Indeed, Exile. Angels in the form of white kites looking down at us radiating love. A point of relaxed focus as the band-aid is ripped off. Thanks, Refaat.
Off to warble sweet nothings in the bushes!

Posted by: titmouse | Jan 27 2024 17:37 utc | 3

So the the ICJ ruling in less than 2 days has been met with scorn by the west, thats clear from the wests actions and words.
And that is countrys who signed up to the anti-Genicide agreement.
Thats a dreadfull mile stone for humanity.
Genicide on this day has become normalised.
If you are american or english be very worried, look what they did to the Ukraine public useing their proxy leader zelensky.
American and englands public will be the next cannon fodder.
Conscription anyone ? Mmmm

Posted by: Mark2 | Jan 27 2024 17:39 utc | 5

American and englands public will be the next cannon fodder.
Conscription anyone ? Mmmm
Posted by: Mark2 | Jan 27 2024 17:39 utc | 5
No, the “superiors” never do anything. Migrants should be worried, they’re the cannon fodder. But first the ukro migrants will be sent back. Then we’ll see who is next for depopulation

Posted by: rk | Jan 27 2024 18:02 utc | 7

rk @ 7
There it is right there in your own comment thats how they tricked you.
No no no mark2 were the superiors !
Well who told you that )))))) ?
Zelensky told the Ukraine public they were superior and should join the west.
Trumps the new azov and banderite leader, you got that choice or the vegtable.
All pumped up with suppressed hatered.
like a loaded gun, triggerd and ready.
Guns are blind rk, remember that.

Posted by: Mark2 | Jan 27 2024 18:17 utc | 9

regarding my post above, some further details.
https://ccrjustice.org/home/press-center/press-releases/gaza-genocide-lawsuit-against-biden-has-day-court-palestinians

Posted by: Osori | Jan 27 2024 18:39 utc | 11

With 4,000,000+ unique visitors per month – MoA is one of the most read independent media platforms. The authorities have been aware of MoA for a very long time. 😀

Posted by: Exile | Jan 27 2024 19:13 utc | 13

it reminds me of the Biblical command issued to Abraham to kill Isaac as a sacrifice…
@ ZT | Jan 27 2024 17:39 utc | 4
The story of Abraham’s abortive sacrifice of Isaac (“he will laugh”) is central to the “Jewish Renewal” teaching of Oakland’s Michael Lerner:

Lerner, a rabbi in ALEPH [no relation to Aleph_Null]: Alliance for Jewish Renewal, promotes the concept of Jewish Renewal, a small Jewish movement that he describes as “positive Judaism”, rejecting what he considers to be ethnocentric interpretations of the Torah.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Lerner_(rabbi)#Positive_Judaism
In Lerner’s reading of that story, the first voice, suggesting the sacrifice, was a divine imposter. The second voice, calling it off, was the true voice of God. So there’s the tricky bit: distinguishing the false voice from the true voice.
I think it’s a beautifully enlightened reading, but my friend who cares about Palestine, and knows Lerner as a “liberal Zionist,” didn’t want to hear it. Sometimes it’s hard to tell the singer from the song.

Posted by: Aleph_Null | Jan 27 2024 19:20 utc | 15

Well you were caught with your hands in the till
And you still got to swallow your pill
As you slip and you slide down the hill
On the blood of the people you killed
Stop the killing now
Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now
Do it, do it, do it, do it, now
All the dude was saying,
Was give peace a chance.
Unfortunately the vast vast majority of Americans simply have no real concern with far away things, like war. They’re kept uninformed and are too busy, stupid or lazy minded to think beyond their immediate needs. And even if they can think enough, they dont have the time or resources to do anything about the psychopaths who hold power.
You know, it no longer seems kooky to consider the proposition that this country is controlled by satanic pedophilic daemonic entities.
Oh well.

