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Second strike on tent camp kills 21 people and injures more than 60 near Rafah, Israel denies involvement

A man leans on crutches surrounded by debris from a damaged tent camp

Officials on the ground in Gaza say that at least 12 of the people killed were women. The Israeli army denied it struck the area.

Two days after an Israeli air strike on another camp stirred global condemnation, Gaza emergency services said four tank shells hit a cluster of tents in Al-Mawasi on Tuesday local time — a coastal area that Israel had advised civilians in Rafah to move to for safety.

At least 12 of the dead were women, according to medical officials in Gaza.

The Hamas-run health ministry said at least 64 others were injured. 

The Israeli army denied it struck the area.

Second tent strike in Rafah kills 21 people, Israel denies involvement

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Attack on Rafah ‘safe zone’ is abhorrent – Pearls and Irritations

A view of a makeshift camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on April 18, 2024. US officials have again raised concerns with their Israeli counterparts about Israel's plans for military operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. The White House said representatives of Israel's prime minister had agreed

The Israeli military has repeatedly bombed a designated civilian ‘safe zone’ in Rafah, injuring and mutilating many people and causing a rising number of deaths. Medical response capacity, after many months of targeted attacks on healthcare in Gaza, is severely limited; there is one functioning hospital in Rafah. Injured survivors of the attack may only receive the most rudimentary care, and may suffer greatly – now, and for the rest of their lives.

We, an organisation of healthcare workers, deplore this attack and the ongoing bombing of Rafah.

Source: Attack on Rafah ‘safe zone’ is abhorrent – Pearls and Irritations

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Israel’s Tents Massacre in Rafah Is a Heinous War Crime – ScheerPost

Israel’s response IDF will Review it. Which means they need sufficient time to put the blame on Hamas

In its barbaric retaliation against the ICJ ruling, Israel has bombarded Rafah with massive intensity and unprecedented brutality.

Source: Israel’s Tents Massacre in Rafah Is a Heinous War Crime – ScheerPost

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American-Israeli bombs incinerate women and children in Gaza’s ‘safe zone’ – Pearls and Irritations

Gaza, Gaza, Palestine. 3rd May, 2024. Tents for displaced people are piled up in the city of Rafah, which is threatened by a nearby military operation (Credit Image: © Saher Alghorra/ZUMA Press Wire) EDITORIAL USAGE ONLY! Not for Commercial USAGE!

In a calculated and vicious attack Israel bombed an area in Rafah, Gaza designated as a “safe zone’ by the Israeli military, incinerating women and children and leaving flimsy plastic tents burning in a horrifying conflagration.

Source: American-Israeli bombs incinerate women and children in Gaza’s ‘safe zone’ – Pearls and Irritations

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Even If It Avoids Civil War, Israel’s Final Crisis Looks Cataclysmic! – CounterPunch.org

Albert Einstein’s prophetic warnings of Israel’s disastrous future as early as 1948, we concluded our text with the following observation and, at the same time, prediction:

“Unfortunately, it seems clear that Einstein was right again. With the British now a remote memory, it is indeed true that the descendants of the “terrorist organizations” of 1948 are leading Israel, which is ruled by them, with mathematical precision towards the “final destruction”. A country that may today seem more powerful and arrogant than ever but is in fact living through the worst existential crisis of its history, as it is rotting and disintegrating from the inside. The countdown has already begun and the hour of truth is approaching…(1)

Source: Even If It Avoids Civil War, Israel’s Final Crisis Looks Cataclysmic! – CounterPunch.org

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L’chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty, From Los Angeles to Iran – CounterPunch.org

L’chaim’s opposition to state murder is grounded in the fact that  many at L’chaim like myself – one of its co-founders – are direct descendants of Holocaust survivors. L’chaim carries the torch of one such survivor, Poet Laureate Elie Wiesel, who famously said of capital punishment: “Death is not the answer.”  L’chaim also follows in the footsteps of renowned Jewish theologian Martin Buber, and other Jewish human rights luminaries who opposed the execution of the Nazi mass murderer Adolf Eichmann. Members of L’chaim are keenly aware that the USA continues to carry on the Nazi legacy that is lethal injection, and to erect more and more gas chambers, including those that propose use of Zyklon B, of Auschwitz infamy. L’chaim stands with its partners in Louisiana – the Jews Against Gassing Coalition, chanting loudly together that Jews will “never forget!” As Wiesel said: “With every cell of my being and with every fiber of my memory I oppose the death penalty in all forms. I do not believe any civilized society should be at the service of death. I don’t think it’s human to become an agent of the angel of death.”

