Legal experts urge support of South Africa instituting proceedings against Israel, while one scholar says lack of sanctions and boycotts helped create the current catastrophe.
Many thanks again Mick for bringing the issues that should concern all of us back home to Aotearoa /New Zealand. We need to keep pressuring our government to support South AFRICA, Malaysia and Turkey with the ICJ and the call of genocide against Israel. Keep up the good work.
Even if the ICJ departs from its normal policy of doing nothing to offend the United States and its western allies, Israel will ignore any ruling made against it, and as usual the US will back the State of Israel. Contrary to the popular mantra that "there can be no military solution to the conflict" in fact there can be nothing but a military solution, even if that is followed up by a political settlement. The Yemeni authorities recognise that words or court rulings will not stop the genocide, and that is why they are regulating commercial shipping in the Red Sea to stop the passage of any goods which will directly or indirectly assist the genocide. The Realm of New Zealand, on the other hand, supports the genocide and opposes the Yemeni attempts to frustrate Israeli and US actions aimed at destroying the Palestinian population of Gaza and expelling them from the territory. New Zealand does not actually adhere to the principle of freedom of commerce on the seas, because it has supported or condoned maritime blockades of many other nations, such as Korea, Iran, Cuba, Yemen and Venezuela. New Zealand's sole interest is in supporting Anglo-American global hegemony, and if that requires an occasional dose of genocide against recalcitrant peoples, then so be it.
The ICJ hearing is a judicial proceeding in a complex are of law with few precedents. But Kelsey and colleagues argue politics and worldview which (hopefully) will not be of the slightest interest. to the Judges.
I doubt the SA legal team will be presenting Kelsey's comments to the judges, who will instead have ample irrefutable evidence of expressed genocide intent and actions to base their determinations on. Any external political pressure will predictably come from the Israel and US side, ranging from antisemitism allegations, to digging dirt on judges and SA representatives, to escalating regional conflict.
Many thanks again Mick for bringing the issues that should concern all of us back home to Aotearoa /New Zealand. We need to keep pressuring our government to support South AFRICA, Malaysia and Turkey with the ICJ and the call of genocide against Israel. Keep up the good work.
Even if the ICJ departs from its normal policy of doing nothing to offend the United States and its western allies, Israel will ignore any ruling made against it, and as usual the US will back the State of Israel. Contrary to the popular mantra that "there can be no military solution to the conflict" in fact there can be nothing but a military solution, even if that is followed up by a political settlement. The Yemeni authorities recognise that words or court rulings will not stop the genocide, and that is why they are regulating commercial shipping in the Red Sea to stop the passage of any goods which will directly or indirectly assist the genocide. The Realm of New Zealand, on the other hand, supports the genocide and opposes the Yemeni attempts to frustrate Israeli and US actions aimed at destroying the Palestinian population of Gaza and expelling them from the territory. New Zealand does not actually adhere to the principle of freedom of commerce on the seas, because it has supported or condoned maritime blockades of many other nations, such as Korea, Iran, Cuba, Yemen and Venezuela. New Zealand's sole interest is in supporting Anglo-American global hegemony, and if that requires an occasional dose of genocide against recalcitrant peoples, then so be it.
Great points Geoff.
The ICJ hearing is a judicial proceeding in a complex are of law with few precedents. But Kelsey and colleagues argue politics and worldview which (hopefully) will not be of the slightest interest. to the Judges.
I doubt the SA legal team will be presenting Kelsey's comments to the judges, who will instead have ample irrefutable evidence of expressed genocide intent and actions to base their determinations on. Any external political pressure will predictably come from the Israel and US side, ranging from antisemitism allegations, to digging dirt on judges and SA representatives, to escalating regional conflict.