Israel did ratify the Genocide convention though; as a result

The Genocide Convention authorizes the mandatory jurisdiction of the ICJ to adjudicate disputes

I think from a global general-population perspective, if things don’t go the right way there are going to be some very angry and disillusioned people. People who are already teetering on the brink of going from abject frustration to full-on rage. For one side, nothing short of a cease-fire will do (as a bare minimum); for the other side, anything imposed on them is a crime against humanity.

I feel like UN/ICJ know this, so they’ll hedge their bets and swing for the middle. No matter which way it goes, some chunk of the general population is going to be let-down. Again.

Anyone else feel like this is a powder-keg waiting to blow up? 🙋‍♂️

Soft to start, but I reckon he’ll get harder the more vigorously I shake him. Who knows though, he may just jiggle around semi-limp like a just-came-2min-ago dick

Don’t forget Trump, I’d be using all three remaining arms to shake him vigorously during the handshake. Diplomatically, of course.

By being overqualified for handshakes and using that as a power move to establish dominance via awkwardness

Not only did they say the quiet part, they went ahead and pulled the cloak from the dagger. Every statement and action seems to be in blatant disregard of public perception on the international level. Diplomatic and otherwise.

I remember being utterly flabbergasted by how overtly things were happening when this all started. “The blood oath must be kept” was the best reason I had then.

Thanks to the less bullyable entities you mentioned some definitive action might finally be taken.

I feel like this micro-news-cycle and news fatigue thing is exactly what they’ve been counting on, seems like they legit think this will all eventually blow over. People will forget, get bored, or get distracted by something new…

I also feel like the attention has been sustained longer than they would have liked but they’re so balls deep into murder that its too late for the pull out game

Just another Tuesday day ending in “day”

FTFY

This brand of positivity you’re embodying is the most infectious one, and if I can feel it in your writing I imagine hearing it spoken from you would be some next level inspiration.

I’ve lost some people close to me over the years and what saddens me most is how I’ve forgotten so much about them beyond what they looked like. All of them except one…Gordon left behind audio recordings as his last messages to each of us in the group of friends.

Every time I hear his voice, it brings back so much about him that just can’t be said. His cadence, intonation, and overall manner of speaking have helped keep an entire person in my memory.

I wonder if that’s an option for you. I can say from experience that the lasting impact of audio is…powerful. Being able to actually hear my friend…i can imagine him speaking to me, and it’s in his voice because his voice is not forgotten.

Your family hearing your thoughts, in your voice…and being able to hear you speak long after your time…man, I can’t think of a better way to highlight your true personality and make it a lasting one.

Remember when just about every government employee was carrying around a BlackBerry device for official business?

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

I was reading up on this here and saw the same worrying thing in this article

Following high-level negotiations to win over Washington, the resolution no longer dilutes Israel’s control over all aid deliveries to 2.3 million people in Gaza. Israel monitors the limited aid deliveries to Gaza via the Rafah crossing from Egypt and the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing.

So basically the US delayed the resolution for 4 days while people died, so that they could argue that a UN monitoring mechanism would ‘slow’ down the process and that Israel should continue to monitor the distribution of humanitarian aid…to the same people they’ve been desimating and who need the aid.

On which planet does majority of this aid make it to the people it’s directed to? It’s just going to end up funding more bullshittery and the people who need this aid desperately have their current enemy as the gatekeeper…

Great read, and I got a ton of context around the German reaction to current events.

I literally just finished reading this piece, and it provides so much context to this ridiculousness

“LinkOpensChest_wave…you magnificent bastard…”

This has got to be where the idea for transparent wood came from…

What you’re holding there is Prototype-0

I’d love to be cautiously optimistic, but the sources on this are “sources with knowledge of diplomatic discussions between the two allies”

Nothing official, or even semi-official. I genuinely wonder if this even happened or if it’s a bit of manufactured consent

I call bullshit. Israel won’t end the war and US financial support is certainly not going to dry up. Bunch of hearsay to stoke a bit of “we’re trying to do the right thing”…

I think it stands to reason that on particular levels you’re aligning yourself with “them”. But… that’s the whole point of empathy…its only when you see pieces of yourself in others that you can empathize with their existence or experience.

I guess its the human tragedy…we’re all so much alike in our struggles, it’s just the theatres that are different. But for some, that difference is enough to obscure the mirror and people see a monster where its just a reflection.

Hands up if you get impatient/exasperated/frustrated with the overthinking and YOLO the decision 🤚