'Israel will try to make much of the fact that no order was made for it to halt its military assault.
The court's reluctance to back this demand from South Africa was doubtless driven by political considerations. Had it done so, it would have risked coming into direct confrontation with the real culprit: Washington.
Israel would have refused to end its attacks, and the matter would then have been referred to the Security Council for enforcement. In turn, the Biden administration would have been forced to wield its veto to protect its client state.
Either way, there would have been no end to the slaughter of the Palestinians. But if the court had ordered a halt, it would have been even more evident than now that it is the US, more so than Israel, that is ensuring the genocide continues uninterrupted. Without US money and weapons, Israel would be in no position to keep bombing Gaza.
It seems that identifying Washington as the sponsor of genocide marked the limit of the World Court's courage.'
Perhaps the BRICS nations could form a new court which would finally have that courage? Again, it's all cold comfort for Palestinians getting murdered right now. That's why the verdict still seems pathetic and toothless to me. Write back in a month and tell us how you're doing? Obviously the maniacs in Israel are going stick two fingers up to that. It's a joke, and yet more confirmation that if Palestinians want justice they're going to have to get it themselves - apparently with RPGs and home-made explosives, cos that's the only option left. (Of course, I do not condone such heartless terrorism, it's worse than ISIS etc etc.)
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