ICJ Ruling in Africa vs. Israel Genocide Case

Good news. It appears that there is still some justice in our world. The ICJ is moving forward with the genocide case against Israel, and has ordered Israel to refrain from its genocidal actions. The judge did not use the words "cease fire," but said that Israel must stop killing and harming the Palestinians; "Israel must, in accordance with it obligations under the Genocide Convention, in regards to Palestinians in Gaza, take all measures within its power, to prevent the commission of all acts within the scope of article two of the convention, in particular, A; Killing members of the group. B; Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group..."

Gaza: Order in the case South Africa v. Israel
 | International Court of Justice (ICJ) - full

https://youtu.be/1niAwMbBC6g?si=Dla68JXgmJUnsVEU

My Father's Suffering has Ended

My father passed away this afternoon. I feel relieved that he is no longer suffering and is free. The phrase, "He is now in a better place," applies doubly in this situation. But I grieve his life - his last few years, which were the complete opposite of what he had wanted and needed, and were filled with unnatural suffering. 😟

New Husam Zomlot Press Conference

Husam makes perfect sense, to me. He does a great job with explaining things with honest common sense. The Palestinian people are lucky to have him.

Palestinian Ambassador to the UK holds press conference – watch live

https://www.youtube.com/live/lAjdqgDRmqM?si=D2xy4JaWISI04PYn

Another great Avi Shlaim Interview

Gaza: Cruel Zionism, Past and Present with Professor Avi Shlaim https://youtu.be/iNg93bLJL18?si=zKs3DtV5UMz01Hsf

The Remedy for "Terrorism"

Definition of "terrorists"; People who have been treated so badly that they start violently striking back.

Remedy for "terrorism"; Treat people with kindness and consideration for their needs and their human rights and their properties and their lives. And encourage healing from past pains.

One Little Song that Says a Lot...

TikToker sings for Palestine

https://youtu.be/OGj1wmEesPA?si=sdL94xLtv0jSIZWG

New Chant for Gaza

Gaza, it's OK to cry.

Release the pain and stand up high.

Palestine will never die.

An Awesome Jewish Speech...

This speech took place just before President Trump made things far worse in Palestine/"Israel." But, sadly, it is as applicable today...

The 70th Palestinian Nakba Day – The Jewish perspective https://youtu.be/vrT7LxtfqlU?si=XF9dcnQTx59BC7PD

Don't Give it What it Wants...

The evil wants destructive wars; it wants it's victims to violently strike back, so it can blame its victims for it's own destruction. 

IT IS BEST TO NOT GIVE THE

EVIL FORCES WHAT THEY WANT.

On the Israeli Side...

As for the masses of obviously hateful and racist Israeli citizens; There is no doubt that some, like the leaders and the new settlers in the West Bank, are the hateful racist Zionists. But it appears that many of the other citizens have been terrorized, by the Zionists, into hating the Palestinians. It appears that they have been being brainwashed into thinking that the Palestinians are just "squatters" who do not belong there, and are all dangerous terrorists who want to kill all the Jews...etc. Its not true, but they do not seem to realize this or the fact that Israel is the one who is the violent invader since 1948, and that the Palestinians are the victims, and that some have just recently been fighting back in the same violent ways that Israel has done to them for many decades.
   This situation is sad for the innocent Israeli citizens too. Imagine being deceived and forced to live with that kind of fear. If only they all knew the truth, for their own sakes as well as that of the Palestinians. Most would surely not go along with evil Zionist behaviors, if they still have functioning hearts. A few have proven to have both the heart and the awareness, and they have been standing up for the Palestinians. But, unfortunately its very few at this point. These are all that I've found thus far...

Playlist of Israeli Voices for Truth

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLosHhrNh7LB57EY9qeSN1fLdwPHRkOUJ6

Live Free or Die...

Our New Hampshire license plate wisely says, "Live Free or Die," but I have never seen this belief put into practice, until I took a close look at the plight of the Palestinians, who have chose to do exactly that. I was sent a little letter from a Palestinian who grew up in the West Bank. It speaks for Itself...

