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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) began hearings into Israel's genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). The ICJ, which sits in The Hague and is the UN's top court, is expected to hear from 40 States and four international organizations in proceedings slated to last all week. Link: www.icj-cij.org The head of OCHA testified: "Today people are not surviving in Gaza, those that aren't being killed with bombs and bullets are slowly dying." Charges against Israel for apartheid were previously filed against Israel at the ICJ. An international arrest warrant issued by the ICC remains active for PM Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes. An indictment is merely an accusation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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Israel has killed over 50,000 Palestinians (including over 14,500 children) and injured or maimed more than 100,000 victims since Oct 2023. Palestinian children have not only lost limbs to IDF bombs, but parents, creating thousands of orphans. The IDF blockade of Gaza has reached 60 days and will kill more Palestinians from starvation, disease, and internal violence as people fight each other for bare sustenance. Meanwhile in the US, kapos Bill Maher and Joe Rogaine will continue making a fortune propagating distracting messages to the American public on behalf of the status quo.

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#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-30 07:36 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"A US official addressing the International Court of Justice (ICJ) defended Israel's attacks on United Nations agencies in Gaza as potentially lawful."

Look at the expression on the faces of the State Dept personnel at the Hague pathetically defending Israel and genocide: www.middleeasteye.net

That's attorney Joshua Simmons looking mortified on the left (Bio: https://www.state.gov/biographies/joshua-simmons/). The other State Dept lawyer on the right can't even look at the photographer.

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-30 09:10 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) must go: www.richardsilverstein.com

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-30 09:26 AM | Reply

American Muslims voted to punish Biden and Harris.
By electing the guy who says Palestine doesn't exist and bibi isn't tough enough on them.
They should be so proud.

#4 | Posted by northguy3 at 2025-04-30 09:36 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#4: American Muslims make up 1.3% of the US population at between 2.1m to 3.7m people (and not all of them are of voting age). 21% of them voted for Trumpf; 20% voted for Kamala Harris; 59% voted for Jill Stein. 25% of the Arab-American population is of Lebanese descent, a country Israel destroyed last year. Scapegoating this razor-thin minority is Islamophobic and a distraction from ethnic cleansing in Israel. And Chuck Schumer must go.

Links:

uscanadainfo.com

www.cair.com

images.squarespace-cdn.com

www.aaiusa.org

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-30 09:54 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Scapegoating this razor-thin minority is Islamophobic
#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

Kamala lost the electoral college by 115,000 votes. www.thenation.com

The Pro-Trump/Stein Muslims did their part. The ones who helped convince 8-10 million 2020 Biden voters to sit on their butts at home on election day did their part as well.

But yes, it is Islamophobic to lay blame at the feet of those who helped accomplish a result...

#6 | Posted by censored at 2025-04-30 10:47 AM | Reply

Muslims For Trump: We Were A Deciding Factor
"Muslims for Trump proudly celebrates the historic landslide victory of President Donald Trump in the 2024 Presidential election, where Muslim-American voters proved to be a decisive factor,"

"Muslims for Trump concentrated efforts on states such as Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, where the Muslim vote became a linchpin for victory. Trump has acknowledged our role, and we are ready to work alongside his administration to advocate for policies that support peace and unity.""
indiawest.com

#7 | Posted by censored at 2025-04-30 10:54 AM | Reply

---- Israel. The ONLY BLAME FOR THIS HORROR IS ON ISRAEL ITSELF.

Everything else is just lame excuses.

#8 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-04-30 01:39 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#8: Indeed. The AIPAC Democratic Party mantra heard over and over is "See? They should have voted for Kamala!" or "Is this better?" or "Serves them right for not voting for Kamala Harris!"

Did any one these child amputees in Gaza vote on 5 Nov 2024?

This tactic is blatant victim blaming and distracts from the fact that the hardworking American taxpayer funds both ethnic cleansing in Israel, as well as their top-rated universal healthcare system.

Adjusting for inflation, US aid to Israel from 1951 to 2022 totaled $317.9 billion, making it the largest recipient of American foreign aid since World War II. There are many in the Democratic Party that vote Democratic in US elections, but support AIPAC and the Likud Party in Israel. Young David Hogg and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) pose a threat to that calcified status quo. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) must go.

