Israel vs Palestine/Lebanon/Iran/Yemen/Syria: a New Middle East War

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https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/01/the-icj-could-not-order-a-general-ceasefire-it-ordered-israel-to-cease-fire.html#more

The ICJ could not order a General Ceasefire. It ordered Israel to Cease Fire.

The responses by U.S. main stream media to the ICJ judgment on Israel are moronic.
Neither of these headlines is completely true nor do they reflect the court's order:

• U.N. Court Orders Israel to Prevent Genocide, but Does Not Demand Stop to War - NYT, Jan 26, 2024
• U.N. court orders Israel to halt killings in Gaza, but no cease-fire - WaPo, Jan 26, 2024
• World Court Rejects Demand for Gaza Cease-Fire - WSJ, Jan 26, 2024

No legal scholar expected the International Court of Justice to order a general ceasefire.

The court could not order a general ceasefire because its jurisdiction covers only one of the waring parties. An order for a general ceasefire would require that all parties of a conflict are nation states and have signed the Genocide Convention. Hamas however is not a state and is not a signatory of the Genocide Convention and thus not under the ICJ's jurisdiction.

So the court did indeed not order a ceasefire.

It could not.

But the court ordered Israel to cease fire.

Point 85/86 of the court's order says:

85. The Court deems it necessary to emphasize that all parties to the conflict in the Gaza Strip are bound by international humanitarian law. It is gravely concerned about the fate of the hostages abducted during the attack in Israel on 7 October 2023 and held since then by Hamas and other armed groups, and calls for their immediate and unconditional release.

86. For these reasons,

THE COURT,

Indicates the following provisional measures: (1) By fifteen votes to two,
The State of Israel shall, in accordance with its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, in relation to Palestinians in Gaza, take all measures within its power to prevent the commission of all acts within the scope of Article II of this Convention, in particular:
(a) killing members of the group;
(b) causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
...

The court clearly orders Israel to take all(!) measure to prevent the killing or wounding of Palestinians.

In short: The court orders Israel to cease fire.

All of it. Now.

The mainstream media try to obfuscate that order with a reference to a general ceasefire which would have to include an order to all parties of the conflict.

That three of the leading media are using similar headlines and a similar obfuscation of the actual judgment points to a concerted propaganda campaign well prepared in advance of the today's order.

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[Ravenlocke]

https://x.com/TheCradleMedia/status/1750890564554305730

https://thecradle.co/articles/cia-mo...arab-officials

CIA, Mossad chiefs to hold Gaza truce talks with Arab officials
Hebrew media said Israel hopes to use the talks to secure joint Qatari-Egyptian pressure on Hamas
CIA director William Burns and Mossad chief David Barnea are set to meet with Qatari officials in a European capital over the weekend to discuss a new truce initiative, according to Al-Jazeera.

“The CIA’s William Burns and Mossad chief David Barnea will meet with Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani in Europe over the weekend,” sources told the outlet.

A source told Reuters that Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel will also be present at the meetings.

Just two days ago, Reuters reported that progress has been made in a new Qatari-Egyptian-US mediated truce initiative.

The initiative aims to secure “a 30-day ceasefire in Gaza when Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners would be released.” However, Hamas has said that no agreement that does not include an end to the war would be accepted.

An Israeli spokesman affirmed on Tuesday that Tel Aviv will not accept a ceasefire that leaves Hamas in power and the prisoners unreleased.

Hamas confirmed its terms for an agreement in a statement released on 25 January.

Hamas will release Israeli prisoners being held in Gaza only “if the occupying state releases the Palestinian prisoners detained” in its prisons.

“The Zionist enemy must end its 18-year siege of Gaza and enter all necessary aid for population relief and reconstruction,” the statement concludes.

According to Hebrew news outlet Channel 12, Israel aims to use the upcoming truce talks “to unify the path of Qatari and Egyptian mediation in order to exert joint pressure on Hamas.”

“Hamas must recognize that Israel won't agree to [its] demand that it commit to ending the war as part of a hostage deal … Hamas' demand regarding the number of Palestinian prisoners it wants to be released as part of a deal is too high,” an Israeli official told Axios on 25 January.

Over 100 Israeli prisoners remain captives in the Gaza Strip. The majority of them are soldiers from the Israeli military. Thousands of Palestinians, many of whom are held without charge, remain detained across Israeli prisons.