"Sharon Poet, Thank you for your beautiful and wonderful words. How beautiful the world would be with people like you, but I would like you to know that someone who has not experienced our suffering and pain and the persecution, violations and intimidation we have been exposed to since childhood cannot judge us according to his opinion. His own point of view that he lives. I am a Palestinian who lived my childhood in the West Bank. Which is governed by the coordinated Palestinian Authority. Recognized by the Israeli occupation. I faced abuse and intimidation in this neighborhood. How I hated that period during school hours. Our school was on the road leading to a checkpoint with Israeli soldiers. The soldiers always spilled what was in my bag on the floor and took the food my mother had prepared for me. They would stand me on one leg while I raised my hands up. I even lied to my mother that I was sick so I couldn't pass through that checkpoint. I remember one night their soldiers broke into our house in the middle of the night and took my father. We did not know why he was taken until two days later. Do you know what his crime was? I am sure you did not imagine how foolish these Zionists are. His crime was that he gave an interview to a television channel.
   We have endured what you cannot endure. We have lived through the separation of friends who were killed by these Zionists, such as Muhammad al-Durra and others. They demolished our neighbor's house and took him out of his house. How can we live with these Zionists in peace? This steadfastness and faith that you see in Gaza, despite what Israel is doing of comprehensive destruction and systematic killing that does not differentiate between a child and a woman. This violence and violations committed by Israel is what led to the establishment of Hamas. Yesterday's children who lived through the tragedies of Zionist Israel are today's Hamas soldiers, and the more Israel's violations increase, the more heroes will be born from under the rubble to defeat the injustice we live in. The unjust world has failed us. We have been let down by the United Nations, which always persecutes us, supports Israel on our behalf, and turns a blind eye to the massacres of our people and the killing of our children. There is no peace with the Nazis. Either Palestine from the sea to the river, or we will die proud and not surrender to Masonic Zionism."

Alana Hadid Speech at DC rally Jan, 13, 2023

https://youtu.be/6QfysuGXZdE?si=pDEgUDNEscIhAw_X

Zochrot - Uncovering the Truth of the Ongoing Nakba

The Nakba is what the Arabs call Israel's 1948 massacres of, and displacement, of the Palestinian people. In reality it has continued and is still happening today in both Gaza and the West Bank. I just found this organization that is digging up the truths that Israel has wanted to keep hidden... 

They say, "the Nakba is not just a historical event but rather an ongoing process to deprive the Palestinian people of their entire homeland. For us at Zochrot it is important to keep pointing to these facts, as well as to call for the implementation of the Palestinian right of return..."

Zochrot - Uncovering the Truth of the Ongoing Nakba

https://www.zochrot.org/articles/view/17/en?%D9%8BOur_Story

An Israelian who Knows the Real Israel

There are a few Israeli people who stand up for the Palestinian people and expose what Israel is really like. This video covers a lot of it...

How Israel indoctrinates its people w/Miko Peled | The Chris Hedges Report

https://youtu.be/CU0Uc-PKe9Y?si=yUKAdyDKwVf8H_Mr

My View of the Overview

I wrote a new Overview of this situation in Palestine...

My View of the Overview

https://careforpalestine.blogspot.com/p/my-view-of-overview.html

No More Violence Please

I beg ALL people to please stop the violence. 

No matter what happens in the ICJ, I beg ALL people to please stop the violence. Arabs, please look at the past patterns; every time you violently struck back, they just used it as an excuse to kill and traumatize and hurt and wrongly label even more of you. Please stop seeking vengeance and focus on standing up and telling the truth and healing and rebuilding, for your own sakes. Freedom will come, without the violence. Please let it. ❤

I am not suggesting that the Palestinian people let Israel, and its supporters, steal and kill and get away with it. Of course defense is needed in many situations. BUT in situations where vengefully fighting back, merely brings on even more loss of homes and more deaths of loved ones, and possibly the extinction of the Palestinian or Arab people, a positive shift must take place. At this point in this situation I strongly feel that it is through, stopping the vengeful attacks and doing more to bring about public awareness, that freedom will be gained. A ball is already rolling in this court. Please let it reach the Light.

International Court of Justice Hearing for Palestine

Somehow, this court session makes Israel's evil even more real. My heart cries for the Palestinian people again this morning. Finally, a ray of Light for Palestine. Oh God, please let it shine until freedom has been attained....forever. I will share more later...

