30 January 2024 | Notable Events
After Israeli Defence Force soldiers withdrew from Khalifa bin Zayed School in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinians discovered the bodies of 30 men and women inside the school’s grounds. The bodies were found under a pile of rubble in zip-up body bags, blindfolded and with their hands bound behind their backs with zip-ties. Palestinians who looked at the bodies reported they showed signs of torture.
30 January 2024 | Notable Events
Middle East Eye published a video posted by Twitter user @yankicoen on 30 January 2023 (original in Hebrew embedded) depicting an Israeli soldier forcing detailed Palestinians on a bus to repeat in Hebrew a humiliating narrative, pledging slavery to his family. Middle East Eye reports: “A video circulating online has sparked outrage as it purportedly shows a soldier coercing blindfolded detainees into pledging themselves as slaves. The Palestinian men were forced to praise the family and say that they want ‘to work for them in sewage and gardening’.” “We want to be slaves of the Azolai family forever and ever.” Some online users have stated that the Azolai family is the soldier’s family.
27 January 2024 | Featured, International Actions, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israeli Propaganda
The United States announced that it had cut off aid to UNRWA immediately following the International Court of Justice’s ruling in South Africa’s genocide case but the United States—along with every other country in the world—has not taken even a single action against Israel, the party violating the Genocide Convention!
26 January 2024 | International Court of Justice (ICJ), Key Documents & Letters
South Africa’s filing at the International Court of Justice to ask for provisional measures to halt Israel’s genocide “in light of the nature of the rights in issue, as well as the ongoing, extreme and irreparable harm being suffered by Palestinians in Gaza” was ruled on today, Friday 26 January 2023.
24 January 2024 | International Court of Justice (ICJ)
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, held public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by South Africa in the case South Africa v. Israel on 11 and 12 January 2024, at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the Court. This Friday, on 26 January 2024 at 1PM (7AM ET), it will give its ruling on the matter.
21 January 2024 | Featured, Key Documents & Letters, Notable Events
“In light of the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and as our people continue their battle for independence, dignity and breaking-free from the longest-ever occupation during which they have drawn the finest displays of bravery and heroism in confronting the Israeli murder machine and aggression. We would like to clarify to our people and the free peoples of the world the reality of what happened on Oct. 7, the motives behind, its general context related to the Palestinian cause, as well as a refutation to the Israeli allegations and to put the facts into perspective.”
