— 🇳🇱/🇿🇦/🇮🇱 International Court of Justice in The Hague:

– The court has ruled 15 to 2, that the State of Israel must immediately abide by all the provisional measures as ordered by the court.

– The court has ruled 16 to 1 that anyone who incites genocide against the Palestinian people must face immediate punishment by the Israeli authorities.

– The court has ruled 15 to 2 that the State of Israel must prevent the destruction, and commit to the preservation, of any evidence of its crimes against the Palestinians.

– The court had ruled 15 to 2 that the State of Israel must immediately stop any action that could possibly fall under the scope of genocide.

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— 🇮🇱 Israeli Analyst, Barak Ravid:

'The spins about a 'victory' in The Hague are already starting. The very fact that merely 3 months after October 7th we were summoned (at the ICC) is a defeat in itself. The verdict of the court casts a heavy shadow on the judgement of the Israeli leadership. It will only increase the intl. pressure to end the war.'

Some Israeli media and government officials are spinning the story into a victory, due to the ICC did not directly complying with South Africa's demand to call for an immediate ceasefire. Barak Ravid here explains why it is still a big slap in the face for Israel.

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— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 About the court case —>

Yes, it most likely means nothing in practical terms. Anyone who thinks Israel will listen to international law, is unfamiliar with both Israel and the so-called 'international law' that the hegemonic powers claim exists.

However, one thing is significant about this. It is now UNDENIABLE that Israel is comitting a genocide. Even though it has not yet been officially proven, and it might never be (because they control the institutions), the ICC's statements from today set an important precedent.

The Zionists can no longer laugh at us and call us biased, chew us up and spit us out for using the word genocide. Because genocide is what it is. And now, the highest legal institution in the world is finally starting to openly accept this fact.

In the end, there is a war on the ground, but there is also a war of rhetoric, a war of public discourse. Up until recently, the Zionists were undoubtedly winning the media war. But thank God, times have changed. And it won't stop here.

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— 🇺🇸 NEW: Biden's deadline to the State of Texas has expired; Governor Abott says his state is prepared for a conflict with federalist forces, and will not back down

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— 🇺🇸 For those who don't know, here's the summary of what's happening:

• Millions of migrants are crossing the U.S. border from Mexico, bringing drugs and crime with them —>

• U.S. Federal Government does nothing —>

• Texas uses its national guard and razor wire fences to prevent illegal immigrants from invading —>

• U.S. Supreme Court rules that razor wire is 'inhumane', and the federal government orders Texas to remove it —>

> Texas has had enough, and ignores the federal government. Over 25 republican governors and their states pledge to support Texas in their right to defend their territory in defiance of the federal government.

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— 🇺🇸 NEW: Over 10 states have sent their National Guard to support Texas – Abbott

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— 🇺🇸 NEW: Biden freezes all new LNG (Liquid Natural Gas) export contracts, which the State of Texas is heavily dependent on

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— 🇬🇧/🇾🇪 Yemen's Ansarullah: 'Our naval forces targeted and struck the British oil tanker 'Marlin Luanda' with several anti-ship missiles in the Gulf of Aden, causing it to catch fire and burn'

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🇺🇸⚡️- An official with the federal government told Fox News that they will no longer be removing the razor wire established by Texas.

Texas has won this dispute with the federal government, and the federal government is now seriously undermined.

I need you guys' advice. The past few weeks, I have been reporting on Palestine / Lebanon / 'Israel' much less, because many things have become a routine occurrence (like ATGMs against IDF on a daily basis, etc.) so the following I'm wondering:

Do you guys still want me to cover every detail? Or should I continue as I am now, and only mention something when it's an urgent, important or out of the ordinary occurrence?

We live in stressful times, so here is a pic of me and a cat, just reposting

I kid you not, this guy literally gets followed by cats EVERYWHERE he goes.

When I met this dear friend in Cairo a few weeks back, one of the annoying cats would not leave him alone, even after hiding the food and playing chess.

Well anyways. It is nice to have friends in these times. If anyone is wondering why I share MedMan a lot: Yes, he is a buddy of mine. We are ride or die.

We don't always agree, in fact we mostly disagree about politics, but honestly our communities are much stronger when united.

Hope you guys don't mind the occasional personal anecdote.

Thought it would be nice to find a bit more connection with my audience. I appreciate all of you, truly.

Middle East Spectator (me) is a real person, believe it or not.

— 🇺🇸 Biden threatening Texas

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