asha krishna swami in st. petersburg, uh, this is considered as a historic ruling from an international tribunal against the israelis, but many are still uh saying that it fell short of calling for a sissation of hostilities by the israelis. why did the court stop short of making that call in europe? opinion: i don't know why the court made spell short, but in one in one way this is victory because they called for the seization of acts of genocide, so generally cease fire is done when there is an armed conflict between two parties, genocide is not an armed conflict between two parties, it is one party trying to wipe out the other party from existence, so the ruling in some... ways goes further than calling for sess fire. um, but of course, um, generally speaking, the icj does cannot just call for sease fire on one party, so they'll have to call for sease fire on both parties, and so i think that is why they stopped short of calling for sace fire. all right, mr. ah, following the icj session, south africa said

ash krishna swami in st. petersburg, this is considered as a historic ruling from an international tribunal against the israelis, but many are still uh saying that it fell short of calling for sessation. of hostilities by the israelis, why did the court stop short of making that call in your opinion? i don't know why the court made uh fell short, but in one in one way this is victory because they called for the seization of acts of genocide, so um generally cease fire is done when there is an armed conflict between two parties, genocide is not an armed conflict between two parties, it is one party trying to wipe out the other party from existence, so the ruling in some ways goes further than calling for a cease fire. um, but of course um, generally speaking, the icj does cannot just call for seats fire on one party, so they'll have to call for seats fire on both parties, and so i think that is why they stopped short of calling for a sice fire. all right, mr. ahm. following the icj session, south africa said t

asha krishna swami in st. petersburg, this is considered as a historic ruling from an international tribunal against the israelis, but many are still uh saying that it fell short of calling for sessation. of hostilities by the israelis, why did the court stop short of making that call in your opinion? i don't know why the court made uh fell short, but in one in one way this is victory because they called for the seization of acts of genocide, so um generally cease fire is done when there is an armed conflict between two parties. genocide is not an armed conflict between two parties, it is party trying to wipe out the other party from existence, so the ruling in some ways goes further than calling for a cease fire. um, but of course um, generally speaking, the icj does cannot just call for seats fire on one party, so they'll have to call for seats fire on both parties, and so i think that is why they stopped short of calling for sace fire. all right, mr. ah, following the icj session, south africa said, the rul

miss krishna swami, we come now to the issue of compliance. palestinian assistant foreign minister has called on all states to ensure that the top un courts orders are completely enforced, so what happens if and when the israelis refuse to abide by the world court's ruling. in the words of the south african foreign minister, if israel doesn't come. comply then we're opening up room for more abuses taking place in future conflicts and very dangerous precedent will be set. unpack that for us please. well the first thing is um technically what usually happens when there's non-compliance is that this can be brought forth by the un security council for not in compliance, but we all know the five parties that have the unilateral veto power in any un security council resolution so we... that the us will probably veto any kind of further sanctions or orders in order to bring israel to come to compliance um and thus it will call to question the rules-based international order that the us always likes to out and it will show that the us is willing to de

let's cross over to miss krishna swami in st. petersburg, and i want to get your... the same uh question for you, your perspective on the legacy that uh general suleimani has left behind as an anti-terror icon and as a resistance uh figure and icon as well in the region. i think the most important part is how he was responsible for the defeat of daesh in both iraq and syria, so for many who don't remember in the 2015s in many areas of iraq were actually occupied by daesh. but he helped retrain the iraqi forces to be able to withstand and fight more effectively against daish and in syria also, and it is generally like credit to him that the daesh forces do not have any territory, and in 2015 they did have lot of territory in iraq and syria and they were a big threat, and um, and so i think the that effectiveness in fighting um, the daesh forces and then the moderate rebel forces that the us and nato tried to put up made him a threat in the minds of the people in charge of us national security. as for global internationalism, he de

petersburg, miss krishna swami, we were just talking about uh the issue of uh the lack of accountability with our guest mr. schlanger and potsdam. he came up with an interesting term being uh imperial. um ignorance uh if if i'm if if that was the correct term, it's st stating that - excuse me impril arrogance uh when the likes of the united states they carry out uh the assassination of uh general assam sulaimani and uh abu maahdi al muhandis and then we look to the past week where the israelis have carried out um assassinations and similar fashions of an iranian uh military advisor in syria. uh sayid razi musavi and of course uh what happened yesterday in uh south of the lebanese capital beirot to where the israelis assassinated uh the hamas deputy saleh al aruri so uh would you agree with that term that this is imperial arrogance and why uh or basically when will we see uh the issue of accountability uh when such actions are committed and if there is no accountability how can the status ever change, well the status quo has to change because the way the world is, um, just a small person

journalist and podcaster esha krishna swami joins us now from st. petersburg, miss krishna swami, welcome to the program, first of all, give us your perspective on this continued massacre that's... taking place in gaza as the international community standly by? well, it is basically um, prime minister netanyahu being backed into a corner because he has very extreme right-wing base who wants to settle in those territories of gaza, and he has to relocate these people, and so he was, he's using the events of october 7th as excuse in order to push that. goal so um ultimately he was also being impeached, this kind of halted that, so it was a selfish move or move move that was based soly on his career and giving red meat to his right-wing base. right, and uh, what about, you mentioned the israeli prime minister, beniamin netanyahu, what about his defiant tone in a address that he made few days ago uh following uh the uh the court hearing at the international court of justice the icj uh netanyahu said that uh nothing and nobody can stop us, not even the ic

