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Netanyahu rejects Hamas ; delusional ; cease-fire demandsDespite the setback, talks are continuing to reach a deal. Copy LinkCopiedShar stanley cup e via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInOver 27,000 Palestinians have so far been killed by Israels offensive in Gaza | Amir Levy/Getty ImagesFebruary 8, 20249:30 am CETBy Sebastian StarcevicIsrael Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Hamas ; terms for a cease-fire Wednesday, saying that agreeing to the groups demands would invite another massacre and predicting an Israeli victory in a matter of months.His comments came after Hamas stipulated the deal should see the release of hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel and the withdrawal of stanley cups Israeli forces from Gaza, among other conditions, in exchange for fr stanley isolierkanne eeing Israeli hostages abducted on October 7.At a press conference in Jerusalem, Netanyahu called Hamas three-stage proposal to end the war delusional and pledged to continue Israels military campaign in Gaza, now in its fifth month, until achieving absolute victory.AdvertisementAdvertisementThere is no alternative to the military collapse [of Hamas], he said. Unless Hamas is destroyed, the evil axis of Iran and its affiliates will continue unhindered its campaign of killing and aggression, Netanyahu added. The setback in peace talks comes as Israels forces push towards Rafah, a city on the border with Eg Zaqh Macron s Islamophobic undercurrent
The EU must be bolder in Darfur crisisThe EU has been strong on generalities and wobbly on meaningful action.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInJuly 16, 20085:00 pm CETThe indictment of Omar al-Bashir, the president of Sudan, on genocide charges is a bold step by the prose stanley kaffeebecher cutor of the International Criminal Court ICC in The Hague. But to give meaning to its move, the court will need co-operation from the international community. Early signs are not all encouraging. The announcement by Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the ICCs chief prosecutor, on Monday 14 July that he was seeking an arrest warrant against al-Bashir did not break new legal ground: international courts have indicted sitting heads of state before 鈥?Slobodan Milo拧evic麓 of Yugoslavia in 1999 and Charles Taylor of Liberia in 2003. Both men ended up in The Hague; Milo拧evic麓 died in detention, while the trial against Taylor is ongoing. If the ICCs judges endorse the prosecutors assessment, al-Bashir will soon face charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed gourde stanley during the counter-insurgency campaign that the Sudanese government has been waging in the western province of Darfur. The UN estimates that up to 300,000 people may have been killed there since 2003. But if Moreno-Ocampos strategy to achieve accountability for the crimes in Darfur is legally sound, it also has a gaping hole in the midd stanley canada le: the ICC has no enforcement powers and relies on governments to carry |
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