Wiping out Hamas was always a pipe dream. I also don't think Netanyahu is stupid enough to think it was actually possible. I believe that was just said to hide the real plan: the liquidation of Concentration Camp Gaza so it can be resettled.
Rally calling for release of hostages kidnapped in October 7 attack, in Tel Aviv
A demonstrator attends a rally calling for the release of hostages kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 27. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
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A broad framework for a hostage release & potential ceasefire in war betw #Hamas & #Israel was agreed to among negotiators in Paris this weekend..
While there is a basic framework that negotiators feel they can move forward with, the “details are going to be very difficult” to work out..Even though negotiators came to terms on the broad strokes, the office of Israel’s prime minister indicated Monday that there are concerns about “conditions that are not acceptable.”
The Rorschach test of Palestine in international law
Some have argued that the ICJ ruling on the Gaza genocide proves that international law is a tool of the dominant, too corrupted by the great powers to achieve true justice. But the ICJ offered a way of isolating Israel, and that is a source of hope.
#opinion [Amal Oraby (أمل عرابي)] / 3 Reasons to be Optimistic About the #ICJ preliminary Ruling
1 / by accepting the case and hearing South Africa's arguments that Israel is violating international law, the Court shattered #Netanyahu's project to deny Palestinian nationhood. The Court affirmed there is a Palestinian people with equal rights.
2 / the Court's decision provides legal ammunition for demanding a #ceasefire. This is now not just an unrealistic moral demand but follows international legal norms to minimize suffering.
3 / #Israel is now under increased global scrutiny that exposes the less flattering realities of decades of #occupation and siege policies. Israel will have to reckon with the past, present and future consequences of its actions.
This shifts the calculus for other post-colonial peoples to demand justice for Palestinians as connected to their own struggles. A new political project is needed in Israel to change realities rather than deny them.
Egyptian officials are charging Palestinians a massive ransom to escape the Gaza genocide
Egyptian border officials are charging Palestinians in Gaza thousands of dollars to escape death in Gaza. And even those who manage to raise the exorbitant price through GoFundMe campaigns have not been let through for months.
The last day of the war is generally said to be the worst day of the war, esp when the war is between two unequal sides.
ICJ being the criminal & corrupt ruling class institution, knowing a lot Palestinians would be massacred at even more intensity if Jewish fascist thug is given any more time chose to give it atleast a month of grace period for genocide.
As many already said, the Nazi regime escalated the attacks now.
The ICJ just took the Holocaust monopoly away from Israel
The International Court of Justice’s genocide ruling shows Israel is no longer viewed as the eternal victim, and the Holocaust no longer shields it from scrutiny for the most grave crimes against humanity.
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 115: Israel pushes Gazans further south; U.S threatens further regional violence
The U.S. government threatens further regional violence on the heels of drone attack that killed three American troops in Jordan. Human rights groups slam countries for pulling funding for UNRWA as Palestinians in Gaza face famine and starvation.
Israel claims a tunnel ran through this Gaza cemetery it destroyed. A visit to the site raised more questions than answers ( edition.cnn.com )
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