Thursday, October 24, 2024

لن تستطيع أن تخدع الأرض

  لقد خدعتَ مَنْ خدعت

ولكن صدقني
مهما فعلتَ
فلن تستطيع أن تخدعَ الأرض

من ديوان "البحث عن الصبي - صور من ألبوم الأسرة" - 2009



Friday, August 09, 2024

It's not just Israeli Policies in OPT that are Illegal - its very Presence in OPT is Illegal and MUST Immediately END

Many Western Media outlets came out with the headlines:

ICJ rules that Israeli Policies in OPT are Illegal!

But that is an odd reading of the ruling - which summary the Chief Justice read for over an hour.

It is not just the policies that are illegal!

Any action Israel takes or fails to take in Occupied Palestinian Territory is illegal because its very presence in these territories is illegal. It is a "wrongful act".

Its occupation is illegal.

Annexation is illegal.

Apartheid and segregation are illegal.

Its Wall is illegal.

Detaining Palestinians (let alone torture, abuse and rape) is illegal.

Home demolitions are illegal. 

Land confiscation is illegal.

Settlements are illegal.

"Outposts" are illegal.

Stealing water and other resources is illegal.

Putting Palestinians under siege is illegal.

Preventing Palestinians from exercising self-determination is illegal.

Preventing Palestinians from freely moving is illegal.

etc. etc. etc.

The ICJ has just reiterated the position of UNSC, UNGA and virtually every country on earth - that its entire presence in Occupied Palestinian Territory is and always has been (for 57 years) illegal and must rapidly end.

The only legal actions Israel can take are to:

  • End its occupation.
  • Evacuate its illegal settlements.
  • Make reparations.
  • Apologize to the tens of millions affected.

Now, we come to downplaying the ruling as an "advisory" and non-binding!

The ruling is advisory because the UNGA asked the ICJ for advice!

It was not a case raised by one State against another.

The UNGA asked the ICJ certain questions and the ICJ answered these questions.

Is the ruling - or answers - binding?

The ICJ ruling reads itself (Pages 73-75)- and says that:

  • Continued Israeli presence in the OPT is a wrongful act.
  • Israel is under obligation to:
    • end these unlawful acts, 
    • cease all settlement activity
    • repeal all discriminatory legislations and attempts to modify the demographic composition of any parts of the territory.
    • provide reparations and compensation for damage caused by these wrongful acts
    • return the land and all physical and cultural property 
  • Other states: All States are under obligation (not some optional discretion) to:
    • not to render aid or assistance in maintaining the situation created by Israel’s
    • illegal presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
    • must cooperate with the UNGA and UNSC to take the appropriate measures to end the occupation.
    • must not enter into investments, treaties or economic deals with Israel that relate to the OPT
    • must not recognize Israeli presence in OPT as legal
    • must ensure compliance by Israel with IHL

So, from an International Law point of view, States are must adopt positions which are congruent with their obligations under the multiple international treaties and UNSC resolutions related to this matter.

Source:

Ruling:




Also watch Dr. Ralph Wilde:



Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Missing a Highway Exit

Sometimes, the desired change is just not possible or available as an option.

It's like missing a highway exit.

Or like being on the wrong train.

Your desired destination is just not on the menu.

What's the next stop?




Thursday, July 11, 2024

The Value of being Capable of Doing the Unthinkable

Weekite: The Value of being Capable of Doing the Unthinkable

Is Peterson Admiring the Ability to Commit Genocide?


 "You attract the world because of what you are capable of doing."

Interesting things to say. 

"Capable of doing."

Does Peterson see a special value in a state that is still, in this day and age, capable of committing genocide? 

He often criticizes liberals for what he perceives as weakness caused by “postmodern neo-Marxism” and argues that it undermines traditional values and hierarchies that he believes are essential for a stable society to effectively respond to evolutionary challenges successfully. 

So, is he actually promoting genocide to "get rid of the weak and eradicate victimhood"?

Isn't this an extension of the eugenics?

But even to his point, Palestinians, by their very mere survival despite the collusion and persistent efforts to ethnically cleanse them, deny their existence, change the names of their country, towns and villages, etc., despite all of these efforts by the world's most powerful, ruthless and resource-rich empires throughout the past 100 years, Palestinians prove that they are anything but weak.

In this war alone, Israel has carpet-bombed the Palestinians with intensity that had never before been seen - even in World War II ...

Using more ammunition than what was used in some of the biggest battles of history, those where the warfront stretched over continents ...

