Palestinian Genocide Scholar & South African Lawyer on ICJ Case
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We speak with guests in Johannesburg and Jerusalem about South Africa’s landmark case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, where judges are being asked to intervene to stop a genocide. “What essentially South Africa is calling for is a ceasefire in Gaza,” says South African human rights lawyer Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh. We also speak with Palestinian genocide scholar Maha Abdallah, who says there is “extreme urgency” for the world to stop the bloodshed. “The court must immediately act,” Abdallah says.
Transcript: www.democracynow.org/2024/1/1...
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I am very proud of South Africa. Mandela is certainly proud of you, wherever he is now. This quote speaks for him: “We know very well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.”
-Nelson Mandela
If a single person is deprived of his freedom, all humanity cannot be free.
Thank you for this, fellow South Africans. FREE PALESTINE! From a Brazilian citizen!
Palestinians were free until their elected government started the war. Hamas can surrender at any moment and this will all be over
@@chelsiec3819BLATANT LIE
The judges are Europeans who have destroyed all indigenous populations on Earth. Western Europe thinks the whole world belongs to them. Imperialism could not happen to a white population
ANC and Hamas have turned their countries into the laughing stock of the third world!
Please do not defame Mandela's name. The ANC never attacked civilians and certainly never burned entire families, raped and murdered women or burned entire families while they were alive. A little respect please and please don't distort history
South Africa's legal team at the International Court of Justice have done South Africa, Palestine and the world extremely proud. The utter brilliance, legal coherence and humanity of every single one that spoke at the Hague today gives hope to the world that Justice and Goodness may still exist and be alive in the world today. There is no doubt that the SA team has proven their case. The ONLY way that the Court rules in favor of Israel is if it is utterly corrupt and completely betrays its purpose and mandate. God bless the South African legal team and the wonderful people and country of South Africa!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This case will define the sanctity of international institutions for decades to come. If the court rules against SA, then it will be clear that there's no such thing as international rule based order
Israel will win. SA is a banana republic that is seen as a joke by the whole world.
Agree..!
I'm English, thank the lord for the south African people and legal team for doing humanity's work for them
@@abrahamsneo7783exactly
From Colombia, thank you South Africa for showing the world that not matter how big and the powerful the perpetrator is can be taken to court for intentional genocide. Now is the ICJ not to use geopolitics but to deliver justice. Free Palestine 🇵🇸🇿🇦✌️
Speaking in English bn is not making any sense...he sounds demented
This case is not only a shame for Israel, but also for the Western world who is complicit.
Not only Israel is on trial, but also the ICJ. The question: will justice or politics rule?
The ICJ will discredit itself should it find in favour of Israel. So, I doubt that it would find otherwise.
We hope and pray justice.....
US won’t allow it as then they put themselves in a bad light as well.
The USA has been complicit in this GENOCIDE, APARTHEID, and HOME / LAND STEALING, by Israel, for decades:
IMO as a USA citizen:
The USA is apparently complicit in Israel’s War Crimes, and should abstain from being on the ICJ Court for this case🩸🇺🇸🩸
why is Hamas not reproved for their act of genocide everything just is pointing to Israel defending herself against terrorists from right to left while the snake headis still plotting which is Iran
South Africa is ultimately doing the World a favor and teaching us to be Human and remain human no matter the emotional, racial , religious, geopolitical and tribal affiliations
LOL. South Africa is a disgrace to humanity. It teaches the world nothing.
Gandhi started in South Africa and proved that the law will stand for the common law over the law of power.
Absolutely,the sturbon will learn from this, that no body is above the law.
South Africa has the third-highest crime rate in the world. South Africa has a notably high rate of assaults, rape, homicides, and other violent crimes , South Africa has one of the highest rape rates in the world , 7,000 murdered in three months......I'm not sure what kind of favor they are doing for human when their country is in a F up situation.
Like the genocidal Zulus?
I am reading the South Africa complaint to the ICJ and it is well composed. Pray for the victims and that the Court take the right actions.
They can't enforce anything. ICC is a toothless tiger.
Ameen
Stop the genocide policy of Palestine which keeps this war against Israel going.
but has no evidence ... since there is no group destroy of the palestinians....
Exactly if I was a lawyer the SA lawyers would be the type of lawyer I would want to be.
Stop settlements.
Stop apartheid.
Stop forcible transfer.
Stop ethnic cleansing.
Stop Rape
Stop terrorism
Stop kidnapping
Stop killing children
Stop.....
