Author: Phillip de Wet
Israel’s government spokesperson David Mencer has confirmed the dissolution of the war cabinet. This development comes after Israel urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to focus on official directives from the war cabinet rather than social media noise when determining policy regarding the war on Hamas. The cabinet’s dissolution, confirmed by the government on Monday, marks a significant shift in Israel’s leadership structure. This change follows previous instances where Israel distanced itself from controversial comments made by members of the war cabinet, such as heritage minister Amihai Eliyahu’s remarks about the possibility of dropping a nuclear bomb on Gaza.…
Amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group, smoke billows following Israeli strikes in Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip on 28 May 2024, as captured by Eyad Baba of AFP. Israel’s government and military top lawyers stated at a conference that they will prosecute those within their ranks responsible for war crimes, rejecting the need for intervention by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Gaza war. The ICC’s chief prosecutor sought to arrest Israel’s prime minister and defense secretary, and the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered a halt to Israel’s offensive in…
Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan. (Michael M Santiago/Getty Images via AFP) ICC prosecutor Karim Khan seeks arrest warrants for three Hamas leaders and two Israeli leaders, calling for equal treatment under the law to avoid its collapse. The warrants, if issued, will require countries like South Africa to arrest and extradite the accused for trial at the ICC. Khan’s application, announced decisively through a press release, aims to address alleged crimes committed by both Hamas and the Israeli government. By emphasizing equal application of the law, Khan warns of the consequences of selective justice. “Let us today…
Russia is a little like climate change. We have all the information we need to see where things are going and just how awful the future is going to be. But the change was at first so gradual and then so fast that it is hard to comprehend. Even if the ANC were unseated, a coalition government will find itself on the Russian side of what increasingly looks like Cold War II, writes Phillip de Wet. Now, a politically significant number of people are holding back necessary changes because they just can’t come to grips with the changed reality. South…