#Global Slovakia

[csmaha]

Linden Flower Infusion and Tea

In 1988, we bought our home with a beautiful tree in the front yard. The Linden tree has provided beautiful shade for our front yard, a marvelous climbing tree for my children and grandchildren, amazing fragrance when the tree is in bloom, pollen for the honeybees, symbolic heart-shaped leaves, and now a wonderful source for a Linden infusion and tea. I have felt a tremendous kinship to this…

[workersolidarity]

[ 📹 Scenes from the moments immediately following the shooting of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico outside a government building in the village of Handlova, northeast of Bratislava.]

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SLOVAKIAN PRIME MINISTER ROBERT FICO SHOT IN ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION

Slovekian Prime Minister, a vocal opponent of the EU's policy of arming Ukraine in its war with the Russian Federation, has been shot following an attempted assassination after a meeting of the government at a location northeast of Bratislava.

According to reports, the Slovakian Prime Minister, Robert Fico (59yo), was shot in the stomach following 4 gunshots fired in his direction while outside of the House of Culture in the town of Handlova, 150km northeast of the capital.

The suspect was immediately arrested and detained, while police have cordened off the scene of the crime.

A helicopter was dispatched to transport the wounded Prime Minister to a nearby hospital, with few updates on his condition since.

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@WorkerSolidarityNews

[cinemafromcinema]

“…Iran will remain strong and stable and it will continue to fully support the Axis of Resistance until the full liberation of Palestinian people and the end of apartheid, genocide, ethno-supremacism and ethnic cleansing.”

[woftd]

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[olivesbest]

Huge manipulation with public opinion disclosure

[madamepestilence]

Alright so I looked into this and here's what I've gotten from it:

Robert Fico is an incredibly unpopular fascist Slovak Prime Minister who masqueraded as a Socialist to get elected (gee, where have I seen that before?)

Someone shot him in what it presumed a politically-motivated attack, and it's presumed that they weren't working alone due to the fact that the shooter's internet activity had been deleted post-incident, and the police are pretty sure it wasn't his wife

Here's some of the things I was able to find about Robert Fico:

Direct media control from the government

Shutting down four media sources for being, "hostile," and, "not objective enough," (presumably pro-Ukraine) while promoting media that pushes pro-Russian propaganda

Around 5.4 million people have been protesting his re-election, with someone calling it a, "greedy power grab"

He claims to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but specifically doesn't want Ukraine to attempt to reclaim Crimea from the Russian invasion force

As promised, he reduced taxes for medicine and books, but did not keep his promise of dropping taxes for things such as groceries (albeit he did attempt to regulate food prices in 2007)

He created tolls on highways that caused huge problems for truckers, directly and openly refused to speak to their unions, likening it to bribery, before paying 100,000,000 euros in compensation

He attempted to nationalize gasoline companies, but did not attempt to move to greener power sources, despite most of Slovakia relying on nuclear power (making electrification easier)

He is very controversial for affiliating with Ján Slota (an extremist nationalist)

He opposed Kosovo's Declaration of Independence from Serbia, directly calling it a, "major mistake," and refuses to recognize Kosovo as a country

He directly advocates for citizens of the UK suffering as a consequence of Brexit, and wants their citizens to be reclassified as, "second-class citizens"

He advocated for increasing the power of the Slovak military in response to Trump's election in the US

He has the government directly monitor every Muslim in Slovakia

In 2016, he banned the religion of Islam in Slovakia

He passed a bill increasing the requirement for a religion to be legally recognized from 20,000 practicing members to 50,000 practicing members

He defended the 2008 invasion of Georgia by claiming that Georgia provoked the conflict

He claims that sanctions against Russia threaten the Slovak economy

He directly intends to block Ukraine from joining either NATO or the EU

He claims that sending Ukraine weapons or military only encourages more violence

He does not recognize Ukraine as a country

He has been repeating Russian propaganda surrounding the Russian invasion of Ukraine, particularly repeating that the war started because, "Ukrainian Nazis and fascists started murdering the Russian population of Donbas"

