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Jan 11 2024 Israel – Confronted with the International Criminal Court (ICC): Does it Matter?
by Peter Koenig
(Please note that there is a difference between the ICC and the ICJ – These proceedings are at the ICJ.)
Does anybody believe that the ICC will accuse Israel of committing Genocide on Palestinian People, notably in Gaza, as accused by the government of South Africa?
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Jan 11 2024 LIVE: South Africa begins its case at the International Court of Justice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXZy2zErPzk
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Jan 10 2024 BRICS member South Africa takes Zionism to court
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at the Cradle
Pretoria’s genocide case against Israel is crucial, not just to stop Tel Aviv’s carnage in Gaza, but to plant the first flag of mutipolarism in the globe’s courtrooms: this is the first case of many that will seek to halt western impunity and restore international law as… Continue reading
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Jan 10 2024 Forget Baseball, Genocide Is America’s Favorite Pastime
from FiveGunsWest and penned by Bones
“Humanity is acquiring the right technology for all the wrong reasons—and only as driven by looming wars and the fear of being annihilated by the enemy. Humanity could acquire the technology for the purpose of total success and enduring peace. We say we cannot afford it in peace times, but… Continue reading
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Jan 10 2024 Sergey Lavrov & Wang Yi
On January 10, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke over the phone (https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1924819/)with Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China
🤝 The Ministers summed up and spoke positively of the key outcomes of cooperation in 2023, expressing satisfaction with the high tempo of the political dialogue and practical cooperation, which are marked by stability and positive… Continue reading
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Jan 09 2024 Daily Chronicles
The Daily Chronicles are snippets of the most important news across the world for this and each day as it rolls in – as such, this thread is non-structured with the latest news on top. Facts without the fluff but there is plenty of fluff when necessary.
Jan 13
I have some other priorities today and it… Continue reading
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Jan 09 2024 Valdai Club on the road in India “International Turbulence: Challenges and Opportunities for India-Russia relations”
Approximately 2 years ago Mr Putin made a comment at a Valdai Club discussion to the effect that Valdai should create a multinational profile and Valdai should go on the road. For anyone watching carefully, just recently Dr S Jaishankar visited Moscow to high praise from all parties. A part of Valdai is in India,… Continue reading
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Jan 08 2024 Tucker Carlson and Bret Weinstein: Has the West Already Fallen? + Comparison Alastair Crooke – Fear
The first video shows the fear. The second video describes the fear.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW_vxfYqURI
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Jan 08 2024 Taiwan: Don’t vote to be Ukraine 2.0
An American appeals to Taiwan: Don’t vote to be Ukraine 2.0
On January 13, the people of Taiwan, officially designated the Republic of China (ROC), will elect a new president and unicameral legislature known as the Legislative Yuan. The election hinges on the question of Taiwan’s policy toward the mainland, the People’s Republic of China… Continue reading
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Jan 07 2024 Here Comes China – At technical breakthrough speed
I chose mainly technical issues from Godfree Roberts newsletter for this time, and as usual, it is astonishing.
A quick reference to corn and wheat US-China corn imports fell 83% in August YoY, while corn imports from Brazil went from zero last August to 580,000 metric tons in August 2023. Imports of Brazilian corn are expected… Continue reading
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Jan 07 2024 Putin’s Visit to Vishnevsky Central Military Clinical Hospital
The cameras are on, otherwise I would make a certain gesture here now; you all know what kind of gesture it is.
I think that the realisation is starting to dawn on them, and the rhetoric is changing: those who were talking just yesterday about the need to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia are now looking for the right words on how to quickly end the conflict. We also want to end the conflict, as quickly as possible,… Continue reading
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Jan 06 2024 Russia’s European Journey is Over
A very superb interview. Evgeny Shostakov, in conversation with Sergey Karaganov
You may remember Karaganov’s previous interview – https://sovereignista.com/2023/06/15/russia-is-abuzz-the-use-of-nuclear-weapons-can-save-humanity-from-a-global-catastrophe-sergey-karaganov/
In terms of being a global centre of power, the Old World is finished. Moscow understands this, but our former partners remain in denial.
Not long ago, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said: “The European Union must be ready for war… Continue reading
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Jan 06 2024 Pressure and requested rejection of South Africa ICJ genocide case – they want to derail it!
The Israeli Foreign Ministry has ordered its embassies across the globe to pressure their host countries to reject South Africa’s genocide case against it at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Axios has reported, citing an urgent diplomatic cable. The cable, which was sent out by the Foreign Ministry on Thursday, stresses that Israel’s “strategic… Continue reading
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Jan 05 2024 Prime Minister Al-Sudani announced this morning intentions to set a date for a bilateral committee to discuss the “final termination of the presence of coalition forces in Iraq.”
A day after a US strike assassinated Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) commander Talib Al-Saedi (Abu Taqwa) in Iraq, Prime Minister Al-Sudani announced this morning intentions to set a date for a bilateral committee to discuss the “final termination of the presence of coalition forces in Iraq.”
He added, “We affirm our firm position regarding the termination… Continue reading