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Shai Wenkert is the father of 22-year-old Omer Wenkert, who has colitis and is being held hostage by Hamas. Colitis is an accursed chronic disease which can be aggravated under stressful conditions and in the absence of medication and appropriate nutrition. It causes much suffering to people who have it. Omer’s father has been sounding Continue reading »
“How many more records does it take before we phase out fossil fuels and deal with it?” asked one climate campaigner. European scientists officially confirmed Tuesday that 2023 was the hottest year on record, surpassing 2016 by a huge margin as greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels continue to drive global temperatures to terrifying new highs. The conclusion Continue reading »
The push to oust Liz Magill began when the university hosted a festival celebrating Palestinian literature.
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The hearing at the ICJ is not only a determination of the genocidal nature of Israel’s assault on Gaza, it is also an adjudication on the morality of the West. This week, South Africa will open its case against Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. The indictment is based on the Continue reading »
“Whatever the outcome, we are witnessing an amazing moment of rule of international law history,” said Amnesty International secretary general Agnès Callamard. Human rights defenders and legal experts on Thursday lauded what many called South Africa’s “compelling” opening presentation at the International Court of Justice in The Hague in a case accusing Israel of genocide Continue reading »
Israel is relying on world sympathy fatigue and amnesia. They are biding their time for the world to look away so that they can finish the job they started back in 1948. That is, the elimination of the Palestinian people. With luck, they hope, the world will stop their bleeding-heart moaning about Gaza and the Continue reading »
John Howard took Australia into the devastating war of aggression in Iraq in March 2003 but has still not been held accountable. Recently released archives show the then prime minister did not even bother to prepare a written cabinet submission setting out the case for the invasion. Yet there was no plausible evidence available to Continue reading »
“… but they can be sure that they won’t be recorded for their crimes in history — because there won’t be any history” (Noam Chomsky, 2023) The macabre criminality of world so-called ”leaders”, coupled with the ignorant compliance of a majority of victims of global heating and nuclear annihilation, belong to the inconceivable. It is Continue reading »