Well said
PHILOSOPHY
WAR, WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR
AMOSEXUALS DON’T FEEL JOY FOR BEING KIND
Paul Teich©12/28/2023
War is a virus that spreads inside you, around you and changes you
You don’t have to be involved in war to be changed
When the world stops protesting and allows war we are changed by our complicity
When our soul stands still and our bodies stay home are we really indifferent
War wildfire virus sickness compare war to these things and compare war to something that should never happen
That we should never forget the past
Even though Hegel said what we learn from history is that we don’t learn from history
War destruction desolation
Fire that does not renew
Fire that destroys and leaves waste
It’s too short a day to yell at someone you love
It’s too short a day to bomb your neighbors
It’s a new day
We need a new day
An eye for an eye has not worked for 10.000 years
We need a new day
It is a new day
Here is enough for all we need to share
We need to maximize democracy and minimize disparity
Share the love
Share the money
End hegemony
End the wars
Save the world
LIKE A SHARK FEEDING FRENZY for emasculated amosexuals the cry of war reins out of soulless, bastards without intrinsic worth or the ability to feel joy for being kind.
In a word the word kind is missing from their sociopathic and psychopathic personality disorders but the world would not let the population know about the sea and epidemic of psychopaths because the governments don’t have the inclination to treat them and the governments want to control and use them in militias, police forces and the military.
Yes
Freedom for Palestine
Well said
@@lulusp1023 they had freedom chose to build shitty rockets w $42 billion in stolen aid. funny how top 5 hamas leaders are worth over $20b hahaha you guys are goofy blaming israel
I'm a Jewish American. My grandmother was a Holocaust survivor from Poland, and she told me a lot about her experiences. The Jewish people made the promise of Never Again, meaning no one will ever again suffer the cruel violence of genocidal leaders. It's so heartbreaking to not only see a genocide being carried out again, but it's being carried out by the same country who promises Never Again. I know the situation in Gaza is complicated, but what isn't complicated is realizing that this violence is wrong. How dare Netanyahu say he doesn't want to displace or kill innocent Palestinians, when that's exactly what he's been doing. He's an evil man who allowed his own people to be attacked to justify his genocide against Palestinians. Netanyahu needs to be held accountable for his cruelty. Obviously the US won't do anything, thank you, South Africa, people should never be silent about atrocities against the innocent.
Thanks for speaking out and I support your point of view. However should Isreal be represented to give a different perspective? I see someone from SA and Palestinian being interviewed but why not someone from Israel? That is how journalism works. Even if you don't like their point view they should have voice?
I’m truly proud of you and your wisdom ❤ I wish all the Jews were like you
Thank you for your humanity and honesty.
Respect to you
Shalom from your Muslim brother
Israel is a country whose constituents once upon a time promised to the world “never again”, by which they really meant “Never again to us”.
South Africa has done the whole world a favor. South Africa did a fantastic presentation, covering the spot on points. Watching the presentation, I was horrified, sad, but also hopeful that the provisional measures will be implemented. Thank you, thank you, South Africa.
At least one country supporting Paleswhine.
What?@@elkobit7415
@@elkobit7415 SA is asking the world and this court to stand with Truth and Justice. Humanity. It's not a "for" and "against" this people or that people. It is against an evil-doing Zionist colonial settler regime's atrocities.
Reading the endless lists of atrocities is incredibly harrowing... those poor people 😢
Keep speaking truth to power....🙌🏽🙌🏽💪🏽💪🏽💯
I am proud of South Africa, show the World what humanity is, show the World what moral standards are. May God Bless South Africa
It also shows the world how cruel the US is by more or less dismissing it as hogwash. Blinken arrogantly just dismissed it as squatting a bug.
Absolute bullshit, they support Putin who is carrying out ACTUAL genocide on Ukraine and Syria, not a fucking peep from them on that!
My heart is in South Africa, more power to Justice. This is truly an acid test for democracy worldwide. ShakeUp XR
US left the chat...
South Africa democracy? not at all
SA was better under apartheid.
People are dying in the Congo, people were slaughtered in Nigeria just a week ago, people are dying in Sudan, millions of people are died in Ethiopia, people are dying in Haiti.
But South Africa chose to ignore all of their fellow Africans, to booty clap for the same Arabs who treat Africans the same way the Zionists are treating them.
It is what it is.
As a Syrian I’m so proud of South Africa. This country brings hope
“If one has to refer to any of the parties as a terr orist state, one might refer to the Israeli government, because they are the people who are slaughtering defenseless and innocent Arabs in the occupied [Palestinian] territories, and we don’t regard that as acceptable...” - Nelson Mandela (1990) ❤🖤🤍💚...
What are the so called Israelis are going to occupy, when nothing is left, and everyone is dead! The reason for them to occupy Gaza would be destroyed!
