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The Gavel and the Gun - Palestinian history shows that armed struggle campaigns often catalyze gains in international lawmaking.

JL;DR SUMMARY Darryl Li's analysis delves into the significant shifts in international legal responses to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict following the October 2023 Operation al-Aqsa Flood led by Hamas. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HamasIsraeli Palestinian ConflictPalestineArmed StruggleInternational LawPalestine Liberation OrganizationOperation Al Aqsa FloodInternational Court Of JusticeGlobal ProtestsLegal Activism

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The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
"Since Hamas launched Operation al-Aqsa Flood on October 7th, 2023, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague, the highest court in the United Nations (UN) system, has devoted over a third of its hearings to Palestinemore than it has to any other issue."
South Africa
"In January 2024, the court green-lit South Africas genocide suit against Israel, a striking development given how often Israel has couched its own legitimacy, and by extension its annihilatory violence, in relation to the Nazis genocide of Jews."
East Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
"In July, in perhaps the most significant legal defeat Israel has ever faced, the ICJ went further and ordered that the occupation of East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip end as rapidly as possible."
Gaza Strip, Southern District, Israel
"In July, in perhaps the most significant legal defeat Israel has ever faced, the ICJ went further and ordered that the occupation of East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip end as rapidly as possible."
Lebanon
"In 1982, for instance, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed just one resolution calling the Sabra and Shatila massacre, in which Phalangist Israeli proxies in Lebanon murdered thousands of Palestinian refugees, an act of genocide, but no international legal body ever took the matter further."
Spain
"with a representative from Spain telling a 1970 UNGA plenary meeting that the conflict in the Middle East is, in the opinion of the Spanish delegation, the most critical of all the conflicts afflicting mankind at the present time, a widely expressed sentiment at that gathering."
Jordan
"lest it inevitably threaten the stability of Jordan and the stability of Egypt and undo the very pillars of Americas Middle East alliance structure."
Egypt
"lest it inevitably threaten the stability of Jordan and the stability of Egypt and undo the very pillars of Americas Middle East alliance structure."
Iran
"Operation al-Aqsa Flood is operating similarly, unleashing not merely a global current of public pressure, but also the threat of regional war through the interlinked fronts of Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, and Yemen."
Iraq
"Operation al-Aqsa Flood is operating similarly, unleashing not merely a global current of public pressure, but also the threat of regional war through the interlinked fronts of Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, and Yemen."
Yemen
"Operation al-Aqsa Flood is operating similarly, unleashing not merely a global current of public pressure, but also the threat of regional war through the interlinked fronts of Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, and Yemen."

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