Israel used more bombs to destroy a 365 sq. km area, receiving endless supplies and hundreds of billions in funding from governments and private donations, while facing an enemy that has been under siege for 20 years, or 76 years - depending how you look at things. 

Yet, Israel has failed to achieve any of its stated goals.

But Peterson thinks, hopes or at least preaches - that a Shining City on a Hill will ultimately manage to "finish the job" and that "the fate of the world depends on the people of Israel" ... "this tiny people in no man's land" . He actually said "no man's land"!

For a while I thought he was just using reason. But then he said "You show the world what the "holy city" should look like" and teared up. He choked on his tears. This is not coming from philosophy, logical reasoning or Darwinian social evolution. This is coming from something much more emotionally poweful. It is faith. And when faith and genocide intersect we must suspect messianic beliefs.

Now I am starting to realize how these messianic beliefs actually mess up your reasoning and kill your humanity. One becomes just an extension to the virus or meme which is trying to propagate Armageddon.

Saturday, June 15, 2024

طلاق قبل الزواج

ذكريات مشوشة - العم وسلمي  

 لا تنتظري عودتي



 في حديقة الأسماك

تقابلنا لآخر مرة

...

كيف هانت الأحلام على من أقسم

على الحب.. على الإخلاص؟

(لم مالت الأيام مع أجرم 

في حق الشعب وعمر الناس؟)

...

أعمار ضاعت

لترثيها

أشرار باعت

أمانيها

...

وردة مجففة

دمعة مكفكفة

وحلق رخيص

تلخصت الذكريات الجميلة فى صندوق أحذية صغير

وتاهت الملامح العزيزة رغم مشوار العمر القصير

...

ترى أين أنت الآن يا سلمي؟

وهل يتضرج وجهك خجلاً إذا تقابلنا صدفة؟



Translated from Arabic:

Confused memories - Uncle and Salma

A Divorce Party Predating a Wedding

...

Do not Wait for my Return


In the aquarium 

We met for the last time

...

How did dreams become so trivial to those who swore on eternal love?

(Why did destiny lean with the villains 

who deceived the people

and stole countless young lives?)


Lives lost 

Only to receive fake eulogies

From the very villains who buried them with their dreams

A dried rose. A stifled tear. And a cheap earring.

A thousand beautiful memories reduced to solitary confinement in a tiny shoebox.

And those sweet and dear features, how they cruelly dissipate, escaping a traumatized memory,

despite a short, hardly lived journey?

...

I wonder where you are now, Salma, 

And after all these years,

Will you blush if we were to meet again by chance?

Sunday, May 26, 2024

Law for Palestine Releases Database with 500+ Instances of Israeli Incitement to Genocide

 

Source:

https://law4palestine.org/law-for-palestine-releases-database-with-500-instances-of-israeli-incitement-to-genocide-continuously-updated/



The database is organized thematically:



Go to the website if you need to download the PDF file.


One-State, Two-State vs. NO-STATE


While most people argue between the merits of a Two-State vs. One-State solutions, one man, and his followers believe in a continuous State-of-War and that War is Peace.

**Partially used a 2012 photo of Netanyahu at the UN, © Getty Images

Poll: A Two-State, One-State, or Some Other State Solution: Which Will Most Likely Bring Peace?

If possible, please 
  • Vote
  • Kindly share. 
  • Explain your views in the comments. 
  • Provide links if you are proposing new ideas.

Friday, May 24, 2024

Israel Faces Tough Choices (Updated)

Updated 25 May 2024

Israel Faces Tough Choices

In a previous article, I suggested that Israel has lost the war. Truth of the matter is, Israel has lost much more than that. Israel has lost its ability to fineness its way and hide its crimes. This time things just went out of control. No hasbara, no matter how good, could do the trick. It is now very difficult to see a viable path forward. And it is even tougher to write about one.

More Bad News

The last few days carried very bad news for Israel. 
Somehow, Hamas has managed to regroup its forces in the North (in areas which Israel had bulldozed) and the Middle of Gaza and has been attacking Israeli forces with devastating blows.
Israeli losses are huge. And things seem to be getting worse, not better. The situation, militarily and strategically, is untenable. This must have contributed to why Gallant has made this speech.
The only achievement which Israel has been able to do, was to destroy Gaza, kill and injure over 110,000 people, majority are women and children, which has turned the world public opinion against it and sent it to the International Court of Justice and ICC.

But that's not all. The UN General Assembly voted with a landslide majority to recommend that the Security Council reconsiders Palestine's application for  membership and has granted Palestine more rights and privileges. The world body approved the resolution by a vote of 143-9 with 25 abstentions.