The Party of European Socialists have directly been requesting Fico and his group be expelled for spreading pro-Russian propaganda and seeking coalition with the neo-fascist Republic Movement (the Slovak equivalent of the American Republican Party, a far-right extremist nationalist party)

He refers to Hungary as a tumour that needs to be removed

He initially condemned Viktor Orbán and the Hungarian Fidesz party for being extremist nationalists, but then later praised his re-election in Hungary and his pro-Russian stance

He condemned Hamas for attacking Israel in October 2023, but was opposed to Israel razing Palestine or denying them humanitarian aid (at least he has that latter half)

He often resorts to ad hominem attacks when confronted byt he media, often using phrases such as, "idiots," "pricks," "prostitutes," "snakes," and, "hyenas"

He essentially legally SWATted a Slovak YouTuber named Daniel Bombic (channel name Danny Kollar)

So it sounds like to me that a fascist posed as a Socialist to get elected, then showed his true colours after entering office

Yea, I can see why people are protesting and why someone shot him

[mariacallous]

Ukraine faces a precarious future amid waning Western support. The immediate peril comes from the 2024 US presidential election, but the fundamental problem has been the failure of Europe to commit to the defeat of Putin’s invasion.

The new NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, lost no time in visiting Kyiv after he assumed office, where he ‘pledged continued support for Ukraine in its war with Russia’. Doubtless his words were sincerely intended, but he knows there are serious political headwinds across Europe and the US.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky senses this too as he briefs his ‘Victory Plan’ around European capitals following a mixed reception in Washington.

The forthcoming presidential election in the US represents the point of maximum danger. A win by Donald Trump could see him placing a phone call to Russian President Vladimir Putin as early as 6 November. Any such call would set expectations of a negotiated settlement, with discussions possibly beginning in the early months of 2025. 

Nobody should want this war of ‘meat grinder’ savagery to continue a day longer than necessary. However, Zelensky would have much to fear from a deal negotiated by Trump. The 2020 Doha Accords with the Afghan Taliban have been described as the worst diplomatic agreement since Munich in 1938. Fortunately, Trump was prevented from reaching a similarly disastrous deal with Kim Jong-un of North Korea. 

In any such deal, Zelensky would be unlikely to secure the recovery of Crimea and the Donbas, reparations for the massive damage to his country, war crimes trials or membership of NATO. He might be able to bargain the Kursk salient in return for control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. But, without NATO membership and its Article 5 guarantee, there would be nothing to stop Putin from continuing the war after a couple of years of recovery and rearmament. 

For Europe, too, there would be peril. Both Georgia and Moldova look particularly fragile and vulnerable to Russian active measures or hybrid warfare. Even the Baltics would be justifiably nervous, in spite of their NATO status.

However, it would be misleading to blame everything on Trump. There have been plenty of prior indications of trouble ahead.

US support has always been too little, too late. Given the sheer scale of Washington’s military support this might sound absurd, but President Joe Biden’s hesitancy in allowing Storm Shadow missiles to be used against targets inside Russia is indicative of a general trend. As the head of a global superpower, Biden has always had one eye on ensuring that the war does not get out of hand and become nuclear. The result has been that Ukraine feels it has been given enough not to lose but not enough to win. 

In Europe the support has been varied. Some countries, such as the Baltics, the Scandinavian states, the UK and Poland, have done better than others. Hungary has been hostile, and may soon be joined by Slovakia and Austria. Germany has provided the most weapons but has been politically unreliable. Its refusal to supply Taurus missiles and its public debate about reducing its defence budget have sent all the wrong messages. German companies continue to retain significant interests in Russia, and the advance of Alternative for Germany in elections in Thuringia, Saxony and Brandenburg reminded Chancellor Olaf Scholz that there is little support for the war in Eastern Germany. President Emmanuel Macron of France, having been mercurial about Ukraine from the outset, received a similar jolt from the far left and far right in legislative elections in July. 