Posted by: Dogtired | Jan 27 2024 19:25 utc | 17

Posted by: JewsUberAlles | Jan 27 2024 18:58 utc | 15
Jews are the master race, GOD’S chosen people, we didn’t ask for this burden GOD chose us. We’re allowed to kill cattle (like the terrorists muzzis) at our hearts content, as the Frogs recently said, Israel (Amen) can’t commit genocide because of the Holocaust. b is a Holocaust deniner and antisemitic, I’ve reported him and his blog to the appropriate authorities.
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What is disturbing is that too many young Jews are taught this nonsense. Remember if you will, The Jews were almost completely exterminated by a vicious German sect during the second world war. Were it not for the goys of Russia and the Western Allies, that extermination would have been completed you may not have been writing here today, and I say thank God it is not the case. Even an ass like you is worth saving from such injustice. The Jewish zionist state of Israel supported by the zionist owned (by bribery) US and UK governments, are performing the exact same type of genocide on Arab Palestinians as we write on this blog. An act which you proudly endorse. Which makes you, in spirit, every bit as bad as the NAZIs who murdered innocent Jews in WW2. If you were thinking straight, you would be vehemently opposed to this.

Posted by: Áobh Ó’Sheachnasaigh | Jan 27 2024 19:47 utc | 19

Now also in the West Bank

Footage shows the moment an Israeli bulldozer was targeted with an explosive device by Palestinian resistance forces in occupied West Bank

https://t.me/presstv/86057

Posted by: Norwegian | Jan 27 2024 19:50 utc | 21

Exiled – With 4,000,000+ unique visitors per month – MoA is one of the most read independent media platforms. The authorities have been aware of MoA for a very long time. 😀
That number is not correct. The Typepad statistics (not reliable) say that there are on average about 100,000 pageviews per day on MoA. The average visitor causes two pageviews. (Active commentators many more.) The numbers can (and do) easily double or triple when there is something serious going on which I write about. Links from other big blogs or websites can also cause lots of additional views.
There are thus about 50,000 visitors per day. I do not know how many of those are ‘unique’ as some people visit multiple times per day.
The blog isn’t small. But it is also not big.
Anyway, the authorities are certainly aware of it.

Posted by: b | Jan 27 2024 19:56 utc | 23

@ b | Jan 27 2024 19:56 utc | 23 with the web stats update/perspective….thanks for that
Pepe Escobar has a posting up that is a good summary of our Great Game board
https://sputnikglobe.com/20240125/pepe-escobar-five-variables-defining-our-future-1116381887.html
ZH has a posting up with the title
British Oil Tanker On Fire For Several Hours After Houthi Attack, Dramatic Photos Show
The obfuscation quote

Last weekend, US Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer said military actions to deter the Houthis and other groups backed by Iran would take time.
“Deterrence is not a light switch,” Finer told ABC, trying to explain why nobody takes the US seriously any more. “We are taking out these stockpiles so they will not be able to conduct so many attacks over time. That will take time to play out.”
In its update on the incident, the UK Navy advised ships to transit with caution and said authorities are responding.
Earlier Friday, missiles exploded near a Panama-flagged, India-affiliated ship carrying barrels from Russia, according to Ambrey. Although a Houthi spokesman told the Russian newspaper Izvestia last week that Russian and Chinese ships sailing through the Red Sea would be safe, Friday’s attack was the third in the vicinity of a vessel that had previously called on a Russian port.

