Israel's conflict with its neighbours

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Top UN court orders Israel to prevent genocide in Gaza but stops short of ordering cease-fire

Source: AP

Updated 9:17 AM EST, January 26, 2024

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ top court ordered Israel on Friday to do all it can to prevent death, destruction and any acts of genocide in its military offensive in Gaza, but stopped short of ordering a cease-fire.

South Africa alleged that Israel’s campaign in the tiny coastal enclave amounted to genocide in the case, which goes to the core of one of the world’s most intractable conflicts, and had asked the court to order Israel to halt the operation.

While the ruling stopped short of that, it nonetheless constituted an overwhelming rebuke of Israel’s wartime conduct and adds to mounting international pressure to halt the offensive that has killed more than 26,000 Palestinians, decimated vast swaths Gaza, and driven nearly 85% of its 2.3 million people from their homes.

In the highly anticipated decision made by a panel of 17 judges, the International Court of Justice decided not to throw out the case — and ordered six so-called provisional measures to protect Palestinians in Gaza.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/israel-gaza- ... 95e9143c06

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just stop them already

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UK considering recognising Palestine state, Lord Cameron says

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Britain is ready to bring forward the moment when it formally recognises a Palestinian state, the foreign secretary has suggested.

Lord Cameron said Palestinians had to be given a political horizon to encourage peace in the Middle East.

He is beginning his fourth visit to the region since being appointed foreign secretary in November.

The UK has a responsibility to set out what a Palestinian state would look like, he told a Westminster reception.

The Palestinian people would have to be shown "irreversible progress" towards a two-state solution, Lord Cameron said.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68137220

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At least half of Gaza's buildings damaged or destroyed, new analysis shows

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More than half of Gaza's buildings have been damaged or destroyed since Israel launched its retaliation for the Hamas attacks of 7 October, new analysis seen by the BBC reveals.

Detailed before-and-after imagery also shows how the bombardment of southern and central Gaza has intensified since the start of December, with the city of Khan Younis bearing much of the brunt of Israel's military action.

Israel has repeatedly told Gazans to move south for their own safety.

Across Gaza, residential areas have been left ruined, previously busy shopping streets reduced to rubble, universities destroyed and farmlands churned up, with tent cities springing up on the southern border to house many thousands of people left homeless.

About 1.7 million people - more than 80% of Gaza's population - are displaced, with nearly half crammed in the far southern end of the strip, according to the United Nations.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68006607

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No one is being physically harmed in this video in the moment but it is extremely disturbing. I can't verify the subtitles are accurate but if you listen closely the repetitions of the words are pretty spot on. Even if the words aren't wholly accurate the video is still disturbing and there is clear psychological torture going on here. I've seen enough Israeli propaganda and Israeli citizens in English say things as horrible as this over the past months that I personally believe this video is true.

The only solution at this point is a UN security force leading an occupation of Israel that enforces a dezionization in the same way the allies enforced a denazification policy on Germany. This is completely out of control. The Israeli government and most of its able bodied citizens it seems are actively attempting to kill, brutally exile, or enslave every Palestinian they can.

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Actually most Israelis are tired of bibi