Israel is a nuclear power and it has the seemingly undisputed support from USA, Germany and Britain. Anything Israel does seems to be legitimized by the fact that Jews suffered the Holocaust. ( which shows how genocidal violence traumatises through the generations). In Germany you can not critizise Israel even jews can not . It would lead to blacklisting. Don't get me wrong it is important that the case comes before the International court, but it is sad and beyond reason , that a cease fire was not ordered.
The impact question is an interesting one. Impact for who? For the Gazan people the ICJ decision wasn’t “enough “. Only a permanent ceasefire could have stopped their ongoing catastrophe. For the Israeli people the decision could be seen as an indictment of their sovereignty by the highest court in the world. For the Israeli war cabinet the decision won't make any difference as they are too far down the rabbit hole to back up. For Netanyahu the decision reinforces his worldview that it’s Israel against the “ rest” and his political life is now much shorter than before. For many Canadians the decision underscores the timidity of our Government to do the “ right thing “ and add our support to the South African people.
For me the decision is saddening because of the lives it didn’t save and the justice it didn’t serve
I think Israel's allies' government decision makers like Canada, the U.S., UK, Germany etc. will be thinking twice about assisting a country that may be committing genocide according to the CCJ
Yes, all this action by South Africa has drawn attention to the patently genocidal intent -and genocidal activities- of Israeli leadership.- and, we must add, its too-silent and relenting population.
We can all feel endless shame for Canada's wan response ("wan" is too kind by half). Never has the history of our own genocidal intents toward Indigenous people here been more evident than when we see Canada's pitiful and skulking responses to Israel's treatment of what it calls "human animals". The maxim, the children of victims become terrorists, has a place in this unfolding...
Israel is a nuclear power and it has the seemingly undisputed support from USA, Germany and Britain. Anything Israel does seems to be legitimized by the fact that Jews suffered the Holocaust. ( which shows how genocidal violence traumatises through the generations). In Germany you can not critizise Israel even jews can not . It would lead to blacklisting. Don't get me wrong it is important that the case comes before the International court, but it is sad and beyond reason , that a cease fire was not ordered.
The impact question is an interesting one. Impact for who? For the Gazan people the ICJ decision wasn’t “enough “. Only a permanent ceasefire could have stopped their ongoing catastrophe. For the Israeli people the decision could be seen as an indictment of their sovereignty by the highest court in the world. For the Israeli war cabinet the decision won't make any difference as they are too far down the rabbit hole to back up. For Netanyahu the decision reinforces his worldview that it’s Israel against the “ rest” and his political life is now much shorter than before. For many Canadians the decision underscores the timidity of our Government to do the “ right thing “ and add our support to the South African people.
For me the decision is saddening because of the lives it didn’t save and the justice it didn’t serve
I think Israel's allies' government decision makers like Canada, the U.S., UK, Germany etc. will be thinking twice about assisting a country that may be committing genocide according to the CCJ
Yes, all this action by South Africa has drawn attention to the patently genocidal intent -and genocidal activities- of Israeli leadership.- and, we must add, its too-silent and relenting population.
We can all feel endless shame for Canada's wan response ("wan" is too kind by half). Never has the history of our own genocidal intents toward Indigenous people here been more evident than when we see Canada's pitiful and skulking responses to Israel's treatment of what it calls "human animals". The maxim, the children of victims become terrorists, has a place in this unfolding...