Sources:

worldpopulationreview.com

usafacts.org

#9 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-30 01:58 PM | Reply

This tactic is blatant victim blaming
#9 | Posted by C0RI0LANUs

So the Muslims for Trump were victim blaming themselves when they took credit for his win last November?

Not that you'll respond. Too busy hiding in your safe space.

#10 | Posted by censored at 2025-04-30 02:29 PM | Reply

Well, if Muslims for Trump is anything like Hamas, it strengthens their brand when Israel crushes the Palestinians.

But I don't know anything about "Muslims for Trump" as an actual org.
Muslims for Hillary was a Russian social media psy-op in 2016, though.

#11 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-30 02:45 PM | Reply

21st century Hamas guerillas = 19th century Sioux Nation warriors.

"You'll pardon me if I fight back with the only weapons I have while my people are being exterminated."
Signed,
The Resistance Fighters of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising

https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/warsaw_uprising_cc_img.jpg

#12 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-30 02:59 PM | Reply

"You'll pardon me if I fight back with the only weapons I have while my people are being exterminated."
#12 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

Hamas targets, rapes, and murders 1,200 civilians.

"It's nice work if you can get it."
- C0RI0LANUS

#13 | Posted by censored at 2025-04-30 03:46 PM | Reply

Hamas targets, rapes, and murders 1,200 civilians.

I have a question. Was this number rounded up to the nearest 100?

Like, was it 1,167 people and someone in the media was like, "1,200 sounds better, easier to say."

Anyway. 1,200 raped and murdered civilians was the price Netanyahu was willing to pay for his forever war.

He may get that war with Iran he's itching for.

Also. NPR reported, as of March 23rd, the Palestinian death count was at 50,000. Which I'm sure is underreported, but clearly not enough dead Palestinians.

#14 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-04-30 04:09 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

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#15 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-30 04:13 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1


Muslims for Hillary was a Russian social media psy-op in 2016, though.

#11 | POSTED BY SNOOFY

All you do is lie.

Hillary Clinton Is Organizing Muslim Voters. They Could Decide The Election.
www.huffpost.com

#16 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-04-30 04:28 PM | Reply

American Muslims vote in elections, and in states like Michigan, they can affect election results.

Co President, Elon Musk, used this to his advantage by target Muslim communities with attacks on Harris, painting her as IDF.

While at the same time targeting Jewish communities with attacks on Harris, painting her as Hamas.

In the end, it worked.

Not to mention Musk "knowing about voting computers." in Pennsylvania.

Something which Trump never clarified.

#17 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-04-30 04:37 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

www.trentonian.com

#18 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-30 04:43 PM | Reply

Just curious, has the World Court addressed the fact that the Palestinian community, writ-large, has genocide as one of their primary tenets?

Or is that OK?

#19 | Posted by madbomber at 2025-04-30 04:54 PM | Reply

"the Palestinian community, writ-large, has genocide as one of their primary tenets"

They only added that part after Israel started geocoding them.

#20 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-30 04:56 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"Anyway. 1,200 raped and murdered civilians was the price Netanyahu was willing to pay for his forever war."

And what are the Palestinians willing to pay for their forever war?

The dudes in Dubia snorting coke off the asses of eastern European Hookers seem to suggest they're willing to sacrifice every Palestinians who isn't at their party.

If you support Palestinians-truly, you may be backing the wrong horse.

#21 | Posted by madbomber at 2025-04-30 04:56 PM | Reply

"Or is that OK?"

It's about as okay as Israel geocoding them.

#22 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-30 04:57 PM | Reply

"And what are the Palestinians willing to pay for their forever war?"

Palestinians don't have much of a say. Hamas is not exactly a democratic organization.

#23 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-30 04:58 PM | Reply

"The dudes in Dubia snorting coke off the asses of eastern European Hookers seem to suggest they're willing to sacrifice every Palestinians who isn't at their party."

Yep.

They have a lot in common with Netanyahu.

#24 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-30 05:00 PM | Reply

"They only added that part after Israel started geocoding them."

No, that actually started in 1948 at the end of the British Mandate.

At the time, there was a roadmap for a clear Jewish and Palestinian State, not to mention the Arab state in Jordan, and the two Muslim states (Pakistan and Bangladesh/East Pakistan) on the Indian subcontinent.

