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Dec 27

UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres reports on the implementation of the @CIJ_ICJ Advisory Opinion on #Israeli practices in occupied @Palestinian territory, and #UNGA Resolution ES-10/24. A thread outlining key observations:

1/5 Member States have reported legal measures seeking accountability for violations of international law, including supporting the establishment of an “international register of damages” and strengthening legislative frameworks to support Palestinian self-determination.

2/5 Political or diplomatic measures reported by Member States include recognizing and establishing full bilateral relations with the State of Palestine, imposing sanctions or restrictive measures, including asset freezes and travel bans, against Israeli settlers or settler organizations, and initiating or joining international initiatives in support of a just and comprehensive peace.

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Dec 23

ALERT: The #Israeli think-tank that outlined the war of aggression laid on #Gaza, Misgav (headed by former National Security Advisor and #Netanyahu confidant, Meir Ben-Shabbat), suggests, in a new white paper, a "reboot of Israel's approach to international law,":

1/3 A procedural change to Israeli constitutional law that will exempt the Israeli military from judicial oversight around, and in connection, with its actions along Israel's borders (e.g., with #Gaza, #Lebanon or #Syria).

2/3 Subordinating the Israeli Military Advocate General - seen by the authors as radically restrictive - to a plurality of permissive perspectives on the use of force that would not limit Israel's belligerent action.

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Nov 25

ALERT: Time to call #Israel's bluff on domestic investigation and prosecution of war crimes, and argument of complementarity (alleging inadmissibility before the @IntlCrimCourt, and precluding international criminal justice). A short thread based on today's @Haaretz expose:

1/4 In February this year, the Military Advocate General Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi sent a confidential letter to Israeli military commanders in which she writes: "#Israel's use of force, in general, is professional and lawful. However, we have encountered breaches of orders and norms, which include the use of force not justified by military necessity, including against [#Palestinian] detainees; pillage, including seizing private property with no military necessity; and the destruction of civilian property against orders. The instances cross from disciplinary infractions into criminality."

2/4 According to @Haaretz sources, from October 2023 a total of 80 inquiries were conducted by the military justice system, of which only 15 led to indictments. None deal with inhuman treatment of detainees, unwarranted use of force against civilians or wanton destruction of property. They, almost exclusively, address pillage of small arms by Israeli military personnel.

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Nov 18

What should the UN Security Council #UNSC do to ensure human security and peace in #Palestine before the Trump inauguration, mid-January? A short thread about how the agenda can be shaped for the next four years:

1/6 The International Court of Justice @CIJ_ICJ called on the Security Council to "consider what further action is required to put an end to the illegal presence of Israel, taking into account the present Advisory Opinion."

2/6 Article 29 of the UN Charter provides that the Security Council may establish such subsidiary organs as it deems necessary for the performance of its functions, complemented by Rule 28 of the Provisional Rules of Procedure which allows the Security Council to appoint a commission or committee or a rapporteur for a specified question.

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Nov 4

BREAKING: Member of #Israel's parliament Zvi Sukkot (Religious Zionism, with Smotrich as party leader) tables a draft bill to formalize (circa) 140 settlement outposts across the unlawfully occupied West Bank. A thread:

1/4 The draft bill, tabled this morning, calls for the formalization of settlement outposts - at the vanguard of settler violence and the corrolary forcible transfer of #Palestinians - within two years, doubling the number of Israeli settlements in the oPt to 280.

2/4 In that two year period, settlement outposts will be accorded the full gamut of municipal services and social infrastructure development that would make them a permanent fixture in occupied Palestinian territory.

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Nov 1

BREAKING: #Israel's government adopts the 25'-26' State Budget, with an upsurge of military spending indicative of a protracted, high-intensity, armed conflict in #Gaza, the West Bank and beyond. A thread:

1/3 In 22', Israel allocated 90 billion ILS (24 billion USD) to military and security-related spending, which includes the cost of its belligerent occupation of #Palestinian territory (determined to be unlawful by the @CIJ_ICJ in July 24').

2/3 For the fiscal years 25'-26', Israel has allocated 147 billion ILS (39 billion ILS) per year to military spending, an unprecedented 63 percent increase, with the highest proportion of military spending as part of the state budget in Israel's history.

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