On March 26, a clear, brisk night, Abdullah Sharif Atwi, Abdulrahman al-Shaar, Ahmad al-Shaar, Baraa Abu Qais, Hussein al-Shaar, Muhammad al-Farouq Atwi and Muhammad Ragheed Hammoud were in the second-floor hangout.
The Israeli drones hovered overhead, they had been going all day and now their sound was fading almost into the background.
The group was in high spirits, taking videos of themselves and joking about.
About half an hour after midnight, just into March 27, Israel hit the centre with an air strike, levelling the two-storey building.
Israel killed a total of 17 people in three different towns just that day, 10 of them medical workers.
The United States is the largest weapon supplier in the world. Naturally, that would be the case.
Biden cannot stop the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on military aid to Israel without Congressional involvement. The MOU is an executive agreement that outlines the terms of military aid, but the actual allocation of funds requires Congressional approval through the budget and appropriations process. While the President can influence and propose changes, ultimately, Congress controls the money and must approve any significant alterations to the agreed-upon aid.
That said, he supports Israel much more than I would personally prefer him to.
He can. Leahy law forbids export of weapons to countries comitting war crimes. Which is why Biden is a fervent denier of israeli war crimes.
How many other countries are calling it a war crime?
Are you saying israel is not committing war crimes?
Me personally? No, I’m not saying that.
Oh that’s cool. The UN also thinks that israel is committing war crimes. And the UN has a few countries that are members of it.
Something about the ICC saying that israel is starving the population of Gaza and must withdraw from Rafah immediately. From some dude with a fake wig. Must not be important.
And hopefully they do something about it, without the involvement of the US.
Yes many are recognizing Palestine and countries are sanctioning israel.
This does not somehow absolve the US from its role as the most critical supporter of israel committing Genocide.
Which countries have actually imposed a sanction vs simply removing their ambassadors?
I know many EU countries are still “thinking” about it.
https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-gaza-international-criminal-court-hague-palestinians-1f683a6e2e150d91c415eb1d0a19a44d
From the ICC:
And here: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/ICC_member_states.svg/1920px-ICC_member_states.svg.png
Countries in green are fully participant countries. War crime isn’t a word you throw lightly against a country that is supposedly your ally, and yet things are moving quite fast.
https://www.voanews.com/a/un-rights-council-accuses-israel-of-war-crimes-against-palestinians/7558605.html
Countries voting in favor:
https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/INTERACTIVE_UN-resolution-1712315736.png?w=770&resize=770%2C770&quality=80