The most visible sign of a failure of collective determination to defeat Russia was the decision not to seize Russian financial assets frozen in Western banks, but instead to use them as collateral to raise a much smaller loan. Yes, there would have been a theoretical risk of undermining faith in the Western-dominated financial system, but few countries are yet ready to entrust their savings to Chinese or Indian banks. Furthermore, it would have sent a message to Putin not to invade other countries. 

Meanwhile, the crisis in the Middle East has diverted foreign policy and public attention. In Iraq and Afghanistan 20 years ago, the West demonstrated that it does not have the policy bandwidth to cope with two simultaneous campaigns. The events since 7 October 2023 have done untold damage to Ukraine’s prospects and to the West’s much-vaunted rules-based international order.

A newly elected President Trump would rightly claim that, once again, the US has shouldered the main burden of Western interests with inadequate support from its NATO allies. He would point (correctly again) to the mounting military pressure on Ukraine, its difficulties in replacing front-line soldiers, and the effects on global food and fuel prices. With the war raging in the Levant, he would refer to the US being over-extended once again in ‘forever wars’.

A newly elected President Kamala Harris could be expected to follow the path trodden by Biden. She would inherit his caution at unduly provoking Putin and his reticence about Ukraine joining NATO. Furthermore, her freedom to supply Ukraine with additional weaponry could be restricted by the make-up of the two houses of Congress. 

There could be a third outcome to the election: a Harris victory that is contested by Trump. In such circumstances, we could see an absence of US foreign policy for a period of weeks or months. 

Barring a mutiny by Russian forces or a crisis in Moscow, the prospects for Ukraine (and therefore Europe) look grim. The irony is that Putin would claim victory in spite of his campaign having been a costly disaster.

What would a betrayed Ukraine look like? At least it would retain some 82% of its territory. A guilty West would doubtless provide aid to rebuild infrastructure. It might be given a pathway to eventual EU membership (unless that option had been bargained away at the negotiating table), but joining the Western club may have lost its appeal at that point. Ukraine’s corrupt oligarchs would re-emerge from hibernation. The old post-Soviet cynicism would replace the youthful enthusiasm of the Maidan generation. There would be antagonism towards those returning from abroad after avoiding the fight, and – of course – thousands of grieving families.

This should have been Europe’s war to manage. In spite of decades of discussion about European defence, it proved too convenient to rely on US largesse. This made Europe a prisoner of US electoral factors. It also caused Europe to shirk the difficult decisions that helping win the war entailed: the big increases in defence expenditure, the 24-hour working in ammunition factories, the hikes in food and energy costs and the political risks such as seizing frozen assets. What remains now for Europe is to secure a place at the negotiating table and to argue for NATO membership for Ukraine as part of any settlement.

Failing that, the West will have years to repent the betrayal of the courageous Ukrainians, whose only crime was their wish to join the Western democratic order.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Rory Carroll and Sam Jones at The Guardian:

Ireland, Spain and Norway have announced they will formally recognise a Palestinian state on 28 May, triggering an immediate response from Israel, which recalled its ambassadors from Dublin and Oslo. The Irish, Spanish and Norwegian governments made the long-awaited announcements in coordinated moves on Wednesday morning that they said were intended to support a two-state solution and foster peace in the Middle East.

“We are going to recognise Palestine for many reasons and we can sum that up in three words – peace, justice and consistency,” Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, told the parliament in Madrid, earning applause. “We have to make sure that the two-state solution is respected and there must be mutual guarantees of security.” Ireland’s taoiseach, Simon Harris, said Palestine had a legitimate right to statehood. “It is a statement of unequivocal support for a two-state solution, the only credible path to peace and security for Israel, for Palestine and for their peoples,” he told a press conference in Dublin. “I’m confident that further countries will join us in taking this important step in the coming weeks.” In Oslo, Norway’s prime minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, said there could not be peace in the Middle East without recognition, and that Norway would regard Palestine as an independent state “with all the rights and obligations that entails”.

