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"The exceptional immunity that Israel has enjoyed for decades has placed
international law and its institutions at a knife’s edge. Israel has killed UN
workers, banned UNRWA, barred UN representatives from entry, and repeatedly
insulted the UN and its officials.
Successive Israeli governments and their allies have also used all means
possible to exert pressure on the International Criminal Court (ICC) not to
investigate Israeli crimes – from direct threats of physical violence to
sanctions and defamation. Attacks on the court have only intensified after it
issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence
Minister Yoav Gallant.
US President Donald Trump – an avid Israel supporter – has already signed an
executive order reintroducing sanctions on ICC staff members. This is on top of
other decisions he has made – including the US withdrawal from the Paris
Climate Agreement and the World Health Organization – that constitute a direct
assault on international multilateralism. On Tuesday, the US president flaunted
his complete disregard for international law by declaring his intention to
“take over” Gaza and “own it”.
All of these developments raise questions about whether the current global
system led by the UN is beyond salvation.
Despite being created to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war”
in 1945, the UN has largely failed to prevent and stop conflicts for decades.
Its creation ushered in an era of “peace for some” – peace for economically
advanced states who engage in proxy wars in previously colonised states. So, do
we give up on the idea of an international legal order altogether?
As we face the imminent danger of climate change and the rapid escalation of
militarisation, it is clear that we do need a system which unites people under
the ideal of justice. An international legal order that does not favour the
powerful has already been proposed by various thinkers."
Via Violet Blue’s
Threat Model: The View From Here
https://www.patreon.com/posts/view-from-here-122307299
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
