The International Court of Justice fudged its ruling by not issuing a ceasefire order. But it was nonetheless a big victory for South Africa's case: The court's justices overwhelmingly ruled that it was plausible that Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza and has declared it will now investigate Israel's actions. That will take time (far too long), but Israel's crimes are now under scrutiny by the World Court, as will be the complicity in genocide of the US and Europe.

Today over half a million took to the streets of London to stand with Palestine and demand a full #CeasefireNOW 🇵🇸 #GazaGlobalAction

"Among US intellectuals support for bombing Afghanistan is overwhelming. How many of them think you should bomb Washington because of US wars? If you suggest this you'd be considered insane. But why is one right and the other wrong?" Now just change Afghanistan to Yemen

The US and UK have launched a war on Yemen in retaliation for its solidarity with the Palestinian people — to defend their profits and to preserve Israel's genocide in Gaza. Hands off Yemen!

US & UK bombing one of the poorest countries in the world, Yemen, for defending one of the most persecuted people in the world, Palestinians, undergoing a genocide supported by the US & UK.

Military action in Yemen by the UK & US government is a reckless act of escalation that will only cause more death and suffering. It is utterly disgraceful that Parliament has not even been consulted. When will we learn from our mistakes and realise that war is not the answer?

BREAKING 🇾🇪 The US-UK bombing campaign in Yemen has begun.

I just completed the first of four special episodes of Connections with @normfinkelstein regarding the ICJ genocide case that will commence on 11 January. Thanks to Norman for a great discussion. We will review the South African submission Thursday 8pm US EST

🚨National March for Palestine - Ceasefire NOW - 13 January - 📍Assemble Bank Junction, EC3V 3LA, 12 noon Please join us in London on Saturday. We can't stop putting pressure on our government to call for a full #CeasefireNOW and an end to the siege of Gaza. #GazaGlobalAction

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"It's very important now for the public to be focused on the ICJ case, and for the people on the court to know we are watching you. If you do nothing, you are going to completely discredit the rule of law." @normfinkelstein in conversation with @MouinRabbani. Tune in today for the second part of the 4-part series with Norman Finkelstein & Mouin Rabbani at 8pm ET, in which they will analyze today's South Africa arguments at #ICJ. #ICJAnalysis #FinkelsteinRabbaniSeries

BREAKING 🇨🇴 President Gustavo Petro has declared his support for South Africa's Genocide Convention case at the International Court of Justice.

"The evidence of genocidal intent is not only chilling, it is also overwhelming and incontrovertible.” South African lawyer Tembeka Ngcukaitobi delivers a stirring testimony in South Africa's case against Israel for genocide in Gaza at The Hague.

“Israele” è una colonia colpevole di genocidio dal 1948, non dal 7 Ottobre. Non capisco come possiate esaltarvi nel vedere un’entità ILLEGALE e terrorista giudicata con metro GIURISPRUDENZIALE. I sionisti se ne sono fottuti sempre della legge. “Israele” va SMANTELLATO. Fine🇵🇸✌🏾

Today's ICJ hearing was devastating. Horror after horror, laid out in plain sight for all to see. South Africa spoke for millions around the world desperate for this massacre to end — and put the UK & US government to shame for their deplorable silence, cowardice and complicity.

At the core of ISrael's seemingly endless repertoire of sadism: Instilling an all-consuming, constant fear of death. Terror! Nowhere is safe. Every second of 97 days and nights. Trauma inflicted on 2.3 million civilians with nowhere to hide, no possibility of escape.
 Here after a rocket that didn't explode as intended.

I don’t think a single Western politician has spoken on Gaza as powerfully, correctly, and with such unshakable clarity as Yanis Varoufakis.

It's not too late to get involved in opposing Israel's assault on Gaza. It doesn't matter if you haven't been talking about it until now. It doesn't matter if you haven't understood or paid attention to the Israel-Palestine conflict until now. It doesn't matter if you've been supportive of Israel in the past, or if you've expressed opinions on this subject that you now know were misguided, or if you've never engaged in any kind of activism before. If that's the case for you, you need to understand that millions of people are on the exact same boat as you right now. MILLIONS. The actions of the state of Israel over the last three months have caused huge numbers of people not previously aware of its depravity to open their eyes to what's going on, do some research, and change their position. There is absolutely nothing wrong with joining in with the opposition now. You can safely dismiss anything in you that feels self-conscious about not getting this until now, or feels like it would be inauthentic to join an activist cause after it has gained popularity. Changing your position and taking a stand now makes you MORE authentic, because it shows you are living a life guided by truth and compassion rather than sleepwalking through life guided by blind habit and partisan tribalism. I guarantee you the people in Gaza would much rather have you than not have you, and losing your support over self-consciousness about joining in later than others did would be a very silly and unfortunate thing to happen. Moreover, you would definitely not be the last to join in this cause; millions more will be joining in after you as the Israeli regime loses support around the world and everyone starts waking up to what's happening in Gaza. Please disregard anything in you that has been holding back from helping to facilitate that awakening in whatever small way you can, whether that might be due to shame for not getting involved sooner or due to any kind of cringe around activism and political engagement you may have had before. This thing is so much more important than any of us, and it's so much more important than any little feelings of self-consciousness we'd have about getting involved in ways we never would have imagined before. This matter is much too urgent for you to pay any attention to those misguided forces within you that are resistant to taking a stand here. Take your stand. It will be welcomed, and you will be glad that you did for the rest of your life.

"Without those brave Palestinian journalists on the ground, there will be no one to tell the rest of the world, to tell all of us, about the ongoing, horrific impact of this war on the innocent people of Gaza." - Mehdi Hasan on his MSNBC show.