Notices by onrust 🍉 (onrust@infosec.exchange)

stop doing offices ... they have played us for absolute fools

As Craig Murray already said when reporting from the hearings of South Africa’s case against Israel on genocidal intent two weeks ago:

“One thing I do know for certain. These two days in the Hague were absolutely crucial for deciding if there is any meaning left in notions of international law and human rights.”

Both Murray’s reports are well worth a read btw, here’s part 1: https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2024/01/your-man-in-the-hague-in-a-good-way/
and part 2: https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2024/01/your-man-in-the-hague-in-a-good-way-part-2/

#StopGenocide #Palestine #SouthAfrica #Gaza #IsraelOnTrial #IsrealWarCrimes

Tomorrow 1pm CET the International Court of Justice in the Hague will deliver its verdict in South Africa's case against 'israel' for genocidal intent.

At issue tomorrow not so much whether ‘israel' is in real-time committing an actual genocide, or even whether it has shown genocidal intent. All of that has been documented beyond doubt.

Rather, the real trial is whether this court, the ICJ itself, is capable of delivering a verdict that acknowledges this truth.

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Here's the full document of South Africa's application to the International Court of Justice against 'israel' on the allegation of genocidal intent: https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192/192-20231228-app-01-00-en.pdf

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Some have anticipated that today 'israel', instead of responding to South Africa's legal arguments, will show quite a bit of gore from the attacks of 7 October 2023. As though that would somehow justify its genocidal actions ... ?

However, as South Africa's legal team pointed out yesterday: the crime of genocide is absolute.

There is NO possible defence, justification, or mitigating circumstances on which the crime of genocide is allowed. NONE. EVER.

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The second day of the hearings in South Africa's case against 'israel' in the International Court of Justice on the allegation of genocidal intent is starting now.

Livestream: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k11/k11gf661b3

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South Africa quotes a representative who says that, over their decades-long experience, they haven't seen any case as severe as what's happening in Gaza in terms of speed and scale

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Hearing resumes. South Africa continues making its case, describing the rights that South Africa seeks to preserve in Gaza

Says that what is happenings now is NOT a conflict between two parties. It's an occupying power oppressing and committing genocidal acts against Palestinians. Points out that the oppression has been going on for over 75 years.

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In making its case, South Africa repeatedly refers the court to its ruling in a case of The Gambia against Myanmar on genocide, which you can find here: https://icj-cij.org/case/178

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Points out that it's not the court's task at this point to determine whether *actual* genocide is taking place, or whether it's the *only* possible explanation of what is happening.

The bar for demonstrating genocidal intent is lower.

The point here is to stop the occupying force from carrying out whatever it's doing, to prevent (any additional) genocide taking place

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Summarizing its case, South Africa asks that a stop is brought to the genocide in Palestine, where already over 23.000 people have been killed, and the killing continues at this very moment.

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Hearing at the International Court of Justice in the case South Africa v. Israel - Oral argument of South Africa is starting: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k11/k11gf661b3

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Opening remarks for South Africa:

This did not start on 7 October.

"No armed attack, no matter how serious ... can justify breaching of the [Genocide] convention" as Israel is doing now.

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South Africa begins to present its case.

Starts out with recognizing the Nakba of 1948 and Israel's discriminatory policies that subject the people of Palestine to Apartheid and inhumane treatment.

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South Africa: the second genocidal act is inflicting serious bodily and mental harm on Palestinians. Around 60.000 people in Palestine have been wounded or maimed, the vast majority of these being children, elderly, and women.

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South Africa: the first genocidal act of "israel" is the mass killing of people in Palestine. As of today, at least 23.210 people have been murdered, with ca. 7.000 Palestinians still missing, presumed dead. 40% of these are estimated to be children.

"israel" drops bombs on civilian locations designated at 'safe'.

There is no place safe in Gaza.

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South Africa present background context to their case, showing a map of how the zionist occupation controls pretty much all infrastructure and civilian life in Palestine.

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South Africa: "israel" imposes hunger and dehydration on people in Palestine.

93% of the population in Gaza is facing crisis levels of hunger.

More people are expected to die in Palestine from starvation and disease than from bombing.

Hospitals have been bombed. Humanitarian aid is blocked.

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South Africa: third genocidal act is to make conditions of life in Gaza impossible. "isreal" leaves nowhere safe.

"israel"'s evacuation order to about 1 million Palestinian people *itself* was genocidal, argues South Africa

Houses and infrastructure have been razed to the ground, leaving people nowhere to return to.

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South Africa: "israel" has clear genocidal intent. Points to patterns of destruction of homes, infrastructure. Every 1 in 4 Palestinians have been injured over the past months.

"israel"'s politicians, military and other prominent ppl have publicly expressed their genocidal intent.

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