured a living hell. Nowhere is safe and the entire population is at risk of famine.
“It is unimaginable that the international community is watching the deadliest rate of conflict of the 21st century unfold, while continuously blocking calls for a ceasefire.”
“South Africa has presented a confusing & a partial recital of the facts. The truth is that if there has been any genocidal activity in this situation it was the events of 7th of October” Prof Malcolm Shaw representing Israel at the International Court of Justice in Netherlands #SouthAfricavsIsrael
WATCH: Day 2 of SA v Israel on Genocide at World Court
Israel presents its defense on the second day of a two-day hearing at the World Court in South Africa v. Israel on the charge of genocide. Live 4am EST, 10am The Hague.
Craig Murray: Your Man in The Hague — Day 1
I attended the hearing Thursday of South Africa’s case against Israel for genocide at the International Court of Justice. I was able to sit in the public gallery and watch all the proceedings. I was however handicapped in reporting by the fact that we were not allowed pens or pencils (though we were allowed paper).
I asked the Head of Security at the ICJ why pens were not allowed in the public gallery. He told me, with a perfectly straight face, that they could be used as a weapon. So bereft of my deadly ballpoint, this account is less detailed and more impressionistic than I would wish to give you.