8. The Nitty Gritty: Capitalism & Fascism

Some of us didn't need an ICJ ruling to figure that out

Top UN court says Israel's decades-long occupation of Palestinian territories should be brought to an end 'as rapidly as possible'

Tomorrow, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will rule against the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Listen to this hearing from that trial:  "Palestine… | 84 comments on LinkedIn

🚨Breaking: Historical Verdict by the International Court of Justice (ICJ): Free Palestine now and pay reparation for the 57 years of occupation. International… | 203 comments on LinkedIn

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its Advisory Opinion in respect of the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem.

By June 19, 2024, 37 396 people had been killed in the Gaza Strip since the attack by Hamas and the Israeli invasion in October, 2023, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, as reported by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.1 The Ministry's figures have been contested by the Israeli authorities, although they have been accepted as accurate by Israeli intelligence services,2 the UN, and WHO. These data are supported by independent analyses, comparing changes in the number of deaths of UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff with those reported by the Ministry,3 which found claims of data fabrication implausible.

The silence of the US medical establishment amid the genocide is manifest hypocrisy, says Yassar Arain.

Humanitarian aid should never be politicised though, quite often, the very survival of nations is used as political bargaining chips. Sadly, Gaza remains

One does not need to be a fortune-teller to understand that the Israel-US game plan for Gaza runs something like this: 1. In public, Biden appears “tough”

"But… did he say it on a college campus? Otherwise, it's just not news. Sorry, them's the rules," said one journalist sardonically.

Myth-busting documentary finally breaks the stranglehold of Israel and its western media acolytes over the story of what happened on 7 October

Myth-busting documentary finally breaks the stranglehold of Israel and its western media acolytes over the story of what happened on 7 October.

Watch an I$raeli children education class to understand why the I$raeli soldiers are committing atrocities against humanity in Gaza 💔 #endisraeliapartheid | 68 comments on LinkedIn

What’s happening at The Hague isn’t political theater.

Letter: Nick Moss on the charge of genocide made against Israel by South Africa at the international court of justice

Scholars are torn on whether the current conflict can be yet classified a genocide officially.

Israel’s plan to treat Palestinians in Gaza as “human animals” and starve them reflects the conditions of apartheid.

When asked why his latest map has erased the whole of the West Bank, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu retorted with the most detestable

Here's a closer look at the United Nations' breakdown of casualties. The overall total of more than 35,000 Palestinians killed since Oct. 7, based on Gaza Health Ministry figures, has not declined.

The study finds factors like diseases will lead to many more indirect deaths in the long run even if the war stops now.

The contradictions at the heart of the State of Israel have had little impact on its success. This can be seen in Israel’s relationship with Africa. Many

Israeli authorities have deliberately inflicted conditions of life calculated to bring about the destruction of part of the population in Gaza by

The death toll of Israel’s genocide in Gaza is likely far higher than reported by health officials, by a margin of tens of thousands of deaths,

Israeli extremist officials deny the existence of famine in Gaza as they push for harsher measures to block food.

The United Nations is warning the humanitarian situation in Gaza remains “beyond catastrophic” as more than 1 million Palestinians in Gaza did not receive any food rations in August amid Israel’s relentless assault. Israel’s 11-month campaign has killed more than 15,000 children and enabled the besieged territory’s first polio outbreak in a quarter-century. INARA founder Arwa Damon just got back from spending two weeks in Gaza, where the nonprofit currently provides medical and mental healthcare to Palestinian children. “Israel has decimated every single aspect of any sort of infrastructure within the Gaza Strip, from sewage to water to electricity to you name it,” says Damon, who reports that humanitarian assistance has diminished significantly while displaced Palestinians play a “macabre, dark, twisted game” of trying to escape constant Israeli bombing.

There is a pretense of novelty in Israel’s most recent offensive in the West Bank, which it has glibly called “Operation Summer Camps.” Even before it

Francesca Albanese did not mince her words. In a strongly worded speech at the United Nations General Assembly Third Committee on October 29, the UN