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minus-square@jordanlundOPMlinkEnglish16•1 year agoI’d add, I’m not happy with the “yeah, come back in a month” phrasing. Israel could see that as “Oh, so as long as we finish this in a month…?”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year agoYeah absolutely, since their wording is so vague there’s not really a bar that they would need to meet.
minus-square@jordanlundOPMlinkEnglish8•edit-21 year agoAnd at least one Israeli official’s response is patently offensive: "12m ago 08.10 EST Israel’s security minister responds to ICJ ruling by tweeting ‘Hague Shmague’ Itamar Ben-Gvir has responded to the ICJ ruling by tweeting: “Hague Shmague”. The South African government said it welcomed the provisional measures the ICJ had ordered against Israel."
I’d add, I’m not happy with the “yeah, come back in a month” phrasing. Israel could see that as “Oh, so as long as we finish this in a month…?”
Yeah absolutely, since their wording is so vague there’s not really a bar that they would need to meet.
And at least one Israeli official’s response is patently offensive:
"12m ago 08.10 EST
Israel’s security minister responds to ICJ ruling by tweeting ‘Hague Shmague’
Itamar Ben-Gvir has responded to the ICJ ruling by tweeting: “Hague Shmague”.
The South African government said it welcomed the provisional measures the ICJ had ordered against Israel."