Mask-off outbursts by Maga insiders and most strikingly, the destruction and reconstruction of the presidential seat, with a huge new $300m ballroom, means Trump isn’t planning to leave the White House when his term ends, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
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It is finally time to take legal action against Israel at the highest level
South Africa is right to invoke the Genocide Convention against Israel at the Hague, other countries should now support and follow, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE MP
Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, December 16, 2023
BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
The City is leaning on Rachel Reeves to cut welfare spending — when what’s needed is cuts to all the benefits given to the mega rich, corporations and banks to help them not pay or blatantly dodge their fair share of tax, explains BERNIE EVANS
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
LAST WEEK, South Africa filed an application with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) instituting proceedings against Israel for “genocidal acts” against Palestinians in Gaza. It is right to do so, both morally and legally.
In analysing the case, it is worth clearing up a common confusion about whether Israel is subject to the International Court of Justice. Unlike the International Criminal Court (ICC), which prosecutes individual war crimes, the International Court of Justice is “the principal judicial organ of the UN… established by the UN charter in June 1945.”
Like any other UN member state, Israel is subject to its jurisdiction. The court consists of fifteen judges elected by the general assembly and the security council of the UN, who will decide the case.
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As Israel’s crimes escalate, Keir Starmer’s government must not subvert, block or ignore the investigation and prosecution of British citizens involved in acts of genocide, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