Source: L’chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty, From Los Angeles to Iran – CounterPunch.org

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‘It’s Officially Begun’: AIPAC’s Dark Money Super PAC Targets Cori Bush | Common Dreams

Congresswoman Cori Bush

A pro-Israel lobby group’s super political action committee trying to unseat progressive members of Congress who condemn the Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip is this week pouring over a quarter-million dollars into advertising against Rep. Cori Bush.

Source: ‘It’s Officially Begun’: AIPAC’s Dark Money Super PAC Targets Cori Bush | Common Dreams

Informed Comment

Caitlin Johnstone: Knowing How Unfree You Are

If Americans were actually in charge, there would be some option available to them to end the Israeli genocide in Gaza. But when it comes to matters of such importance, they never get a vote.

Source: Caitlin Johnstone: Knowing How Unfree You Are

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Vijay Prashad: Three Evils

“How can a zone be safe in a war zone if it is only unilaterally decided by one part of the conflict?” asked Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA); “It can only promote the false feeling that it will be safe.” Furthermore, on several occasions, Israel has bombed al-Mawasi, the area it says is safe.

On Feb. 20, Israel attacked a shelter operated by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières, killing two family members of the organisation’s staff.

On May 13, an international U.N. staff member was killed after the Israeli army opened fire on a U.N. vehicle, one of the nearly 200 U.N. workers killed in Gaza in addition to the targeted assassination of aid workers.

[On May 26, an Israeli airstrike in Rafah killed at least 45 civilians, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now tries to claim was a “tragic mistake.” The attack, which burned mostly women and children alive, took place two days after the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to stop its Rafah attack.]

Source: Vijay Prashad: Three Evils

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Surveillance and interference: Israel’s covert war on the ICC exposed

ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan sworn in at the seat of the International Criminal Court, 16 June 2021. (ICC-CPI)

For nearly a decade, Israel has been surveilling senior International Criminal Court officials and Palestinian human rights workers as part of a secret operation to thwart the ICC’s probe into alleged war crimes, a joint investigation by +972 Magazine, Local Call, and the Guardian can reveal.

Source: Surveillance and interference: Israel’s covert war on the ICC exposed

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The pitiful decline of Australia’s democratic institutions

Source: The pitiful decline of Australia’s democratic institutions

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Netanyahu Under Fire After Calling Rafah Massacre a ‘Tragic Mistake’ | Common Dreams

Palestinian women weep as one holds the shrouded body of a child killed by an Israeli strike

“This was intentional,” said U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib. “You don’t accidentally kill massive amounts of children and their families over and over again and get to say, ‘It was a mistake.'”

Source: Netanyahu Under Fire After Calling Rafah Massacre a ‘Tragic Mistake’ | Common Dreams

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Israel massacres children, which the Western Press says is fine – Pearls and Irritations

Rafah, Palestinian Territories. 05th May, 2024. Palestinians inspect damaged houses after Israeli warplanes bombed a home for the Al-Shaer family, leading to widespread destruction in the Al-Salam neighbourhood, east of the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Image: Alamy/ Abed Rahim Khatib/dpa/Alamy Live News

Israel has not only completely disregarded the orders of the International Court of Justice to cease its assault on Rafah as we expected it to do, but has actually ramped up its ruthlessness as though trying to make a point. There were reportedly more than 60 Israeli airstrikes on the southernmost city in the Gaza strip in the 48 hours after the ICJ ruling, including a horrifying massacre on a displacement camp full of civilians in tents.

Source: Israel massacres children, which the Western Press says is fine – Pearls and Irritations

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What was the Nakba? And why does 1948 matter so much to Palestinians and Israelis? | Salon.com

The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba, occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes during the 1947-1948 civil war in Palestine and the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. (Pictures From History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s revered founding father and first prime minister, described the partition plan as “the most wonderful lever for the gradual conquest of all of Palestine.”

For many Palestinians, Israel’s war in Gaza and the Hamas attack last October that provoked it are not standalone events, but the culmination of 75 years of abuse and erasure by the Israeli government.

Source: What was the Nakba? And why does 1948 matter so much to Palestinians and Israelis? | Salon.com

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Jewish Students Opposing Gaza Genocide, a Powerful Antidote to Antisemitism – CounterPunch.org

The many Jewish students in the campus encampments, along with other Jews protesting the Gaza phase of the Palestinian Genocide, deserve the highest praise for many reasons.  One reason is that by their deeds they are countering what might otherwise turn into a wave of antisemitism.

