Yossi Schwartz ISL (RCIT section in Israel/Occupied Palestine, 01.05.2024
Close to seven months have passed since Israel began the genocide of the Gazans. In this period, we have seen the barbaric nature of the Zionist settler’s colonialist society that has reached the stage of an imperialist state. Not only has it killed more than 34,000 people, 70% of them children and women, but it destroyed Ambulances and killed medical staff. It also killed and buried hundreds of patients in mass graves.
Now, the Zionist top leaders are afraid that the International Criminal Court will issue detention orders against them, and they use all the instruments of pressure on their partner in crime, Joe Biden, to use all of his power to prevent such orders.
Today, we find in the Jerusalem Post the following: “ICC can’t act against Israel without US backing — Israeli official. “Where is [US President Joe] Biden? Why is he quiet while Israel will potentially be thrown under the bus?” the source said. The International Criminal Court could not act against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and top IDF brass without overt or tacit support from the United States, an Israeli diplomatic source told The Jerusalem Post. “Where is [US President Joe] Biden? Why is he quiet while Israel will potentially be thrown under the bus?” the source said. The source spoke out as the Prime Minister’s office is worried that the ICC will soon issue arrest warrants against Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as IDF Chief of Staff Herzl Halevi In light of this growing concern, Netanyahu posted on X Friday that, “Under my leadership, Israel will never accept any attempt by the ICC to undermine its inherent right of self-defense.”[i]
This article verifies what we have said about the UN and institutions; however, at the same time, we should keep in mind that under mass pressure and the fear of losing its authority, the ICC can issue some unpleasant orders for the Zionists.
At the same time, it is exciting to see who suddenly wants a cease-fire that may lead to the end of the war in Gaza. Not Hamas, but Israel, which cannot stand against the pressures from outside and inside.
“Israel warns Hamas: Accept hostage deal, or we’ll enter Rafah:
If there is an option to make a deal, we will do it,” Katz said, although he stressed that this would not impact the overall goal of the war, which was to destroy Hamas. Israel warned Hamas it will carry out a major military operation unless the terrorist group accepts a deal on the table for the release of some, but not all, of the remaining 133 hostages. If there is a deal, we will suspend the operation, Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz told Channel 12 as the IDF continued its preparations. Egypt renewed its push to secure a hostage deal after weeks when such efforts seemed to have hit a dead end. Katz stressed that releasing the hostages is a deep priority for us. He spoke after an Egyptian delegation was in Israel on Friday for talks with Israel on the possibility of a new deal”.[ii]
Netanyahu is attacked by the fascist Smotrich for capitulation to Hamas
“Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has urged Netanyahu not to back down from an assault on Rafah, saying agreeing to Egypt’s ceasefire proposal would constitute a humiliating defeat to Hamas Without eradicating the governing entity in Gaza, Smotrich said in a video statement addressed to Netanyahu: “A government headed by you will have no right to exist.”[iii]
However, if Netanyahu capitulates to Smotrich and Ben Gvir, Biden will most likely be unable to protect him in the ICC.
In the meantime, the student protest, not only in the US, is growing despite or even because of the detention of students protesting against the genocide of the Palestinians by the Zionist apartheid.
“Hundreds of students and academics have been arrested during rallies opposing Israel’s war on Gaza. Students in US universities are speaking out against Israel’s devastating war on Gaza. The protests began at Columbia University in New York last week. However, the police crackdown that followed caused the anger to spread to other universities in the United States and even in Europe and Australia.The students say their right to protest is being crushed.”[iv]
Down with the Zionist apartheid state from the river to the sea!
Support the world student movement against the genocide of the Palestinians!
For Palestine red and free from the river to the sea!
Endnotes:
[i] https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-798932
[ii] https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-798881
[iii] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/28/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-says-rafah-invasion-on-negotiation-table?update=2865273
[iv] https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2024/4/27/is-the-crackdown-on-us-university-campuses-a-threat-to-free-speech