South Africa presented it’s case, an 84-page filing, at the ICJ for why Israel is in violation of international humanitarian law.

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No end in sight as Israel-Hamas war hits 100-day mark

Media call this a war. It is not. It is a slaughter, it is a state-driven terrorism with the goal of genocide, against a people with no air force or anti-missile technology to help them. They are sitting ducks in a pen, nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, no way to fight back. The Gaza civilians, women and children are not Hamas, they have no weapons to fight with. All they can do is suffer and die. Israel tries to justify it saying they were attacked, Hamas started. One boy hits another boy doesn’t give the struck boy the right to kill the other boy’s entire family and neighborhood. Israel lies about allowing food and other aid into Gaza because it is about causing as much hurt, pain, and destruction as possible. The Israeli government think they are above any attempts to stop them and have the right to do what ever they want to anyone they like. We need to show them they are wrong. Hugs. Scottie

With the Israel-Hamas war entering its 100th day, there is growing international concern about the increasing civilian death toll in Gaza as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to continue the assault. Meanwhile, vigils were held in Israel in support of those who remain held hostage in Gaza. Charlie D’Agata reports.

100 days of Israel-Hamas war: AP looks at conflict’s impact on the region

Over 23,000 Palestinians dead, about 11,000 are children, most of the rest are women. There are an estimated 2 million people homeless and displaced, with no shelter or food in the winter cold and rain. Israel said it won’t stop, it says it will continue what it is doing all through 2024. Their plan is for an incredible dense small area reservation tightly controlled by Israel, which hopes to force the Palestinians to become so desperate they will either overwhelm the Egyptian border or die off and leaving until there are no Palestinians left. Israel has said they are working to force deport the all Palestinians from Gaza and the West bank. This is a land grab genocide by Israel. Different officials in the government admit it. Bibi brags about knifing the US in the back as he has demanded more money, he laughs as he claims he prevented any attempt to form a two-state solution. He is as racist against Palestinians as republicans are toward brown people. Hugs. Scottie

Now 100 days old, the latest Israel-Hamas war is by far the longest, bloodiest, and most destructive conflict between the bitter enemies.

An update on Scotties life.

Like everyone, I always have the best of intentions. I planned this weekend for getting to comments and putting away old saved tabs. But fate and my memories get in the way. And right now I hurt badly. Not asking for sympathy, I just want to explain if I end up late on doing what I said I would.

This last week I have fluctuating between active memories of my abuse including the feelings as it was happening, to being very depressed and not wanting to even get out of bed. So I went from if I sleep having nightmares to not being willing / able to sleep to when sleeping not being willing to get out of bed to function. Plus Friday I had my allergy shots, had a bad reaction had to take Benadryl, and while tearing my skin off went to bed early.

This morning is an example. I went to bed at 4 pm yesterday (remember having a bad allergy reaction and taking Benadryl) telling Ron I wanted to get up at 6 pm. But when he came to me then, I said I was not ready to get up. He understood. Since I opened up to him more about my abuse he understands some of the moods I have and me trying to hide in being distracted. I woke at midnight but couldn’t bring my self to get up. I laid there watching the clock, the thoughts in my head fighting with each other. Some telling me to get up and do computer stuff, the other voices told me to stay in bed, ignore everything, maybe sleep. A couple of times I did sleep for a few minutes until the dreams turned bad, and I woke up agitated. Once Ron woke me asking if I was OK because I was having a bad dream about my abuse and verbalizing it. At 2 am, I reminded my self of my promise to get up and work on comments. At 4 am, I told my self the outside cats needed to be fed and cared for. Finally at about 5 something I forced my self out of bed but mostly because my stomach was hurting due to lack of food (something I knew all too well and was triggering on its own which caused its own bad feedback loop in my head. As an adult in a restaurant I would order far more than I could eat, and it took Ron a long time to teach me how not to do that. At home I would cook for far more people than the two of us could eat. When Ron would cook I would fill my plate with far more than I could eat. Only after I told him how I had been denied food, hospitalized and went clinically dead from being starved and was suffering malnutrition for long periods of my childhood did he understand. If my grandfather had not grabbed me and taken me to the ER I would not be here.) and plus my bowels needing relief.

I got up and was doing well, I feed and took care of cats, I did other chores and went to town on the computer stuff I needed to get done. But yesterday the water was off for most of the day, so we didn’t wash the dishes from yesterday. So about 10 am I started washing dishes, cleaning up the kitchen, and washing the more dishes. Also pre-making the coffee for morning. For some reason that whole thing took me until 2 pm! During that I had to take extra medication, and now I am having a vodka cola drink.

All this to say, I am going to concentrate on current comments while saving posts so that by morning they won’t disappear. I will work as long as I can (Ron has already been asking me what I want for supper as he knows how tired I am and wants to make sure I eat before going to bed) doing the comments and will save those I don’t get to for tomorrow, which should be a slower day. I saved all the comments from the last few days so if you left comments know I will answer them, I really love that you commented. Thank you. It just has been a struggle for a few months with my memories, emotions, and my body. Hugs, loves, best wishes to all. Scottie

UN Court Starts Genocide Hearing Against Israel Despite US Calling Case ‘Meritless’

A U.N. court began hearings this week on South Africa’s case against Israel for genocide — a bid to stop the conflict in Gaza and document what the Palestinian ally calls Israeli forces’ “genocidal conduct.” The U.S. calls the case “meritless.” Anita Powell reports; Patsy Widakuswara contributed.