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In a short letter to the lobby group Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI), Boris Johnson recently criticised the ICC s investigation into alleged war crimes in the Palestinian Territories. We do not accept that the ICC has jurisdiction in this instance, given that Israel is not a party to the Statute of Rome and Palestine is not a sovereign state, the prime minister wrote. In the letter, the investigation was also described as a partial and prejudicial attack on Israel .
To the Palestinians and several human rights organisations, Johnson s words marked not only a betrayal of the UK s declared position on the ICC, but also an underlying belief that Israel is above the law.
Zeroing in on the Middle East conflict
In his latest book – Al Aqsa oder Tempelberg – historian Joseph Croitoru traces the struggle for Jerusalem s most holy sites, warning that a storm is brewing in the Temple Mount conflict. Daniel Bax read the book for Qantara.de
In his new book on the eternal struggle for Jerusalem s holy sites,
Al Aqsa oder Tempelberg (Al-Aqsa or Temple Mount), the German-Israeli historian and journalist Joseph Croitoru warns right at the outset that a storm is brewing in the Temple Mount conflict and that the signs are more ominous than ever before. In short, Croitoru is not very optimistic about this struggle, which is one of the key flashpoints in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Indeed, what goes on in the area between the Wailing Wall and the Dome of the Rock is like the Middle East Conflict in miniature.
BERLIN (JTA) Isabel Frey stands outside the Austrian chancellor’s residence atop a white van with her guitar surrounded by speakers and protesters.
It’s the day after the Ibiza Affair was made public in May 2019. The scandal centered on a video showing Austrian Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache and Johann Gudenus, both members of the far-right nationalist Freedom Party, or FPO, sealing a corrupt deal to earn election support from a Russian oligarch. The affair rocked Austria and triggered nationwide elections.
Frey starts to play “Daloy Politsey,” or “Down with the Police.” Historically it’s a protest song written by Yiddish-speaking demonstrators calling for an end to czar Nicholas and the ruling class of late 19th, early 20th-century Russia. But Frey created a German verse and chorus for the occasion, and it quickly became the anthem of the protest.
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