#Israel “has refrained from agreeing to ICJ jurisdiction in all the hundreds of treaties it has signed, except one: the #Genocide Convention. Article 9 of the Convention stipulated that if disagreements arise between the members over the Convention’s authority or interpretation, the ICJ is the place to hear them.”

“Back then, the popular Israeli notion that we do not let gentiles judge us had not yet developed.”

https://www.972mag.com/israel-genocide-icj-michael-sfard/ 🇮🇱 🇺🇦 🧵

#Nuremberg #Holocaust #history #law #Lviv #Ukraine

Attorney Michael Sfard was interviewed earlier this week in #TelAviv about #genocide:
“South Africa’s case does not rely only on the fact that some Israel leaders have made genocidal statements. It further charges that Israel has done nothing in response to these statements: it hasn’t condemned the statements, it hasn’t dismissed from office the people who expressed them, it hasn’t opened disciplinary proceedings against them, and it certainly hasn’t opened criminal investigations.”

@israel 🧵

— #Israel will still have to explain the genocidal statements made by officials, especially cabinet ministers.

— By saying that they’re stupid?

— Yes. […] Israel will have to make a big deal out of the very minor rebuke that Netanyahu gave to Eliyahu [after the latter suggested that Israel could drop a nuclear bomb on Gaza] when he said that Eliyahu was banned from attending cabinet meetings, but Eliyahu attended them anyway. Israel will say that Netanyahu publicly condemned the statement.

"The way in which international law crystallizes hope: hope held out and hopes dashed."

Lori Allen: https://mondoweiss.net/2024/01/the-rorschach-test-of-palestine-in-international-law/ @palestine

#Justice #impunity #internationalLaw #genocide #ICJ #Gaza #israel #OngoingNakba #war #warOnGaza #israelGaza #israelGazaWar #ethnicCleansing #warCrimes #PalestinianLivesMatter #terrorism #counterTerrorism #stateTerrorism #stateViolence #GazaGenocide #StopArmingIsrael #CeasefireNow #JewishSupremacy #institutionsDeceive #judicialBias #unitary #proZionism