Source: Jewish Students Opposing Gaza Genocide, a Powerful Antidote to Antisemitism – CounterPunch.org

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Can Palestinians imagine a future with Israelis after this war?

Palestinians inspect a house that was destroyed in an Israeli air strike, in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, April 24, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

“We were free. It was the most beautiful life. We had everything — our heritage, our trade, and our sea.” My grandfather, who is now 85, still remembers life in Palestine before 1948. There were no restrictions on travel, no checkpoints, no sieges, and no curfews. He grew up in a small village in Jaffa, where life was bustling with activity during the day, and filled with social gatherings at night. His was a community rich in culture and connection.

Source: Can Palestinians imagine a future with Israelis after this war?

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Burning the Indigenous Population up in their Tents is an old Colonial Technique of Genocide

The Israeli air force bombed a refugee tent camp west of Rafah City around 8:45 pm local time on Sunday. The time is important, since +972 Mag reported that the Israeli total war on Gaza is being conducted by AI programs. One of them is called, sadistically, “Daddy’s Home.” The Israelis are tracking Hamas militants through the day but wait to strike at them when they come come at night, ensuring that their wives, children, relatives and friends are also killed. The AI program is set up to allow 15 to 20 noncombatant, civilian deaths for every member of the paramilitary Qassam Brigades killed in the attack. The eight missiles that struck the camp killed 2 Hamas operatives and left others 45 dead, mostly burned up in their flammable tents, the majority women and children.

Source: Burning the Indigenous Population up in their Tents is an old Colonial Technique of Genocide

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Australia, Israel and the ICC. One rule for Ukraine, another for Palestine – Michael West

A different response by Albanese. Gaza and Kiev Square

How many times have you heard Australian political leaders and senior bureaucrats intone our country’s belief in, and strategic reliance on the international community conforming to the ‘rules-based international order’?

But how consistent is a country like Australia likely to be when faced with supporting orders and obligations flowing from last week’s actions of rules-based entities like the International Criminal Court (ICC) and International Court of Justice (ICJ) when it doesn’t suit us or our own domestic values environment? Let alone those espoused by our ally, the United States?

Source: Australia, Israel and the ICC. One rule for Ukraine, another for Palestine – Michael West

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German foreign minister says she saw nonexistent 7 Oct. rape video | The Electronic Intifada

Source: German foreign minister says she saw nonexistent 7 Oct. rape video | The Electronic Intifada

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Election 2024 Donors of America

Trump Makes Sweeping Promises to Donors

May 28, 2024 at 6:04 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 13 Comments

Washington Post: “The remarks are just one example of a series of audacious requests by Trump for big-money contributions in recent months… The pleas for millions in donations come as the presumptive Republican nominee seeks to close a cash gap with Biden and to pay for costly legal bills in his four criminal indictments.”

“Trump sometimes makes requests higher than his team expects to receive, sometimes surprising his own advisers because he is asking for so much money. By frequently tying the fundraising requests within seconds of promises of tax cuts, oil project infrastructure approvals and other favorable policies and asking for sums more than his campaign and the GOP can legally accept from an individual, Trump is also testing the boundaries of federal campaign finance laws, according to legal experts.”

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At least 40 killed in Rafah after Israeli missiles hit camp for displaced | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera

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‘Charred bodies, dismembered limbs’: Israel bombs Rafah camp killing dozens

Doctors without Borders, known by its acronym MSF, said “dozens of wounded” as well as more than 15 of the dead had been brought to a facility that it supports.

“We are horrified by this deadly event, which shows once again that nowhere is safe,” the group wrote on the social media platform X, reiterating its call for an immediate ceasefire.

Source: At least 40 killed in Rafah after Israeli missiles hit camp for displaced | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera

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Israeli Airstrike Kills Dozens Of Palestinians In Rafah | HuffPost Latest News

 

Medics prepare the bodies of Gazans killed in an Israeli strike on a camp in a so-called "safe zone" for displaced Palestinians at a hospital in Rafah on May 26, 2024.

Medics prepare the bodies of Gazans killed in an Israeli strike on a camp in a so-called “safe zone” for displaced Palestinians at a hospital in Rafah on May 26, 2024.
Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images

Earlier Sunday, dozens of aid trucks entered Gaza from southern Israel under a new agreement to bypass the Rafah crossing with Egypt after Israeli forces seized the Palestinian side of it earlier this month. Israel’s military said 126 aid trucks entered via the nearby Kerem Shalom crossing.