Israel launched a swift diplomatic counteroffensive to try to deter other European countries such as Slovenia and Malta that have signalled a willingness to recognise Palestine. The foreign minister, Israel Katz, ordered his ambassadors in Dublin and Oslo to return immediately for “urgent consultations” and promised further measures. He accused Ireland and Norway of sending a message that “terrorism pays”, a reference to the Hamas attacks of 7 October that triggered the war in Gaza. Recognition would impede efforts to return hostages held in Gaza and made a ceasefire less likely by “rewarding the jihadists of Hamas and Iran”, Katz said. He also threatened to recall Israel’s ambassador to Spain. Israel’s foreign ministry on Tuesday warned Ireland it risked becoming a “pawn in the hands of Hamas” and would fuel “more terrorism, instability in the region and jeopardise any prospects for peace”. The developments came amid a grinding seven-month war in Gaza that has sparked global calls for a ceasefire and lasting solution for peace in the region, as well as the pursuit of arrest warrants on war crimes charges by the international criminal court.

3 European Union members-- Norway, Spain, and Ireland-- will recognize the State of Palestine as part of the two-state solution. In 2014, Sweden was the first EU nation to recognize Palestinian statehood as a current EU member.

Several current members of the EU, such as Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria, and Slovakia, have recognized the State of Palestine prior to joining the EU.

As a result of the recognition of Palestine by Ireland and Norway, the Israel Apartheid State recalled its ambassadors in protest.

See Also:

HuffPost: More Countries Will Soon Recognise Palestine As A State. Why Is That Such A Big Deal?

The Guardian: How significant is Spain, Norway and Ireland’s recognition of Palestinian state?

[stupittmoran]

Top 10 headlines the media didn't tell you this week, Repost & Follow for more

Thomas Massie has introduced a bill to abolish the Fed.

Andy Ogles calls Trump trial a joke.

Peru classifies trans people as “mentally ill”

Slovakia PM shot after rejecting the WHO Global Pandemic Accord and aid for Ukraine.

CNN to host presidential Trump Biden debate, no audience will be present.

Ashley Biden confirms authenticity of diary.

President Biden invokes Executive Privilege blocking release of recordings of mishandling of Classified Documents.

Elon Musk wins Australia court dispute over free speech.

Democrats vote AGAINST bill to detain, deport any iIIegal immigrant who assaults a police officer.

Video goes viral of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken playing guitar in a bar in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Why won't they allow an audit of billions being sent to Ukraine?

If you appreciate this Top 10 recap, remember to Repost and FoIIow me for another week in a clown world 🤡🌎

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@TaraBull808

[darkmaga-returns]

The lead guy in Slovakia who was tasked with investigating how the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) "pandemic" was handled has determined that all mRNA (modRNA) injections, i.e., Pfizer and Moderna, are too dangerous to remain on the market and need to be banned.

Peter Kotlár says mRNA COVID jabs should no longer be sold in Slovakia, calling the "pandemic" itself an "act of bioterrorism" and a "fabricated operation," the insinuation being that the whole thing was a manufactured sham to kill people and seize control over the global economy.

At an October 2 press conference, Kotlár, who had just submitted his report to the government calling for a ban on mRNA, explained that he thinks SARS-CoV-2 was artificially created in a laboratory and deliberately spread worldwide. He also announced that Slovakia has ended its relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO) as a result.

In time, Kotlár's report will be made public, "but let's wait first for a session of the government," he said.

"The most serious consequence of the whole fabricated operation called the COVID-19 pandemic is the endangerment of human health and the confirmation of the naivety of the world population to be subconsciously obedient," Kotlár added, noting that his most serious finding was that mRNA alters human DNA.

"Let us at least make the right gesture together by stopping the administration of mRNA preparations until their effectiveness and safety have been proven."