naisha krishna swami, podcaster and journalist, we ask her if the israeli regime would be prosecuted for the crimes uh by the international court of justice. there have been many um requests for investigations and the icc has not sent a single person into the territories of palestine. to investigate any single work crime, top of that, if we look at the 2023 budget of the icc, to investigate palestinian war crimes, the budget is only 944,000, while similarly to investigate alleged russian war crimes in ukraine, the budget is $4.3 million dollars, so what it shows this is that the icc is basically again an arm of us and okay to kind of do their biting and um and investigate what they want to investigate. now protests against israel's genocidal war in gaza are growing bolder in the us. the business streets and the nation's third largest city were shut for hours right outside the residence of top democratic party senator. ramen mazari has more. illinois senator dick durbin has been called the oldest friend in congress of apec, the influential prozionist lobbying committee. protesters gat

swami is a podcaster and journalist and we've asked her if the israeli regime would be prosecuted forest crimes by the international court of justice. there have been many um requests for investigations and the icc has not sent a single person into the territories of palestine to investigate any single war crime. on top of that, if we look at the 2020. three budget of the icc: to investigate palestinian war crimes, the budget is only 944, well similarly to investigate um alleged russian war crimes in ukraine, the budget is 4.3 million dollars, so what it shows us is that the icc is basically again an arm of us and uk to kind of do their biting and... investigate what they want to investigate. protest against israely genocidal war and gaz are growing bolder in the us. the business street in nation's third largest city was shut down for hours right outside the residence of top democratic party senator. has a report. illinois senator dick durban has been called the oldest friend in congress. apac, the influential pro-zionist lobbying committee. protesters gathered outside his home to demand

journalist eshna krishna swami explains the reasons behind israel's impunity for the crimes it commits against the palestinians. he is probably right because the way the icj was designed is to make. sure that countries that are favored by the imperial core like the us and the uk will never face justice uh regardless of the war crimes committed um like the impunity is so evident when you look at the horrors of the war crimes committed by the us in afghanistan, iraq and libya, and no one's brought to justice, so he is right, but that just goes to hopefully as more... and more of the world realized the toothless nature of the icj, maybe they will come up with alternative systems that will bring justice. um, for example, there might be - countries that alone bring charges, so he prime minister nahu may not feel safe traveling to these countries. israel cannot do anything and would not have done anything without full us backing? in terms of weapons, military aid, intelligence sharing, etc. um, and the biden administration seems pretty set on this path, and for me, i am glad to see that ther

now ash krishna swami podcaster and journalists joined us from st.ns that existed in vietnam in 1972 or afghanistan in 2001 is what it's necessary, the pentagon spokesperson said that they have no plans to leave and allegedly their reason for staying is to ensure the defeat of isis ( although we know that the us has not been doing much to help the defeat of isis, i think yeah, if the groups unite and form very formidable resistance, which they are amping up, i think that is definitely the ultimate pat that it's going to lead to, and the us is already tied up in ukraine and so many other places that it may not be feasible be for them to uh... continue on with iraq in syria, yeah, the their presence is unwanted, top of it, they take one fourth of the oil production in syria, and much of the wheat in a very in a nation that very much needs it, so that's a completely different story, and even there they kind of see it as a way to protect as a way to get entry, i guess way to protect their interests or assets in israel also. the people in the syrian capit

krishna swami is a podcaster and journalist who joins us from st. petersburg. uh, welcome to the program. so uh, we're saying this thing obviously gained some momentum starting with south africa really, which was the first country to go after israel and accuse it of genocide in the icj. you have the group of kuwaitis and then you have uh the other case uh which involves the icc. um do any of these translate into anything that ultimately will hold israel accountable uh and for any prosecution to take place you think? um with the icc absolutely not because um for example um there have been many um requests for investigations and the icc has not sent a single person into the territories of palestine to investigate any single war crime, top of that, if we look at the 2023 budget of the icc, to investigate palestinian war crimes, the budget is only 944,000, well similarly to investigate alleged russian war crimes in ukraine, the budget is 4.3 million dollars, so what it shows us is that the icc is... basically again an arm of us and uk to kind of do their biting and

asha krishna swami, podcaster and journalist joins us from st. petersburg. welcome to the program. look at the uh way that has been uh uh targeted by the islamic resistance, i think there needs to be a distinction made that uh the attacks on us bases and assets in the region, syria and iraq in particular has been ongoing, but it has picked up since october 7th due to the operation alasa flood, um, but when it comes to the uh way that the us has reacted, we can see that uh they uh have reacted in a very controlled manner, what is your view about? this latest attack in particular, which is the strongest um on this particular base? first of all, it exposes the us weakness in the region and generally how they are overstretched militarily across the world, but unfortunately right now the iraqi civilian government is having talks about talks with the us about having them leave, but the pentagon spokesperson said that they have no plans to leave and allegedly their reason for staying. is to ensure the defeat of isis, although we know that the us has not been doing