The upcoming truce talks between the US, Israeli, Qatari, and Egyptian officials come as clashes rage across the entirety of the strip, most prominently the southern city of Khan Yunis – where indiscriminate bombardment by Israel’s air force is ongoing.

The city’s main hospitals remain besieged by the Israeli army. Israeli snipers shot at Palestinians attempting to leave Khan Yunis’ Al-Amal hospital on Friday.

According to Gaza health authorities, at least 183 people have been killed in the past 24 hours.

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https://x.com/ejmalrai/status/1750975750193160220

[bojancan]

Now it’s time for Benjamin Netanyahu to Abdicate!

Diana Butu... I like her!
Free Palestine!


What Does the ICJ's Provisional Ruling Mean for Gaza? Experts Preview Political Pressure on Israel

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=q-EZS51CoP8

[Rawhide68]

I feel I have to give you all a tip of a channel on youtube I have found from USA speaking truth about the wars in Ukraine and in Gaza among other things.

Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom

Example

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=D9po-aAd-jg

I live in Sweden, so I might be on/off the hook here, or what do you who live in USA think about info from this channel Judge Napolitano?
I'm curious to know

Thanks in advance!

[shaberon]

Still at it:

The command of the Yemeni Armed Forces issued on Friday a statement which indicates that the Yemen’s navy fired missiles at a British oil ship, which led to the burning of the vessel.

“In vindication of the oppressed Palestinian people and in support and solidarity with our brothers in the Gaza Strip, and within the response to the American-British aggression against our country, Yemeni naval forces carried out a targeting operation on the British oil ship (MARLIN LUANDA) In the Gulf of Aden, using a number of appropriate naval missiles, the strike was direct, and resulted the burning of the vessel,” the statement read by the military spokesman General Yahya Sarea.

And, oh:

The Yemeni Armed Forces clashed fiercely with multiple American destroyers and warships in the Gulf of Aden and the Strait of Bab al-Mandeb, according to Brigadier General Yahya Saree, the spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces.

During a press conference held earlier today, Saree confirmed that the confrontation lasted over two hours and yielded remarkable results. He revealed, “We successfully hit an American warship directly, forcing two American merchant ships to retreat and head back.” The Yemeni military deployed a series of ballistic missiles, marking their determination to defend their homeland.

Saree further disclosed that amidst the exchange, the Yemeni ballistic missiles managed to find their targets, defeating the attempts of the US warships to intercept them. This highlights the advanced capabilities of the Yemeni Armed Forces, urging nations to take note of their unwavering resilience.

One significant message conveyed by Saree was that the Yemeni Armed Forces continue to impose a blockade on Israeli navigation in the Red Sea. This bold action includes preventing Israeli ships and ships heading towards “Israel” from accessing the ports of occupied Palestine until the relentless aggression on Gaza ceases, and the blockade is lifted.

Sounds like someone's not getting their way on demand.

Actually, I suppose nobody is, but some have accustomed themselves to it.

[Bill Ryan]

Posted by Rawhide68 (here)
I feel I have to give you all a tip of a channel on youtube I have found from USA speaking truth about the wars in Ukraine and in Gaza among other things.

Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom

Example

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=D9po-aAd-jg

I live in Sweden, so I might be on/off the hook here, or what do you who live in USA think about info from this channel Judge Napolitano?
I'm curious to know

Thanks in advance!

I agree completely, and I watch his channel every day. Each week he interviews Scott Ritter, Douglas Macgregor, Larry Johnson, Ray McGovern, Jeffrey Sachs, John Mearsheimer, Max Blumenthal, Lawrence Wilkerson, and others as well.

He's a good interviewer, too: aware, informed, entertaining, emphatic, and he rarely offers a personal opinion I don't agree with strongly.

[Rawhide68]

How do we get to peace?

I found this podcast worth of putting up here.
This simple way to let it out in a debate of whats wrong.

Our rulers or "politicians" need to have a debate like this eye to eye with respect for each other.

This interview moved me to tears!

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=QUEy9ZhyVzM

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Posted by Ravenlocke (here)

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The sheer level of cruelty and pettiness of this is off the charts, even by US standards.

In what seems to be a direct response to the ICJ ruling, ordering Israel (and consequently its main backer the US) to "take immediate and effective measures to enable the provision of
urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance to address the adverse conditions of life
faced by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip"... the US decides to cut funding for the main UN agency that's in charge of humanitarian assistance in Gaza.

