»The International Court of Justice, in its July 2024 Advisory Opinion, also adopted the position that annexation does not require an official declaration. It also found that Israel had already annexed at least parts of Area C. In other words, an undeclared annexation, accomplished through bureaucratic means, is annexation.«
»The actions of the Israeli government in the past two years have resulted in Israel already completing the annexation of the territories, without a political roadmap or legislation. It did this by comprehensively changing the authority of the state bodies operating in the territories, the structure and methods of its control over the territories, and the way in which budgets allocated to establishing and deepening Israeli control are utilized.«
»As we have argued in a recent scholarly article published by the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, to recognize that a "full" annexation is taking place, it is sufficient to look at the normative organizing framework with which the state manages the territory, the organizational structure and the bureaucratic machinery of the state; and the symbolic performance of power.«
»The International Court of Justice, in its July 2024 Advisory Opinion, also adopted the position that annexation does not require an official declaration. It also found that Israel had already annexed at least parts of Area C. In other words, an undeclared annexation, accomplished through bureaucratic means, is annexation.«
»The basic assumption in the Israeli public discourse, which includes right-wingers as well as center-left politicians, is that annexation requires an official announcement, such as legislation or a public declaration that changes the status of the territories. It seems that this is also the approach which was adopted by other countries. But that's an assumption that is legally inaccurate. In fact, the annexation of territory doesn't require a declaration or a legislative act.«
»As we have argued in a recent scholarly article published by the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, to recognize that a "full" annexation is taking place, it is sufficient to look at the normative organizing framework with which the state manages the territory, the organizational structure and the bureaucratic machinery of the state; and the symbolic performance of power.«
Tamar Meggido & Ronit Levine-Schnur & Yael Barda: »#Israel Has Already Annexed the #WestBank in Practice.
Last month, Israel's Knesset voted in favor of the recognition of the State's right to Judea and Samaria, and the advancement of Israeli sovereignty over Jewish settlements in Area C. In reality, #annexation has already taken place«
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-08-05/ty-article-opinion/.premium/israel-has-already-annexed-the-west-bank-in-practice/00000198-7a08-d0ce-a5de-fb0ac38a0000 (Paywall)
http://archive.today/msy99
»The basic assumption in the Israeli public discourse, which includes right-wingers as well as center-left politicians, is that annexation requires an official announcement, such as legislation or a public declaration that changes the status of the territories. It seems that this is also the approach which was adopted by other countries. But that's an assumption that is legally inaccurate. In fact, the annexation of territory doesn't require a declaration or a legislative act.«
Tamar Meggido & Ronit Levine-Schnur & Yael Barda: »#Israel Has Already Annexed the #WestBank in Practice.
Last month, Israel's Knesset voted in favor of the recognition of the State's right to Judea and Samaria, and the advancement of Israeli sovereignty over Jewish settlements in Area C. In reality, #annexation has already taken place«
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-08-05/ty-article-opinion/.premium/israel-has-already-annexed-the-west-bank-in-practice/00000198-7a08-d0ce-a5de-fb0ac38a0000 (Paywall)
http://archive.today/msy99
Stellt euch ein Klassenzimmer vor in einer Schule. 28 Schüler*innen gehören zur Klasse.
Nun schlägt dort eine Bombe ein. Wer von den Kindern nicht sofort stirbt, der überlebt die nächsten Tage nicht. Auch in den umliegenden Räumen der Schule gibt's viele Schwerverletzte, zehn Kindern aus anderen Klassen werden ein oder beide Beine verlieren.
Was wäre los wenn in Deutschland sowas passieren würde? Was würden Zeitungen schreiben? Wie würde in Talkshows und in Bundestag debattiert werden?
Eines Tages werden alle immer schon dagegen gewesen sein.<<
Wer die Menschenrechte dort nicht verteidigt, wird sie auch hier verlieren. Auch deswegen müssen wir über Gaza sprechen.
Nicht irgendwann.
Jetzt.
#Gaza #Israel #Starvation #Genozid
»The West will never be forgiven for its complicity in the genocide of Palestinians. No one will ever again listen to its empty rhetoric about accountability, human rights and rule of law. They have proven right those who long believed they did not see racialised people as human«
https://bsky.app/profile/alonso-gd.bsky.social/post/3lm2poe7kek2h
Wenn Ihr heute wirklich nur einen einzigen Artikel mit Kritik zum heute in Kraft getretenen #selbstbestimmungsgesetz #sbgg lesen möchtet, dann sollte es unbedingt dieser Artikel von Juliana Franke und Lucy deLire im ND sein.
»Selbstbestimmungsgesetz: Zeichen von Disziplin und Privatisierung.
Das Selbstbestimmungsgesetz der Bundesregierung verspricht Fortschritt und trägt doch die Zeichen von Regression, Disziplin und Privatisierung«
https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1186425.bundesregierung-selbstbestimmungsgesetz-zeichen-von-disziplin-und-privatisierung.html
stephie :betterpride_flag: