See how national governments ignore the International Court of Justice when it suits them
This is what a holocaust looks like (or at least one interpretation): and as the artist intends, it might accurately refer to what Israel is visiting upon Gaza now. The International Court of Justice agrees that a genocide may be taking place but some national governments have chosen to ignore this. Who do they think they are?
After the International Court of Justice ruled that Israel may have been committing genocide in Gaza, national governments have been queueing up… to deny it.
Here are a few examples I’ve found:
John Kirby, 1/3/24: “We find this submission meritless, counterproductive, and completely without any basis in fact whatsoever.”
ICJ 1/26/24: “the acts complained of capable of falling within the provisions of the genocide convention.”
US genocide denial won’t be forgotten. pic.twitter.com/4LESfGIQhA
— Assal Rad (@AssalRad) January 26, 2024
"Canada will continue to support Israel’s right to exist and defend itself" ❌
"Canada will continue to support Israel’s right to commit genocide" ✅
— Elena (@Elena1just) January 26, 2024
Here’s the editor of the Jewish Chronicle being debunked:
Remember when the RAF bombed Northern Ireland to the ground and destroyed hospitals, schools and universities? https://t.co/Fqo19Fxoaf
— 5 Chinese Crackers (@5ChinCrack) January 26, 2024
There were probably loads of these loonies popping out of the woodworking to deny the genocide that many of us can recognise going on before our eyes.
Fortunately, there are those who can see that the ICJ’s ruling has been a huge blow to the credibility of the genocidal regime in Israel. Here’s South Africa’s Ronnie Kasrils, who was nothing to do with the submission to the court, but knows a few things about fighting an apartheid-based government:
How significant is the International Court of Justice ruling on Gaza genocide?
👉Former ANC freedom fighter Ronnie Kasrils knows how to see off an apartheid regime.https://t.co/RkMPsoV5hR— Not the Andrew Marr Show (@NotAndrewMarr1) January 28, 2024
Some have said South Africa was mistaken in its submission, but most of us are with Martin Shaw, below – aren’t we?
then most people can probably see that it is one. The power of genocide as an idea does not depend on narrow legal definitions. And genocide can be coherently defined, in a sociological understanding, in a way which gets over the obfuscation that lawyers have created.
— Martin Shaw (@martinshawx) January 28, 2024
But with a national government that supports Israel and is apparently (even if only tacitly) cheerleading the Gaza genocide, what can be done in the UK to support moves to stop Israel from causing more harm?
Well…
In view of the ICJ’s findings, will the @CharityComms /@metpoliceuk freeze the accounts / ensure that funds aren’t being used for committing a genocide in Gaza of those charities that were reported as supporting the IDF (The Boys Clubhouse, UK-AWIS, The Chabad Lubavitch Centre)? pic.twitter.com/IS9Ga65ABV
— Zillur Rahman (@ZillRah7) January 27, 2024
Probably not. But it’s worth asking – and This Writer will try to keep the pressure up.
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