{"id":1516054,"date":"2024-02-23T17:02:49","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T17:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fair.org\/?p=9038398"},"modified":"2024-02-23T17:02:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T17:02:49","slug":"gregory-shupak-and-trita-parsi-on-gaza-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2024\/02\/23\/gregory-shupak-and-trita-parsi-on-gaza-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Gregory Shupak and Trita Parsi on Gaza Assault"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode wp-block-audio\" id=\"audio-9038398-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/counterspin\/content.blubrry.com\/counterspin\/CounterSpin240223.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/counterspin\/content.blubrry.com\/counterspin\/CounterSpin240223.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/counterspin\/content.blubrry.com\/counterspin\/CounterSpin240223.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9038399\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9038399\" class=\" wp-image-9038399\" src=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Reuters-UN-Veto-446x350.png\" alt=\"Reuters: US blocks ceasefire call with third UN veto in Israel-Hamas war\" width=\"350\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Reuters-UN-Veto-446x350.png 446w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Reuters-UN-Veto-640x502.png 640w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Reuters-UN-Veto.png 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9038399\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>Reuters<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us-casts-third-veto-un-action-since-start-israel-hamas-war-2024-02-20\/\">2\/20\/24<\/a>)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week on <strong>CounterSpin<\/strong>: International human rights lawyer Craig Mokhiber <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/uc_TpTsd2VQ?si=Y2KPaY0UwqMfyE49\">told<\/a> <strong>Electronic Intifada<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/accuracy.org\/release\/myths-about-israel-and-international-law\/\">recently<\/a> that the International Court of Justice hearings on the legality of Israel\u2019s 56-year occupation of Palestinian land are<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>the largest case in history\u2014more than 50 countries are taking part in this, and the US is virtually alone\u2026in defending the legality of Israel\u2019s occupation. Most states are affirming its illegality and cataloging Israeli war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other gross violations of international law.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Every day the US falls more out of step with the world in its support for Israel\u2019s violent assault on Gaza. As Mokhiber said, US <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us-casts-third-veto-un-action-since-start-israel-hamas-war-2024-02-20\/\">vetoes of ceasefires<\/a> in the UN Security Council, after which thousands more were killed, mean the US is directly responsible for those deaths: \u201cComplicity is a crime.\u201d Many in the US press seem divorced from the idea of US responsibility, and somehow we\u2019re seeing more of the opinions of random TV actors than of groups on the ground in Palestine, and international human rights and legal bodies.<\/p>\n<p>We get some update on this unfolding nightmare from author and activist <a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/author\/gregory-shupak\/\">Gregory Shupak<\/a>, from the University of Guelph-Humber in Toronto, and from Trita Parsi, co-founder and executive vice president at the Quincy Institute for <a href=\"https:\/\/quincyinst.org\/author\/trita-parsi\/\"><strong>Responsible Statecraft<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode wp-block-audio\" id=\"audio-9038398-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/counterspin\/content.blubrry.com\/counterspin\/CounterSpin240223Shupak.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/counterspin\/content.blubrry.com\/counterspin\/CounterSpin240223Shupak.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/counterspin\/content.blubrry.com\/counterspin\/CounterSpin240223Shupak.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode wp-block-audio\" id=\"audio-9038398-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/counterspin\/content.blubrry.com\/counterspin\/CounterSpin240223Parsi.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/counterspin\/content.blubrry.com\/counterspin\/CounterSpin240223Parsi.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/counterspin\/content.blubrry.com\/counterspin\/CounterSpin240223Parsi.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/gregory-shupak-and-trita-parsi-on-gaza-assault\/\">Gregory Shupak and Trita Parsi on Gaza Assault<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/\">FAIR<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/gregory-shupak-and-trita-parsi-on-gaza-assault\/\">CounterSpin<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 This week on CounterSpin: International human rights lawyer Craig Mokhiber told Electronic Intifada recently that the International Court of Justice hearings on the legality of Israel\u2019s 56-year occupation of Palestinian land are the largest case in history\u2014more than 50 countries are taking part in this, and the US is virtually alone\u2026in defending the legality [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/gregory-shupak-and-trita-parsi-on-gaza-assault\/\">Gregory Shupak and Trita Parsi on Gaza Assault<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/\">FAIR<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1253,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[422,259,221,51,73919,262,263],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1516054"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1253"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1516054"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1516054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1673044,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1516054\/revisions\/1673044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1516054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1516054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1516054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}