Pretoria is challenging the Israeli government’s claim to innocence, which for far too long has allowed it to act with impunity against the long-suffering Palestinians. South Africa’s quite stunning intervention is bringing legal proceedings against the state of Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, under the auspice of The Genocide Convention.
#History
We all have been here before
Our world is replete with proofs of our progressive journey as a collective; traces of the places where we have been and how we have arrived at where we currently are. We all have been here before.
Betrayal is the closing act in nearly all proxy wars
There are many ways for a state to project power and weaken adversaries, but proxy wars are one of the most cynical. Proxy wars devour the countries they purport to defend. They entice nations or insurgents to fight for geopolitical goals that are ultimately not in their interest. Chris Hedges on the war in Ukraine.