Mainstream Media Discovers 'Precedent' After Decades of Israeli Impunity
The New Arab courageously points out that Israel's Gaza campaign 'threatens the very foundations of international law.' (One might ask: which foundations?) This bold observation comes after decades of documented illegal settlements, demolitions, blockades, and invasions that somehow never quite managed to set a *dangerous* enough precedent to alter US policy. It wasn't dangerous enough when the
International Court of Justice declared the separation wall illegal in 2004, or when Human Rights Watch documented Israeli war crimes in 2009, 2014, and practically every year since. Perhaps the 'dangerous precedent' is merely that the world is finally noticing. Or perhaps it's that Senator Lindsey Graham, who took over $1.7 million from pro-Israel groups since 2000 per OpenSecrets.org, still
openly dismisses the International Criminal Court. The real precedent, it seems, isn't Israel's actions, but the world's endless patience for performative hand-wringing while the slaughter continues.