Some good analysis here explaining why Rafah is so crucial.
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Netanyahu is seriously isolated and the fascists are his only remaining ally. He is doing everything to please them. Not to mention that he is hoping for an unlikely breakthrough that will turn his fortune around. Scum.
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I agree. At this point , he seems to be clutching at straws for some move by Hamas which would afford him some breathing space.
US in all likelihood would stop any actions taken by the international court of justice to hold him accountable for his actions. Had it not been the election year for Biden , I would have thought he would be more willing to pressurise Netanyahu and his cohorts by giving indications that US would not hinder ICJ.
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I know the USA has previous for ignoring ICJ rulings, but itâs not 1984 any more. You canât simply sweep those sorts of judgements under the carpet, instruct your journalists and expect no-one will bat an eyelid. Social media will see to that.
Sure theyâll try and they will probably block the judgement, but Iâm hoping a ruling as significant as genocide will ensure civilians will never forget any vetoing action by the US.
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Maybe itâs part of getting older, but it feels as if international diplomacy and the school playground have never been closer.
Scum
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All quite clearly Hamas.
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Malta 
Slovenia 
Ireland 
and Spain 
are proceeding with their plan to recognize Palestine 
too. Is there any significance of their June timeline?
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Seriously, these guys now need to be locked-up.
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Hoping and praying that the UN can overcome the cuntish obstacles USA throws out there is like hoping and praying that the Premier League can carry through with their charges against the cuntish army of City lawyers.
Just pushing the US into the corner because of their indefensible stance.
FIFY
Three Israeli whistleblowers working at the Sde Teiman desert camp, a holding site for Palestinians detained during Israelâs invasion of Gaza, have claimed to have witnessed a series of abuses by the military, including prisoners being restrained, blindfolded, and forced to wear diapers, reports CNN.
The Israeli whistleblowers said of the prisoners:
We were told they were not allowed to move. They should sit upright. Theyâre not allowed to talk. Not allowed to peek under their blindfold.
According to the sources, guards were instructed to enforce silence by shouting âuskotâ (Arabic for âshut upâ) and to identify and punish problematic individuals.
The witnesses told CNN the facility, some 18 miles from the Gaza frontier, is split into two parts: enclosures where around 70 Palestinian detainees from Gaza are placed under extreme physical restraint, and a field hospital âwhere injured detainees are immobilised, diapered, and fed through strawsâ.
According to the whistleblowers, the beatings were retaliatory in nature and not intended for intelligence gathering. âThey were done out of revenge. It was punishment for what they [Hamas] did on October 7 and punishment for behaviour in the camp.â
One whistleblower described âa routine search when the guards would unleash large dogs on sleeping detainees, lobbing a sound grenade at the enclosure as troops barged inâ.
Following the attack on Israel by Hamas on October 7, the Israeli military converted three military sites into detention camps for Palestinian prisoners from Gaza. This move aligns with Israelâs Unlawful Combatants Law, which was expanded by the Knesset in December to grant the military greater detention powers.
Responding to CNNâs request for comment on all the allegations, the Israeli military, said in a statement:
The IDF ensures proper conduct towards the detainees in custody. Any allegation of misconduct by IDF soldiers is examined and dealt with accordingly. In appropriate cases, MPCID (Military Police Criminal Investigationâs Division) investigations are opened when there is suspicion of misconduct justifying such action.
Detainees are handcuffed based on their risk level and health status. Incidents of unlawful handcuffing are not known to the authorities.
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Just putting this here. Not exactly important news, butâŚ
https://twitter.com/manniefabian/status/1788882402426634654
UN passed resolution for UN Security Council to reconsider and support Palestine membership into the UN
The UN general assembly overwhelmingly passed the resolution for the UN Security Council to reconsider and support the full membership of Palestine into the United Nations.
143 countries supported it, 9 voted against, and 25 abstained.
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