I watched the whole Hague hearing from start to finish and a lot of really egregious things were said on behalf of Israel. Lies of such outrageous proportion. But I would like to draw attention to this little line by Co-Agent of Israel, Tal Becker's Opening statement in defense of Israel:

  1. We live at a time when words are cheap. In an age of social media and identity politics, the temptation to reach for the most outrageous term, to vilify and demonize, has become for many irresistible. But if there is a place where words should still matter, where truth should still matter, it is surely a court of law.

How can anyone take this seriously. Who is still complaining about identity politics in 2024. At the fucking hague.

I feel like this guy was sort of there to draw heat because he was so strikingly obnoxious everything he said was flippant as fuck and made it difficult to continue watching.

Source: Transcript of Israel's submissions regarding provisional measures

(I feel compelled to also include this link Transcript of South Africa's submissions regarding provisional measures)

  • 4am@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    The actual problem with social media is the brainrot it’s caused towards IRL interactions where it seems the bad guys can just pretend the good guys are being annoying or dramatic when they go after them.

    “Hey, stop the genocide”

    “Ugh, you’re such an antisemitic drama queen with your TikTok vitriol”

    • xor@infosec.pub
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      6 months ago

      reminds me of when they killed net neutrality, faked like they didn't get the petitions and phone calls, and then released a video of the head of the ftc making fun of online trends that kids do....