What do they expect people to think when they say things like “Friday’s attack was the third in the vicinity of a vessel that had previously called on a Russian port.”
Lets refer to everything but the stated reasons for the Yemen activities and the vessels targeted…../s

Posted by: psychohistorian | Jan 27 2024 20:22 utc | 25

By Ramzy Baroud
The following comments were presented by Dr. Ramzy Baroud, editor-in-chief of The Palestine Chronicle, at a private conference on the Israeli genocide in Gaza, held in London on January 27. The London Conference was attended by leading legal scholars and politicians from around the world, especially the Global South.
I had the chance to think more about the ruling by the International Court of Justice regarding the ongoing genocide in Gaza. And, while I still believe that the decision is historic, I fully understand and share the disappointment of those who are not celebrating the outcome of the hearing.
I think some of us have approached this case with different expectations than others.
Personally, like millions of Palestinians in Gaza, I was hoping that there would be some kind of a direct reference to a ceasefire that cannot be misinterpreted by the United States and Israel.
Unfortunately, that did not happen. Now, the Israelis and their American partners are saying that since the Court did not deny us the right to self-defense and did not call for an immediate ceasefire, from an international law perspective, we are not under the obligation to stop the war.
Even John Kirby, the Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council in the White House, has found in the ruling an opportunity to claim that, in some parts, the ICJ decision is consistent with the US position: that Israel should conduct itself carefully in Gaza to minimize civilian casualties, should allow for greater access to humanitarian aid, and that sort of thing.
True, the US has been saying this as of late, but its declared political position did not prevent it from financing and fully backing the Israeli genocide.
Even the Israeli judge at the ICJ voted in favor of two of the rulings that demanded the facilitation of humanitarian aid and ending the genocidal rhetoric within Israel itself.
The truth is Palestinians have no faith in the international and legal system, and I do not think that the ICJ ruling has fundamentally altered this position.
What the ruling has achieved is, per the words of a dear friend of mine, ushered in a new historical chapter in which Israel is no longer immune to legal accountability. This explains Netanyahu’s angry stance yesterday when he called the ICJ’s ruling shameful for generations to come.
But that’s not what Gaza wanted. Gaza wanted an immediate halt to the genocide, which has, sadly, not been achieved.
Now, the discussion will go back to the UN Security Council, where the US and Israel, and possibly some of their lackeys, e.i. The UK could argue that a draft resolution for an immediate ceasefire has no legal justification since the ICJ did not call for one directly. And that’s the real shame and disappointment for the ICJ ruling, which created this grey area that will be used, abused and manipulated by Israel to continue with this genocide.
I am sorry for my people, family and friends in Gaza who were hoping to hear the word ‘ceasefire’, which could have started a real discussion about ending the war.
It goes without saying that, so far, nothing has been effective in influencing the events from the ground, aside from the Palestinian Resistance itself and the resilience, patience, and faith of the Palestinian people, within the Gaza Strip.
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/as-we-celebrate-gaza-is-disappointed-with-icj-ruling-this-is-why/

I personally never expected the Court to effect a ceasefire, however I do feel that doing so is the single greatest, and urgent, priority the situation clearly demands of the world community. Any Palestinians who hoped that the ICJ would help them in this regard must be deeply disappointed.
Unfortunately, the world order being what it is, such a thing cannot yet be. After Oct 7th I was personally expecting more from the multipolarist bloc, now including many more players in the region, but am not in the slightest surprised that little thus far has been forthcoming. That said, a far greater degree of inter-regional ‘Resistance’ coordination seems in play – though some barflies bristle at the suggestion – which bodes well for the future.
Meanwhile the way innocent Palestinians have to keep paying such a high price is an ongoing heart-rending injustice I personally find extremely difficult to contemplate and which the ICJ Court did nothing to alleviate.
Not as bad as it could be, but not as good as it should be.

Posted by: Scorpion | Jan 27 2024 20:30 utc | 27

Posted by: psychohistorian | Jan 27 2024 20:22 utc | 26
That’s the thing. They expect people to not think. It’s a reasonable expectation given the inability or unwillingness of most people to think critically and in the abstract. And possess the attentuon span of a fruit fly.