Full Court Hearing on Israel Being Charged with Genocide
https://youtu.be/0Q_zTb9dfGU?si=trktdfPN0cHRKXa7

WATCH: South Africa holds news briefing
after arguments in ICJ genocide hearing against Israel
https://youtu.be/C2iKK1tWkQo?si=UTQ0WP4D0clpcfeM

Israel Has Broken Many Laws

Israel has broken many laws, since 1948. In fact, its birth in Palestine went against the laws that we all expect to be honored, when it comes to our own homes and properties not being invaded or stolen and our loved ones not being killed or harmed. Israel is still breaking these laws, it just now does it under the guise of it being a "war against terrorism." Everyone knows this, because documented historical facts prove it. And there is something horribly wrong with so many officials either supporting it or sitting around debating it, for 75 years, instead of stopping it from continuing.

South Africa Charges Israel with Genocide

South Africa Filed Case of Genocide Against Israel;

https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192/192-20231228-app-01-00-en.pdf

Hopefully many other countries will follow suit
for past Israeli crimes as well as current ones.

Israel's War Crimes and Targeting of Human Rights Organizations

In this video Omar Shakir talks about how Israel has been banning the entry of human rights organizations and has been targeting them. He also talks about Israel's many years of criminal treatment of the Palestinian people in West Bank and Gaza. About the current escalation in Israel's aims to finish taking over Palestine and get rid of the resisting Palestinians, he said, "Ultimately, we're in a situation today, where the very basic principals of international law are being flagrantly disregarded. And if the world allows this to continue without consequences, this will effect far more than the civilians who live in Israel Palestine. It'll undermine the protection of civilians everywhere around the world. We have a critical test. Humanity has failed, but its not over. We still have millions of Palestinians whose lives hang in the balance. We must do more. All of us must do more to end it."

Documenting Israel’s War Crimes | Centre Stage

https://youtu.be/dkzhjrDEOzQ?si=dpzzuAhzTBM_x5u5

Can Oct 7th be Justified?

Israel and its supporters and puppets have had everyone under a judgmental axe, in regards to our feelings about Oct 7th. It appears that we are all expected to hate Hamas for it. I have been repeatedly asked what I feel about it. And so here it is...

   There are reports which state that Oct 7th did not go the way the Israeli government said it did. Some reports say that Israeli officials fabricated many things, like the rapes and the beheaded babies...etc. And reports state that Israeli armed forces have admitted to killing masses of its own citizens as it opened fire on Hamas and the hostages in its usual indiscriminate way or through using Israel's "Hannible Directive" which calls for the murdering of hostages, rather than letting them be taken. So, who really did what on Oct 7th? How much of it was completely fabricated, in order for Israel to justify the completion of its decades long aim to finish stealing Palestine and finish getting rid of the resisting Palestinians?
   And we must realize that this conflict did NOT start on Oct 7th, like Israel has been pretending. Regardless of the details, the real truth is that the Hamas side of Oct 7th was a violent reaction to the decades of violence and oppression that Israel had been inflicting upon the Palestinians. Because of Israel's long chain of violence against the Palestinians, on the Palestinian lands, in my eyes Israel bears the responsibility far more than Hamas, for Oct 7th and all other violent strikes back at Israel. You can't be stealing from and bullying and killing and mutilating and unjustly imprisoning people and expect to not have some negative reactions from some of them. Human beings can only take so much.

Can October 7th be justified?  I have no doubt that some members of the Palestinian Resistant group (Hamas) did some wrong things in the past, as well as on Oct 7th. But what really happened on Oct 7th and why? What is the full truth? We need to know the full truth, and what lead up to it, in order to make a fair judgment.

The way I look at it is that... ALL OF THE VIOLENCE, ON BOTH SIDES, COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED THROUGH ISRAEL HAVING THE DECENCY TO TREAT THE PALESTINIANS WITH KINDNESS AND CONSIDERATION FOR THEIR NEEDS AND THEIR RIGHTS AND THEIR HOMES AND THEIR LANDS AND THEIR LIVES...ETC. BUT ISRAEL DIDN'T AND THIS IS HORRIBLY SAD FOR ALL THE INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HURT ON BOTH SIDES. 

In general; I'm an anti-war person. So, I feel that killings, that are not fully necessary, for only genuine self defense against the specific individuals who are attacking, cannot be justified. And the side that attacks first, or does things to provoke attacks, is always more wrong. In my opinion, this applies to Israeli people just as much as it applies to Palestinian and all other people. 

Israels Indiscriminate Bombing Freely Continues!!!

This is one of the many videos that brought me to tears. What they are going through is just too horribly wrong. And for it to be freely continuing without being stopped is a disgrace to every country and international organization that could stop Israel's evil, but hasn't yet done so. 