But it was not immediately clear if humanitarian groups could access the aid — including medical supplies — because of fighting. The crossing has been largely inaccessible because of Israel’s offensive in Rafah. United Nations agencies say it is usually too dangerous to retrieve the aid. The World Health Organization last week said an expanded Israeli incursion in Rafah would have “disastrous” impact.”

 

Source: Israeli Airstrike Kills Dozens Of Palestinians In Rafah | HuffPost Latest News

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Defense for Children International: “Israeli forces used three children as human shields” | – IMEMC News

He added, “A group of soldiers took me to one of the rooms and began interrogating me. When I told them I knew nothing, one of them threatened me in Arabic and said (I’ll smash you if you don’t talk). Then he physically assaulted me for several minutes before handcuffing my hands behind my back with a plastic tie. They then took me outside and asked me to walk in front of the soldiers.”

 

Source: Defense for Children International: “Israeli forces used three children as human shields” | – IMEMC News

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Geoffrey Robertson

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Let’s be clear, Peter Dutton: prosecuting Netanyahu is not antisemitism

Israelis protest in Tel Aviv on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and call for a deal to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas.
Israelis protest in Tel Aviv on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and call for a deal to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas.Credit: Getty Images

As everyone who uses the word should know, antisemitism means hatred of Jewish people in general, and it is the vilest and most destructive form of race hatred. It is not constituted by condemning the policy or the war tactics of the Israeli government. Dutton’s attempt to conflate the two, and his call on the Australian government to withhold support from an independent international justice process, is shameful.
And history would note the irony that a law forged at Nuremberg to prevent repetition of the sufferings of millions of Jewish people was, 77 years later, dodged and despised by none other than the leader of Israel.

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Biden’s Aid Pier SNAFU washes away in Indictment of US unwillingness to Pressure Israel to stop the Starvation

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It is no fault of the military personnel. Biden was warned that high seas made his aid pier impractical, and with the arrogance of Washington, he ignored the warnings. He was trying to do a favor for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for whom an arrest warrant has been requested by the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor. Netanyahu’s government will fall if the Israeli equivalent of Neo-Nazis in the cabinet withdraw, and they say they will withdraw unless Netanyahu starves all the people of Gaza to death. Of course, 2.2 million emaciated dead bodies would be rather an embarrassment, as well, putting Netanyahu in striking distance of Cambodian genocidaire Pol Pot’s record. So Biden is trying to get the aid in by sea and to have the US take the blame for there still being any Palestinians.

Source: Biden’s Aid Pier SNAFU washes away in Indictment of US unwillingness to Pressure Israel to stop the Starvation

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Cambridge-Trained Physician Back from Gaza: “There’s a very dark side to the Israeli State”
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Remembering Palestinian journalist Amna Homaid | Israel-Palestine conflict | Al Jazeera

Amna Homaid and her baby daughter Duha

Her death was added to the dark statistic of more than 140 journalists and medical workers murdered in Gaza by Israel’s genocidal onslaught, per the count maintained by the Gaza Media Office. This year – like last – more journalists have been killed from Palestine than from any other nation.

Source: Remembering Palestinian journalist Amna Homaid | Israel-Palestine conflict | Al Jazeera

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Hypocrisy: Washington supports the Int’l Criminal Court only when it suits US Interests

Yet, just a year ago, when the ICC issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and another Russian official for alleged international crimes in the Ukraine war, US officials were full of praise for the court. Biden welcomed the action, calling it “justified”.

Source: Hypocrisy: Washington supports the Int’l Criminal Court only when it suits US Interests

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On Gaza, the Media Constantly Parrots the US Government Line

Our mainstream media is acting like state propaganda for an authoritarian regime when it comes to Israel and Gaza. Here are six of the worst examples.

Source: On Gaza, the Media Constantly Parrots the US Government Line

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No more fence sitting … the Australian Government must condemn Israeli genocide! – Pearls and Irritations

21 October 2023, Palestinian Territories, Al Zahra: An aerial view of Madinat Al-Zahra near Khan Yunis. The number of Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip has risen by more than 200 to 4,385 since the beginning of the war with Israel two weeks ago, the Hamas-run Heath Ministry said. Photo: Alamy/ Shadi Tabatibi/dpa

Unfortunately voting “No” in the recent referendum suggests we still do.

