“[T]here are important connections between the ICC’s analysis of the situation in Palestine and the ICJ’s, that clearly weaken the predominant and longstanding Western discourse of “impunity for me and accountability for you”, especially regarding Israel”:
As “US Chief Justice John Roberts ruled long ago, extraterritoriality is disfavoured in the comity of nations and hence comes with a presumption against it, ‘no matter if its our criminal or civil laws that appear violated. Anything else would lead to chaos in the rule of law””:
- Adani Case Raises Issue Of Extraterritorial Application Of American Laws: Attorney (Kashmir Observer)
Israeli war crimes continue:
- War on Gaza: Palestinians Haunted by Israeli Grave Defilements and Body Theft (Middle East Eye)
- ‘They Came and Demolished Everything’: Palestinians Fear More Evictions in the West Bank Under Trump (CNN)
- In West Bank Raids, Palestinians See Echoes of Israel’s Gaza War (NY Times)
- Targeting Humanitarians? More Aid Workers Killed in 2024 than Ever (Aljazeera)
A major Israeli newspaper falls victim to “an opportunist resolution to boycott Haaretz, which passed in today’s government meeting without any legal review … [and] another step in Netanyahu’s journey to dismantle Israeli democracy”:
The Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind president, Mahmood Madani “called the killing of Muslim youths allegedly in police firing ‘a glaring example of State oppression and discrimination, violating the constitutional right to dignity and life that every citizen is entitled to’”:
“Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, … said a complete restoration of the 2015 deal was not on the cards. … It seems unlikely that even an outline deal could be reached before Trump’s inauguration”:
“Trump is highly unpredictable, and Israel, having gambled on his support, could find itself isolated on the world stage”:
- Israel’s Trump Delusion (Foreign Affairs)
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