“He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster.”
–Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, Chapter 4, 186 (1886)
BACKGROUND
See,
1) Le Monde avec AFP, “Deux journalistes d’Al-Jazira tués dans une frappe israélienne à Gaza; Depuis le début de la guerre entre Israël et le Hamas palestinien dans la bande de Gaza, le 7 octobre 2023, le bureau de la chaîne à Gaza a déjà été bombardé et deux autres de ses correspondants tués, “Le Mobde, le 31 juillet, 2024 (modifié à 20h28);
2) Anika Arora Seth, “Al Jazeera journalist and cameraman killed in Gaza strike; Al Jazeera journalist Ismail al-Ghoul and cameraman Rami al-Rifi were killed in an attack after reporting near the house of slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh,” Washington Post, August 1, 2024 (3:58 a.m. EDT);
3) Thomas d’Istria (Kiev,correspondant), “Volodymyr Zelensky: renoncer à des territoires ukrainiens est ‘une question très, très difficile’; Dans un entretien, le président ukrainien fait part de ses réflexions sur l’issue possible de la guerre et appelle la Chine à faire pression sur la Russie pour ouvrir la voie des négociations,” Le Monde, le 31 juillet, 2024 (modifié à 17h45);
4) Thomas d’Istria (Kiev, correspondent),”Interview, Volodymyr Zelensky: giving up Ukrainian territories is “a very, very difficult question”
In an interview, the Ukrainian president shares his thoughts on the possible outcome of the war and calls on China to put pressure on Russia to pave the way for negotiations,” Le Monde, July 31, 2024 (Updated at 5:45 p.m.);
5) Michael Savage and Bethan McKernan, “David Lammy warns of rising risk of full-scale regional war in Middle East; The UK foreign secretary and his French counterpart write in the Observer about their fears over Israel’s escalating tensions with Iran,” TheGuardian, August 17, 2024 (18.47 BST);
6) Peter Beinart, “Harris Can Change Biden’s Policy on Israel Just by Upholding the Law,” NewYork Times, August 18, 2024;
Aug. 18, 2024
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Whether or not the Internatiinal Court of Justice uktimate hold’s tgat Israel has violated the rems of the 1948 U.?Convention on Genocide, it us evident that israel has been committing tge kinds of war crimes in Gaza that most objective onservers would characterize as genocide. What you call Israel’s actions doesn’t in the end really matter. It is absolutely clear that they have been committing systematic and widespread war crimes which amount to crimes against humanity.
Kamala Harris, if she becomes President after the November 5 elections will have rge power to bring these war crimesto an end, by refusing to vero a U.N. Security Council resolution establishing binding sanctions against israel under Chapter VII of tge United Batons Charter, and applying I.S. domestic law that prohibits the sale or transfer of weapons for any use of than self-defense under international law. Israel has manifestly exceeded the requirements of necessity and proportionality under international law and the U.N. Charter.
U.N. sanctions would have a devastating effect on Israel.
See,
Ronny Linder and Rotem Shtarkman, “What if the U.S. Doesn’t Veto Sanctions Against Israel? ‘It’s the End of the World,’ Says Legal Expert; The effects of mounting sanctions on settlers won’t be limited to the West Bank, and they’re already chipping away at Israel’s international legitimacy, says Shuki Friedman, vice president of the Jewish People Policy Institute,” Haaretz, July 28, 2024 (5:10 pm IDT);
2) Rami G Khouri, “”Could Palestine decide the US presidential election?
De facto Democratic candidate Kamala Harris may need the support of key progressive and pro-Palestinian communities to win,Al Jazeera, July 30, 2024.Rami G Khouri is Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Arab Center Washington