International Law: Real or Fiction?
After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the term international rules-based order would be repeated by Washington officials almost daily to describe Moscow’s action. Then a curious thing happened when Israel invaded Gaza in 2023. The term virtually disappeared as the U.S. sought to protect its close ally Israel. But the U.S. itself has a long record of violating the international rules-based order with its invasions, occupations, coups, assassinations, sanctions and UN vetoes. Compliant corporate media consistently fail to point out this brazen hypocrisy. Since the leader of the so-called free world and its allies are not held to account the rules-based order is in total disorder. From Washington’s perspective, the rules are for thee but not for me.
Recorded at Socialism 2024.
Speaker
Noura Erakat
Noura Erakat is a human rights attorney and a professor of Africana Studies in the Program of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University. She is the author of the award-winning book Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine.
Catherine –
Her lecture is very detailed, factual and informative. I enjoyed listening to this podcast. She is very thorough and encourages the listeners to pay attention to what is going on in the world. A law is no good when it only serves the oppressors against the oppressed. The US and Israel is bullying and oppressing other countries and their people on a global scale. This is one of the most honest takes on the farce of international law.
Jerry Markatos –
Whether we want to advocate intelligently and honestly, or get help defending our collective humanity, Noura Erakat brings us “through the weeds” toward this essential goal.
Wynd –
Not understood, therefore not discussed, is Israel’s proclivity towards Apartheid, they are practiced.
If left up to them, this War will never end.
Seth Zimmerman –
Incisive, convincing, informative