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Document:Powerful governments really do conspire to screw over the weak

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There really are conspiracies. Powerful governments really do conspire to screw over the weak – and they have lots of ways to do it.

Disclaimer (#3)Document.png blog post  by Jonathan Cook dated 14 January 2025
Subjects: Julia Sebutinde, Nawaf Salam, ICJ, genocide, Israel, ICC, US Congress
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Julia Sebutinde from Uganda – the only judge of the 15 permanent members of the International Court of Justice to reject the genocide case against Israel a year ago – is to be its new president.[1]

This is certainly not accidental. Her predecessor, Nawaf Salam, has stepped down unexpectedly early – opening up the top slot for Sebutinde, his deputy – so he can become the new prime minister of Lebanon, in a ceasefire deal brokered by the US on Israel's behalf. Hmm.[2]

Sebutinde was elected to her role last February, as Israel and the US turned up the heat on the ICJ following its genocide ruling the month before. Why did a majority of the other judges choose her? Presumably none of the other judges fancied becoming the spokesperson for a genocide ruling against Israel, given the inevitable personal and professional reprisals from the US. (Remember Washington is currently smearing and sanctioning leading figures at the ICJ's sister court at the Hague,[3] the International Criminal Court, for issuing an arrest warrant against Netanyahu).[4]

Sebutinde need have no such qualms, given that – if her legal reasoning last year is any measure – she will continue to support Israel until every last Palestinian in Gaza is dead.

Pointing out this context isn't racism (Sebutinde is black), and it isn't sexism (Sebutinde is a woman).

There really are conspiracies. Powerful governments really do conspire to screw over the weak – and they have lots of ways to do it. They also often choose to weaponise race and sex because they provide a good cover story.

References

  1. ↑ "Pro-Israel judge set to replace Lebanon’s Nawaf Salam at helm of ICJ"
  2. ↑ "Lebanon’s PM-designate Nawaf Salam promises to ‘rescue, reform and rebuild’"
  3. ↑ "House Passes Chairman Mast’s Bill to Sanction International Criminal Court for Targeting Israel"
  4. ↑ "Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed"
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