#South-Germany

[handwerkstatt]

#landscape #Upper Swabia #South-Germany #Oberschwaben #Uttenweiler

[kittyprincessofcats]

ICJ Ruling

Okay, let's get into this.

First of all, I get the frustration at the court not ordering a ceasefire. I was disappointed and frustrated at first too, since a ceasefire was the biggest and most important preliminary measure South Africa was requesting - and of course we just all want this horror to finally end for the people in Gaza. So I get the frustration and disappointment, I really do.

However, I do think this ruling is still a major win for South Africa, Palestine, and international law as a whole and here's why:

The court acknowledged that it has jurisdiction over this case and completely dismissed Israel's request to throw out the case as a whole. It will now determine at the merits stage (that will probably take years) whether Israel is actually commiting genocide.

The court acknowledged that Palestinians are a "distinct national or ethnic group and therefore deserving of protection under the genocide convention". Pull this out next time someone tells you "there's no such thing as Palestinians, they're all just Arabs".

The court acknowledged very unambiguously that "at least some" of Israel's actions being genocidal in nature is "plausible". South Africa has a case, officially. Israel is accused of genocide, in a way the ICJ deems "plausible", officially. This is huge. (And seriously, how freaking satisfying was it to hear all of those genocidal statements by Israeli politicians read out loud and used as justification for this rulling?)

The court might not have ordered a "ceasefire" in those words, but they did order Israel to "immediately end all genocidal acts" (which includes killing and injuring Palestinians) and submit proof that they actually did. How are they going to comply with this ruling without at least severly reducing or changing what they're doing in Gaza?

In fact, this wording might actually be more appropriate for a genocide (vs a war), as author and journalist Ali Abunimah notes on Twitter:

He's completely right. Israel lost today, by overwhelming majority (I mean, 15 to 2? I heard people predict the rulings would be very close, like 9 judges vs 8, but instead we got 15 to 2 (and even 16 to 1 on the humanitarian aid). Holy shit.) The court disimissed almost everything Israel's side of lawyers said, while acknowledging that South Africa's accusations are "plausible".

And this is important especially because of Mr Abunimah's second tweet there^. Because the question is, where do we go from here?

This ruling means that Israel is officially /possibly/ commiting genocide and that should have huge international consequences. The rest of the world now HAS to take these accusations seriously and stop arming and supporting Israel - and if they won't do it on their own, we, the people, have to make them. This is THE moment to rise up all around the world, especially in the countries most supportive of Israel (the US, the UK, Germany): Protest, call your representatives and demand a ceasefire and an end of arms deliveries to Israel.

We now have a legal case to back our demands: If Israel is, according to the ICJ, "plausibly" commiting genocide, then all of our governments are, according to the ICJ, "plausibly" guiltly of aiding in genocide. And we need to hold that over their heads and demand better. We need to do that right now and in huge numbers. Most politicians only care about themselves and saving their skin. We have to make them realize that they could be accused of aiding in genocide.

(As a German, I'm thinking of Germany here in particular: After South Africa's hearing, our government dismissed their case as having "no basis" - how are they going to keep saying that now that the ICJ officially thinks otherwise? Over the last months, people here have been arrested at protests for calling what's happening in Gaza a genocide. How are the police supposed to legally keep doing that now that the ICJ has officially deemed this accusation "plausible"? I used to be scared to use the word "genocide" at protests or write it on my protest signs - not anymore, have fun trying to arrest me for that when the ICJ literally has my back on this one 🖕🏻.)

So yeah - don't be defeatist about this, don't let Israel's narrative that they "won" (they didn't) take over. This might not be everything we wanted, but it's still a good result. Don't let what the court didn't say ("ceasefire"), distract you from the very important things that they did say. Let this be your motivation to get loud and active, especially if you live in any country that supports Israel. Put pressure on your governments to not be complicit in genocide, you now officially have the highest international court on your side.

#ICJ #ICJ ruling #ICJ hearing #South Africa vs Israel #Free Palestine #Palestine #Palestinian genocide #Gaza #Germany #I get why Palestinians are disappointed and I don't want to devalue those feelings #(but maybe this can give you hope) #But thinking about this as a German this is huge #Most politicians and people here still deny (or at least strongly doubt) that there's a genocide happening #Calling it a genocide is seen as an 'extremist' position #And some of our politicians have been borderline gaslighting us and calling anyone who calls it genocide 'crazy' #So I'm just feeling immense vindication and a newfound fearlessness and motivation to be louder and more active than ever #and I hope others here feel the same #I hope the quiet masses stop being scared to say something now

[haraldbulling]

Now

#Esslingen #South-Germany

[heritageposts]

Namibian Presidency (official account), 13 Jan 2024

this comes after germany announced that they, in defense of israel, intend to intervene as a third party in the ICJ trial

in the official government statement, they argue that the accusations of genocide against israel "has no basis whatsoever," and declares themselves to be experts on recognizing genocide by virtue of the fact that they're the ones that committed the holocaust (yes, seriously)

small problem for our self-declared genocide experts though — it wasn't until 2021, over a hundred years after germany killed and enslaved tens of thousands of herero and nama people (in what is now present-day namibia), that the german state was willing to officially recognize that they had committed a genocide; a genocide where, about 80% of the indigenous population of the herero and nama people were wiped out, thousands were enslaved in concentrations camps (with death rates between 45 and 75 percent), and many hundreds medically experimented on.

here's a good article from al jazeera which lays out the history of the genocide, and why germany's offer of "reparations" were met with disgust and anger in namibia

this part, in particular, is worth highlighting:

Today, German Namibians make up 2 percent of Namibia’s 2.5 million population but own about 70 percent of the country’s land, most of it used for agriculture. Multiple state-led efforts to legally restore ancestral land to Indigenous peoples by buying land from private farmers have only partially succeeded because it has proven too expensive for the state. Although the Namibian government sought to transfer 43 percent (15 million hectares) of its total arable land to landless communities by 2020, it has only succeeded in acquiring about three million hectares.