Hamas is a terrorist organization. Muslim Brotherhood. Even Saudi Arabia agrees with that. Egypt and Syria won’t let them in because it would threaten their security.
Nelson Mandela was a terrorist too.
They did 9/11, the USS Liberty, created ISIS etc etc
@@egilskallagrimsson2941All your peddled BS is null and void at this juncture. All is laid bare. FINALLY.
Nelson Mandela was disillusioned! Being a politician doesn't guarantee that he/she is rational and logical!
Ive learnt so much from Amy Goodman over the years. Thanks Amy.
This brought tears to my eyes. To see this African country so eloquently state this case of genocide. It is the story of years of what happened to the rest of the world by the imperialist colonialist zionist power.
Are you well versed in the atrocious history of Islamic colonization?
@straightpath1205❤❤❤❤
How can anyone see the pictures and videos coming out of Gaza and not feel it in your heart? We have issues in South Africa, but I've never been so proud of our country and government.
like Joseph Goebbels
You dont no nothing its your hate only
South Africa the world is looking for hope palastinians children and parents proud of you ,thank you,God bless
I have an idea , South Africa can take them. No Arab country can stand them. Wow all of you are such good people that you type words in a youtube chat. You are so noble.
Thanks to South Africa for standing with Palestine.
Why don’t SÃ speak out against China?
@@theotherview1716 Because they are a BRICS ally.....that's why they are silent on the Uyghur genocide.....
South Africa is most respected
I believe SA is standing with Truth and Justice. Hopefully also then Peace.
@@trudibrink3865 I heard SA is the rape capital of the world. Not sure I want them on my side. Inshallah
Whatever the outcome I'm impressed and grateful! Thank you South Africa!!!!!!❤
Great reporting. The world stands with Palestine 🇵🇸
God help you all.
no it doesn't.
In your dreams.
I live in reality where Israel is a democracy with 20 percent of Arabs with the same rights not a fan of 1000's of people cheering and spitting on mutilated raped woman sold to Hamas by 12 years olds. Rip any signs of kidnapped childern today?@@user-rp4ot3gr5r
Nope.
There is a photo of Netanyahu laying the first stone for future settlements in Northern Gaza. What does he mean he has no intentions of occupying Gaza?
He is the physical manifestation of a demon.
False info! Propaganda!
It would be helpful to supply a source for such a claim.
Yes Israel is dying to get it's hands on a place it gave away it is a junkyard why would Israel want a rat den?
Free free Palestine
But Israel is accusing the court of injustice?? So absurd
Israel should insist on a written guarantee from the UN and ICJ that there would be no attacks on Israel from Hamas, HIZBULLAH, houthis and allied groups.
they did that? so desperate
Here history will record that South Africa is the only country that has brought evil people to court Yes, it is the only country that confronted the evil people and stood against them with full force Greetings to you from the heart, descendants of Mandela❤
They are fighting for a group and people who started chattel slavery. They totally ignored the genocide in Darfur. Why? They only fight for their masters-Muslims
And Yemen. Today Yemen and South Africa are the only governments not complicit in this specific genocide.
@@mickeyoshea2035 interessante commente
I love my country even more!!! 🇿🇦❤️🇵🇸 Super proud!
ANC and Hamas have turned their countries into the laughing stock of the third world!
The whole South Africa team were brilliant especially Adilla Hassim....Mr Mandela must be watching from above and be very proud!
South Africa has put the entire Western world to total and utter shame.....
Bravo!
sorry what? You don't know what Hamas stands for... the Western world doesn't want them, and neither does any of Israel's neighbours
Watch the full feed, very powerful, thank you to the speakers and South Africa.
US judge should stand with truth, and not be biased
If you are born in United States Of Terrorists. You have the right to be biased.
Its too much to ask from them given that every place in US is infiltrated by Israeli lobbies and people who don't comply pay a price sometimes even with their lives.
Unfortunately, the U.S government is complicit in this genocide
@@ashok845Exactly!
Why choose an American judge? Thats worrying
No American news media is reporting the court hearing activity other than this program. Amazing
The American news media are far too preoccupied hem and hawing about a criminal former President.
They are cowards!
You can find it on CZcams
Shameful, really. I do not want my tax dollars funding a genocide.
Hope the ICJ will not be partial and if Israel is not brought into justice then there'll be no more hope in future to the common people and humanity in general.
Win or lose in the ICJ they've lost in the court of public opinion ... Free Palestine ... FTRTTS
Africa needs to start by stopping their current Genocide of the White Farmers !! That’s where the Genocide is truly happening !!
If Israel is allowed to continue, no country should follow any of these so called international laws.
