#calling israel genocidal is not that.

[strangeracrossthestreet]

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letstalkpalestine

[sengokubasara3]

i'm not deleting all those reblogs bc it's a hassle but it sucks to get someone's attention, be promptly followed by them, and then discover they're a "calling israel genocidal is antisemitic" person nah man. get outta here.

[bonesashesglass]

I haven’t seen anyone talk about this, which makes me think it isn’t being reported, but right now the largest protest for Palestine in the history of the United States is taking place in Washington DC. Thousands turned up to show their solidarity for Palestine and to call for a ceasefire.

Look at this, they won’t be able to ignore us for much longer.

[kittyprincessofcats]

ICJ Ruling

Okay, let's get into this.

First of all, I get the frustration at the court not ordering a ceasefire. I was disappointed and frustrated at first too, since a ceasefire was the biggest and most important preliminary measure South Africa was requesting - and of course we just all want this horror to finally end for the people in Gaza. So I get the frustration and disappointment, I really do.

However, I do think this ruling is still a major win for South Africa, Palestine, and international law as a whole and here's why:

The court acknowledged that it has jurisdiction over this case and completely dismissed Israel's request to throw out the case as a whole. It will now determine at the merits stage (that will probably take years) whether Israel is actually commiting genocide.

The court acknowledged that Palestinians are a "distinct national or ethnic group and therefore deserving of protection under the genocide convention". Pull this out next time someone tells you "there's no such thing as Palestinians, they're all just Arabs".

The court acknowledged very unambiguously that "at least some" of Israel's actions being genocidal in nature is "plausible". South Africa has a case, officially. Israel is accused of genocide, in a way the ICJ deems "plausible", officially. This is huge. (And seriously, how freaking satisfying was it to hear all of those genocidal statements by Israeli politicians read out loud and used as justification for this rulling?)

The court might not have ordered a "ceasefire" in those words, but they did order Israel to "immediately end all genocidal acts" (which includes killing and injuring Palestinians) and submit proof that they actually did. How are they going to comply with this ruling without at least severly reducing or changing what they're doing in Gaza?

In fact, this wording might actually be more appropriate for a genocide (vs a war), as author and journalist Ali Abunimah notes on Twitter:

He's completely right. Israel lost today, by overwhelming majority (I mean, 15 to 2? I heard people predict the rulings would be very close, like 9 judges vs 8, but instead we got 15 to 2 (and even 16 to 1 on the humanitarian aid). Holy shit.) The court disimissed almost everything Israel's side of lawyers said, while acknowledging that South Africa's accusations are "plausible".

And this is important especially because of Mr Abunimah's second tweet there^. Because the question is, where do we go from here?

This ruling means that Israel is officially /possibly/ commiting genocide and that should have huge international consequences. The rest of the world now HAS to take these accusations seriously and stop arming and supporting Israel - and if they won't do it on their own, we, the people, have to make them. This is THE moment to rise up all around the world, especially in the countries most supportive of Israel (the US, the UK, Germany): Protest, call your representatives and demand a ceasefire and an end of arms deliveries to Israel.

We now have a legal case to back our demands: If Israel is, according to the ICJ, "plausibly" commiting genocide, then all of our governments are, according to the ICJ, "plausibly" guiltly of aiding in genocide. And we need to hold that over their heads and demand better. We need to do that right now and in huge numbers. Most politicians only care about themselves and saving their skin. We have to make them realize that they could be accused of aiding in genocide.

(As a German, I'm thinking of Germany here in particular: After South Africa's hearing, our government dismissed their case as having "no basis" - how are they going to keep saying that now that the ICJ officially thinks otherwise? Over the last months, people here have been arrested at protests for calling what's happening in Gaza a genocide. How are the police supposed to legally keep doing that now that the ICJ has officially deemed this accusation "plausible"? I used to be scared to use the word "genocide" at protests or write it on my protest signs - not anymore, have fun trying to arrest me for that when the ICJ literally has my back on this one 🖕🏻.)

So yeah - don't be defeatist about this, don't let Israel's narrative that they "won" (they didn't) take over. This might not be everything we wanted, but it's still a good result. Don't let what the court didn't say ("ceasefire"), distract you from the very important things that they did say. Let this be your motivation to get loud and active, especially if you live in any country that supports Israel. Put pressure on your governments to not be complicit in genocide, you now officially have the highest international court on your side.

