How Israelis turned atrocity denial into an art

A new era of denial
"Atrocity denial is a global phenomenon, but Israeli society has turned it into something of an art. It is no coincidence that one of the most important academic works on the subject, “States of Denial” (2001) by the sociologist Stanley Cohen, was inspired by his experiences as a human rights activist in Israel during the First Intifada in the late 1980s. 

Drawing on those experiences, Cohen describes a repertoire of denial employed by both states and societies: “it did not happen” (we didn’t torture anyone); “what happened is something else” (this wasn’t torture, but “moderate physical pressure”); “there was no alternative” (the “ticking bomb” made torture a necessary evil)."

https://www.972mag.com/israelis-atrocity-denial-gaza/

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Every single one of them...

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Well at least someone still has a moral sense in British sports. This is just the beginning. History in the making.

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What a brave follower of Jesus looks like:

"Palestine Action is NOT a terrorist organisation! "

Christian minister, James Grote, was arrested outside his church, for holding a sign opposing genocide and the Palestine Action ban.

Via Defend Our Juries

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Pier Paolo Pasolini
"THE WALLS OF SAN'A" - Part 1
An Appeal to UNESCO on Yemen

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Ireland's Higgins calls for UN military force in Gaza | The Jerusalem Post

According to Higgins, the UN General Assembly should establish “a force to be put together to guarantee humanitarian access" even if the Security Council vetoes the initiative.

The UN General Assembly should establish “a force to be put together to guarantee humanitarian access," Irish media reported Irish President Michael D. Higgins as saying on Saturday.

During an interview with Ireland’s public service broadcaster RTE, the president explained how the UN charter allows for the Secretary General to send armed forces out even if the Security Council vetoes the initiative.

“If a certain proportion of the committee of the General Assembly supported, even if the Security Council uses the veto to block it, the secretary general can call for a force to be put together to guarantee humanitarian access," he said.

"The main thing is, I think, for a global reassertion of the importance of the General Assembly,” he added.
We are in the realm of non-accountability,” Higgins said to RTE. “And we are in an extraordinary moment where you have three members of (the Israeli) cabinet who are interested explicitly in illegality, but they're not worried about international law.”

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-865095

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Glad to see this statement from Critics Week of the Venice Film Festival where we premiered THE BOOK OF VISION:

SIC joins Emergency’s R1PUD1A campaign – Settimana Internazionale della Critica

"Article 11 of the Italian Constitution states something truly beautiful: Italy shall never wage war again. It rejects it. And it is committed to resolving conflicts through diplomacy.

Today, however, governments are rearming. They say that peace is a luxury. Yet it seems to us that the real luxury is that of the arms industry, given that military spending keeps growing. Money that does not heal, does not teach, does not save.

One thing is for sure: 90% of those killed and wounded in war are civilians. Faced with all the victims, our history tells us not to remain silent. The history of EMERGENCY, but also that of this country.

On our website, you will find tools to make your voice heard. Help us spread the word, follow our initiatives.
Because all of Italy, if you ask them, repudiates war.

Art. 11. Italy shall repudiate war as an instrument of aggression against the freedom of other peoples and as a means of settling international disputes; it shall consent, on conditions of equality with other States, to sovereignty limitations required for a world order that ensures peace and justice among Nations. Italy shall promote and encourage international organizations furthering such ends."

https://www.sicvenezia.it/en/sic-emergency-r1pud1a-campaign/

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Free Reiner Fuellmich

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ROME STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

Article 6 - Genocide
For the purpose of this Statute, "genocide" means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
(c)     Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;

Article 7 - Crimes against humanity
1.   For the purpose of this Statute, "crime against humanity" means any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack:
(d)     Deportation or forcible transfer of population;
[(d)  "Deportation or forcible transfer of population" means forced displacement of the persons concerned by expulsion or other coercive acts from the area in which they are lawfully present, without grounds permitted under international law;]
(h)     Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious, gender as defined in paragraph 3, or other grounds that are universally recognized as impermissible under international law, in connection with any act referred to in this paragraph or any crime within the jurisdiction of the Court;
(j)     The crime of apartheid;

Article 8 - War crimes
2 (b) (i) Intentionally directing attacks against the civilian population as such or against individual civilians not taking direct part in hostilities;
(iv)     Intentionally launching an attack in the knowledge that such attack will cause incidental loss of life or injury to civilians or damage to civilian objects or widespread, long-term and severe damage to the natural environment which would be clearly excessive in relation to the concrete and direct overall military advantage anticipated;
(v)     Attacking or bombarding, by whatever means, towns, villages, dwellings or buildings which are undefended and which are not military objectives;
(viii)     The transfer, directly or indirectly, by the Occupying Power of parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies, or the deportation or transfer of all or parts of the population of the occupied territory within or outside this territory;
(xxv)     Intentionally using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare by depriving them of objects indispensable to their survival, including wilfully impeding relief supplies as provided for under the Geneva Conventions;

Article 25 - Individual criminal responsibility
3.  In accordance with this Statute, a person shall be criminally responsible and liable for punishment for a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court if that person:
(e)     In respect of the crime of genocide, directly and publicly incites others to commit genocide;

https://legal.un.org/icc/statute/99_corr/cstatute.htm

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Italian Filmmakers Ask Venice Film Festival to Clearly Condemn 'Ongoing Genocide in Gaza'

The directors, including Matteo Garrone, Marco Bellocchio and Alice Rohrwacher called on the festival directors to 'be courageous and clearer in condemning the ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza the Israeli government and army are carrying out in Palestine'

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