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Thanks for sharing this. I will listen later. It should be headline news that this is taking place and I agree that it is propaganda by omission that it's not widely reported on.

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I wish the Media would surprise me.

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While this is taking place at the ICJ, CBC online news leading story headline: We Swabbed GoodLife, Planet Fitness and Anytime Fitness locations to find the germiest piece of equipment.

So much for Canadian media reporting on what's relevant.

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The Guardian's Video of the Day is 'Has London’s Ulez become a magnet for conspiracy theories?'

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You missed my point.

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No, i didn't. The Guardian is reporting distraction puff news. I was just saying as it happens they're right!

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The 15 Judges of the ICJ hearing the genocide case against Israel are from the USA, Australia, Japan, France, Slovakia, Germany, Morocco, Uganda, Jamaica, Somalia, India, Lebanon, China, Brazil, and Russia, They are meant to be impartial but politics often rules national and international courts.

USA, Australia, Japan, France, Germany and Jamaica do not recognise Palestine as a state.

USA, Australia, Japan, France, Germany and Slovakia are NATO members .

Morocco has a complicated history with Palestine. It's citizens overwhelmingly support the Palestinian cause but Morocco needs the USA's support for its oppression of the Western Sahara (where Morocco and the USA are partners in colonial mining).

Somalia's government exists because of US soldiers propping it up.

The power of the deniers is evident in that the UN has not allowed Palestine to become a member of the UN.

Considering that, the geopolitical equation favours Israel. However if the ICJ makes a judgement according to their relationship with the USA, they will contradict their UN colleagues, and further damage the image of the organisation. It's an interesting situation.

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I wish Israel would simply say laws don't apply to us.We'd be done with any pretending that equal laws apply to all. If nothing else that would be so refreshing 😌

Good reporting Mike 👍

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Just sharing a link, but thanks. Yeah, be great if everyone just said "I'm a motherfucker cause there's no 'rules based order' except the law of the jungle."

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Yes somewhat like a global version of the Purge, with no good guys.

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... and look-away people pretending they're victims.

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