#palestine #israel #gaza #south africa #germany #icj hearing #there's literally no country in planet earth that's less fit to speak of what constitutes a genocide than germany

[enjymemink]

#imagine being supporting another genocide #free gaza #free palestine #gaza #palestine #palestine resources #social justice #gaza genocide #gaza strip #imperialism #israel is a terrorist state #icj hearing #ICJ #international court of justice #south africa #source: twitter #germany #world history #genocide #yemen #netherlands #the hague

[genuinelyshallow]

I already lost hope on may countries doing any good deeds, but God! Forget evil. How can you be this stupid. From the US and the UK bombing Yemen on the day of ICJ hearing to this ?! Have the collective IQ of leaders around the world gone to zero?!Much like their morality?

#palestine #free palestine #gaza #israel #palestinian lives matter #free gaza #social justice #genocide in gaza #jerusalem #save palestine #icj hearing #yemen #south africa #germany #us politics #uk #Namibia

[astroskeptic]

Excerpt from: Who Rules the World by Jewish Philosopher Noam Chomsky writing about what’s happening today 8 years ago! A blow to anyone who pretends that this started on October 7.

I urge everyone who cares about the Palestinian cause to read this book if you haven’t, add it to your 2024 list of books to read! The book doesn’t only deal with the Israeli-Palestinian “conflict” but it also helps you understand how the Unites States being the global superpower that it is since the end of World War II, meddles in other countries affairs after it appointed itself as “the World Police” then commits war crimes and gets away with it, while condemning and demonizing other countries for the same or lesser crimes. Quite relevant isn’t it?

#israel #free palestine #gaza #palestine #ceasefire #free gaza #ethnic cleansing #hamas #genocide #yemen #houthis #international court of justice #war crimes #south africa #germany #namibia

[sutille]

I'm not making excuses for reblogging and sharing what's happening in gaza. people are being murdered and i won't stand silent. yes, i know social media is the place to escape reality for a lot of people (including myself), but these are human lives we're talking about. yes, it makes you sad. IT SHOULD. this whole thing shouldn't even be happening in the first place, but it is. it's happening and it's horrible and YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE, OKAY? you can donate. you can use your power, which is a social media account, to make visible the struggle of Palestine, Yemen, Lebanon and all those trying to stop this war.

look, no one's a bad person for trying to protect themselves from the hurt it causes to see such atrocities. just, try to make the minimal effort to make things better. please.

#free palestine #palestine #free gaza #gaza #south africa #yemen #ceasefire #ceasefire now #tel aviv #world news #israel #fuck israel #fuck us #fuck the uk #fuck germany #too now that we're at it

[renonv]

Monday Sillies 👨‍🍳

#hetalia #aph romano #aph south italy #hws romano #hws south italy #aph veneziano #aph feliciano #aph north italy #hws north italy #hws feliciano #hws veneziano #aph germany #hws germany #hetalia world twinkle #hetalia world stars

[lovelylunas-world]

Via

I thought this would be very important

#free palestine 🇵🇸 #namibia #Israel #Germany #South Africa #icj hearing #palestine #a very important history lesson #free gaza #gaza strip #Namibian genocide

[handwerkstatt]

#clouds #upper swabia #south-germany

[rechenzentrum]

I want everybody to know what a shit job Germany's government is doing

source: abed_h90

#the translated subtitles are on point #EndIsraelsGenocide #free gaza #free palestine #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #South Africa #icj hearing #icj case #icj #international court of justice #the hague #Germany #Deutschland

[sayruq]

#yemen #jerusalem #tel aviv #current events #palestine #free palestine #gaza #free gaza #news on gaza #palestine news #news update #war news #war on gaza #south africa #icj #icj hearing #germany #gaza genocide

[mesperyiandevotee]

Alternatively:

#hetalia #aph prussia #aph germany #aph england #aph china #aph south korea #aph hungary #aph switzerland #aph romano #aph america #hws prussia #hws germany #hws china #hws south korea #hws hungary #hws england #hws switzerland #hws romano #hws america

[runabout-river]

In response to Germany shamefully backing Israel in court against South Africa.

#palestine #isreal #south africa #namibia #genocide #deutschland #germany #politics #for what end is the german govournment fighting for??? #gaza genocide

[genuinelyshallow]

To further understand Germany's white hypocrisy and Namibia's much justified anger, you will need to know that Germany paid Israel in reparations for the holocaust about 82 billion euros between 1945 and 2022. And in 2023 it went 10 folds of a normal year!

And what did Germany pay for Namibia for killing 75% of its population?

Oh, come on. Don't think they didn't pay anything. Don't be that harsh....

They promised (Amber Heard's voice saying,'I pledged' playing) to pay 1.1 billion....over 30 years... After finally acknowledging the genocide in 2021...

#palestine #germany #Namibia #south africa #free palestine #gaza #palestinian lives matter #israel #free gaza #social justice #genocide in gaza #jerusalem #save palestine #yemen #international court of justice