News Beat Podcast

🚨 New episode 🚨 @CornelWest is ready to take on the empire. "If our democracy is to survive, the empire must be dismantled." As you'd expect, West says he won't hold back his criticism of Biden, Trump, or anyone else. LISTEN to the full interview link.chtbl.com/newsbeat

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Stripped, beaten & forced to withstand the blaring of 'ear-splitting music.' Extended hunger, stress positions, medical neglect & myriad forms of torture & abuse. 🎙️We spoke to @pressfreedom Reg Director Sara Qudah about journalists tortured in Israeli prisons.

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Learn some of what the history books left out: bit.ly/3YJ4U8v

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy encompasses so much more than simply his 'I Have a Dream' speech, and his mission is as imperative today as it was then. #MLKDay

Learn more about @FerozeSidhwa's experience over at our Substack - bit.ly/3GpLeAS

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New Drop 🚨 "We are attacking some of the most vulnerable ppl on Earth...with the military ferocity of the American military machine..." - @FerozeSidhwa (volunteered in Gaza twice): "We have no clue how many children were starving to death in Gaza."

🚨 @AmnestyIntl declares GENOCIDE in Gaza "There is no safe place. It's either hunger or death - or both." Landmark 300-page report says Israel is systematically destroying Palestinian life. MORE on this episode & how to listen: bit.ly/3PmMYvu

⚡️New Pod Drop⚡️ Doctors, women, children, the elderly—thousands of Palestinians detained in secretive military camps. Human rights investigators expose systematic torture & abuse. Ft: Milena Ansari @hrw & Jenna Abuhasna @Addameer Listen & Subscribe: tinyurl.com/3a588bfw

New pod drop! 🎙️@JohnKiriakou gave us some insights into Julian Assange's plea deal. "They were just convinced that he wasn't going to get a fair trial." Listen to the FULL interview: bit.ly/43P52nX

🚨 New pod featuring @antloewenstein ‼️ 🎙️The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World 🎧 link.chtbl.com/newsbeat

New from @USNewsBeat 🔗 bit.ly/3HyenXG 'Nowhere is safe. Not a UN shelter, not refugee camps, not hospitals, and definitely not Khan Younis, where the majority of Palestinians fled following Israel’s initial invasion of northern Gaza. The aforementioned horrors all occurred after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) heard South Africa’s case for provisional measures to protect civilians as part of its genocide case against Israel. This is life in Gaza as a war-ravaged population awaits the ICJ’s decision on South Africa’s complaint, which the court is set to deliver on Friday, Jan. 26. There’s no telling which way the court will go—or even if Israel will comply. We already have evidence that nothing fundamentally will change irrespective of serious international pressure, especially from the United States, which has whole-heartedly endorsed—and facilitated—this humanitarian catastrophe.'

South Africa presented its genocide case against Israel this week. We break it down + discuss Joe Biden's bombing of Yemen. 🎧 link.chtbl.com/newsbeat 📺 bit.ly/3RWhSvQ #Gaza #Palestine

⭕️ LIVE: South Africa begins its genocide case against Israel at the ICJ in The Hague. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

"Based on my knowledge, judgment and experience, I believe South Africa will win an order of provisional measures of protection against Israel, mandating that they cease and desist from committing all acts of genocide." twitter.com/USNewsBeat/sta…

@prem_thakker Second Biden official to use the same language in dismissing the case out of hand. Perhaps bc they know they could be found complicit? Francis Boyle thinks so. twitter.com/USNewsBeat/sta…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls South Africa’s 84-page suit accusing Israel of genocide “meritless," and a distraction from ongoing humanitarian efforts. 1 minute later, Blinken cites the United Nations warning that 90% of people in Gaza are dangerously food insecure.

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This week the ICJ will hear a historic genocide case against Israel brought by South Africa. Francis Boyle, one of the foremost experts on international law, believes the court will rule in South Africa's favor. Listen to the full episode link.chtbl.com/newsbeat

"That's criminal conduct." Francis Boyle, the first lawyer to win orders under the Genocide Convention of 1948, discusses the historic genocide hearings against Israel & the Biden administration's potential complicity. 🔗to full episode link.chtbl.com/newsbeat

@jeremyscahill To Scahill's point, Francis Boyle, the first lawyer to win orders under the Genocide Convention of 1948 from the ICJ, believes South Africa will win a provisional measure of protection against Israel. twitter.com/USNewsBeat/sta…

On Thursday, South Africa will present its historic case before the International Court of Justice in the Hague, accusing Israel of conducting an ongoing genocide in Gaza and asking the United Nations court to issue a provisional ruling asserting its jurisdiction and instructing Israel to “immediately suspend its military operations in and against Gaza.” Israel, which has accused South Africa of “blood libel,” will present its defense on Friday. The U.S., Israel’s chief sponsor and defender, has dismissed South Africa’s charges as “meritless.” There is a solid, though not certain, likelihood that the court will issue a ruling finding a basis to move forward with actual genocide proceedings against Israel, a legal process that could take years to complete. But South Africa has also argued that the court should issue provisional measures to protect the Palestinians of Gaza against ongoing attacks, citing voluminous evidence that Israel is engaged in ongoing violations of the Genocide Convention. “Israel has engaged in, is engaging in and risks further engaging in genocidal acts against the Palestinian people in Gaza,” the filing argues. In the event of such a provisional ruling, there is zero doubt that Israel would reject any directives issued by the court relating to ceasing its active war against Gaza. Moreover, for decades the US has guaranteed that Israel will never face actual consequences before international bodies for its crimes against the Palestinians. President Biden and his underlings continue to portray Israel’s war of annihilation in Gaza as “self defense,” limiting their public dissent to meekly worded appeals to Israel to make efforts to reduce the number of civilians it is killing and maiming and asking Israel to allow more morsels of aid to enter Gaza. While the U.S is not named in South Africa’s case, it has openly and enthusiastically supported and armed Israel’s campaign and should be viewed as an unnamed co-conspirator to Israel’s actions. Setting aside the inevitable flouting by the U.S and Israel of any unfavorable ruling by the court, the 84-page South African filing is an important document. It lays out the horrifying scope of Israel’s destruction in Gaza of human life, civilian infrastructure, history and culture, and paints a devastating picture of the grave conditions faced by those Palestinians who have managed to survive. South Africa’s filing contains scores of genocidal statements made by Israeli government and military officials, lawmakers and former officials describing Israel’s intentions in Gaza since October 7. It spans some 9 pages. It is difficult to imagine an honest argument that suggests that many of these statements, including Benjamin Netanyahu invoking the biblical tale of the destruction of Amalek, do not constitute an announcement of genocidal intent. “This Application describes an exceptionally brutal military campaign by Israel in Gaza, which is extensive and ongoing, and which Israel intends to intensify further still,” South Africa’s lawyers argued. “Israel has engaged in and failed to prevent or to punish acts and measures which are genocidal, constituting flagrant violations of Israel’s obligations” under the Genocide Convention. While the ICJ proceedings may do nothing to halt Israel’s murderous rampage in Gaza, a ruling in South Africa’s favor would increase pressure on countries across the world to make their positions clear. It would also serve as an important test of whether nations, namely U.S. allies in Europe, believe in upholding international laws and conventions or whether they accept the U.S. as the ultimate emperor enforcing its own set of unevenly applied rules. South Africa’s filing can be read at the PDF linked below. The hearings will be live-streamed at the ICJ’s website: icj-cij.org/sites/default/…