Posted by: Dogtired | Jan 27 2024 20:36 utc | 29

Anyway, the authorities are certainly aware of it.
Posted by: b | Jan 27 2024 19:56 utc | 23
And by extension, said authorities are and likely have been for some time, performing analysis on commentators here. With the advent of “AI” and its ability to rapidly make ‘social engineering’ connections across multiple platforms including blogs, social media (FB, Twitter), and other sites’ comment sections (WaPo, WSJ, NYT, Disqus, Scheerpost, ZeroHedge, Consortium News, etc.) as well as the enhanced ability to make rapid syntactical comparisons between comments, it is also likely that the authorities and their useful idiots have successfully (internally, for now) doxed numerous members of this and other online ‘communities’.
This is to say nothing of the likely ‘back doors’ and other built-in ‘breaches’ on the registration systems of some of those sites, but also with the active sharing of such information by the main operators of the same sites/platforms (FB, WordPress, etc.).
I hope I’m wrong, but I doubt it.

Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Jan 27 2024 20:39 utc | 31

Anyway, the authorities are certainly aware of it.
Posted by: b | Jan 27 2024 19:56 utc | 23
I just had a long comment to the effect that in addition to the authorities being aware of MOA, they are also assuredly working to dox those who comment here and elsewhere. I think what got my comment auto-flushed was spelling out the name of ZH, the mention of which was highly incidental to the spirit and message in my comment. Anyway, I should have copied it first, but the gist is that the authorities are using AI to identify commentators through its ability to rapidly cross reference syntactical styles, usernames, etc. across multiple “dissident” and “establishment” media and social media outlets online.

Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Jan 27 2024 20:42 utc | 33

@ waynorinorway | Jan 27 2024 20:28 utc | 26
thanks! i appreciate your wisdom and insights… i am unable to keep up with the threads, but i do appreciate some specific posters contributions here – yours especially.. i will watch this video you’ve shared.. thanks..

Posted by: james | Jan 27 2024 20:46 utc | 35

NICE TIMING FOR THE UNRWA ALLEGATIONS (!) AS THE FT ITSELF SPELLS OUT ALTHOUGH I DOUBT THE MISDIRECTION PLAY WILL WORK:
Top UN court orders Israel to comply with international law on genocide
ICJ findings come as UN Palestinian relief agency dismisses several employees over alleged involvement in Hamas attack

Posted by: Jonathan W | Jan 27 2024 20:56 utc | 37

There’s been rumors that an invasion of South Lebanon is to be expected very soon.

Posted by: liveload | Jan 27 2024 21:02 utc | 39

Posted by: liveload | Jan 27 2024 21:02 utc | 38
If/when that happens, TSHTF and how wide the fire spreads is anybody’s guess. Where are you reading this, if I may ask?

Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Jan 27 2024 21:06 utc | 41

I don’t see how an Israeli invasion of Lebanon will end well. Not at all. Did they not learn anything from their previous failure?
I know they are following the German WWII blueprint but does that include a two front war, too?

Posted by: mtw | Jan 27 2024 21:06 utc | 43

So following an accusation from Israel, about 400’000 people are in danger of dying from starvation and lack of help. What is really sick are the number of posts on x welcoming this. (The twelve people are used to kill thousands?)
Posted by: Stonebird | Jan 27 2024 21:06 utc | 41

An accusation based on testimony from imprisoned Palestinians who (according to released incarcerated Palestinians) are subject to abuse and torture, and an allegation not proven in ANY court of law.
It’s their way of saying, “payback is a b*tch”.

Posted by: mtw | Jan 27 2024 21:09 utc | 45

Posted by: liveload | Jan 27 2024 21:02 utc | 38
If/when that happens, TSHTF and how wide the fire spreads is anybody’s guess. Where are you reading this, if I may ask?
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Jan 27 2024 21:06 utc | 40
https://t.me/IntelRepublic/33395
https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/4836
https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/4837

Posted by: liveload | Jan 27 2024 21:12 utc | 47

Tom_Q_Collins | Jan 27 2024 21:06 utc | 40
There are several X threads showing Tanks (3 at a time, oooh-aah) firing into the distance and soldiers running aimlessly about the countryside, that are supposed to show a build up and “training” of IDF forces.
Propaganda, except that at the moment, the IOF are bombing Syria less from Lebanese airspace (Russian overflying Golan) and the directions for land expansion of the Zionist project – Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan now have much larger armed forces guarding them.
Where else can they flail about?

