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ICC chief prosecutor defends Netanyahu arrest warrant in BBC interview

  The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has told the BBC that justice must be seen to be done after seeking an arrest warrant for Israel's prime minister and defence minister. Karim Khan said it was important to show the court would hold all nations to the same standard in relation to alleged war crimes. He also welcomed the new UK government's decision to  drop its opposition to  the arrest warrants . “There's a difference of tone and I think of substance in relation to international law by the new government. And I think that's welcome,”  he told Political Thinking with Nick Robinson . He has also requested warrants for three Hamas leaders, two of whom have since been killed. In a wide-ranging interview, Mr Khan explained the ICC needed to request warrants for leaders on both sides to ensure people around the world thought the court was applying “the law equally based upon some common standards”. “If one had applied for warrants in relation to Israe

From ‘Defense’ to Destruction: The Evolution of Zionist Aggression by Yoav Litvin

  The most significant recent escalation in the ongoing   Zionist real estate project , enabled by apartheid and  genocide   of the Palestinian people, occurred on October 7 th , 2023, when Hamas fighters broke through Gaza’s prison fence, carrying out a bloody incursion on Israeli military installations and border towns. Since, the Israel “Defense” Forces (IDF) have engaged in the offensive flattening of Gaza, destruction of its infrastructure, extensive land seizure and elimination, torture and expulsion of its Palestinian population. Meanwhile,  liberal Zionists  have been whitewashing these events, regurgitating fantasies of a “two-state solution” and ignoring widespread use of the  Hannibal Directive  while scapegoating Netanyahu as a bug rather than a  feature . Undeniably, Zionism remains a colonialist, white supremacist movement aimed at capitalist resource acquisition while appropriating Judaism. Viewing this dynamic through a behavioral neuroscientific lens, which studies vio

Why Would Six Israelis Receive More Attention Than Tens of Thousands of Murdered Palestinians by Jamal Kanj

  September 1, 2024, twenty-seven Palestinian families woke up to mourn their loved ones, including at least 11 who were killed at a “safe” shelter,   Safad School in Zaitune neighborhood   east of Gaza city. On the same day, the Israeli occupying army recovered the bodies of six Israeli captives, who died as a direct or indirect result of an Israeli incursion into a tunnel in Rafah. By the end of the day, the smiling faces and names of these six Israelis were prominently featured across digital and print media, while the  murdered Palestinians , were reduced to mere statistics, nameless and faceless. Both groups, however, share one tragic commonality: their demise was caused by the same killer. Bombing without discrimination is a murder without distinction. Despite being warned of the risk of attempting to release the prisoners by force, Netanyahu opted to sacrifice the Israeli captives to eliminate a political burden that could be seen as an obstacle to achieve his “war goals.” Their

Why is Kamala Harris Erasing Palestinians? by Arun Gupta

  It’s not that the Democrats did not show any concern about Palestinians at the Democratic National Convention. They showed extraordinary concern given the lengths they went to erase them from Kamala’s coronation. Afterwards the Democrats seemed ecstatic that a little genocide didn’t disrupt their joy. But there were still plenty of protests and signs of divisions that could pose problems with Harris’s path to election especially as student protesters look to reinvigorate the movement. One high-profile protest took place inside the convention center on the first night as Joe Biden spoke. Delegates unfurled a banner  reading , “Stop Arming Israel.” Nadia Ahmad, a Florida delegate for Harris, held up the banner along with a Jewish superdelegate. Ahmad says other delegates hit her “We Love Joe” signs. It revealed how liberals are more enraged at those opposing genocide than those committing genocide. During the DNC there were countless press conferences, vigils, street theater, and small