SHABBAT READING:
The Founding of Israel’s Judicial System: Prof. Bernard M. Levinson, The Torah.com, July 6, 2021 — While visiting the Israelite camp in the wilderness, Jethro grows puzzled as he observes Moses, his son-in-law, spending his entire day judging the people:
שׁמות יח:יג וַיְהִי מִמָּחֳרָת וַיֵּשֶׁב מֹשֶׁה לִשְׁפֹּט אֶת־הָעָם וַיַּעֲמֹד הָעָם עַל־מֹשֶׁה מִן־הַבֹּקֶר עַד־הָעָרֶב.
Exod 18:13 Moses sat as judge for the people, as the people stood about Moses from dawn to dusk.[1]
Jethro asks Moses to explain why he is required to spend the entire day working, surrounded by a milling crowd. Upon hearing Moses’s reply that the situation persists because the people keep bringing their issues to Moses to decide, Jethro responds sharply:
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KARIM KHAN TARGETTED
THE WHITE HOUSE: IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT: EXECUTIVE ORDER, February 6, 2025 — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
UN Balks at Trump Move to Deny an ‘Illegitimate’ ICC Prosecutor Entry to America: Benny Avni, The New York Sun, Feb. 13, 2025 — In a battle over jurisdiction, or lack thereoff, the United Nations is contesting President Trump’s legal right to deny entry to America for the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor, Karim Khan.
“I Was Hounded, Day In, Day Out”: Johanna Berkman, Air Mail, Feb. 1, 2025 — Last November, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres declined to renew the contract of U.N. Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Alice Wairimu Nderitu, who did not label Israel’s war against Hamas a genocide, even while other U.N. officials have either done so or released reports which make this claim.***
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The ICC is Courting Payback: James S. Robbins, Real Clear World, Feb. 12, 2025
Time For Justice at the International Criminal Court Over Israel: Ran Kivetz, The Times-Tribune, Feb. 13, 2025
The UN’s Loathing of Israel Is Out of Control: Barry O’Halloran, Spiked. Feb. 11, 2025
Directly Beneath UNRWA’s Gaza Headquarters, IDF Uncovers Top Secret Hamas Data Center: Emanuel Fabian, Times of Israel, Feb. 10, 2025
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For Further Reference:
White House Officially Sanctions ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan: Izzy Salant, JNS, Feb. 13, 2025 — The U.S. Treasury Department officially sanctioned Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, on Thursday over the court’s investigation of alleged Israeli war crimes against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the issuing of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials.
How Western Governments Are Funding the Persecution of Jews: Brendan O’Neill, Spiked, Feb. 3, 2025 — The British government helped to fund the persecution of a British Jew. That’s the takeaway from Emily Damari’s revelation that she was held in an UNRWA facility for some of the hellish time she spent in Hamas captivity.
The West Is Enabling Hamas’s Propaganda and the Hostages Are Paying The Price – Opinion: Zina Rakhamilova, Jerusalem Post, Feb. 11, 2025 — For nearly 500 days, 79 Israeli hostages have endured unimaginable suffering in Hamas’s underground dungeons – starved, beaten, and psychologically tortured.
No Help for Hostages: Israel’s Rocky Relationship with the Red Cross: Ellie Grant. The Jewish Chronicle, Feb. 3, 2025 — The chaotic scenes at the release of eight hostages in southern Gaza on Thursday has again thrust the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) and its role in the conflict into the spotlight.
Facing Flak, Red Cross Defends Its Role in Israel-Hamas War: TOI staff and AFP, Times of Israel, Feb. 1, 2025 — The Red Cross, accused of not doing enough to help hostages in Gaza, has defended itself in a rare statement outlining the limits of its role.