Israeli attacks kill 122 Palestinians, injure 256 in past 24 hours: Ministry https://youtu.be/2_y660LMvg0?si=pBZruy8xQBF5ibo9

Avi Shlaim - a Victim of Forced Assimilation in Israel

Avi Shlaim has such a sweet and gentle energy that I just want to hug him and thank him for showing me that real human decency truly does still exist in humanity.  He is an Arab Jew who grew up in Israel from the age of 5. And he is a political historian. It appears that the Arab Jews were literally forced to move to Israel where they were assimilated, in a similar way that was done to the Native Americans in Canada and the USA. His story is fascinating. Below is an interview where he also shares what he witnessed of Israel's apartheid occupation in West Bank...etc. Under the video is a link to his "Memoir of an Arab-Jew" book...

The forgotten history of Arab Jews | Avi Shlaim | The Big Picture S2EP5 https://youtu.be/lfDhaWlqXf8?si=_tdAuay2y8GsG_fO 

Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew 
by Avi Shlaim

Quote from the description; "As anti-Semitism surged in Iraq, the Zionist underground fanned the flames. Yet when Iraqi Jews fled to Israel, they faced an uncertain future, their history was rewritten to serve a Zionist narrative. This memoir breathes life into an almost forgotten world. Weaving together the personal and the political, Three Worlds offers a fresh perspective on Arab-Jews, caught in the crossfire of Zionism and nationalism."

1970 Quotes by Bertrand Russell

Keep in mind that these were written, long before Hamas existed. They are about the plight of the Palestinian people in Gaza and West bank and refugee camps in other countries.

"The tragedy of the people of Palestine is that their country was “given” by a foreign Power to another people for the creation of a new State. The result was that many hundreds of thousands of innocent people were made permanently homeless. With every new conflict their number [has] increased. How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty? It is abundantly clear that the refugees have every right to the homeland from which they were driven, and the denial of this right is at the heart of the continuing conflict. No people anywhere in the world would accept being expelled in masse from their own country; how can anyone require the people of Palestine to accept a punishment which nobody else would tolerate?" ~ Bertrand Russell 1970

"We are frequently told that we must sympathize with Israel because of the suffering of the Jews in Europe at the hands of the Nazis. I see in this suggestion no reason to perpetuate any suffering. What Israel is doing today cannot be condoned, and to invoke the horrors of the past to justify those of the present is gross hypocrisy." ~ Bertrand Russell 1970

"The aggression committed by Israel must be condemned." ~ Bertrand Russell 1970

"Justice requires that the first step towards a settlement must be an Israeli withdrawal from all the territories occupied in June 1967." ~ Bertrand Russell 1970

Bertrand Russell, Philosopher, Nobel Prize winner, Humanist - one of the most influential intellects of the 20th Century. He published this letter shortly before he died; https://savilleian.substack.com/p/bertrand-russells-last-letter-just

Malcom X 1960s Speach for Palestine

Malcolm X | Palestine and Israel #palestine #israel

https://youtu.be/G0DNHnQfhHg?si=jseogA2GEqeOTPLa

The Evil Religious Fanaticism

Various parts of the Christian religion are at the root of many deceptive and terroristic wars, and Israel's "war" against Palestine and the Palestinian and Arab people is no exception. Many of the Israeli people claim that they are "the chosen ones" and that God created Israel for them and that the resisting Palestinians have to leave Palestine. But this is not true. The Zionists created Israel in Palestine, even though the Palestinians are the ones who belong there. The Zionists claim to have God on their side and have recruited a lot of powerful people to help them steal Palestine and either kill or terrorize and chase out the resisting Palestinian people. Their behavior is literally criminal and evil, but they use the name of "God" and the "Jewish" people, in order to justify the hell they raise and project onto their victims.
    I strongly feel that God does not condone Israel's violent and arrogant and thieving and dishonest existence in Palestine. And I strongly feel that the real God is Love, and that God Loves ALL people in ALL races and ALL religions. And I strongly feel that the more open people's hearts are, the closer they are connected to God, and in Israel this Heart/Love is VERY obviously severely lacking. Israel is the opposite of what it claims to be. It's an evil force that pretends to be good.
   The following report focuses on the Zionism in the USA, but it appears that it is even worse in Britain and France and the UK and other places that have been even more staunch supporters of Israels creation. This sort of heartless religious fanaticism is a global problem, and it seems to want wide-spread war and destruction and suffering. It's evil hell must be stopped.