The excuse given is allegations by Israel that some UNWRA staff were involved in the 7th Oct attack but 1) Israel has been making these accusations for months (so the timing of cutting funding TODAY corresponds to the ICJ ruling) and 2) UNWRA has announced it's terminated the contracts of the staff members accused and launched an investigation, so it obviously doesn't condone this. All in all, it's painfully obvious it's either retaliation for the ICJ ruling, or a PR move to move the conversation away from the devastating ruling, or a way to establish an excuse for not being able to abide by the ruling. Or the 3 together.

In any case, yet another act by the US that'll be remembered in history as just pure genocidal cruelty.

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🇺🇸🇮🇱‍🇵🇸 Since the start of Israel’s bombardment in retaliation for Hamas’s strike on October 7, "Israel" has dropped more than 29,000 bombs on the tiny Gaza Strip, according to a U.S. intelligence reports in a new tab last month.

TARGETING INTELLIGENCE — The information used to conduct airstrikes and fire long-range artillery weapons — has played a central role in Israel’s siege of Gaza. A document obtained through the Freedom of Information Act suggests that the U.S. Air Force sent officers specializing in this exact form of intelligence to Israel in late November.

https://theintercept.com/2024/01/11/...-intelligence/

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https://x.com/Resist_05/status/1751204170227720514

https://x.com/dana916/status/1751270045966012666

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🇺🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸Likud Ministers endorse colonisation plans for Gaza: 'We will claim this land'.

'Securing our sovereignty means expanding our borders', declares an Israeli official. The contentious conference, 'Victory Convention: Conquer and Colonise Gaza', has drawn criticism for its aggressive stance.

Key figures of 20 Israeli ministers and deputies, including Yossi Dogan and Daniella Weis from the Likud party, advocate for the settlement expansion in Gaza, with Weis revealing, Seven new settlements are set to fortify the Gaza frontier.

UkraineHumanRightsAbuses

https://x.com/dana916/status/1751296506408136981

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⚡️BREAKING

The most damaging strike by the Yemenis to date

The situation for the British oil ship looks pretty bad

Almost a day after the Yemeni attack, the Marlin Luanda, loaded with highly flammable jet fuel, is still burning and the crew has not managed to extinguish the fire

https://x.com/IranObserver0/status/1751218224367116518

https://x.com/AryJeay/status/1751208560845877335

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BREAKING:

⚡ 🇨🇦🇮🇱 CANADA:

"We will continue supporting Israel despite ICJ ruling"

Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mélanie Joly said her country does not accept the premise of the genocide case brought by South Africa against Israel.

“Canada will continue to support Israel’s right to exist and defend itself.”

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The IDF says it is further increasing its preparedness on the northern border, publishing footage from recent "intensive" training exercises carried out by the 226th Reserve Paratroopers Brigade.

"As part of the process of increasing readiness on the northern border, the Northern Command held intensive training sessions last week to strengthen competence and readiness for the moment of decision," the IDF says in a statement.

The 226th Brigade, under the 146th Division, with combat engineers, tanks, artillery, and other infantry forces, carried out drills simulating fighting in urban areas more applicable to Lebanon, amid winter weather, according to the IDF.

Since the beginning of the war in the Gaza Strip, the IDF says it has carried out more than 100 days worth of drills, including 40 battalion-level exercises.

The drills come amid repeated attacks by Hezbollah and allied Palestinian terror groups in Lebanon on northern Israel, with fears of a wider conflict.

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🇩🇿🇺🇳 Algeria to request UN Security Council meeting to implement the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on Israel

"The Permanent Mission of Algeria to the UN has received instructions from the republic’s president, Abdelmajid Tebboune, to request that the UN Security Council be convened as soon as possible for the implementation of the ruling issued by the ICJ regarding the provisional measures imposed on the Israeli occupation," Algeria’s foreign ministry said.

Algeria believes that the ICJ’s ruling will put an end to the "impunity era" in Israel’s actions against Palestine.

On Friday, the ICJ ordered Israel to take all measures to prevent acts that fall under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip.


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[bojancan]

OMG.... my mind just don't get it anymore.... I think, it matters not now anymore.. who started, what and when.... or who is to blame or not to blame.... I came to conclusion, that now matters more, how this ends....
And we all know the answer.... Reality is here..... there will be no ceasefire... until Bibi is on the throne!

Israel-Hamas War | Healthcare crisis in Gaza - Monica Genya elaborates

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rPuCuYO3JDk