“We are all culpable,” Matt Nelson said before lighting himself on fire. This is the third such incident in a year.

  • crashfrog@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    Illegal annexation of the west bank ruled by the UN to be illegal under international law.

    Not ruled; advised. ICJ advisories are non-binding. Israel’s annexation of the West Bank, which was ceded to them through negotiated agreement with Jordan, is legal under both Jordanian and Israeli law and no other law applies because no other sovereignty applies.

    The ICJ ruling that the United States “unlawfully” annexed Alaska or Hawaii would have similar import: literally none whatsoever. The simple fact is that borders move and land changes hand and the ICJ doesn’t have the authority to say what’s what.

    We do not live in a pre world war 2 political order anymore

    Israel’s claim to the lands of Judea and Samaria is based on agreements that predate WWII. Israel as a nation is older than several of the countries that make up the European Union, but nobody says that Germany unlawfully “annexed” West Berlin.

    Under international law, a people under occupation by a foreign government have the right to armed resistance

    Rape and murder of children aren’t “resistance”, hope that helps