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World Court Finds Israel Responsible for Apartheid

www.hrw.org World Court Finds Israel Responsible for Apartheid

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an advisory opinion on July 19, 2024, with significant consequences for human rights protections in Palestine under Israel’s 57-year occupation. The opinion stems from a December 2022 request by the United Nations General Assembly to the court to consi...

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In a historic ruling the International Court of Justice has found multiple and serious international law violations by Israel towards Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including, for the first time, finding Israel responsible for apartheid. The court has placed responsibility with all states and the United Nations to end these violations of international law. The ruling should be yet another wake up call for the United States to end its egregious policy of defending Israel’s oppression of Palestinians and prompt a thorough reassessment in other countries as well.

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World Court Finds Israel Responsible for Apartheid

www.hrw.org /news/2024/07/19/world-court-finds-israel-responsible-apartheid

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I can’t wait for the World Court Super Sayan Action Rangers to head down there and straighten Israel out
- International diplomacy is complicated and the WC may technically be powerless to enforce a judgment but... this still does matter.
  
  How do you figure?

Help carry out the conviction notice of Israeli leadership by supporting BDS. No one will care about Israel when they’re broke.
- BDS?
  
  Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, political movement that advocates boycotting Israel in support of the rights of Palestinian people
- This right here is why I walked away from my species.
  The less help, empathy and respect you need, the more you get.
  From my perspective, that makes us monsters.

A global judicial body unrecognized is effectively moot. You, me, and a few other here on Lemmy could all denounce any nation's treatment of others but that wouldn't mean much. We'd just be some random people complaining on the Internet.
Legitimacy and respect are critical to any court. Without them the courts have no merit.
- It has legitimacy and respect. What it doesn't have is enforcement. That's left to individual states
  
  Seemingly not among the involved party. What punishment can flow for this crime and the court's finding that wouldn't be levied otherwise.
  The indica of respect and legitimacy of a court is if their rulings are abided. Convince Israel a court with no Israelis should be the final arbitrator of their nations course of acts.
- Well not with that attitude.
- This is the ICJ, not the ICC.

I'm confused. Gaza waged a suicide bombing campaign that resulted in the ethnic cleansing of Israelis from Gaza in 2005. Are they saying Gaza is still part of Israel?
- you right to be confused; clearly you come from a parallel universe. i would be too.

ICJ needs to just stfu and actually take action.
- They're not allowed to. This is basically all they can do: the equivalent of going "guys, this is without a doubt super fucked up and you should stop enabling it like you enabled the FIRST Apartheid regime for decades
  
  Even if the ICJ and UN had a massive army to send in, we would literally find ourselves at war against the USA.
- Yep. Set the ICJ warriors into action

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