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“All of that means BDS [boycott, divestment and sanctions]! Urgent, immediate BDS by all states and UN bodies. It cannot be interpreted in any other way in my view.“ Prominent UK human rights lawyer Daniel Machover breaks down the ICJ ruling on the nature of the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory and the duties which now fall on third party states to comply with the ruling. Support us: Daniel Machover is a leading British human rights lawyer who has represented clients in some of the most high profile civil cases in the UK including the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. Daniel is a partner at London law firm Hickman and Rose and a co-founder of Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights. He has previously managed to obtain arrest warrants in the UK for former Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni and former Israeli general Doron Almog, who are both accused of war crimes against Palestinians under occupation. Mark Seddon is a former UN Correspondent for Al Jazeera Television who also served as a speechwriter to the former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. 0:00 – Intro 02:27 – The significance of the ICJ ruling 04:19 – “The implications of this ruling are massive!” 04:47 – What do the rulings say? 10:39 – The United Nations could act on this ruling 13:57 – The ICJ ruling in 2004 vs the 2024 ruling today 17:47 – How the UK Foreign Secretary and western states should react to this ruling 21:09 – Is this having an impact on Israel and Israeli leaders? 23:08 – How long can the appeal process to the ICC take? 29:43 – “A moral and legal outrage” that polio has been discovered in Gaza Support us: Twitter: Instagram: Daily news:
