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ICJ orders Israel to prevent genocide in Gaza, stops short of ordering ceasefire

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locallost ◴[26 Jan 24 21:36 UTC] No.39148816[source]▶
My views on the situation aside, the clearest I saw anyone communicate the issues from a global angle was the former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin

Translated here: https://twitter.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1718201487132885246

Viewed from the angle of the West, I think the message it needs to avoid isolating itself from the world is very unusual for Western media and important.

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"Westerners must open their eyes to the extent of the historical drama unfolding before us to find the right answers."

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"This Palestinian question will not fade. And so we must address it and find an answer. This is where we need courage. The use of force is a dead end. The moral condemnation of what Hamas did - and there's no "but" in my words regarding the moral condemnation of this horror - must not prevent us from moving forward politically and diplomatically in an enlightened manner. The law of retaliation is a never-ending cycle."

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eej71 ◴[26 Jan 24 21:44 UTC] No.39148934[source]▶
I think the premise of "the law of retaliation is a moral dead end" is just a high minded pathway to endless violence and anarchy.
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hypeit[dead post] ◴[26 Jan 24 21:46 UTC] No.39148972[source]▶
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hypeit ◴[26 Jan 24 21:56 UTC] No.39149132{3}[source]▶
It's probably the clearest example of an apartheid state that exists today.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2022/02/israels-...

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1. infamouscow ◴[26 Jan 24 23:21 UTC] No.39150251{5}[source]▶
Pretty much everyone on the planet disagrees with you. That isn't an exaggeration.
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2. eej71 ◴[27 Jan 24 01:46 UTC] No.39151523[source]▶
When I was in high school - many years ago - I had embraced more of the pro Palestine views espoused here. But as I’ve watched these events unfold over the last 40 years, I now see the errors in my thinking.

If that means I stand alone, I stand alone.