We must make it clear to the current Israeli administration that our nation can no longer accept its actions and certainly do not “share its values “

As the International Court of Justice was preparing to release its most recent directive to Israel, Prime Minister Albanese made an encouraging statement declaring that Australia was a sovereign state and would chart its own course, so let us hope that means being guided by international law and the humanity of Australians.

Source: No more fence sitting … the Australian Government must condemn Israeli genocide! – Pearls and Irritations

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Australian moral failure on Gaza – Pearls and Irritations

Waving flag of Israel and Australia.Image:iStock

OOPS! WE’LL INVESTIGATE, CRY THE DOGS OF WAR ONCE AGAIN, & THE CAMP FOLLOWERS, BOW OBEDIENTLY TO REPORT WHAT THEY’RE TOLD TO

For Australia, the urgent challenge is when will we act independently and not be associated with war crimes and genocide.

Source: Australian moral failure on Gaza – Pearls and Irritations

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Time for Israelis to self-reflect and acknowledge responsibility for the war in Gaza – Pearls and Irritations

Gideon Levy lives with an armour-plated target on his back

“For 57 years, Israel has been maintaining a regime of wrongdoing and evil, and now, at last, the world is waking up and starting to act against it. Will it also be able to wake up at least some Israelis from their heedless, twisted sense of justice?” writes senior Haaretz journalist Gideon Levy.

Source: Time for Israelis to self-reflect and acknowledge responsibility for the war in Gaza – Pearls and Irritations

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How Israel’s Shift to the Ultra-Far Right is Leading European Nations to Recognize Palestine

 

According to Mekelberg, a lot has to do with the Israeli government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a key factor being the fact that it is the most far-right in history. “Plus there is the continuous building of settlements and settler violence, which sends the message to the international community that… the government has no interest in peace.”

Source: How Israel’s Shift to the Ultra-Far Right is Leading European Nations to Recognize Palestine

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The New York Times explains how gangsters now Govern Israel – Pearls and Irritations

Once you get into the text, however, the review is withering, arguing that the lawbreakers have become the law makers:

“Bezalel Smotrich, the finance minister and the official in Netanyahu’s government with oversight over the West Bank, was arrested in 2005 by the Shin Bet domestic security service for plotting road blockages to halt the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. He was released with no charges. Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s national security minister, had been convicted multiple times for supporting terrorist organisations and, in front of television cameras in 1995, vaguely threatened the life of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was murdered weeks later by an Israeli student.”

Subsequently, the writers note that:

“Prime Minister Rabin was murdered after rabbis passed what amounted to a death sentence on him for his support of the Oslo peace process.”

Source: The New York Times explains how gangsters now Govern Israel – Pearls and Irritations

ALP Government,

Australia urges Israel to abide by ‘binding’ ruling

Source: Australia urges Israel to abide by ‘binding’ ruling

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Australia’s Anti-ICC Lobby – » The Australian Independent Media Network

LNP-For Sale

Throwing caution to the wind, grasping the nettle, and every little smidgen of opportunity, Australia’s opposition leader, Peter Dutton, was thrilled to make a point in the gurgling tumult of the Israel-Hamas war. Israel’s leaders, he surmised, had been hard done by the International Criminal Court’s meddlesome ways. Best for Australia, he suggested, to cut ties to the body to show its solidarity for Israel.

Source: Australia’s Anti-ICC Lobby – » The Australian Independent Media Network

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The Washington Post’s Mouthpiece for Israel: David Ignatius – ScheerPost

Quislings in American Media…David Ignatius

Tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers and hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese died after these perceptive remarks from Kissinger, a war criminal himself. How many Palestinians will have to die because Israel will not stop the ethnic cleansing of Palestine?

Source: The Washington Post’s Mouthpiece for Israel: David Ignatius – ScheerPost

History

Missing Links in Textbook History: Opposition to War – ScheerPost

If I could change how textbooks report the past, I would ask that they develop the integrity to identify criminality, stupidity and arrogance when these are obvious, but especially when they have led to war. Textbook authors and publishers must be responsible enough to use the past to make it obvious that global relations can never be a zero-sum game. Cries of “China First” or “America First” or “France First” are no better than “Deutschland über alles.”

Source: Missing Links in Textbook History: Opposition to War – ScheerPost

Mark Latham

How many $$$$ to heal a dented ego? – » The Australian Independent Media Network

While serving as Home Affairs minister, Dutton preferred to treat his department as an annex of selective law and order indifferent to the rights and liberties of the human subject. For him, bodies like the ICC exist like a troublesome reminder that human rights do exist and should be the subject of protection, even at the international level.

