THE HAGUE, Thursday, February 8, 2024 (WAFA) – Nicaragua has asked to formally join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel in the Internaitonal Court of
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Lebanon: Statement of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine! (4.2.2024)
The Political Bureau affirmed that our people, and alongside them the Resistance Forces, are fighting the battle of the Arab Nation in the face of the forces of colonialism and aggression that seek to liquidate the existence of our people and their cause, after the October 7th Operation exposed their inability and fragility, and exposed the falsity of the myths of its army and its security techniques, which fell in the face of the courage, will, planning and heroism of the Resistance. Its brave fighters.
The Political Bureau affirmed that 120 days after the start of the Zionist aggression against our people, the Zionist enemy has not succeeded in achieving any of its goals, despite its brutal crimes and its practice of genocide and comprehensive and systematic destruction of all components of life, and despite the horrific conditions that our people are experiencing, and their suffering. The catastrophic humanitarian and health crisis for the displaced, especially in the Northern and Gaza Governorates, where they are exposed to the risk of starvation and death in light of the cold and harsh climate.
UN: Zionist Aggression Murders “122” Journalists Since Start of Al-Aqsa Flood! (1.2.2024)
“We have received disturbing reports that despite being clearly identifiable in jackets and helmets marked “press” or traveling in well-marked press vehicles, journalists have come under attack, which would seem to indicate that the killings, injury, and detention are a deliberate strategy by Israeli forces to obstruct the media and silence critical reporting,” the UN experts said.
“Journalists are entitled to protection as civilians under international humanitarian law. Targeted attacks and killings of journalists are war crimes,” the experts warned.
The UN experts urged the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court to give particular attention to the dangerous pattern of attacks and impunity for crimes against journalists, which has intensified since October 7. “Targeting and killing of journalists in the Occupied Palestinian Territory must stop,” they said.
Palestine: Zionist Neo-Nazi Propaganda Defies ICJ ‘Genocide’ Ruling! (30.1.2024)
Meanwhile, the Zionists are treating kidnapped Palestinian men, women and children as sub-human ‘Prisoners’. In the photograph above, ordinary Palestinian captives are illegally blindfolded and shackled hand and foot – whilst they are ‘forced’ to bow in-front of a (fascist) ‘Star of David’ flag and an Arabic inscription which reads – فَأَخَذَهُمُ الطُّوفَانُ وَهُمْ ظَالِمُونَ – or ‘The Floods Will Wash Over Them for Their Sins!’ Just out of view are heavily armed IDF soldiers threatening to shoot-dead any Palestinian captive who refuses to obey. The Arabic text is extracted from the second-half of the 14th Verse of Surat Al-Ankabot (The Spider Surat) contained in the Holy Qur’an.
Scotland and Ireland Pledge to Continue Their Funding for UNRWA! (29.1.2024)
On his “X” account, Scottish Prime Minister Hamzah Yousef said that the Scottish government will not stop or withdraw aid provided to UNRWA, stressing the need to continue supporting the agency to ensure that aid reaches the residents of Gaza.
For his part, Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin announced that Ireland does not intend to stop funding the “vital work” carried out by UNRWA in the Gaza Strip.
In a post on the “X” platform, the minister said that his country provided UNRWA with 18 million euros last year and will continue to do so this year.
He noted that UNRWA provides life-saving assistance to 2.3 million people, adding that more than 100 of its employees were killed in the past four months of Israeli aggression.
Palestine: South African Foreign Minister Commends ICJ Ruling – Confirming “Israeli Genocide”! (26.1.2024)
She clarified that South Africa submitted a request to the ICJ under the Genocide Convention, an agreement ratified by both Israel and South Africa. The judges called on Israel to take necessary measures to protect civilians and halt the destruction. The implementation of ICJ orders cannot occur without a ceasefire.
Pandor emphasized that a ceasefire is a fundamental condition for implementing the ICJ decision. “Israel cannot continue its crimes against Palestinian civilians without consequences,” she said.
Reading the court’s decision carefully, Pandor highlighted that these are direct orders and precautionary measures to prevent genocide. She stated, “We are not determining the essence of the accusation and the intention of genocide today, but we are dealing with the orders. This decision, due to the commission of genocide, will compel states that supported Israel to hold Israel accountable under international law.”