Exactly ! If justice fails it means that humanity is a mascarade . Not only this . The world will become a total chaos .
NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW
A ceasefire must be enforced and Israel must be held accountable.
Israel should insist on a written guarantee from the UN and ICJ that there would be no attacks on Israel from Hamas, HIZBULLAH, houthis and allied groups.
Why would a ceasefire be appropriate for Israel when there are still hostages?
The cease fire was already broken by Hamas. Now you want another cease fire?
Israel's land grab top priority, not hostages.@@theotherview1716
@@theotherview1716 The current Israeli coalition doesn't care about the Israeli hostages. Otherwise they would have chosen a different tactic from carpet bombing whole streets. And the IDF wouldn't be shooting unarmed half-naked hostages who managed to escape Hamas just to be executed by their own army
What comes out of this is that the world has been made aware and conscientized.
Dari Indonesia, terima kasih bagi Afrika Selatan, kami bangga atas upaya ini. Semoga berhasil dan maslahat bagi warga Palestina serta umat manusia.
South Africa is committing genocide against white Afrikaners. Murder rate is sky high average of 75 people die everyday. Unemployment rate is 30%. We don't have electricity for 8 to 12 hours a day and it is not safe to drink tap water in almost half of our drinking water systems at times. Our government is corrupt just stealing left and right. Where is the human rights now.
Stop Netanyahu now, Israel.
They all the same .bb your words sound false .wordand actions terrible decadent s
@@marielambert7441 racist
"We need to be realistic enough to
Believe in Miracles"
Gideon Levy
THANKS SOUTH AFRICA 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
FREE PALESTINA SALAM FROM TAJIKISTAN 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇭🇺🇭🇺🇵🇸🇵🇸🇭🇺🇭🇺
It's now forever in History of the Earth , 21th century:
"Government of the SA come to the International Court to protect Muslim Arabs from genocide."
-Glory to Saudi Arabia! Glory to Allah!
-But SA is for South Africa. Not Muslim, not Arab country.
Sending positive vibes to the SA legal team, may your endeavors be guided by wisdom and shielded by protection. Stay strong! Love from SA 🇿🇦🇵🇸✊🏼
“To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.”
- Nelson Mandela
We will not disappoint you Madiba 🤍
We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.
Nelson Mandela
Tomorrows hearing of Israels defence will be a historically embarassing and humiliating moment for the UK US and Germany.
True can any of us stomach it?
Dear peacefully peaceful residents of planet Earth please try to solve all your differences and problems peacefully everywhere forever ❤
Thank you Amy for your reporting.
In memory of the victims
Yes 🙌
Paulteich©01/09/24
Dear Palestine
We are all Palestinians The world is letting us know what the one percent has in store for us They are letting us know that if the poor protest, or don’t repeat the official narrative, And the purveyors of the vial maxim may feel like cutting the grass trimming the lawn, or trimming the hedges That is what is happening to Palestine That is what is happening to Gaza That is what is happening to people That is what is going to be happening to people And we are being warned by our elected officials And lucky for them We have been busy scratching out our survival. We have been busy working 100 hours a week. They have kept us busy those politicians with bread and circuses They are in different We are next next We are all Palestinians We are next Weaponization of religion is hypocrisy The Abrahamic religions Were created for the oppressed to protect them from the oppressors, and so like unions in America, the oppressed could gain power through numbers and end slavery occupation, and apartheid
Thank you for remembering the innocent raped and mutilated Jews that were spat on and cheered by the residents of Gaza.
I find Democracy Now! a very useful "tool" to help in my understanding of what is occurring. Thank you!!
Oh boy, strat with History for Dummies and work ypur way from there you are in trouble.
Blinne Ní Ghrâlaigh KC and the whole SA team were stellar this morning, absolutely stellar... Palestine unquestionably won in SA's arguments before the World Court (ICJ). ... It's over... IT'S ALL OVER... SA and Palestine have already WON, and so has the world... If the Court is honest (let's hope) this victory will be officially validated soon, despite Israel's arguments tomorrow... If the West intimidates the judges (as it certainly will) and the ICJ folds and renders a corrupt Ruling (e.g. denying the Palestinians), it (itself) loses - the whole international system of law and the UN loses... The trust of our highest world institutions will collapse... In other words, today's arguments were not really about Palestine at all. They were about the legitimacy of the world's international legal system. If the UN and the World Court hope to survive they will shed their subservience to the tyrannical West (USA) control and declare their freedom. ... THE UNIVERSE IS MORAL... And, in the long run the Universe prevails.
love this channel..... this is the reason why mainstream media is dying
Yes to have a one sided news program you reallize you are in an echo chamber.