Source: How many $$$$ to heal a dented ego? – » The Australian Independent Media Network

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The destruction of an entire civil society on the Gaza Strip

When Netanyahu says he’s not in the business of destroying civil society he is. That’s Israeli speak in 2024 and will be remembered and written in the historical record

This war has created a new environment of massive destruction of civil society such as schools, hospitals and institutions. In other words, it has destroyed everything for the Palestinians to live in dignity and peace.

Source: The destruction of an entire civil society on the Gaza Strip

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Israel’s Response to ICJ Order to Halt Rafah Assault? More Bombing | Common Dreams

Civil defense teams and residents carry out search and rescue

Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor chief of communications Muhammad Shehada noted that “Israeli media is gloating that Israel’s response to the ICJ order to halt its Rafah offensive is a series of unusual ‘belt of fire’ attacks in the heart of Rafah,” explaining that the term means “indiscriminately bombing an area with a huge amount of simultaneous airstrikes.”

There were also reports of Israeli strikes in other parts of the Palestinian territory including Gaza City and the Jabalia refugee camp.

Source: Israel’s Response to ICJ Order to Halt Rafah Assault? More Bombing | Common Dreams

Israel

Victim-blaming, manipulation, and denial: How terrorists use language to justify violence – » The Australian Independent Media Network

For the past 7months, Israel and Russia have indulged themselves in terrorist linguistics. Israel in particular has used the the power of the press to close down not just media but individuals with any influence particularly Politicians with potential agency

Victim-blaming, denial and reversal are among the tactics used by terrorists to justify their violent actions and influence audience perceptions of harm and agency, according to a new Charles Darwin University (CDU) study examining the language of some of the world’s most notorious individuals.

Source: Victim-blaming, manipulation, and denial: How terrorists use language to justify violence – » The Australian Independent Media Network

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More House Democrats Say ‘No’ to Netanyahu Speech to Congress | Common Dreams

Netanyahu addresses Congress

Money buys those that say Yes

. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)—who caucuses with Democrats—indicating Wednesday that he would boycott any address by the prime minister and calling the invitation “a terrible idea.”

Sanders told CNN‘s Kaitlan Collins: “Look, you have a prime minister who has created the worst humanitarian disaster in modern history. Israel, of course, had the right to defend itself against the Hamas terrorist attack, but what Netanyahu has done is go to war against—all-out war—against the entire Palestinian people, women and children.”

“Five percent of the population is now dead or wounded. Sixty percent of them are women and children. Some 200,000 housing units have been completely destroyed,” he continued. “Every university in Gaza has been bombed. There is now imminent starvation taking place.”

“So why you would invite somebody who has done such horrific things to the Palestinian people?” Sanders added. “I think it’s a very bad idea.”

Source: More House Democrats Say ‘No’ to Netanyahu Speech to Congress | Common Dreams

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‘The international legal order needs repair — and Gaza is a part of this’

Palestinians at the site of a destroyed building from an Israeli air strike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 5, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Al Mezan director Issam Younis explains the obstacles and opportunities for Palestinians following major interventions from the world’s top courts.

Source: ‘The international legal order needs repair — and Gaza is a part of this’

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Biden and Congress Are Destroying International Law for Israel – ScheerPost

Colonialism failed indigenous Australians who have had a continuous genetic and lived connection to the land for 75 years. Their land rights were usurped and unrecognized from 1778- 1992. Australians recently had the opportunity to recognize and reverse the injustice done in the referendum on the Voice but voted “No”.

Zionists have been Colonizing and voting “No” at the point of a gun continuously for less than 100 years and have been doing it in the 21st Century with the support of America in denial of the majority of nations and peoples of the world

Whether it is through more subtle means, as Biden prefers, or the all-out and blatant assault on the rule of law preferred by Republicans, the end result will be the same. This is a moment of truth for the ICC and for international law in general. The world has already failed Gaza, as it has failed Palestine for a century. If there can at least be some justice after the fact, there might at least be something to build a better world on.

Source: Biden and Congress Are Destroying International Law for Israel – ScheerPost

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World Court orders Israel to halt assault on Rafah

An escalating Israeli assault is forcing hundreds of thousands of people out of Rafah in south Gaza.

The United Nations’ top court has issued a dramatic ruling demanding Israel “immediately halt” its offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, with the humanitarian situation now “disastrous”.

Source: World Court orders Israel to halt assault on Rafah