South Africa vs Israel Genocide Convention
International Court Of Justice (Updated 1/20/25)
Our team has been tracking the South Africa vs Israel Genocide Convention case for several months. This post is the 7th story that our team has shared with our subscribers.
With reporters being forcibly removed from the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken’s final press conference on Thursday, 1/16/25, we thought it was due time for an update on the South Africa vs Israel Genocide Convention case.
Max Blumenthal was the first reporter who was forcibly ushered out of the press room during the Blinken press conference on Thursday, 1/16/24. He was shouting “How does it feel to have your legacy be genocide?” as he left the room.
Minutes later, Sam Husseini was the 2nd reporter who started pelting Blinken with questions. He was quickly dismissed yelling repeatedly “Why aren’t you in the Hague?”
To refresh, a Genocide Convention case was brought forth by South Africa against Israel in December of 2023.
These publicly accessible court proceedings have been held at the Hague in the Netherlands. For our newest subscribers, the Hague is the home of the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice or the World Court, as some refer to it. What is the difference between the 2 courts?
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is a criminal court that prosecutes individuals, while the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is a civil court that settles disputes between countries.
The International Criminal Court in The Hague prosecutes those accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
In 1998, 60 countries signed the Rome Statute after it was opened for signature by the United Nations. The Statute laid the foundation for the establishment of the International Criminal Court in 2002. Its purpose is to investigate and prosecute war criminals.
Over the past 12 months, several countries have publicly supported South Africa, with the most recent being Ireland.
Even representatives from the United Nations have been indicating that Israel needs to be held accountable for genocidal acts against the Palestinians.
It is important to call a Genocide a Genocide.
And for all of us, here is how genocide is defined by article 86 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
Why do you think the US State Department needs to silence these reporters? Is this just what “free speech” looks like in the United States as of 2025? Reporters are simply cancelled when they ask tough questions?
All of this chaos at the State Department’s press conference would suggest and/or mildly confirm that the US government, or at least the State Department, has attempted to quietly dismiss the charges of genocide against Israel, treating them as being frivolous and unfounded. It would also suggest and/or mildly confirm that the US government, or at least the State Department, has been and will continue ignoring the arrest warrants that were issued for Benjamin Netanyahu months ago.
When you come to realize that nearly every member of the Biden administration holds dual citizenship in the United States and Israel, it is no wonder that these people would silence anyone who spoke out against Israel. Here is a link to a list from 2015 and a more current list.
And when you are utterly shocked to learn that nearly every US MSM outlet is also controlled by people holding dual citizenship in the United States and Israel, then everything becomes quite clear.
But wait? There is more. It was reported by Fox News on 1/9/25 that the House of Representatives went on the offensive, less than two weeks prior to the scheduled inauguration of Donald J. Trump. The House passed a bill that would sanction the International Criminal Court for its attempts to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu. This was confirmed by the Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson.
House passes bill that would sanction International Criminal Court for trying to arrest Netanyahu (1/9/25)
The UN immediately urged the Senate to not allow this bill to pass. And around that same time, it was announced that Benjamin Netanyahu would NOT be attending the scheduled inauguration of Donald J. Trump on 1/20/25.
So we now have the US House of Representatives attempting to sanction the International Criminal Court. We now have reporters screaming out on American soil that genocidal acts have taken place against the Palestinian people. We now have what appears publicly to be a potential rift between the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu and the incoming President of the United States, Donald J. Trump.
As you witness the indoor inauguration proceedings of President Donald J. Trump later today, we might suggest that you pay very close attention to all that happens next. Remember, South Africa’s Genocide Convention case has brought forth accusations of crimes against humanity dating back to 1917 and the Balfour Declaration.
To be clear, the Israelites mentioned in the Bible as being God’s chosen people are not the same as the state of Israel that was established, likely illegally, in the late 1940s.
The state of Israel, as we know it, was created in 1947 and formalized as the state of Israel on May 14, 1948.
On May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion, the head of the Jewish Agency, proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel. U.S. President Harry S. Truman recognized the new nation on the same day.
More plainly stated, this South Africa vs Israel Genocide Convention case is no laughing matter.
Our “Maha Collective” team of citizen journalists decided to close this update with words taken from a public letter sent to the United Nations on 1/9/25 by the state of Palestine. Remember, the US State Department’s response was to swiftly shut down free speech on this topic. Where there is silence, there is the story.
It has been 15 months of Israel’s genocidal war on the Palestinian people. As the world continues to look on, failing to stop the Israeli onslaught, we have entered the 16th month of this unbridled savagery against a defenseless civilian population under the mercy of this illegal occupation and apartheid regime.
The devastation wrought by Israel on the Gaza Strip is unprecedented and an utter disgrace to the international legal order and any notion of existence of a collective humanity.