But just when you think things could get any worse for the apartheid state, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, announced that he is seeking arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant, prime minister and minister of defense of Israel. Many European countries, traditionally faithful allies of Israel, had to adhere to their obligations and announced that that they will comply with the ICC arrest warrants, if such are indeed are issued by the judges. 

As if all this was not enough, Ireland, Spain and Norway just announced that they are recognizing Palestine as a state.

Only 4 days later, the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to immediately halt its Rafah military offensive, withdraw its troops, and open the crossings for humanitarian aid and assistance.

This may be the worst May which Israel has witnessed in its short history. The Month of May is when Israel commemorates its 'independence', and the founding of the state.

A Strategic Defeat

Strategically, Israel has been utterly defeated. A total defeat which will shake its very foundations for years, if any. I came to that conclusion because:

  • Israel has failed to implement the "final solution" (ethnic cleansing of Gaza through pushing Gazans into the Sinai desert), after Egypt fortified the borders and announced that this will be a red line. Breaching that red line may lead to revoking the Peace Treaty.
  • Israel has failed to destroy Hamas. As Israel pushes to the South, Hamas regrouped in the North and the Middle of Gaza.
  • Israel has failed to free the hostages. Israel has killed more of its hostages than it has managed to release.
  • Strategically, Israel has lost the world's public opinion. The global protests and condemnations, student encampment, and a social media sentiment of about 9:1 against Israel, all point to colossal strategic defeat and very hard times ahead. In fact, Israel's legitimacy, its very existence, is now being questioned.
With these difficult circumstances, Israel was facing very tough choices. But since the last article, more bad news for Israel has emerged.

The Final Solution

To keep his government afloat (and stay out of jail), Netanyahu had to subscribe to the right wing's dream (or nightmare) of the final solution. Ben Gvir and those on his bandwagon, believe that Palestinians must leave. At least to them this campaign is not really about Hamas, Oct 7 or even the hostages. It's about completing the job of ethnic cleansing which started in 1948. Their hope is that with enough pressure, Egypt will open the borders and let them in. They said it publicly so many times. They even suggested that the move will be temporary. But Palestinians of course know, once they are out, they will never see their homes again. Most residents of Gaza are themselves refugees and the descendants of those ethnically cleansed before from other parts of Palestine.

Why Rafah?

Why does Israel insist on invading Rafah, despite many reasons against the invasion:
  • It is a very small area, crowding in it are almost one and a half million people. Most of them already evacuated from the North of Gaza or other places. The human cost will be catastrophic, further isolating Israel and entrenching its position as a pariah state.  
  • Hamas has already regrouped in the North. So, why would Israel go after them in the South?
  • The whole world is warning Israel not to do it. Even Biden stopped one arms shipment as a result of Netanyahu's stubbornness on the Rafah issue.
In my opinion, the reason why Israel is determined to invade Rafah, can be understood from its 1948 ethnic cleansing tactics. A village would be attacked from 3 directions, leaving a safe exit which the evicted residents could take, usually pointing to the nearest border.  
It is the same with Rafah. Rafah is the closest point in Gaza to the Egyptian border. By intensifying the attacks on Rafah, a humanitarian catastrophe will unfold, and Egypt will find itself forced to open the borders for humanitarian reasons. At least, this is what the 
settler extremists were hoping for.

Egypt Refused to 'Play Ball'

But Egypt 'refused' to play ball, and instead, announced that this is a red line not to be crossed. Crossing that line will mean suspending or revoking the Peace Treaty and worse. Egypt has since intervened in the ICJ genocide case, joining South Africa. Egyptian officials also made sure to clearly communicate the message to the Americans and Europeans. Pushing Gazans into Sinai is not to happen. 


What Comes Next?

With an arrest warrant, Netanyahu's position has become untenable. And since Gallant may also be expecting an arrest warrant, both have become toxic assets.

Can Gantz fill that void? Doubtful. Gantz seemed to have aligned himself with Biden and the polls show that if elections are held in Israel he would win, but who will call for elections?

Ben Gvir and Smotrich seem to cling to the "final solution" scenario, but with the entire world now looking at the ICJ genocide case and Netanyahu/Gallant potential arrest warrants, it is virtually impossible to actually implement their ethnic cleansing plans.

Israel will be facing turbulent times. It could even descend into a civil war. Ben Gvir has been arming and emboldening the settlers. This is why they attack Palestinians in the West bank and assault the aid trucks. It will be a tough job for the next government to stop them now.

