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As Israel pushes into Rafah, it exposes an uncomfortable truth: no court alone can protect civilians in war

Palestinians fleeing from Rafah

Legal thinkers can debate the wording of the ICJ’s latest order, and political leaders can debate the power of the court, but the only thing that can end the war is widespread international pressure for both sides to agree to a ceasefire. This includes from powerful nations such as the US.

Thus, it is not the legitimacy of the ICJ that is most urgently in question at the moment, but rather how deeply the world’s most influential powers believe in the role of international institutions to maintain peace and security.

Source: As Israel pushes into Rafah, it exposes an uncomfortable truth: no court alone can protect civilians in war

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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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How Biden’s state department would assess Hitler’s extermination camps – Pearls and Irritations

Starved prisoners, nearly dead from hunger, pose in concentration camp in Ebensee, Austria. The camp was reputedly used for

In conclusion, we cannot say with certainty that we have disproved with undisputed direct evidence the uniform assertions of the Nazi leadership that they are not intentionally operating extermination camps to destroy Jews.

Source: How Biden’s state department would assess Hitler’s extermination camps – Pearls and Irritations

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Aid Agencies Are Running Out of Food as Israel Expands Assault on Rafah – ScheerPost

On Monday, the IDF seized control of the border crossing between Egypt and Gaza near Rafah. That crossing has been used to bring most aid into Gaza since October 7. Since Israel gained control of the Rafah crossing, aid trucks have been unable to deliver food and other lifesaving assistance into Gaza.

Source: Aid Agencies Are Running Out of Food as Israel Expands Assault on Rafah – ScheerPost

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Palestinian Kids in Rafah Can’t “Evacuate” Safely: UNICEF

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Leaflets dropped on 600,000 children telling them to fuck off the Israeli adults were coming

this week into Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military moved swiftly to take control of the Palestinian side of the border crossing with Egypt. The takeover severed the only corridor connecting Palestinians in Gaza to land not controlled by Israel. In a gratuitous symbolic act, an Israeli tank bulldozed the “I love Gaza” monument greeting visitors as they cross into the territory from Egypt.

Source: Palestinian Kids in Rafah Can’t “Evacuate” Safely: UNICEF

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Netanyahu as Lord of the Flies: He has wounded, sickened or starved all 600K Palestinian Children in Rafah – Pearls and Irritations

Catherine Russell, the head of UNICEF, said this week that of the 600,000 children in Rafah, southern Gaza, all of them are either injured, or sick, or malnourished. Much of the Gaza population has been forced south to Rafah by the Israeli military, which had promised them it was a safe zone. She added, “Over 200 days of war have already killed and maimed tens of thousands of children in Gaza.”

Source: Netanyahu as Lord of the Flies: He has wounded, sickened or starved all 600K Palestinian Children in Rafah – Pearls and Irritations

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Nearly All 600,000 Kids in Rafah ‘Injured, Sick, Malnourished,’ Says UNICEF | Common Dreams

Palestinians, including children, collect remaining belongings

A full-scale Israeli assault on the crowded southern Gaza city “would bring catastrophe on top of catastrophe for children.”

Source: Nearly All 600,000 Kids in Rafah ‘Injured, Sick, Malnourished,’ Says UNICEF | Common Dreams

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Intercepted: Mustafa Barghouti on Struggle for Future Amid Gaza Genocide

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The Israeli government is on the brink of a long-feared military offensive against the town of Rafah, where more than 1 million Palestinian civilians have taken shelter from the Israeli campaign in Gaza. An attack on Rafah could trigger the worst humanitarian catastrophe of the war so far, including a potential ethnic cleansing of Gaza as Palestinians are pushed into Egypt. This week on Intercepted, hosts Jeremy Scahill and Murtaza Hussain discuss the current state of the war as well as the ongoing Palestinian campaign for political unity with Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, a physician and general secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative. Barghouti speaks about the current humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the role of the U.S. in facilitating the war, and his own political future and that of the Palestinian national movement in the wake of this crisis.

Source: Intercepted: Mustafa Barghouti on Struggle for Future Amid Gaza Genocide

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What comes after Rafah

THIS IS a very important Independent Australia editorial because the world is at a crucial stepping point, a junction, a crisis, where whichever path is chosen will dictate the next 30, or maybe 50, years for global peace.

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Rafah May Prove the Most Dire Moment in Israel’s War on Gaza

An invasion of Rafah would be the most dangerous stage of Israel’s genocide of Palestinians yet, causing death on a scale unseen even in these four months of sheer brutality.

Source: Rafah May Prove the Most Dire Moment in Israel’s War on Gaza

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There is No Place for the Palestinians of Gaza to Go – CounterPunch.org

As I speak with Saleem the sound of the Israeli advance can be heard in the distance. “I don’t know when we can speak next,” he says. “I don’t know where I will be.”

Source: There is No Place for the Palestinians of Gaza to Go – CounterPunch.org

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Updated: “Israel’s Missiles Kill 100, Injure 300, In Rafah” | – IMEMC News

Updated: Since the early morning hours Monday, Israel’s missiles have killed nearly 100 Palestinians, and injured at least 300, including many women and children …

Source: Updated: “Israel’s Missiles Kill 100, Injure 300, In Rafah” | – IMEMC News

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“Where Can We Go?”: Terror, Panic Set In as Israel Readies to Invade Rafah

A Palestinian wounded in the Israeli bombardment sits in a hospital In Rafah, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Palestinians in Rafah’s rapidly growing makeshift camps talk about all they have lost and endured throughout four months of Israel’s war on Gaza.

Source: “Where Can We Go?”: Terror, Panic Set In as Israel Readies to Invade Rafah

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Israeli Plan to Evacuate Rafah by Force Sparks Warnings of ‘Ethnic Cleansing’

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How the West was spun,

One Palestinian human rights group called Israel’s evacuation orders “a pretext to push Gaza’s population closer to the border with Egypt in preparation for their mass deportation.”

Source: Israeli Plan to Evacuate Rafah by Force Sparks Warnings of ‘Ethnic Cleansing’