Posted by: Stonebird | Jan 27 2024 21:17 utc | 49

Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Jan 27 2024 21:18 utc | 49
2024: Biden justifies cutting UN aid to Gaza with testimony by Palestinian detainees tortured into confession by Israeli security services.”
That’s the way it’s done.
But as starvation (etc) is a part of genocide, then I wonder if those seven countries really realise they are now included in the recent ruling at the Hague.

Posted by: Stonebird | Jan 27 2024 21:27 utc | 51

Tom_Q_Collins | Jan 27 2024 20:42 utc | 32
***… the gist is that the authorities are using AI to identify commentators through its ability to rapidly cross reference syntactical styles, usernames, etc. across multiple “dissident” and “establishment” media and social media outlets online.***
Automation of what they would have been doing for decades….
FWIW (though not a lot) at least I knew I was ‘listed’ years ago.
Simply not important or effective enough for them to priority focus on.
Suppose with using AI they will now have capacity to deal with lesser irritants as well.

Posted by: Cynic | Jan 27 2024 21:35 utc | 53

Posted by: Mark2 | Jan 27 2024 19:18 utc | 14
Your spelling and grammar are a crime, that’s for sure. People will take you more seriously if you stop writing like a seven year old.

Posted by: Patroklos | Jan 27 2024 21:38 utc | 55

But that’s not what Gaza wanted. Gaza wanted an immediate halt to the genocide, which has, sadly, not been achieved.
Posted by: Scorpion | Jan 27 2024 20:30 utc | 27
That is the problem. It is a historic achievement, it will eventually have consequences for Israel–only through pressure by the general public–but it does nothing to stop the killing NOW.
Even if Israel would not have complied, the ICJ should have done its part. The ICJ has revealed its true colours. South Africa’s work was so good there’s no way they could throw the case out.
ICJ just resorted to really generic stuff: don’t kill, and to save your own asses in the future allow some aid and STFU about your genocidal plans.
They absolutely could have ordered Israel to halt military operations exactly as they ordered Russia to do so out of concern for the “impact on Ukrainian civilians”.
No I do not buy the utter bullshit that the circumstances of the case were different. The intent of the law is still the same: prevent irreparable harm. And they have FAILED. They have left everything at Israel’s discretion.
Clearly Palestinian lives matter less than Ukrainian ones.
In the 24 hours since the ICJ announcement Israel’s “genocide prevention” has killed almost 200, injured over 300.
The reaction of Motaz Azaiza, Gaza’s most famous journalist, the young guy who recently evacuated in what was for him a heartbreaking decision summed it up: Fuck the ICJ.
He has a right to say that. For over a 100 days, as a freelancer, he brought the story of Gaza to tens of millions of people. His was the most followed account on insta and twitter. He showed everything raw, participated in rescues, was almost killed himself, received death threats. He had many of his own family killed.
In a short subtitled clip of an interview with Al Jazeera Arabic he talked about how it was so hard, but how feeling safe is welcome. That maybe he can help more from outside because life had become so impossible. 119 journalists killed.
So yes, everyone needs to become a Yemeni now and use the ICJ ruling as best as they can to pressure their politicians etc. but for Gaza every day that passes means another 200 people dead, another 300 to 400 injured. Al Nasser Hospital apparently has four days of fuel left.

Posted by: pq | Jan 27 2024 21:44 utc | 57

@liveload | Jan 27 2024 21:02 utc | 38

There’s been rumors that an invasion of South Lebanon is to be expected very soon.