[vintageurovision]

Eurovision Song Contest 1994

April 30 1994 | Dublin, Ireland

In 1994 seven countries joined the Eurovision Song Contest in what was the biggest single expansion in participants since the contest began in 1956. Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia and Slovakia all competed in the 39th Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin. Poland's debut at the Eurovision Song Contest was very successful when their representative Edyta Gorniak finished second with 166 points.

The interval act in 1994 was the then unknown Riverdance, an act which combined traditional Irish folk music with modern dance. Riverdance became a global phenomenon, with the exception of participating artists, it is arguably the biggest money-spinner ever created by Eurovision. Lithuania scored zero points with its first ever entry.

Never before in the history of the song contest had a country had won three times in a row. The Irish entrants Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan sang Rock 'n Roll Kids, which in the end was 60 points ahead of the runner-up and at 226 points was the highest score ever at a Eurovision Song Contest up to that date. [eurovision.tv]

[watch the show]

[womeninmotorsport]

More than Equal, a global independent motorsport initiative with a mission to find and develop the first female F1 world champion, today announced the inaugural female driver cohort joining its pioneering Driver Development Programme.

Following an extensive global search and a rigorous selection process, the inaugural cohort will consist of:

Ivonn Simeonova (Austria)

Katrina Thung (Malaysia)

Kristýna Kalistová (Czech Republic)

Lana Flack (Australia)

Laura Bubenová (Slovakia)

Skye Parker (United Kingdom)

Aged between 13 and 14, these talented young female drivers have been identified as showing high promise and will be supported by More than Equal to maximise their potential.

[workersolidarity]

Photo: Getty Images

🇸🇰 SMER WINS MOST VOTES IN SLOVAK ELECTIONS, ROBERT FICO TO BECOME PRIME MINISTER

Robert Fico, leader of Direction- Social Democracy, known by its Slovakian acronym SMER, will attempt to form a coalition Monday after winning national elections on Saturday.

Fico's SMER-SSD Party took 22.9% of the vote, giving the Leftist political party 42 of 150 seats in Parliament according to the Slovak Statistics Office.

Early polls had predicted Fico's win, however as the election approached, polls tightened significantly, with some poll in the run-up to election day even showing the incumbent party holding onto control by the skin of their teeth. But in the end it wasn't enough, and SMER has won a convincing victory.

Robert Fico has previously served as Prime Minister of Slovakia twice before from 2006-2010 and again from 2012-2018 and Fico is known for following the opinions of his voters.

This election however, Fico has emerged as the primary opposition to continued funding of weapons and arming of Ukraine in its fight against Russia and has reaffirmed that position since Saturday's win, telling reporters SMER was not changing its view.

Fico told reporters his party was “not changing [its view] that we are prepared to help Ukraine in a humanitarian way … we are prepared to help with the reconstruction of the state. But you know our opinion on arming Ukraine.”

Fico and SMER ran on a campaign of "Not A Single Round" of ammunition for Ukraine.

Fico said after his Party's victory that he would "do everything" in his power to start negotiations between Ukraine and Russia.

"More killing is not going to help anyone."

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[minetteskvareninova]

My Previously Aluded To Spoilery Analysis Of Why The Peasants Is A Beautiful Tragedy And Nigar's Subplot In MC... Isn't

Anyway. My take is that The Peasants work with a similar concept - girl commits adultery with the worst person alive and pays a disproportionate price - but it feels poignant not because Jagna is pretty (that is part of her tragedy, but not the main thing that makes most viewers feel for her), but because it has something to say about society, and society at the village in particular. Also Antek is resoundingly framed as the bad guy of the story in a way that Ibrahim isn't. The pain he caused Jagna is kept front and center and the fact that he gets no comeuppance for his crimes is, like, bad.

