Ruling Challenges Media Stance on Palestine

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"On July 30, the U.N. Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner said: 

'States must immediately review all diplomatic, political, and economic ties with Israel, inclusive of business and finance, pension funds, academia and charities.'”

Ruling Challenges Media Stance on Palestine

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"Being a crime against humanity, administering apartheid makes Israeli officials war criminals even without taking into account the regime’s crimes in Gaza, which the ICJ in a separate ruling in January said amounted to a case of plausible genocide." 

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"Some hold out little hope. Canterbury University academic and geopolitical commentator Josephine Varghese said: 

'I don’t think the ICJ presents an imperative for media outlets like ABC to change their language. The Australian state is a close ally of the U.S. and Israel and their economic interests are deeply interwoven. Western states and media institutions, contrary to their own assertions, are largely anti-democratic in nature and strive, first and foremost, to protect the political and economic interests of their ruling class.'”