Well. Hezbollah in Lebanon is far more powerful than Hamas in Gaza. We have seen how the Israeli forces have been unable to defeat Hamas in their drive for genocide on the Palestinian people. I do not believe they will be any more successful against Hezbollah, to put it that way.

Posted by: Norwegian | Jan 27 2024 21:50 utc | 59

hmmm Netyanhu complains about the ICJ findings just before Israel Holicaust observation Day.. great deliberate timing by South Africa?????
Presume S A.and friends supporters are continually monitoring Isr since the start of their action …are they-anyone- permitted to provide additional evidence even before Oct 7??
Is ICJ cross checking media for their own monitoring eg aljazeera or are judges kept in white padded rooms in straight jackets no media access????

Posted by: Jo | Jan 27 2024 21:58 utc | 61

b…should you head each Palestine thread with your previous ones..I sem to recall eg that ICJ is not ICC …and as Hamas is not a state it cannot be ordered a ceasefire . it is the action between Isr.and S A.that is ICJ jurisdiction….people still quoting Russia as ICJ .. new people now posting not read previous legal points ..etc…

Posted by: Jo | Jan 27 2024 22:03 utc | 63

as Hamas is not a state it cannot be ordered a ceasefire.
Posted by: Jo | Jan 27 2024 22:03 utc | 62
The issue was never a “mutual ceasefire”. RSA requested the ICJ to order Israel to stop military operations.
In 2022, Ukraine went to the ICJ on Feb 25 2022 and requested that Russia halt military ops. It obtained this request on March 16 2022 when ICJ ordered Russia to halt military ops “to protect civilians” while it considered the merits of case.
Even if Russia was not slaughtering civilians.
Hamas for its part had announced that if Israel halted military operations, it would voluntarily stop too.
There is a difference between a two sided ceasefire and ordering the ONE party under the ICJ jurisdiction to halt military ops. Especially as it was the uber-armed side.

Posted by: Pq | Jan 27 2024 22:10 utc | 65

Aah yes thats the common denominator, the link. Superority complex.
Hitler had it and his followers.
Netinyahoo and Co have it.
The elite have it.
Zelensky.
Trump supporters and Trump.
University types.
NGO charitys.
The elite and aristocracy.
They all leave a trail of hart ache and misery.
Im glad not to be superior in any way.

Posted by: Mark2 | Jan 27 2024 22:19 utc | 67

The real villain here is corporate media, MSM (Main Stream Media). Their silence, obfuscation and outright lies have been treasonous. Treason deserves execution.
When the population is deceived society suffers great harm at all levels. Today the digital world is suffering what can be likened to modern day book burning. Historical works are modified, some simply deleted. Censorship and silencing is now an epidemic.
Previous totalitarian and authoritarian dictatorial regimes lacked the world wide ease that is employed today. We are witnessing a world wide coup that started with the complete control of all mediums. Those who could not be controlled were deplatformed or shut down.
Only those who seek out sites like this, the bar, have the opportunity to gain real world perspective, from all sides.
Yes, as pq states, we all must become Yemenis. But know too that not 10% of the population knows any truth, likely less than 1%.
Never doubt however that you can make a difference.
The main media must suffer huge. It was/is their sacred duty to expose fraud, corruption, murder, genocide, lies . . . . Not spread propaganda and invent new lies.
How dare they interrupt the breaking genocide charges NEWS with the UNRWA allegations. What about the Hannibal doctrine allegations that Israel orchestrated the Oct 7 event?
Yup, the main villain is the main stream media et al

Posted by: Merv Ritchie | Jan 27 2024 22:20 utc | 69

Posted by: Pq | Jan 27 2024 22:20 utc | 67
Just because you don’t see the problem doesn’t mean there isn’t one. Form is part of content. If I want someone to read me and take me seriously I proof-read for readability. Nothing controversial there. Otherwise why teach children to read and write? Just let them scrawl “whatever man…”.

