From the coming news post on: the war in West Asia [Content Warning - links to reports on bigotry/hate, violence including SA & CSA/abuse/war, genocide, language. Reader discretion is advised]

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Note: in my “from the news” posts, quotes are shown italicised and blue, my comments are in a different shade of blue, and “good” items are shown in green. I have loosely grouped the posts where such seemed reasonable, but that is subjective (i.e., my opinion - others are free to disagree), and challenging, as some posts belong in multiple “groups”.

My coming news post on West Asia will include the following: 

The whole situation has been changed - morally, and possibly legally - by South Africa filing a complaint of genocide against Israel, lodged at the ICJ. An expedited hearing has been requested, and will likely be ignored by Israel and the USA, but will make continued US support more vulnerable.   See:   “South Africa launches case at UN court accusing Israel of genocide”   https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/29/south-africa-accuses-israel-of-committing-genocide-in-gaza   “Nation asks international court of justice to issue provisional measures ordering ceasefire; Israel describes case as ‘blood libel’ ... In March 2022, the ICJ ordered Russia to halt its offensive in Ukraine, an order which was supposed to be legally binding, but Moscow ignored it anyway.   ...   Last year, the court ruled that the Gambia could bring a genocide claim against Myanmar. The court also ruled in a case between Croatia and Serbia that depriving a people of food, shelter, medical care and other means of subsistence constitutes genocidal acts.   ...   The international criminal court (ICC) is already investigating possible war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by both _____ and Israel”   and   “S. Africa files case at ICJ alleging Israel has violated Genocide Convention in Gaza”   https://youtu.be/JK_drm0Incs?si=1KuGqsnddMl7KyaK   and   “South Africa launches case at UN court accusing Israel of breaching Genocide Convention”   https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/south-africa-launches-case-at-un-court-accusing-israel-of-breaching-genocide-convention/m010o9el7   and   “South Africa launches case at top UN court accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza”   https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-israel-un-court-palestinians-genocide-ffe672c4eb3e14a30128542eaa537b21   and   “South Africa launches case at top UN court accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza”   https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/south-africa-launches-case-at-top-un-court-accusing-israel-of-genocide-in-gaza   and   “South Africa files genocide case against Israel at World Court”   https://www.reuters.com/world/south-africa-seeks-international-court-justice-genocide-order-against-israel-2023-12-29/   

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