South Africa forever in my heart.
If the Hamas are using civilians as human shields, then there must be around one million Hamas resistance fighters.
All the free people of the world demand freedom, justice and dignity for the Palestinian people
"War is a racket. It always has been... A few profit - and the many pay. But there is a way to stop it. You can't end it by disarmament conferences. You can't eliminate it by peace parleys at Geneva. Well-meaning but impractical groups can't wipe it out by resolutions. It can be smashed effectively only by taking the profit out of war." - Major General Smedley Darlington Butler
Got to work on hatred, too.
American government makes money and is COMPLICIT
What ever happens let it be known us africans had a true sense of humanity for our fellow man
Yes, Africa is the a continent of humanity. Rwanda was a great example of that where a million people were macheted to death in a soccer stadium. Every African country is commiting worse crimes than Hamas. Why do you think 80% of people are trying to flee. you people KNOW NOTHING.
Thank you SAFRICA 👍❤. We love you for standing for HUMANITY in palestine..
Proud and grareful to south africa❤
Look... Netanyahu's lips are moving, he must be lying again.
Peace & Love to the People of Gaza & Ukraine
WHAT KIND OF YAHU ARE YOU
PAULTEICH© 11/15/2023
Are you the kind from a rural area?
Are you the kind that doesn’t work?
Are you the kind that wears clothes that don’t match?
Are you the kind that argues with everyone all the time?
Are you the kind that breaks laws and tries to get away with it?
Are you the kind that throws people out of your country or religion if they are not orthodox?
Are you the kind that smacks their lips and goes ahhhhhh after each sip of a drink?
Are you the kind that drives by the lame limping by?
Are you the kind that threatens people with dangerous language?
Are you the kind that gets ousted for evil and law breaking?
Are you the kind that is indifferent?
Are you the kind who thinks they should decide who should live and who should die?
Are you the kind that handles relationships with threats, yelling and intimidation?
Are you the kind that rules with an iron fist or would a philosopher statesman be better?
Are you the kind that does not include everyone and did not learn from your mother how to play in the sandbox with the other kids?
Are you the kind that lies?
Who set you loose?
Maybe someone should net that YAHU!
What kind of net would you use on NETANYAHU?
May peace love and poetry save the world.
STOP THE WARS. FIRE THE YAHU’S. WE FIGHT FASCISTS BECAUSE THEY ARE FASCITS.
INDIFFERENCE IS HERE AND YOU ARE NEXT, WHETHER YOU SUPORT THE YAHU’S OR NOT!
Look what TRUMP did to PENCE.
Satanyu , Israel has to get rid of him.
Proud of South Africa and the legal team, may God bless you all.
GUILTY
Win or lose in the ICJ they've lost in the court of public opinion ... Free Palestine ... FTRTTS
Alhamdolillah proud of South Africa, standing up for Palestine and Palestinians, God bless you
excellent interview again from Democracy Now . I salute South Africa for bring this case to the ICC & I hope they are successful .
Bibi's lies don't fly. We've all heard that same tired song for years.
Joseph Reinach, a French Jewish member of parliament who was opposed to Zionism, dismissed the idea, arguing that Jews descended from Israelites were a tiny minority. In his view, conversion had played a major role in the expansion of the Jewish people, and, in addition, he claimed, the majority of "Russian, Polish and Galician Jews descend from the Khazars, a Turkic people. who converted to Judaism en masse at the time of Charlemagne.
What about Arab colonization and the forcible conversion of people to Islam? A religion not even in existence when people dwelt in present day Isreal. Why draw lines only when beneficial to the argument against Isreal?
If, instead of splitting the Western world into three parts for his three sons, Charlemagne had bequeathed his territory to only one son, so many wars could have been avoided.
Bla bla bla bla...
Thank you Amy and the Democracy Now team
Proudly south African
It's a sad day in human history when the country formerly associated with Apartheid has to step in because the USA which has multiple avenues of exercising pressure on Isreal to stop this madness just looks on and even supports this conduct beyond the pale of any acceptable human conduct
He even said he was a zionist!!!!!!
@@user-kl2hw9zz9kBiden. It's on video, look it up
Silence is complicity.
Peace only peacefully everywhere ❤
Democracy Now, thank you for your genuine work for justice. Thank God for South Africa and peace for Palestine. 🙏 🤲 ❤
Why will it take a year or more for decision? That seems ridiculously long
No palestinien legt after 1 year.that s what they want
The noun corresponding to the verb ‘to cease’ is not ‘ceazure.’ It is ‘cessation.’
