The recent tabling of S.RES 02 showcases the blatant hypocrisy of the Rice administration and sets a dangerous precedent of silencing students’ intellectual discussion. The resolution called for the SA’s creation of an Ethical Advisory Board, which would monitor Blanket Tax spending on companies deemed complicit in the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
"In 2019 my life was changed by an act of terrorism perpetrated by Brenton Tarrant in Christchurch, New Zealand, which claimed the lives of 51 civilians, including my close friend Atta Elayyan," writes Aly Mohamed in a Guest Commentary. "Tarrant drew inspiration from Anders Breivik, who carried out a terrorist attack in Oslo eight years prior."
It appears that a major Muslim, Arab and young voter backlash is emerging in the West as a result of US and US Alliance support for neo-Nazi Apartheid Israel
In a provisional order delivered on January 26, the ICJ ruled that at least some of Israel's actions in Gaza amount to genocide. Though the ICJ failed to order an immediate cease-fire as sought by South Africa, it categorically ruled that Israel must take all possible measures to prevent genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Though it will take years for the ICJ to render a decision on the merits, it ordered six provisional measures, including to limit the death and destruction caused by its military campaign, to prevent and punish direct and public incitement to genocide, and to take immediate and effective steps to ensure that humanitarian assistance is provided to civilians in the besieged Gaza Strip