[rebel-girl-queen-of-my-world]

Last Friday evening, Bostonians came together from all over the city to converge on South Station and publicly demand an #ArmsEmbargoNow.

We demand that @senwarren, @edmarkey, and all elected officials:

1. Support @sensanders’ #JRD and call for an arms embargo against Israel;

2. Stop taking democracy-undermining AIPAC bribes and put human rights and the will of your constituents before profits and empire-building.

3. Put forth legislation towards ending our funding of Israel’s genocide of Palestine and their invasion of Lebanon.

If our elected officials can’t show basic human decency, we will find new candidates who will.

#boston #southstation #stopthegenocide #freepalestine #lebanon #israel #palestine #gaza #massachusetts #politics #democrats #republicans #humanrights #protest #elections #localpolitics #activism #community #freedomofspeech #gazagenocide #election2024

[remindertoclick]

This is your reminder to Click for Palestine today!

And donate directly to UNRWA you have the means!

[hamdosana]

[heritageposts]

[lyslsstuff]

GLOBAL STRIKE TOMORROW UNTIL THE 25TH.

[joemerl]

"These hostages sure look alive and healthy," you sneer. "Guess Hamas isn't so bad, huh?"

Yeah, uh, can I ask you a question, asshole? Let's say you're at a party, during a weekend holiday. While you're there, a bunch of armed men storm in, murder your friends in front of you, grab you at gunpoint, take you over the border where you're paraded through the streets as a sick trophy for a screaming mob who try to assault you, then lock you in a windowless room where you're barely fed and told that your families have been murdered and that they'll kill you if you so much as talk too loudly.

When someone finally manages to rescue you, after 246 days (one day too late to see your dying father), would you:

a.) thank your rescuers and hopefully kick your tormentor's corpse on the way out, or

b.) scream at your rescuers that those poor terrorists! didn't even hack off any of your limbs!!! so clearly they're poor woobie bunny wabbits and how could your hurt them, you monsters?!

I guess just kidnapping isn't bad enough if they're Jews, huh?

So, uh, yeah. If you're making this argument, you're a fucking idiot and also a horrible person. 🙃

[bonesashesglass]

https://x.com/middleeasteye/status/1746288735287652588?s=46&t=9u7dtsvl8XZD8A7j2V6ckA

This is happening right now. Tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of protestors showed up in Washington DC today to march for a free Palestine and an end to US support of Israel.

This will not stop. We will not stop protesting and advocating and marching until Palestine is free. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[rebel-girl-queen-of-my-world]

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[greencarnation]

scalding hot take here but maybe bombing and massacring more civilians isn't going to get rid of the resistant fighters radicalised by watching civilians and loved ones be bombed and massacred

[feuilletoniste]

There's this group of people, usually Western leftists, who tend to filter all global politics through the lens of "what if this happened in America?" regardless of the actual political landscape of the situation in question. So this is one of the two primary reasons that you get takes like the above, even while people who know literally anything about Israeli politics know that Israelis are absolutely furious with Bibi right now. There have been protests! He's under immense pressure from Israeli civilians who don't want Gazans massacred! Israel is not the US under Bush!

The other primary reason is, of course, antisemitism.

[nando161mando]

White House geopolitics advisor calls for burning UN peacekeepers alive.

[hussyknee]

Yesterday I watched a video of a toddler in Gaza playing with a little red bicycle startle and cry at the sound of a bomb. Today I found the IOF had invaded their house, shot and killed the little boy in front of his mother and thrown them all into the street.

And it wasn't even the only child on my TL that had been killed the same way because the IOF are taking over all the houses still standing in Northern Gaza. They took over the school shelters, made the men hiding in them strip to their underwear in the freezing winter, lining them up and shooting them like dogs. They're ripping up hundreds of years old trees in groves. THEY'RE FLOODING GAZA WITH SEA WATER.

Meanwhile:

I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANY FUCKING MORE. HE'S SENT ANOTHER TWO HUNDRED CARGO PLANES OF WEAPONS TO ISRAEL. WHY IS THIS MOTHERFUCKER STILL BREATHING??????