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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jan-2024 02:18:12 JST Aral Balkan

   “#ICJ ordered #Israel to take a series of measures against potentially genocidal acts against #Palestinians in #Gaza. These include measures not only on the battlefield but also against public incitement to genocide. It also ordered Israel to take ‘immediate & effective measures’ to enable the provision of aid to people in Gaza…orders issued by the ICJ are legally binding, it does not have the power to enforce them. Israel is not expected to commit itself to the orders.”

   https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68108260

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jan-2024 02:25:29 JST Aral Balkan

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     Well, there you have it:

     1. #ICJ, by not ordering a ceasefire, diminishes itself.

     2. #Israel, by not following even the minimum face-saving orders issued by the ICJ will prove without a doubt that it is a rogue state that rejects rule of law.

     3. The #US and other “Westerm democracies” (what a joke), by their complicity, are signing the death certificate of rule of law.

     4. #Palestinians will continue to be slaughtered and join the over 26,000 already slain by Israel as the world watches on.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jan-2024 02:28:15 JST Aral Balkan

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     Rule of law*

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     #israel #palestine #gaza #genocide #ethnicCleansing #warCrimes #ruleOfLaw #democracy #western #hypocrisy

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jan-2024 02:49:10 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Josh Davis

     @GuerillaOntologist So in other words, it was always diminished and acted to the best of its abilities. Yay. Isn’t it sad that that’s the best we can hope for under ‘rule of law’.

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     Josh Davis (guerillaontologist@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jan-2024 02:49:13 JST Josh Davis

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     @aral

     Here's a little different take on number 1 from Yves at Naked Capitalism

     https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2024/01/international-court-of-justice-rules-forcefully-against-israel-in-landmark-genocide-ruling-including-restricting-military-action.html

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jan-2024 02:51:54 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Alx 🐈

     @alx I very much look forward to seeing what the EU does when Israel tells it to go fuck itself. And I very much look forward to being proven wrong that it won’t be one huge nothingburger.

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     Alx 🐈 (alx@mastodon.design)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jan-2024 02:51:55 JST Alx 🐈

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     @aral well, the EU has already said it expects Israel to comply immediately.
     The Court could have done more, but I think that taking in South Africa's case, declaring that Israel might be committing genocide is a big blow for Israel. It's not a historical victory, but still a win for South Africa and the official acknowledgement that Palestinians as a people exist and the ICJ must protect them.
     It's a tiny progress, but still a progress.

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     Josh Davis (guerillaontologist@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jan-2024 02:57:41 JST Josh Davis

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     @aral Sad af, to put it mildly, but that's the problem with legal systems, they are always constrained in what they can do. But like Yves, I was half expecting them to dismiss the case on a technicality, which they emphatically didn't do, so personally I'm taking this as a sign that the world is finally turning against the US's foreign policy. Of course, I wish it would happen quicker (or a couple decades ago) and more decisively.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jan-2024 02:58:49 JST Aral Balkan

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     • JustAFrog

     @justafrog Well, at least Elsevier will profit from it so that’s something, I guess.

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     JustAFrog (justafrog@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jan-2024 02:58:50 JST JustAFrog

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     @aral It really does look bleak.

     The case might go on and even conclude it was genocide, but if they take long enough, it'll become a very academic discussion.

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     Steven Zekowski (steve_zeke@freeradical.zone)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jan-2024 03:22:27 JST Steven Zekowski

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     • Josh Davis

     @aral @GuerillaOntologist
     I'm also disappointed there wasn't an explicit order for #ceasefire but here is another take:
     https://mondoweiss.net/2024/01/icj-orders-israel-to-prevent-genocidal-acts-in-gaza-and-punish-calls-for-incitement/
     “Even if they didn’t order the suspension of military operations,” Pinzauti told Mondoweiss, “I think in practice, for Israel to abide by the order and take the measures that were ordered by the court, in practice, they’ll have to scale down on their military operations, because otherwise there’s no other way for them to take effective measures... 1/2

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     Steven Zekowski (steve_zeke@freeradical.zone)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jan-2024 03:23:11 JST Steven Zekowski

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     @aral @GuerillaOntologist
     ...to ensure the provision of basic services, humanitarian assistance, and refrain from carrying out acts like killing, infliction of conditions of life calculated to destroy, prevention of births. I’m wondering if they’re calling for a ceasefire without calling for a ceasefire.”
     https://mondoweiss.net/2024/01/icj-orders-israel-to-prevent-genocidal-acts-in-gaza-and-punish-calls-for-incitement/

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