This is an interesting Intercept interview of one of the CCR attorneys prosecuting the federal suit in San Francisco against Biden, Blinken and Austin for genocide.   The CCR lawyer explains the background of Judge Joan Donahue, the US-designated judge at the International Court of Justice who also happens to be the chief judge of the entire court. She can't control any votes but her own, of course, but her resume as an international lawyer is as disturbing as it is unsurprising:   "Joan Donahue ...Continue Reading

The below is readable without paywall. Something more that the South African legal team hopefully will add to their coming petition against the US and Britain. Nothing like being indicted by your own biased newspaper of record. This will help the criminal referral I'm preparing.https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/23/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-palestinian-detainees.html?unlocked_article_code=1.P00.5iyo.7xdeAe9QR4mY&smid=url-share ...Continue Reading

https://youtu.be/9k3hAkr1FNc?si=dN5BebIcFOa7qbezMohammed Al-Bukhaiti, senior political officer and spokesman for Yemen's Ansarallah movement, explains the objectives behind his movement's naval blockade of the Red Sea in this interview with The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal. Al-Bukhaiti also responds to military threats from the Biden administration and allegations that Ansarallah is controlled by Iran's IRGC. ...Continue Reading

  Let them ponder this, from the Wall Street Journal, hardly a bastion of pro-Palestine sentiment• ” A World Bank analysis concluded that by Dec. 12, the war had damaged or destroyed 77% of health facilities, 72% of municipal services such as parks, courts and libraries, 68% of telecommunications infrastructure, and 76% of commercial sites, including the almost complete destruction of the industrial zone in the north. More than half of all roads, the World Bank found, have been damaged or destroyed. Some 342 school ...Continue Reading

Friends, I've been sitting on this blustery winter evening, thinking about what a harsh and messy year 2024 is going to be for US politics. If all that we who live in the belly of this Beast slouching toward Armageddon can do is send a message to the Dems that they can still be voted out of office -- then we had better send that message, but do it now, don't wait for November.    /*Because we are slouching toward Armageddon*/.     Here're a few developments of the past two weeks that are do ...Continue Reading

  "We had /no idea/ there were /people/ in that Strip," stammered the testosterone-drenched warrior state. "What're you, antisemitic or something?" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/19/israels-war-on-gaza-live-us-support-for-israel-ironclad-despite-rebuffUS official John Kirby says there is no evidence of “deliberate” Israeli war crimes after Mexico, Chile request investigation from International Criminal Court.[So they were all "accidental" war crimes, eh?] ...Continue Reading

This way, I say, this way to World War III.https://news.antiwar.com/2024/01/18/israeli-military-chief-says-lebanon-war-likely-in-coming-months/*Israeli Military Chief Says Lebanon War Likely in Coming Months* Says Israel will apply lessons learned in Gaza offensive by Jason Ditz January 18, 2024 at 2:45 pmi ET Categories NewsVisiting troops near the northern border, head of Israel’s military, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, discussed the potential of war in Lebanon, saying the likelihood of a conflict in the coming months is “mu ...Continue Reading

The Stuxnet computer virus that suddenly appeared in Iran's computerized systems overseeing enrichment of uranium in 2010 was introduced into the system by a Dutch intel spy engineer working for a contractor at the Iranian site at Natanz.This revelation comes now, as Iran is heating up its rhetoric greatly about its willingness to intercede in the genocide. Note that it says in the article that the Iranians have enough enriched Uranium at 60% for three bombs and that the US double cross a couple months ago to not releas ...Continue Reading

Legal experts and analysts weigh in on the argument by Israel on "no dispute" which requires a dispute between SA and Israel over the question of genocide before they can file with the ICJ. If the judges side with Israel it would not only discredit the ICJ making international law a total farce but would give any country a way to avoid prosecution, just don't respond to an allegation by another country.South Africa may have given the World Court a way out of ruling that Israel is plausibly committing geno ...Continue Reading

Josh Ruebner reports on Twitter tonight:The Senate just voted 72-11 to kill @SenSanders resolution to have the State Department report Israel's human rights abuses against Palestinians. Senators voting not to kill it: Butler, Heinrich, Hirono, Lujan, Markey, Merkley, Paul, Sanders, Van Hollen, Warren, Welch.On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 8:55 PM Terry Lodge tjlodge50@PROTECTED [Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition] <peacelist@PROTECTED> wrote:__  From: tjlodge50@PROTECTED I can't find the actual vote taken in the Senat ...Continue Reading