More than 20 countries are convening in Bogota next week to declare “concrete measures against Israel’s violations of international law”, diplomats told Middle East Eye.
The “emergency summit” is due to be held on 15-16 July, co-hosted by the governments of Colombia and South Africa as co-chairs of The Hague Group, to coordinate diplomatic and legal action to counter what they describe as “a climate of impunity” enabled by Israel and its powerful allies.
The founding members of the group included Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Malaysia, Namibia, Senegal and South Africa.
States due to take part in the summit include Algeria, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Honduras, Indonesia, Ireland, Lebanon, Malaysia, Namibia, Nicaragua, Oman, Portugal, Spain, Qatar, Turkey, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Uruguay, and Palestine.
Fuck yes! It’s about time.
I am very curious to see how US, the fascist dog of Israel will react to that. More taxes?
Picture says more than a thousand words.
of all these countries that are taking measures against the settler entity, what surprises me is that 1) china didn’t took action before; 2) portugal is taking action despite montenegro; and 3) chile is taking action despite boric.
What can we realistically expect from this group?
It would be great if they could at least sanction Israel and the US in addition to what some of these states are already doing unilaterally, but short of blocking any further shipping of arms (many of these countries are positioned on or near key straits in the region, I guess) what else can they do other than direct conflict or more performative decrees from the same neoliberal-dominated institutions that are currently failing us?
china could do a whole lot, they just doing the most “we don’t interfere with other people business” smolbean shit imaginable, they are third largest trading partner to entity. Would be nice if they’ve had more spine than colombia
What can we realistically expect from this group?
nothing
Good.
Man I really hope this doesn’t turn into a proxy war.
One side already has the Western world supporting them. Can’t get much worse if the Global South starts arming the resistance except them being able to fight back.
It is objectively the right thing to do and very important, and at the same time, as an American I desperately do not want a proxy war. Donald trump would love to have an excuse to give even more ludicrous amounts of taxpayers dollars to military contractors at a time when no one can afford shit and cost of living is spiking
I really do not want a proxy war 🥹
You’re already in multiple proxy wars, I’m afraid
Yeaaah. 🥲🥲
would love to have an excuse to give even more ludicrous amounts of taxpayers dollars to military contractors
The idea that anyone would need an excuse to give military contractors infinite money in this country is the funniest thing I’ve heard all day.
Fair honestly. I just can’t help but think that having an excuse would make it worse 😅
Not sure why people are downvoting me for not wanting a proxy war, that seems like a pretty reasonable way to feel as best I can see…
The US doesn’t have the industrial capacity, there’s a difference between currency and the actual physical industrialization needed to maintain a proxy war.