But the Palestinians couldn't abide any other dude, so they and a bunch of neighboring countries invaded the Jewish state. Not once, but three time, getting their asses kicked every time. Which brings us to where we are today. Which brings us to why Israel's neighbors no longer attack, and why none of them want anything to do with Palestinians.

Palestinians whining reminds me of the German HIAG-but worse. Palestinians seem absolutely unrepentant and refuse to acknowledge they had anything to do with the situation they currently find themselves in.

#25 | Posted by madbomber at 2025-04-30 05:02 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

"It's about as okay as Israel geocoding them."

Would you not be open to genociding someone who was going to genocide you?

Or would you just let them genocide you on principle?

On the other hand, Hamas has said that all people can live peacefully under Islam.

Maybe they can all convert?

#26 | Posted by madbomber at 2025-04-30 05:05 PM | Reply

"Palestinians don't have much of a say. Hamas is not exactly a democratic organization."

Hamas was democratically elected under Palestinian procedure. Just like ya boi.

#27 | Posted by madbomber at 2025-04-30 05:06 PM | Reply

"They only added that part after Israel started geocoding them."

"No, that actually started in 1948 at the end of the British Mandate."

Those are the same thing.

"At the time, there was a roadmap for a clear Jewish and Palestinian State"

Neither side adheres to that road map today.
Palestine never did.
Israel pretended to, obviously benefitting from the legitimacy granted to them by the West and the fledgling United Nations.
But they were lying.

Zionists today do not cite the UN Charter as the thing that makes Israel a legitimate country.

You need to keep up with current affairs!

#28 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-30 05:06 PM | Reply

"Hamas was democratically elected under Palestinian procedure."

Hitler was democratically elected under German procedure.

#29 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-30 05:07 PM | Reply

"They have a lot in common with Netanyahu."

Yeah...maybe. I don't know that Israelis are willing to become Martyrs for Netanyahu in the same way Palestinians are willing to do so.

#30 | Posted by madbomber at 2025-04-30 05:08 PM | Reply

"Would you not be open to genociding someone who was going to genocide you?"

Who was "going to."

So, a pre-emptive genocide?

#31 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-30 05:08 PM | Reply

The Palestinian never received their own nation and have been under Israeli occupation for nearly a century.

Palestinians were immediately punished for fighting back against the foreign invasion imposed on them by Britain and America.

Had they been given half of the state of Israel and forced to make do, they would have moved on by now.

But they can't.

Which, is a built in feature in order to help the military industrial complex always have an enemy to fight against.

One has to wonder why holocaust survivors weren't brought to America and given their own state. Perhaps one of the Dakotas.

The answer is pretty simple, Americans didn't want those people living in America.

What could we do had they been brought here only to be complete wiped out by our Nazi loving citizens?

#32 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-04-30 05:12 PM | Reply

I don't know that Israelis are willing to become Martyrs for Netanyahu in the same way Palestinians are willing to do so.
#30 | Posted by madbomber

That's not really a big concern for Israel.
Because that's where the Hannibal Directive comes into play.
There have already been dozens of Israeli martyrs, possibly hundreds, since Oct 7.

#33 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-30 05:12 PM | Reply

"The Palestinian never received their own nation and have been under Israeli occupation for nearly a century."

MadBomber thinks "nations" are things for the United Nations to draw on the map.
It's the West, led by the American-created United Nations, that gets to decide what's a nation and what is not.

#34 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-30 05:14 PM | Reply

West: Here's the deal, we're cutting this land in half.
Palestinians: No thank you, we don't want any more immigrants, we got enough as it is.
Zionists: Thanks, we accept, and have thousands of European Colonialists ready to move in!

Seventy-five years later:

Zionists: Hey, since they still haven't accepted the half you gave them,
Zionists: We were thinking, what if we just take it, and run them off.
Zionists: Actually we've... been doing that bit by bit in the West Bank for thirty years.
West: Why are you asking for our permission. Just do it, nobody has stopped you, in thirty years, you think they're gonna start caring now?

Palestinians: Um, we're being ethnically cleansed over here?
Zionists: No you're not.
West: No you're not.

#35 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-30 05:39 PM | Reply

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cartoon.jpg

#36 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-30 05:50 PM | Reply

#36 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

Antisemitism? I can't imagine anyone here would ever engage in such behavior!
Coriolanus-oven

#37 | Posted by censored at 2025-04-30 06:16 PM | Reply

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