So bravest ever seen woman. Carry on your duties true people always behind you madam
From Brazil, thank you South Africa! 🇿🇦
I have all admiration for South Africa. Nelson Mandela had talked and any human will listen. Fight hard you lawyers.
Bravo, South Africa
Long Life to South Africa
Why not mention BRICS?
South Africa is chair of BRICS at the moment.
If Russia China and India are serious about this partership, there is a DISTINCT POSSIBILITY that BRICS member states could impose economic and trade sanctions against israel, US, UK andothers who support israel.
China is Israel’s second largest trading partner, so I wouldn’t hold your breath on that one.
Before too late, the ICJ should pass an order to stop the Gaza Genocide now after the first day of hearing.
Question is how do you enforce it. But this incident pull the mask of all these Western Civikized democracy. There is no democracy, censorship everywhere, IDF control what the MSM can report, US congress is fully bought by AIPAC, There are more. But we know who the real criminals are now
Can any all Israeli officials and IDF officials not be allowed to travel to Europe without risk of arrest and being brought to the Hague? That would be a great way to say No to the psychopath.
For those who fought South African Apartheid, Apartheid in Israel, the US and elsewhere, the "Blind Boys of Alabama" have an incredible video, filmed on the streets of New Orleans titled "Free at Last" on CZcams.
For my brothers and sisters throughout the world, let us hope that our Palestinian friends and family will find peace at last.
We need to be watching the proceedings online. The more of us who do that, the better. It is live-streamed on the ICJ website.
What exactly can this “International court of justice, in the Hague” do about this ?
Maybe the court could move to Gaza for a few months or a few years. That might reduce the bombs and bullets falling on some innocent people. But they would need to trade the nice pretty regal Judge clothing for helmets and bullet resistant vests.
Talk and speeches and protests are not helping this horrific situation.
The goal is to solve the problem. Not to point fingers. Regardless of the decision, let's hope some recommendations can be made that can be acted on and help to end this nightmare!!
I am proud of South Africa!
Sending our applause from Nigeria.
God bless you SA.
"The truth is like a lion, You don't have to defend it, Let it loose, It will defend itself"
-- St Augustine --
Except when leftists, communists and/socialists get their hands on the truth, then it doesn't become the truth.
Just one example is them trying to tell people that men can be women and women can be men.
❤🍉Mashaallah South África. To end ALL wars - genocides, is to unplugg from mainstream-polticians bosses agendas. Halt any leader who thrives off mass-destructive acts. Halt any leader who thrives off wars, genocides. Halt any leader who holds greed in heart... Halt any leader who does not! Respect the people... Only! Obtaining local Leaders WHO protects leads with wisdom & respect... Stay well All. What we hummanties CREATE reflects globally... Create well-being. -V
Netanyahu speaks with forked tongue.
Any judges that are deemed in conflict of interest should recuse themselves in order to render the court and its decisions to be properly considered. Since they swore an oath to uphold the law and decide on the basis of the merits of the case nothing else should matter.
Thank you South Africa legal team and especially Dr Adila Hassim. Mr Mendla im sure is watching from above and im sure he is very proud of the SA team.
Whole heartedly salute to South Africa.
You are the 1000th person to write something so mundane. That's it? A least you are fake, and not one of these annoying activists that holds up traffic.
End the occupation
Thanks South Africa for bringing the Palestinians issue in the court.
Great show!
Thanks to South Africa gouvernement and people
The world is praying we will the Case....thank you South Africa what u have done no one could do....proud African
It's the battle between humanity represented in South Africa and its supporters against forces of hypocrisy and darkness
S. Africa's case was so spectacularly presented, it almost made up for my daily prayers and tears for the Palestinian people. Two points stood out: Israel's claim of self-defense doesn't apply and the criticism of the Israeli government, which the attorney made sure to strongly clarify, as it's Israel's M.O. to label any criticism "anti-semitic." S. Africa's legal team is outstanding and brilliant; this case will prove humanitarian law applies to all countries. Hopefully, Israel's days of immunity are over. Israel dug this deep hole of vengeance and hatred by itself, with the help of its early settler movement, which is quite shocking if you see actual footage in a video entitled, "The Settlers."
South Africa is the last country in the world that can preach morality to anyone. A country where on average 82 people are murdered every day, 115 women are raped every day, unemployment stands at 31%, the mafia controls large areas of the country, 19% of the population does not have access to running water, and 33% does not have basic sanitation conditions. In addition, this is a country that gives asylum to a person who committed genocide in Sudan and is wanted by all the justice and enforcement organizations in the world (Omar El Bashir). In addition to the total failure of South Africa to take care of its citizens, it is important to emphasize that it regularly hosts leaders of terrorist organizations such as Hamas, Hezbollah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. In short, not a country that can preach morality to anyone...