Inside America’s Christian Zionist movement
and its support for Israel | The Listening Post

https://youtu.be/2FjI7d2TBrA?si=bMs5S6AXFyfgbw-L

Best Defense, for National Security

The best defense, for our own national security, is to treat other countries and populations with kindness and with respect for their customs and their needs and their rights to their own freedom and security on their own lands...etc. Even if nothing else is learned, from the Palestine/"Israel" situation, by God this should be. And it should be permanently put into practice, globally. Period.

Boycott or Not...

I have mixed feelings about some types of boycotts. I feel that people and companies, who are not directly involved with, or who are not aware of Israel's evil targeting of the Palestinians, should not be hurt by boycotts.
   When I called for boycotts on my blog, I had envisioned things like big companies refusing to do shipping to or from Israel...etc., forcing Israel to cease fire and set Palestine free, in order to save itself from economic ruin. I liked this idea because it is a non-violent way to force Israel into a better direction. But it appears that even positive types of boycotts are now being made illegal...

Israel, Palestine, BDS, and the right to boycott in the US | The Take

https://youtu.be/wQTGUAB-ZUo?si=Hf7K2zanyBaSwVGC

My Definition of "free Palestine"

"Free Palestine" has been twisted into many negative things by pro-Israeli puppets. But its just a cry for freedom...

My definition of "free Palestine" is; All the displaced Palestinian people returning to the homes and lands that have been stolen from them, and being allowed to live there in peace without any Israeli occupation or control. ITS SHOCKING AND HORRIBLY UNJUST THAT THIS HAS NOT YET HAPPENED! Millions of displaced people living in refuge camps for over 75 years, after their homes and farms were stolen from them! How does Israel live with itself? Do you realize that Jewish and Palestinian and Christian people all lived peacefully together in Palestine before the Zionist/"Jewish" immigrants violently stole Palestine and turned it into "Israel"? By God its time for real truth and justice.

One man's "Terrorist" is Another Mans Hero

Israel told the world that Saleh Al Arouri was a "terrorist." But to the people who knew him, he was a hero - a man who strived to re-unite his people after Israel tore them apart, a man who dedicated his life to fighting for freedom for his people although it made things very difficult for him. Sadly, he is not nearly the only one that has been assassinated. 

Palestinians stage general strike: People gather to mourn Saleh Al Arouri https://youtu.be/eGMnEHlV-OQ?si=8PsC3bcXK9yVE25I

Plea to Arab and all other Nations

Tayab Ali: Arab and Muslim countries must

back South Africa’s genocide case against Israel

https://youtu.be/Y_zBcm1yDSU?si=dlGaEo7d41JpF8sE

The Ben Gurion Canal Plan

  Israel has always wanted to finish stealing Palestine, and get rid of the resisting Palestinians, but is the current big push to finish stealing Palestine due to Gaza being the preferred route for the Ben Gurion Canal? And what about the huge well of natural gas that reports say were found under Gaza? Has greed now been added to the hate and prejudice, which motivates the Israeli crimes? 

John Pilger - Palestine is Still the Issue.

John Pilger - a popular voice and witness for the
 Palestinian people, died on December 30th 2023. 

On Nov 5th 2023, John Pilger's last tweet said, "When I was last in Gaza, the Israeli air force terrorized the population by flying fast and loud and low at night. All children bed-wetted and had violent nightmares, said a psychologist, and were 'damaged forever'. Such is Israel's exercise of its 'right to self defense'."

Last year John Pilger said that Palestine is the victim of, "The longest, most brutal, lawless military occupation in modern times..." and "Palestine has been misreported for as long as I can remember..."

In 2002 John Pilger said, "[in 1974] I made a film called, "Palestine is Still the Issue." It was about a nation of people - the Palestinians forced off their land and later subjected to a military occupation by Israel... an occupation condemned by the United Nations and almost every country in the world, including Britian. But Israel is backed by a very powerful friend - the United States. So, in twenty five years if we are to speak of the great injustice here, nothing has changed. What has changed is that the Palestinians have fought back. Stateless and humiliated for so long, they have risen up against Israel's huge military machine, although they themselves have no army, no tanks, no American planes and gunships or missiles. Some have committed desperate acts of terror, like suicide bombing. But for Palestinians, the overriding routine terror, day after day, has been [Israel's] ruthless control of almost every aspect of their lives..."

John Pilger - Palestine is Still the Issue.

https://johnpilger.com/videos/palestine-is-still-the-issue