There's also the fact that in my interpretation of the story, Jagna's ending has a very miniscule ray of hope attached. I mean, it's probably just my wishful thinking, but it cannot be a coincidence that she's literally compared to the earth, and the story ends on a note of "earth abides". Of course, this is probably just as much if not more about how the villagers will go on with their lives as if she never existed, but even in the movie, her getting up and walking away has to mean SOMETHING. Like realistically, she'd most likely die of exposure, but... There is also a chance she wouldn't (I mean, it is the end of summer, and while the region The Peasants are set is probably colder than Slovakia, here at least even nights at that time of years were never that cold - no, not even before the global warming), which is what I think the ending is trying to imply. Dunno, she might survive out there long enough for her relatives to find her and give her some money and clothes, just enough to survive the trek to the nearest town, where she might start a new life. It would probably be a bleak hand-to-mouth existence far from everyone she ever knew, but she'd live. As I've said, if earth abides, so can Jagna.

And that is the kind of ending Nigar, who is as much if not more of a survivor than Jagna, deserved. Like her being abandoned by Rüstem and leaving to find her daughter, or finding her, but then being unsure if she can support her afterwards, or even not finding her and then coming back to Sulina, which as she herself notes doesn't feel like home anymore, but she has nowhere else to go - that would basically be a less brutal version of the ending of The Peasants. Which is fine; there has been enough brutality scattered throughout her story that Nigar doesn't need more of it to punctuate how unfair the situation she finds herself in is. But most of all, Nigar deserved empathy from the narrative and people who hurt her the condemnation (yes, even Hatice - she wronged her just as much, if not more than Ibrahim). But while Hatice is often harshly criticized by the narrative, it's rarely for her treatment of Nigar, and by God, Ibrahim sometimes feels like he's posthumously beatified as far as the narrative is concerned. The ones who get all the blame are Rüstem, which fair, and... Hürrem? Who at worst enabled Rüstem's divorce of her, revealed her affair (which she did mainly to hurt Ibrahim - and he most definitely deserved to suffer the consequences of his actions) and didn't have the purest intentions when she saved Nigar's life and revealed the existence of her daughter, I guess. Like of all of her wrongs, and the wrongs done against Nigar, this is what you're taking time to point out?! ...okay.

[mr-president]

Do you know of any petitions or email scripts to call for support for South Africas genocide case against Israel? I'm from the US and I've had trouble finding anything.

i do!

Here are the emails of:

President of the ICJ, Joan E Donoghue (United States): j.donoghue@icj-cij.org

Vice-President Kirill, Gevorgian (Russian Federation): k.gevorgian@icj-cij.org

Judge Mohamed Bennouna (Morocco): m.bennouna@icj-cij.org

Judge Ronny Abraham (France): r.abraham@icj-cij.org

Judge Georg Nolte (Germany): g.nolte@icj-cij.org

Judge Dalveer Bhandari (India): d.bhandari@icj-cij.org

Judge Patrick Robinson (Jamaica): p.robinson@icj-cij.org

Judge Yuji Iwasawa (Japan): y.iwasawa@icj-cij.org

Judge Nawaf Salam (Lebanon): n.salam@icj-cij.org

Judge Mohammad Bennouna (Morocco): m.bennouna@icj-cij.org

Judge Peter Tomka (Slovakia): p.tomka@icj-cij.org

Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf (Somalia): a.yusuf@icj-cij.org

Judge Julia Sebutinde (Uganda): j.sebutinde@icj-cij.org

Judge Hilary Charlesworth (Australia): h.charlesworth@icj-cij.org

Judge Leonardo Brant (Brazil): I.brant@icj-cij.org

Judge Xue Hanqin (China): h.xue@icj-cij.org

And here is an email chain, taken from twitter here! They have more specific copy-pastes, like calling the ICJ “Madam President” or “Vice President, but the general one is below!”

Subject: Urgent Concerns Regarding the impending matter of South Africa v. Israel with the ICJ

Dear Honourable Judge [JUDGE NAME HERE]

I hope this message finds you well and resolute. My name is [Your Name], I am a concerned citizen of the [Your Country]. I am reaching out to you with a sense of urgency and sincere apprehension which prompts me to break my customary silence.

