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The coordinated decision of the Western nations to fast track famine by stopping UNRWA funding was announced within an hour, following the ICJ ruling that Gazans were at immediate risk of genocide, and drove from the media headlines the adverse ruling against Israel.

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[–] BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] tavu@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

[alt-text for the vision-impaired] Image appears to be a twitter post from Craig Murray posted on 2023-10-14: "To be entirely plain. I have always viscerally opposed war. I have dedicated my life to conflict resolution and reconciliation. But in the coming Gaza genocide, every act of armed resistance by Hamas and Hezbollah will have my support. If that is a crime, send me back to jail."

Hmm. Could be seen as a rather outlandish thing to say in the immediate aftermath of 2023-10-07, but in hindsight with what we know now in terms of what atrocities the Israeli military forces have brought upon the people of Gaza since that attack on Israel, it seems a reasonable statement to support armed resistance against the coming episode of genocide which indeed materialised and continues today.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 5 points 5 months ago

The genocide started on 10-8 (or maybe 9) so yeah. He was just quick on the uptake.

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 months ago

Every aspect seems about this war since Oct 7th especially seems strange to me.

As a general pattern in North America that I've observed: Pro-Israel government actions, aid, narratives etc. spread and proceed quickly, anti-Israel or Pro-Palestinian movements are immediately acted to harshly but are only later given credence, and anti-Palestine incidents are investigated very slowly and usually the US and Canadian governments rely on Israel's worthless word.

Why are our countries so lopsided when it comes to engaging in these topics diplomatically?