In a way, the Israeli government is already divided.  While one part of the government attempts to find ways for food and aid to get into Gaza to keep their promises to the Americans (in order to maintain the flow of arms shipments, much-needed by the army which is facing unprecedented losses), another part (Ben Gvir et al), are supporting settlers who are vandalizing and burning the aid trucks.

The coming days may be carrying big changes. But we just have to wait and see what actually comes next.

Sunday, May 19, 2024

ذكريات الماضي الجليل وأحلام العـيش الجميل

 دون ما وجهة معينة

من ذاكرة الأب

 


في القبور

تحركت العظام

ونادت الأرض

تطلب الانتقام

 

الطنين

 

خرجت أروح عن نفسي

أحاول أن أنسى الحنين

ولكن النداء ظل يدوي

في أذني مثل الطنين

 

نظرت في وجوه الناس

فوجدتها

مصبوغة بلون داكن

مزيج بائس من العرق والتراب

خليط قذر من اليأس والاكتئاب

 

وتفحصت تراب الأرض

هو طاهر

نظيف

إلى أن تدنسه خطايانا

عجزنا .. جبننا وأطماعنا


لقاءات مع شيخ القبيلة 1

 

سمعت عن القبيلة وعن شيخها

تجاعيد عميقة في وسطها

مدفونة عيناه مغلقتان

 

إلى حيث تأخذنا

 

تأخذنا أقدامنا

تخبرنا قلوبنا

عن المكان

 

ونذهب

يحدونا الأمل

نقرأ ونكتب

ونتحدث طوال النهار

ومعظم الليل

عما يجب أن يكون

 

وقبل أن أدخل الفراش

جاء الصبي يسأل

من ننتظر يا أبتاه؟

ليصنع كل الذي فيه تتناجون

فأطرقت في خجل وسكون


ماتت قلوبنا

أسرعنا في الخطى

دون ما وجهة معينة

فأخذتنا أقدامنا

إلى حيث النسيان

والمجون

 

لقاء 2

 

سألت الشيخ عن أبنائه

أين ذهب شباب القبيلة

أطفالها ونساؤها؟

ودون  أن يفتح عينيه

مد أطراف يديه

مرتعشة يحدوها الأمل

وتحسس وجهي

وأطلق زفيراً

 

الشاشات ذات الوميض 2

 

تبهرنا الأضواء

ونستمتع بمشاهدة

الشاشات ذات الوميض

تخدرنا لقاءات ساحرة

بفتيات ونساء بيض

وأبطال يقفزون في سيارات فارهة

تشي بثراء عريض


وأحياناً

لا نكتفي بمجرد المشاهدة

تزورنا خيالات رائعة

ونستعيد المشاهد والروائح

والملمس الطري لأجساد مائعة

ونعيش بطولات زائفة .. ولكن ممتعة

 

صحوة

 

وفي أحد الأيام

صحا الصبي مبكراً

ونظر حوله متذكراً

فلم يعجبه ما رأى

وهز رأسه مستنكراً

استفزه العجز .. الفشل .. الظلم والطغيان

 

قام الفتى قومة هائلة

حطم الأصنام

والمقاعد والشاشات

والأكواب والزجاجات

وحرك عقارب الزمان

وأمسك بمفاتيح المكان

ووضعها بين يديّ

في إعزاز وانتظر

 

ثم رنا إليّ متعجباً

 

… … …


يوم الحصاد

 

ابتلت الأرض

وانتظرنا أن يخرج الزرع

انتظرنا ليوم الحصاد

وحينما جف الضرع

وجمنا متسائلين ؟

 

جاء الصبي وجرابه فوق ظهره ... ملآن

 

ونظر إلينا

وضحك

ساخراً؟ .. لا .. آسفاً . . لا لا .. متألماً ..

ومال كفه في بطء

لتتناثر البذور من راحته

وجال ببصره في المكان

 

كأنه يختزن ما يرى

 

وأدار ظهره وذهب

 

 

… … …

… … …

… … …

 

وانتظرنا أن يعود


لقاء 3

 

همست في أذن الشيخ

أسأله عن الصبي

لابد أنه

قد أصبح الآن رجلاً

يافعاً و ... عاقلاً

 

وعلى تراب الأديم

جلست تحت قدميه

واستحلفته بالله العظيم

أن يدلني عليه

 

لقد اشتقت إليه

واشتقت أكثر إلى نفسي

عندما ترنو إلى عينيه

 

 