I have always held the belief that individuals in positions of authority, such as yourself, harbour the best interests of humanity at heart. However, recent developments in the Middle East and the global response to them have stirred doubt in my convictions, compelling me to express my concerns directly to you.

As I explored the International Court of Justice's website, I took solace in the fact that it consists of "independent judges, elected regardless of their nationality from among persons of high moral character." With this understanding, I address you regarding the impending South Africa v. Israel matter, the provisional measures hearing of which is scheduled for Thursday, 11th and Friday, 12th January 2024.

I am sure that you are acutely aware of the gravity of the case before you, and I believe that your ability to discern the truth, resist external pressures, and deliver a just judgment is foremost on your mind. The Genocide Convention, a cornerstone of international law, was established in 1948 as a commitment to 'never again' allow atrocities akin to those committed by the Nazi’s in WW2. 152 states out of 194 nations of the world honourably signed up to the convention. It is a testament to our parents and grandparents that their generations committed to a set of standards that constitute the basic principles of right and wrong, which underpin the fabric of the world we live in and form the basis of the lives most of us are lucky enough to lead.

The very fact that the responsibility of adjudicating on this case has fallen upon your shoulders underscores a disheartening truth – the failure of existing systems of checks and balances within the international community. It is disconcerting that national interests have tainted the operations of our global systems, allowing the mass killing of civilians to persist without intervention. I find this reality appalling, as do countless citizens around the world who have expressed their horror through protests on the streets of cities across the globe.

The upcoming case is a litmus test for humanity's commitment to the solemn pledge of 'Never Again.' Generations have been educated about the horrors of the Holocaust, and this case challenges us to live up to the principles we profess. It is a stark reminder that the values we hold dear are being tested in real-time, with devastating consequences.

In March 2022, the International Court of Justice ordered Russia to immediately suspend military operations in Ukraine and ensure that affiliated units take no further steps in furtherance of the military operations. Despite this intervention, an estimated 10,000 civilians have tragically lost their lives in Ukraine since Russia's military operation in 2022. Moreover, and by comparison, the death toll in Gaza has already surpassed 22,000 since October 2023, with a staggering 70% of the victims being women and children.

In an age where mainstream media faces scepticism due to perceived biases, the global community has been witness to Israel's actions in real-time through various social media platforms such as X, TikTok, and Telegram. Enclosed with this letter, you'll find compelling evidence pointing towards Israel's culpability in intending to commit genocide and engaging in genocidal military actions, among other alleged war crimes.

We find ourselves in a world where trust in global institutions is eroding rapidly. The International Court of Justice, in particular, cannot afford to make an erroneous judgment in the #SouthAfrica v. #Israel genocide case. A misjudgement in this matter would not only underscore the ICJ's ineffectiveness but also prompt scrutiny regarding its autonomy from nation-state political influences, potentially compromising the esteemed moral character of the individuals involved.

In 1945 we celebrated Winston Churchill as the leader that brought the world together in war to put-down the threat of Nazi Germany and the horror it inflicted. That war claimed over 50 million lives. We do not wish to celebrate a wartime hero again; we wish to celebrate new heroes who averted a war by presiding over justice without fear or favour.

I humbly beseech you to approach this case with the utmost diligence, impartiality, and commitment to justice. The eyes of the world are upon you, and the outcome of this particular case will reverberate through history, shaping perceptions of the ICJ's impartiality and moral standing.

Yours sincerely,

(Insert Name)

Also, here’s a bigass link about what’s being done and what you can do

And here’s a link where you can search for protests near you (remember, never give your personal information away if you’re going to a protest—don’t announce it publicly or nothing, yadda yadda):

hope this helps :D!

[olivesbest]

Propaganda of Russian pro-religious organization RACIRS in Slovakia and Czechia