Posted by: Patroklos | Jan 27 2024 22:26 utc | 71

This article may be better than others about Biden on trial. I’m hoping this judge doesn’t take long to issue decision:
https://informationclearinghouse.blog/2024/01/27/us-court-on-bidens-complicity-in-gaza-genocide/10/
““I have nothing left but my grief … They weakened us for years and continued to unleash bullets and missiles on our lifeless bodies.”
Dr Al-Najjar was the first among several Palestinians testifying in an unprecedented case against President Joe Biden, who is being sued by a group of American Palestinians and aid groups accusing him of failing to prevent genocide in Gaza under obligations to international and federal law.
They are asking a judge for an injunction that would halt any additional military aid or diplomatic support to Israel in its ongoing siege of Gaza, where more than 25,000 Palestinians, including more than 10,000 children, have been killed within the last 126 days, according to Gaza’s health ministry.
The judge is expected to issue a decision in the coming days.”

Posted by: DuchessAndBob | Jan 27 2024 22:29 utc | 73

Post of the year. Pass me some Qat
Posted by: liveload | Jan 27 2024 22:32 utc | 73
Not a good idea, it’s bad for the teeth.

Posted by: menz | Jan 27 2024 22:36 utc | 75

Patroklos @ 69
Ok i’l explain “university types”
Only chip on my shoulder there is…
All that Academic study over all the past years worldwide and what was the result ?
The result is, what we see now.
Your turn if you like to answer. This is my last reply, your off topic, if you respect this blog dont derail the thread with petty personal quips.
The people with a superority complex are actualy hiding their inferority including you.

Posted by: Mark2 | Jan 27 2024 22:44 utc | 77

Can anyone point me towards ANY EVIDENCE that UNRWA employees may have taken part in the October 7 attacks?
I’ve searched.

Posted by: Menz | Jan 27 2024 22:50 utc | 79

It seems that across Italy weekly Saturday Palestine protests that have been ongoing and had received permission were cancelled by the authorities THIS Saturday at the request of the Jewish community.
But some protests went ahead anyway, and there were clashes with police.
After Italy jumped on the anti UNRWA bandwagon.

Posted by: Pq | Jan 27 2024 22:56 utc | 81

Alonso Gurmendi
@Alonso_GD
Golda Meir, 1969: “There was no such thing as Palestinians”
Bezalel Smotrich, 2023: “There is no such thing as a Palestinian people”
International Court of Justice, 2024:
“The Palestinians appear to constitute a distinct national, ethnical, racial or religious group, and hence a protected group within the meaning of Article Two of the Genocide Convention,” Judge Joan Donoghue said.
https://twitter.com/Alonso_GD/status/1750957294202896780

Posted by: Menz | Jan 27 2024 23:02 utc | 83

Here is the proof but allow me to translate:
Posted by: Pq | Jan 27 2024 23:02 utc | 83
Thank you for that, I don’t speak Zionotripe, beside which, nothing from The Times of Israel is admissible evidence in a Court of law.

Posted by: Menz | Jan 27 2024 23:12 utc | 85

which, nothing from The Times of Israel is admissible evidence in a Court of law.
Posted by: Menz | Jan 27 2024 23:12 utc | 84
Israel operates through courts of law? I thought it only presented “evidence” to the targets of its threats and blackmail.