This hearing is a media circus and detracts from real issues. Will not be concluded for months or years. Browny points and political positioning. Sad to be South African right now.
Good luck SA.
Thank you South Africa, ❤🇿🇦🇵🇸
I watched the court this evening and I am grateful to South Africa for bringing this to the world. Unfortunately I don’t think American regular tv will show this.
Likud's bloody 100 year history ...
In 1923, 100 years ago, Ze'ev Jabotinsky wrote, The Iron Wall, and a follow up, The Ethics of The Iron Wall (sooo racist towards Africans), in which he fully acknowledged that post Balfour Zionsim was colonialism, and that, based on the entirety of history, the native Palestinian population would resist being colonized until the bitter end. He directly compared it to the colonization of North America. He promoted doing it anyway, claiming Zionist colonialism was a "just" colonialism (he also thought North American colonialists were good guys, so not a great judge of morality), not caring what that meant for the native population.
Ze'ev is important, because his Betar militant youth group helped found the Irgun terrorist group, along with other supporters of his, and the splinter Lehi terrorist group. The Irgun bombed numerous Palestinian markets and other public places, murdering many Palestinian civilians, including children, even including Palestinian Jews (who didn't support colonialist Zionsim).
The Irgun are important, because they ended up being led by future Likud PM, Menachem Begin, who bombed the King David Hotel. The King David Hotel was bombed because the British had raided the Jewish Agency and seized numerous documents that may have shown that the terrorists were working with the JA and Haganah (JA liked to pretend that they didn't support the terrorism). The British then stored those documents at their base, in the hotel. That the Irgun terrorists responded to a JA raid, itself seems to prove the connection. That the thousands of Irgun (and Lehi) terrorists were also quickly merged into the new nation's military (IDF) and intelligence (Mossad) agencies, and are still celebrated as "heroes" by Israelis, to this day, also seems to support total collaboration between the groups.
That other terrorist group mentioned, Lehi (also known as the Stern Gang), was considered even more extreme. They even tried to ally with the Nazis, against the British. Lehi ended up being led by Yitzhak Shamir, future Mossad agent, and another future Likud PM.
In 1945, there was a major land and peoples survey done in Palestine. It showed that the Zionists only owned about 5% of the total land, 20% of the arable land, and owned a majority in zero districts. The partition was not only going to be forced on the native Palestinian majority, but Jews were still going to be a minority, in the part allocated to them. The only possible way to even become a "Jewish state" was going to require getting rid of the actual majority (at least enough so that there'd be a solid Jewish majority, so they could fake being democratic).
This is also shown by the 1948, post Nakba, population of Israel. If there was 716,700 Jews, 156,000+ non-Jews, and approximately 700k non-Jews ethnically cleansed, that means the Jewish population, in the Zionist portion of partition, was originally over 100,000 less than the non-Jewish population. To believe that there was never any intent, by Zionists, to ethnically cleanse away the Palestinian majority would require believing that they never intended to create a "Jewish state". It's a nonsensical notion.
Begin, and those terrorist groups, also opposed partition, but for the opposite reason Palestinians did. Palestinians didn't want to be colonized, at all. The terrorists wanted to colonize it all. "Moderate" Zionists were okay with colonizing half ... for now (what would happen in the future, after partition, was up to them, said Ben-Gurion). The Zionist terrorists were also involved in massacres, and assassinations, during the partition violence (colonialist war against the natives).
Another notable future Likud PM, also started in the military, during the partition fighting. That was Ariel Sharon, war criminal, "Butcher of Beirut".
Menachem Begin, and these other Zionist terrorists, are important because they became involved in Israeli politics, first forming Herut. That was the party that Albert Einstein, and other prominent American Jews, opposed, having a letter printed in the NYT, in December of 1948, when Begin came to visit the US. The letter opened ...
"Among the most disturbing political phenomena of our times is the emergence in the newly created state of Israel of the "Freedom Party" (Tnuat Haherut), a political party closely akin in its organization, methods, political philosophy and social appeal to the Nazi and Fascist parties. It was formed out of the membership and following of the former Irgun Zvai Leumi, a terrorist, right-wing, chauvinist organization in Palestine."
Herut merged with other extremist parties, over the years, and eventually became Likud, in the 70s. Now, people get upset over the slogan "From the river to the sea!", but it's the second part that's most important, "Palestine will be free!". Because "Palestine" isn't defined as an ethno-state, a free Palestine can be a single state, free for all to live in, and return to, free of continuing colonization, free of occupation, free of oppression, etc. Just like a Germany free of Nazism, an Italy free of fascism, a South Africa free of apartheid, or an America free of slavery from sea to shiny sea. It doesn't necessitate purging all the Jews. It just necessitates them giving up on the idea of an ethno-state.
