'Famine is setting in': UN court orders Israel to unblock Gaza food aid

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: The Guardian

The International Court of Justice has ordered Israel to allow unimpeded access of food aid into Gaza, where sections of the population are facing imminent starvation, in a significant legal rebuke to Israel’s claim it is not blocking aid deliveries.
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The judges, who were unanimous in their decision, said Palestinians in Gaza were facing worsening conditions of life, and famine and starvation were spreading. “The court observes that Palestinians in Gaza are no longer facing only a risk of famine … but that famine is setting in,” the judges said.

In its legally binding order, the court told Israel to take “all necessary and effective measures to ensure, without delay, in full cooperation with the United Nations, the unhindered provision at scale by all concerned of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance” including food, water, fuel and medical supplies.

The ICJ also ordered Israel to immediately ensure “that its military does not commit acts which constitute a violation of any of the rights of the Palestinians in Gaza as a protected group under the convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide, including by preventing, through any action, the delivery of urgently needed humanitarian assistance”.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/28/famine-is-setting-in-icj-orders-israel-to-unblock-gaza-food-aid

[claudette]

1. And some

actually don’t see this as genocide

[AloeVera]

3. No.

They never will, no matter how much worse it gets. Not even when the real ethnic cleansing starts. It absolutely is a repeat of the Naqba, but fought with a modern, lethal army of state-terrorists instead of terrorist militias like the Irgun, Hagenah, Stern.

That awful history is never admitted to, it's hidden and denied and as a result we see that same denial at work today.

What's happening to the people of Gaza is heartbreaking and atrocious.

[claudette]

8. Agreed

Sadly. 😢

[AZLD4Candidate]

5. Oct 7th was Israel's fault. Damn Jews. If they would just leave, there would be no problems

In fact, I hear the 1200 all killed themselves and the evil Israelis made it look like it was a terrorist attack. So Oct 7th was fake news and a deep fake false flag.

And never mind that Hamas is the elected government of Gaza and an international terrorist group that purposely makes things worse for the Palestinians so they can increase their numbers to fulfill from the river to the sea.

And let's no care that Hamas shoots Palestinians that try to get aid, uses humanitarian and civil service buildings for shields, and oppresses the Palestinian women.

Israel is South Africa, North Korea, and Nazi Germany combined. And the people that live there. . .the ones that have that six pointed star; why they are just the worst of the worst.

[Retrograde]

6. Yes, you do

I've been following your posts long enough to get that this post is meant to be sarcastic, but I think some DUers who are not familiar with your background may interpret the post differently from what you intended.

[AZLD4Candidate]

7. Done. added. Personally, I'm just tired of Jews being blamed for everything in the world for 2000 years

And being told "well, if Jews didn't start problems, they wouldn't have them."

Got told that in China many times when Xi Jinping and the CCP attacked Israel. I actually got told Jew deserved to die in the Holocaust because they do nothing but cause problems.

One of my CCP students told me the best thing Jews do is "chop off their little brothers" when they are born so they won't have more children.

Each time I see people here post about how terrible Israel is, all I see is the classical anti-Jewish attitudes wrapped up in nice political language.

Transplant "Jew" when someone says "Israel" and it's how I see it. Of course it will be denied and I will be attacked.

[PSPS]

10. " (I think) 'Jew' when someone says 'Israel'" - "all I see is the classical anti-Jewish attitudes"

I think that's a common problem that clouds many people's thinking process. Everyone agrees the Israeli government is off its rocker with Bibi and his band of radical loons. That doesn't mean "it's all the Jews' fault." Even most Jews loathe Bibi.

[AZLD4Candidate]

11. I support Israel 100%. I fucking hate Bibi

[Avalon Sparks]

9. That's must be because they don't believe the intent is there.

According to the UN, this is the criteria that defines genocide:

In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:

A. Killing members of the group;
B. Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
C. Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
D. Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
E. Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

It’s my belief the intent is there, and they clearly have accomplished criteria A, B and C.

[The Blue Flower]

2. How can the UN enforce this?

Curious.

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. Sanctions?

Hard, with the US Security Council veto, but Netanyahu is pissing off President Biden so much that Israel can't depend on the US veto for everything any more.

Or warrants for the arrest of Israeli government officials. That would restrict their international travel.

[prodigitalson]

4. all that beautiful beachfront property...once they 'finish the job'

the horror