Lebanon moves towards accepting ICC jurisdiction for war crimes on its soil
Lebanon has moved towards accepting the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction to prosecute violations on its territory since October, in what Human Rights Watch said was a “landmark step” towards justice for war crimes.
Lebanon has accused Israel of repeatedly violating its sovereignty and committing breaches of international law over the last six months, during which the Israeli military and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah have traded fire across Lebanon’s southern border in parallel with the war in Gaza.
That cross-border shelling has killed at least 70 civilians, including children, rescue workers and journalists, among them Reuters reporter Issam Abdallah.
Lebanon’s caretaker cabinet voted to instruct the Foreign Ministry to file a declaration with the ICC accepting the court’s jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute crimes committed on Lebanese territory since October 7.
Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanese village of Tayr Harfa near the border on Friday
A new low for western media
Galloway: For American youth, protesting is the 'new sex'
https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2024/04/27/smr-galloway-on-student-protests.cnn
One reason for the rampant campus Israel protests, says NYU Professor Scott Galloway, is that "Protesting is the new sex....You get a dopa hit from gathering together in fighting off a perceived enemy [and] I think they're on the hunt for what I'd call a fake mortal enemy."
Oh yeah Galloway is a real gem, right where he belongs in the daily mail
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13342245/nyu-pro-palestine-protest-washington-square-park-israel.html
The reality on the ground
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/27/opinions/yale-student-palestinian-protests-berlin/index.html
But when people see pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at the same time as President Joe Biden and others are warning about a surge of antisemitism on college campuses, they apply the same tired framework — supposedly antisemitic pro-Palestine activists pitted against Jewish pro-Israel activists — to Yale. As a fourth-year Yale student, I find this characterization to be deeply frustrating, as it could not be further from the truth. At every turn, I have encountered a community of activists and organizers that is eager to listen, ready to learn and committed to including Jewish voices and perspectives.