On the other hand, because "Israel" has been defined as an ethno-state, Likud's, "between the sea and the Jordan there will only be Israeli sovereignty", has no possible good interpretation. It is a declaration of intent to completely colonize, and ethnically cleanse, all Palestine territories. Not only that, but it also claims that they have a "right" to all of the "Land of Israel" (biblical borders that don't mesh with archaeological reality), which is an open declaration of future wars, against Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and possibly even Iraq.
Likud platform ...
1977: "The Right of the Jewish People to the Land of Israel (Eretz Israel)
a. The right of the Jewish people to the land of Israel is eternal and indisputable and is linked with the right to security and peace; therefore, Judea and Samaria will not be handed to any foreign administration; between the Sea and the Jordan there will only be Israeli sovereignty.
b. A plan which relinquishes parts of western Eretz Israel, undermines our right to the country, unavoidably leads to the establishment of a "Palestinian State," jeopardizes the security of the Jewish population, endangers the existence of the State of Israel. and frustrates any prospect of peace."
"Settlement
Settlement. both urban and rural. in all parts of the Land of Israel is the focal point of the Zionist effort to redeem the country, to maintain vital security areas and serves as a reservoir of strength and inspiration for the renewal of the pioneering spirit. The Likud government will call on the younger generation in Israel and the dispersions to settle and help every group and individual in the task of inhabiting and cultivating the wasteland, while taking care not to dispossess anyone."
1999: "The Government of Israel flatly rejects the establishment of a Palestinian Arab state west of the Jordan river. The Palestinians can run their lives freely in the framework of self-rule, but not as an independent and sovereign state. Thus, for example, in matters of foreign affairs, security, immigration, and ecology, their activity shall be limited in accordance with imperatives of Israel's existence, security and national needs."
"The Jewish communities in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza are the realization of Zionist values. Settlement of the land is a clear expression of the unassailable right of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel and constitutes an important asset in the defense of the vital interests of the State of Israel. The Likud will continue to strengthen and develop these communities and will prevent their uprooting."
All Palestine territories are officially considered occupied, by the International Court of Justice, the UN GA, the UN SC, and even in official documents of Israel's own allies. Likud is still using the blueprint for colonizing North America, in the West Bank. Move settlements out into native territory, piss off the natives, the natives retaliate, cry about poor "innocent" colonizing settlers being the "victims" of violent "Savages!", call in the cavalry to put down the native uprising, and eventually expand the borders to include those settlements. Rinse and repeat. In Gaza, Israel is operating an open air WWII style fascist ghetto. Them claiming a "right to defend themselves" would be like the Nazis claiming a "right to defend themselves " from the Warsaw ghetto uprising. There's no "war". That they're the occupiers means the "war" part is long over. Those people are actually supposed to be under the occupier's protection.
That partition was forced upon the Palestinian majority, against their will ... that the Zionist portion still had to be forcefully ethnically cleansed of its non-Jewish majority, against their will ... that the millions of occupied Palestinians don't have a say in the government that truly rules over them, Israel's ... means Israel is about as democratic as Nazi Germany after Hitler purged his political opponents and then held elections.
Thanks for the history lesson.
But i dont think anyone will read that.
@@Anon-xd3cf Others have before. Hard to pack 100 years into a CZcams comment. Still lots left out.
@@Anon-xd3cfI am reading it to the end. Good historical reminder.
Lengthy, though accurate historical treatise. Well done, and articulated.
I never thought in the 60's 70's 80's that I would be proud of, and honour South Afrika!
Until recently, I was one of those ignoramuses who use to think Israel were the ones who were in the wrong. That said, since October 7th 2023 I've watched a lot of pro-palestine videos and a lot of pro-Israel videos. This has resulted in me changing my mind and I have now become more pro-Israel. I think people with the kind of free-Palestine mindset need to go back to school and learn a bit of history.
I do not agree with the people who say Israel are committing war crimes in Gaza. These people fail to acknowledge that under international law, if you are using a hospital as a military base, then it is a legitimate target. How do these people who are blaming Israel think we defeated the Nazis during WWll? Do they think we just sat back worrying about the number of German civilians we would kill in an air raid over Berlin? No, we bombed the hell out of them and we would not have defeated Hitler if we hadn't taken that attitude. Many innocent German civilians died because of this.
People who are pro-Palestine = complete and utter ignoramuses. I'm glad I am no longer one of those misguided people.
❤ well come ❤