Posted by: Pq | Jan 27 2024 23:20 utc | 87

Here is the link to the US Federal Statute adopting the UN Convention Against Genocide. Its a simple quick read.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1091.
You will note that complicity in genocide by anyone carries the same penalties as the grounding offences, namely: potential death, or life imprisonment.
Proof of actual genocide would be required for a successful prosecution, but that would be quite do-able.
The ICJ made an effective finding that South Africa had made out a prima facie case of genocide which requires defence by Israel.
In a US District Court trial held before a jury brought under the US Criminal Statute (above) the same type of evidence as has been presented in the present California civil case ongoing could easily be found to be criminal proof beyond reasonable doubt by a jury.
The Defendants would be Biden(even as a sitting President), Blinken, Sullivan and any other persons assisting in the supply of weaponry or, potentially, political cover at the UNSC vetoing ceasefire.
Proof of knowledge of what the weapons were being used for or what the effect of the UN veto would reasonably lead to would be required – the jury would get to decide that issue (anyone think they wouldn’t find Blinken et al didn’t know what they were doing after seeing the evidence).
I suggest conviction as parties to Israel’s genocide would be highly probable, if not almost inevitable.
Here’s the rub: A Federal Grand Jury would have to be empanelled to return the Indictments founding the prosecution. Only a US Attorney can apply to have the Grand Jury empanelled. US Attorneys work for the DoJ under the US Attorney-General. Think any of them will destroy their careers and lives by doing it?
Instead of life imprisonment, Biden and his gang will skate away into the blue yonder – so much for “justice.”

Posted by: wilsonK | Jan 27 2024 23:28 utc | 89

This is not the appropriate forum to discuss the matter but I sincerely hope that Mark2 is not offended by Patroklos’s comments.
I value the contributions of both of them, and I sympathise not only with Patroklos’s impatience with Mark’s ‘typos’ but with Mark’s contempt for ‘University types’.
In the future it might be possible to widen the comment section to include the transcripts of recorded comments. Already it is possible for contributions such as that @55 by Jaime to be translated instantly, thus greatly broadening the pool from which comments come.
As to Patroklos’ touching faith in the educational system, I tend to differ.
It is the most highly educated population the world has ever seen which produces the worst composed Parliaments and Assemblies since the beginning of representative democracy. Our society is full of men and women with advanced degrees who either cannot distingush their arses from their elbows or, as in the case of Gaza and the anterior ‘antisemitism’ scares are very convincing in their pretending to be unable to.
The 1917 revolution was actually made, as were the Chinese, Angolan, Cuban and Vietnamese revolutions, by masses of illiterate people with minimal scholastic training but a profound understanding of life and communal living.
The education system in class society reflects with some precision the tastes and ideas of the ruling class- I am sure that Patroklos knows this very well. Just as Mark2 does. They simply react to the reality in different ways. One by trying to overcome the difficulties of teaching on behalf of the enemies of humanity. The other by having as little to do with the elaborate scam as he can.
Mark2 is a veteran horticulturalist and landscaper as I recall. We need more, not less, commentary from men who can fell tall trees.Tall poppies too.
What we don’t need is a little circle of mutually congratulating’intellectuals’ telling one another how well they write and how cleverly they spell. And slipping into Ancient languages every now and again.

Posted by: bevin | Jan 27 2024 23:30 utc | 91

Would violation of the Genocide statute be grounds for Articles of Impeachment against sitting federal officials?
Asking for a “friend”.

Posted by: mtw | Jan 27 2024 23:33 utc | 93

Posted by: Patroklos | Jan 27 2024 22:14 utc | 65
You’re (check spelling: ‘your’ is a possessive adjective) a complete fool. To say someone is a fool because of their spelling isI’m a long time poster here with an established left position as many know (search it); typical off a weak mind to resort to ‘troll’ simply because I’m asking you to read over your comment and correct it before hitting ‘post’. The quality of this site is maintained by articulate, proof-read, edited posts. I’m just saying I’d take you seriously if you didn’t write like a 2nd-grader. Don’t take offence, take remedial English classes if you don’t want to come off as a moron, jabbering inanely “your a troll, your a troll!” ffs.

Posted by: Siddhartha | Jan 27 2024 23:36 utc | 95

Posted by: DuchessAndBob | Jan 27 2024 22:48 utc | 77
Excellent read, thank you.

Posted by: Menz | Jan 27 2024 23:45 utc | 97

Bevin @ 90
Well said.
Respect.
Now about that Genicide…

Posted by: Mark2 | Jan 28 2024 0:02 utc | 99