"The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Israel to halt its military offensive inside Rafah" & to open Rafah border crossing for humanitarian assistance.
"South Africa had asked the World Court to impose new emergency measures halting Israel's military campaign in Rafah.
"The new ruling cannot be enforced by the Court, & Israel has previously indicated it would continue its military campaign in Gaza, despite any ruling."
At 3 pm today, the ICJ president will read out the court’s ruling on South Africa's tequest "to order Israel to immediately stop its military operation, not only in Rafah but in the whole of Gaza."
While it would be a binding order, "the court can’t enforce it. It doesn’t have a police force. But it will be very significant to hear what the court has to say."
The Israeli military confirms Netanyahu received prior warnings about Oct 7. Netanyahu denies it.
"Netanyahu received 4 warning letters between March & July 2023 from the Intelligence Division concerning how Israel’s "enemies" perceived the societal divides in the State of Israel & their effect on... the IDF in particular".
"The information was obtained in response to a Freedom of Information request by the Success movement."
"The EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borell, warns Israel not to intimidate ICC judges"
Earlier this week after the news of a potential ICC warrant, Netanyahu said he had no fear of travelling internationally & that Khan "should be concerned about his [Kahn's] status”.
"Khan says he was also warned by a senior western official that the ICC should be for Africa and for thugs like Putin, not for the West and its allies."
Dr Mads Gilbert, who has worked in Gaza for decades, says Israeli attacks on hospitals, mosques, education facilities & bakeries are "part of a campaign to eradicate the Palestinian society & any sign of Palestinian structures in the civilian life."
There's no proof for IDF claims that "hospitals are used by Palestinian fighters."
“This is the politics of eradicating the indigenous people to take their lands.”
The Nation’s Conscience, Part II - Read by Eunice Wong
"The courageous stance of students across the country in defiance of genocide is accompanied by a near total blackout of their voices. Their words are the ones we most need to hear.
"The genocide has awakened a sleeping giant. Let us pray the giant prevails."
Walkout for Gaza at Harvard University's commencement ceremony
Students protested the Gaza genocide and the “unduly harsh punishment” of 13 students barred from receiving their diplomas due to their support for Palestinian rights.
More than 1,500 students had petitioned, & nearly 500 staff & faculty had spoken out against sanctioning the student protesters.
A new Netflix documentary, Power, examines why “Violence Is Part & Parcel” of U.S. Policing.
"The thing that police want to do more than anything else is contain & control threats to order,” says Ford.
What we still see in the U.S. & globally, from the Black Lives Matter movement to the campus Gaza solidarity movement, is “the use of police as small militaries whose job is to suppress dissent.”
"The Israelis have gone to the dark side, and they really don’t give a damn"
They're "addicted now to the sadism that we’ve seen practiced in Gaza. The first victim of this war is morality. The second is human decency. And the last but not least is the truth. Netanyahu chose lying as a strategy, & he thinks he can get away with it."
"Netanyahu understands now that he’s gone too far & there’s no way he can back off."
A leading Israeli rights group has exposed "violent settler take over of Palestinian pastureland".
B’Tselem "documented some 20 incidents where settlers & Israeli soldiers drove Palestinian shepherds out of pastureland in the occupied West Bank’s South Hebron Hills."
Since Oct 7, some settlers have joined Israeli "territorial defence" units, which have been issued military weapons & uniforms, making them hard to distinguish.
The IDF has ignored US advice on how to avoid the mass killing of civilians in Gaza & hasn't even implemented its own existing avoidance policies. "There’s a huge disagreement on strategy now.
"The US has given Israel carte blanche up till now & continues to ship light weapons."
It's absolutely clear to the Palestinians that "the US is doing next to nothing to save them from the onslaught of the Israeli forces."
"The Israelis have gone to the dark side, and they really don’t give a damn"
They're "addicted now to the sadism that we’ve seen practiced in Gaza. The first victim of this war is morality. The second is human decency. And the last but not least is the truth. Netanyahu chose lying as a strategy, & he thinks he can get away with it."
"Netanyahu understands now that he’s gone too far & there’s no way he can back off."