Israel will ignore the Internationa Court of Justice ruling, but that doesn’t mean it will have no effect. From Pepe Escobar at strategic-culture.su:
As much as the ICJ may be dismissed as a collective West farce, the fact is the ruling explicitly calls for Israel to stop the killing.
Let’s cut to the chase:
By 15-2, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has just ruled in favor of BRICS member South Africa, and ordered Israel to take all necessary measures to prevent a genocide in Gaza.
When it comes to the most scrutinized genocide ever, followed 24/7 by every smartphone on the planet, it’s fair to argue that South Africa has just scored an astonishing win against Zionism.
And yet, as a Global Cynic Armada argues, in practical terms there has been no call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Of course it may also be argued that calling for a ceasefire only applies to a war – as in the case of the proxy war in Ukraine. Gaza is a case of genocide of an indigenous population perpetrated by an occupying power. That calls for an immediate halt to all genocidal acts. Essentially this is what the ICJ has ordered.
The South African Foreign Ministry has noted that “if one reads the sentence, it’s implicit” that a ceasefire must be imposed.
The inestimable former British ambassador Craig Murray has noted that “after an extremely damning exposition of the facts by South Africa”, powerfully “and meticulously well stated”, conclusions were inevitable.
These are the highlights:
“The military operation conducted by Israel in Gaza has resulted in untold death and injuries, destroyed substantial infrastructure and housing units, caused mass malnutrition, collapsed the healthcare system, and displaced the majority of its inhabitants. This war has affected the entire population of Gaza and will have far lasting consequences. The court has taken note of the language of dehumanization by senior Israeli government officials.”
They are like SCROTUS just window dressing and a cope for those still stuck on at least we have the military and police.
Barry heard those comments online and got to fundamentally transforming.
How about those SCROTUS picks from Moshe Trumpstein, hows that working out. (s/)
All kinds of comments from rabbis about it is OK to ethnically cleanse Gaza with visions of dream homes built on the water and how about those oil and gas deposits off the coast.
Brandon might be too eager pausing all LNG as Operation Gazacaust isn’t over yet.
Rumpastan Europa can enjoy a long cold winter.