As the government called for Israel to stop its military campaign in Rafah,a global medical charity urged Australia to implement sanctions on Israel.
An Israeli airstrike triggered a fire that killed 45 people,including women and children,in a tent camp in the Gazan city,officials said,prompting an outcry from Israel’s closest allies.
One wonders how many of those making the Israel-Hamas equivalence point,including quite a few in the press,had taken 10 minutes to read the ICC prosecutor’s statement.
This is not about moral equivalence,but seeking arrest warrants for Hamas and Israeli leaders is an attempt to impose equal justice.
If the international court were to find Israel’s prime minister and defence chief as well as three Hamas leaders guilty of war crimes,they would not be allowed into Australia.
Arrest warrants sought against leaders of Israel and Hamas for war crimes.
Clooney,a prominent human rights lawyer,had been criticised for not speaking out on the war.
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders,including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Benny Gantz,a popular centrist member of Israel’s three-member war cabinet,threatened to resign from the government if it doesn’t adopt a new plan for the war in Gaza.
One fine day,probably not in my lifetime,both the leaders of Hamas and Israel will die. Perhaps,and only perhaps,when that happens and a new,compassionate and inspired,leadership of both emerges,willing to bury their respective prejudices,pride,and power play,they may have a conversation and a truce will result.
With impossible war aims,neither side credibly can claim victory. So the conflict grinds on.