ولكن الشيخ

أشاح عني بوجهه

وتسللت دمعة تبحث عن طريقها

بين الأخاديد تائهة

 

واجتاحتني الغيرة

من تظن نفسك أيها الشيخ الغريب؟

لم َتبكي من ليس لك بقريب؟

إنه ولدي أنا

ولأول مرة

فتح الشيخ عينيه

وفجأة أدركت أنني

لم أعد أستطيع

حتى البكاء

 

صعقتني نظرات الشيخ الجامدة

باتهامات قاسية ظالمة

 

دون ما وجهة معينة

 

وتتابعت صور الماضي

تدك رأسي بأثقال

تنوء بها الجبال

ولم أقو على الاحتمال

 

فعدوت

عدوت بكل قوتي

دون ما وجهة معينة

 

جلباب رائع يليق بمأتم الصبي

 

جلست أستريح

جاءت أمي وأمه

نظرت إلي متسائلة

فتظاهرت بالغباء

وأعطيتها لفافة مفضضة

بها جلبابٌ رائعٌ

من الحرير الأسود


علامات الرضا العميق

 

أقمنا السرادق العظيم

وصدحت أصوات القارئين

بآيات من الذكر الحكيم

وجاء العمدة يتقدم المعزين

 

شد على يدي وقال

لقد فعلنا ما بوسعنا

بذلنا كل ما نستطيع

وسمعنا رأي الجميع

ولكن السلامة في التعقل

من منكم يقدر عليهم؟

 

بشاشاتهم ذات الوميض

ورجالهم ذوي الصدر العريض

وعطر نسائهم البيض

 

فأطرقنا جميعاً ساكنين

وأطلقنا زفرات الضيق

وكان السكون في برنا

من علامات الرضا العميق

...

...

وتذكرت يوم رأيت

في عين الصبي ذاك البريق

وتمنيت أن أهتدي

يوماً إلى ذات الطريق

Saturday, May 18, 2024

Israel Faces Tough Choices. Change of Government and or Direction is Inevitable



 
Updated 18 May, 2024

After Gallant, Gantz came out today criticizing Netanyahu, saying that the current 'farce' must end and demanded a six-point plan to be laid out by June 8. He also emphasized the importance of reaching diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia and a fair system for military draft. This implies that Gantz supports a Palestinian State, since Saudi Arabia made it abundantly clear that no relationship with Israel can happen without a clear path to Palestinian statehood. A new poll shows that Gantz is now ahead of Netanyahu among Israelis. Gantz' visit to the US in March was seen as a gesture that the US was no longer supporting Netanyahu and encourages a change of government in Israel. A few days later Schumer gave his famous speech in the Congress where he said that Netanyahu was an obstacle to peace, that he had lost his way and that he no longer fits Israel's needs. Schumer is the most senior Jewish politician in the US and a long-time supporter of Israel and Netanyahu.
Two days ago,  Gallant, Israeli minister of defense delivered a once-in-a-lifetime speech in a news conference. His words were somber and alarming. (Watch from 10:40 and turn cc subtitles on. It's not accurate but you will get the picture).

This is our duty and responsibility to lead the country to a better place NOW. The State must make difficult decisions by prioritizing the national consideration over any other consideration, even if it involves personal or political costs .This is a moment of national test. The people of Israel are looking up to us and expect us to make the right decisions.

Is Gallant asking Netanyahu to resign? 

Since Gantz' visit to the US, and Schumer's famous speech criticizing Netanyahu, there has been rumors of American-led attempts to oust Netanyahu, who has put his political (and legal) survival above all else. To keep Ben Gvir and the rest of his extremist coalition onboard in the government, he has been appeasing them, with genocidal consequences.

Israel Faces Tough Choices

In a previous article, I suggested that Israel has lost the war. Truth of the matter is, Israel has lost much more than that. Israel is lost. It is very difficult to see a viable path forward. And it is even tougher to write about one.
Israel has been utterly defeated. A total defeat which will shake its very foundations for years, if any. I came to that conclusion because:

  • Israel has failed to implement the "final solution" (ethnic cleansing of Gaza through pushing Gazans into the Sinai desert), after Egypt fortified the borders and announced that this will be a red line. Breaching that red line may lead to revoking the Peace Treaty.
  • Israel has failed to destroy Hamas. As Israel pushes to the South, Hamas regrouped in the North and the Middle of Gaza.
  • Israel has failed to free the hostages. Israel has killed more of its hostages than it has managed to release.
  • Strategically, Israel has lost the world's public opinion. The global protests and condemnations, student encampment, and a social media sentiment of about 9:1 against Israel, all point to colossal strategic defeat and very hard times ahead. In fact, Israel's legitimacy, its very existence, is now being questioned.
With these difficult circumstances, Israel was facing very tough choices. But since the last article, more bad news for Israel has emerged.

