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ICJ ‘prohibition of Israeli genocide’ is ‘enforced’ by domestic law due to superiority of international law ​ The International Court ruled that “Israel is prohibited from committing genocide” in accordance with the “Genocide Convention,” an international law, as a measure to deal with the Israeli genocide in World War II, and confirmed the supremacy of international law by rejecting Israel’s re..

Peace in Gaza, Palestinian ‘state recognition’, Israel-Saudi ‘normalization’, ‘cease of attacks’ The Middle East war was approached through peace negotiations with ‘state recognition’ for Palestine and ‘cessation of attacks’ by Israel. The US Middle East peace strategy was condensed into the simultaneous progress of ‘normalization between Saudi Arabia and Israel’ and ‘recognition of the state of..

Three far-right ministers and chief of staff clash over Israeli cabinet ‘Gaza reconstruction’ Israel's war cabinet was put on ice after right-wing ministers attacked Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi during a post-war management meeting in the Gaza Strip, leading to a shouting match, Time of Israel quoted an authentic source at the cabinet meeting. It was reported on the 5th. The Israeli Defense Minis..

Israel: Assassins Hamas leader, abandons hostage rescue, accepts civilian casualties Israel announced the ‘assassination of the Hamas leader’, ruled out a ceasefire as the largest attack, and formalized ‘sensitivity to civilian casualties.’ Yomiuri reported on the 5th that Ronen Bar, head of the Israeli intelligence agency Simbet, announced on Israeli public broadcaster Khan TV that leaders of t..

The AP reported on the 1st that hardliners led by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu have created obstacles to international mediation by applying the misjudgment that “Hamas and the Islamic State (IS) are the same,” and that Hamas is alive and well despite Israel’s claims of “destruction.” AP revealed that awareness of misjudgment is growing, especially in the Netanyahu government, which has been..

US opinion poll: ‘Israel military aid’: 36% ‘Israel’s military response is excessive’: 40% In an Associated Press poll, only 36% said it was extremely or very important to provide aid to the Israeli military to fight Hamas. The Associated Press reported on the 8th that a new poll from the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 40% of Americans said Israel's military response in the G..

Beyond the war crimes law, Israel ‘violates the law prohibiting collective punishment’ American international law experts have pointed out that retaliation against civilians in the Gaza Strip goes beyond war crimes law and can be applied to Israel as a violation of the law against collective punishment. Shane Darcy, a professor at the National University of Ireland in Galway, said the prohibitio..

South American countries condemn Israeli refugee camp attacks, diplomatic war spirals Brazil and Argentina criticized Israel's attacks, Chile and Colombia recalled their ambassadors to Israel, and Bolivia announced a diplomatic severance with Israel. Jordan, in the Middle East, recalled its ambassador to Israel on the 1st and said, “We will not allow the Israeli ambassador to Jordan to return to..

Biden switches to 'pause' on Gaza attack, 'misjudgment' due to rapid increase in casualties US President Biden switched to a ‘pause of attacks on Gaza’, revealing a ‘misjudgment’ in the rapid increase in casualties in the Gaza Strip. A White House official told Reuters, "Biden's team has become focused on supporting a humanitarian moratorium on Israel's attacks and getting aid to the Palestinian..

Yoon Seok-yeol’s ‘economic cooperation’ for ‘hostage release’ through mediation between the US and Arab resistance forces in Qatar Qatar is a Middle Eastern monarchy that runs Hamas' political office in the capital Doha and pays wages to Hamas officials. It is demanding the 'release of civilians' for the prisoners abducted by Israel, leading to a sharp confrontation at President Yoon Seok-yeol's..