The Israeli government has failed to comply with at least one measure in the legally binding order from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in South Africa’s genocide case, Human Rights Watch said today. Citing warnings about “catastrophic conditions” in Gaza, the court ordered Israel on January 26, 2024, to “take immediate and effective measures to enable the provision of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian aid,” and to report back on its compliance to the specific measures “within one month.”

One month later, however, Israel continues to obstruct the provision of basic services and the entry and distribution within Gaza of fuel and lifesaving aid, acts of collective punishment that amount to war crimes and include the use of starvation of civilians as a weapon of war. Fewer trucks have entered Gaza and fewer aid missions have been permitted to reach northern Gaza in the several weeks since the ruling than in the weeks preceding it, according to United Nations Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

“The Israeli government is starving Gaza’s 2.3 million Palestinians, putting them in even more peril than before the World Court’s binding order,” said Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine director at Human Rights Watch. “The Israeli government has simply ignored the court’s ruling, and in some ways even intensified its repression, including further blocking lifesaving aid.”

Human Rights Watch found in December 2023 that Israeli authorities are using starvation as a weapon of war. Pursuant a policy set out by Israeli officials and carried out by Israeli forces, the Israeli authorities are deliberately blocking the delivery of water, food, and fuel, willfully impeding humanitarian assistance, apparently razing agricultural areas, and depriving the civilian population of objects indispensable to its survival.

  • @ghostdoggtv
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    010 months ago

    Politics requires sophisticated decision making. Do you think that body count would have been higher with Trump in office instead of Biden, lower, or the same? Don’t feel obligated to respond, just understand why your argument doesn’t seem to be working. You can read more of my comments if you want more of my perspective and positions or not. Your reply is perfectly rational but so is mine.

    • @TokenBoomer
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      310 months ago

      Fucking hypotheticals. People are dying now. Today! Fuck the election and your liberal comforts. Genocide Deniers aren’t rational.

      • @ghostdoggtv
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        010 months ago

        I have never denied it, but thanks for showing me your true colors. You should check out mine some day.

        • @TokenBoomer
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          10 months ago

          No thanks. Your apathy says enough.

          • @ghostdoggtv
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            -110 months ago

            Bitch I even invited you to read what I’ve written on the subject you might even learn something from it.

            • @TokenBoomer
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              110 months ago

              “Extra manufactured tension?” 🤦

              • @ghostdoggtv
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                -110 months ago

                Keep going, or don’t. Have a nice day.