The Final Solution

To keep his government afloat (and stay out of jail), Netanyahu had to subscribe to the right wing's dream (or nightmare) of the final solution. Ben Gvir and those on his bandwagon, believe that Palestinians must leave. At least to them this campaign is not really about Hamas, Oct 7 or even the hostages. It's about completing the job of ethnic cleansing which started in 1948. Their hope is that with enough pressure, Egypt will open the borders and let them in. They said it publicly so many times. They even suggested that the move will be temporary. But Palestinians of course know, once they are out, they will never see their homes again. Most residents of Gaza are themselves refugees and the descendants of those ethnically cleansed before from other parts of Palestine.

Why Rafah?

Why does Israel insist on invading Rafah, despite many reasons against the invasion:
  • It is a very small area, crowding in it are almost one and a half million people. Most of them already evacuated from the North of Gaza or other places. The human cost will be catastrophic, further isolating Israel and entrenching its position as a pariah state.  
  • Hamas has already regrouped in the North. So, why would Israel go after them in the South?
  • The whole world is warning Israel not to do it. Even Biden stopped one arms shipment as a result of Netanyahu's stubbornness on the Rafah issue.
In my opinion, the reason why Israel is determined to invade Rafah, can be understood from its 1948 ethnic cleansing tactics. A village would be attacked from 3 directions, leaving a safe exit which the evicted residents could take, usually pointing to the nearest border.  
It is the same with Rafah. Rafah is the closest point in Gaza to the Egyptian border. By intensifying the attacks on Rafah, a humanitarian catastrophe will unfold, and Egypt will find itself forced to open the borders for humanitarian reasons. At least, this is what the 
settler extremists were hoping for.

Egypt Refused to 'Play Ball'

But Egypt 'refused' to play ball, and instead, announced that this is a red line not to be crossed. Crossing that line will mean suspending or revoking the Peace Treaty and worse. Egypt has since intervened in the ICJ genocide case, joining South Africa. Egyptian officials also made sure to clearly communicate the message to the Americans and Europeans. Pushing Gazans into Sinai is not to happen. 

More Bad News

The last few days carried very bad news for Israel. 
Somehow, Hamas has managed to regroup its forces in the North (in areas which Israel had bulldozed) and the Middle of Gaza and has been attacking Israeli forces with devastating blows.
Israeli losses are huge. And things seem to be getting worse, not better. The situation, militarily and strategically, is untenable. This must have contributed to why Gallant has made this speech.
The only achievement which Israel has been able to do, was to destroy Gaza, kill and injure over 110,000 people, majority are women and children, which has turned the world public opinion against it and sent it to the International Court of Justice and ICC.
To make things even worse, the news suggest that International Criminal Court (ICC) may issue arrest warrants against Israeli officials, which made several US congressmen send official letters carrying threats to the court to deter them from indicting the Israelis.
But that's not all. The UN General Assembly voted with a landslide majority to recommend that the Security Council reconsiders Palestine's application for  membership and has granted Palestine more rights and privileges. The world body approved the resolution by a vote of 143-9 with 25 abstentions.

What Comes Next?

With this move which Gallant took, it is possible to see a change in government in Israel sooner rather than later. Gallant seems to have aligned himself with Biden, and Gantz is the likely successor of Netanyahu,  possibly through a vote of no confidence - which requires no elections.
There will be trouble with Ben Gvir and Smotrich who are leading the Great March to Gaza enact the "Final Solution". What comes next will depend on whether a Gallant-Gantz alliance with US support will be able to control Ben Gvir and his allies and armed militias. If they fail, Israel could be facing turbulent times. It could even descend into a civil war. Ben Gvir has been arming and emboldening the settlers. This is why they attack Palestinians in the West bank and assault the aid trucks. It will be a tough job for the next government to stop them now.
In a way, the Israeli government is already divided.  While one part of the government attempts to find ways for food and aid to get into Gaza to keep their promises to the Americans (in order to maintain the flow of arms shipments, much-needed by the army which is facing unprecedented losses), another part (Ben Gvir et al), are supporting settlers who are vandalizing and burning the aid trucks.

The coming days may be carrying big changes. But we just have to wait and see what actually comes next.

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