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US congress receives bill to review South Africa relations following ‘politically motivated’ ICJ case

Not being American have I got this right, there is a bipartisan bill aimed at punishing South Africa for raising what the the International Court of Justice then subsequently found it plausible Israel has committed acts of genocide against Gaza?

If the US wants to advocate for adherence to a rules based order then it has to be willing to abide by it, otherwise why would others?

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‘Our beautiful sister’: Friends pay tribute to Australian aid worker killed in Gaza

Israel forces have killed Israeli hostages under a white flag, killed large numbers of women and children, bombed hospitals and refugee camps, along with killing reporters and aid workers...while Israel always had the right to defend itself that is not justification for extrajudicial killings or genocide, both of which should provoke harsh international condemnation and responses.

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Biggest Privacy Erosion in 10 Years? On Google’s Policy Change Towards Fingerprinting

Yet another corporate self-serving move that should highlight the need for de-googling, but with a monopolist controlling information flow how many will notice, and if they do, how many will recognize there are counter options, even if made difficult by the dominant web player...I would like to say it is blatantly time to break up big tech, but realistically I can't see that happening, given regulatory capture of US politics, on both sides, as an outside observer.