Much appreciated.

Why though?

Am a middle eastern civilian, how do I enlist?

It’s a half-pun about actual piracy. Not sure if illegal fishing is actually considered piracy, but that’s the idea.

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For manga: if they provide a good way to read it in (human) English without region locking, there’s no real problem.

Add within a reasonable timeframe of publishing. Idk if this is a problem with manga but at least it’s fucking ridiculous in light novels, where the English translation tends to be at least a year behind the original.

Slight correction: This is the case in the first world. In the third world (or at least in my country) it’s very much an economic situation because 10 bucks is more than many families’ electricity bill.

I mean you can probably find something for Muslims if you look at data from a Muslim majority country.

Why the fuck do they even do that?

Apparently it’s the former. Their prosecution rate is 8% apparently according to Wikipedia, because they’re too understaffed to deal with cases that can go either way. They also have a false confession problem, but that’s not what’s getting them to that rate.

So of course in the end it should come down to what you want to do and where you see yourself living a happier life, and not what people on the internet think you should do. However, purely from a “making the world a better place” perspective, I’d recommend not returning. I get the idea of trying to change society from within, but frankly I think Israel in its current state is beyond saving. The sense of invincibility, among other issues, is too much for simple activism to fix; the country as a whole needs the Nazi Germay treatment (the de-Nazification part, not the war part). At least by not being in Israel you make sure your tax money and children aren’t used in genocide.

I repeat, do what you feel is best for you, but to directly answer your question your absence does more to weaken the Israeli Apartheid apparatus than your presence. Do vote though; definitely vote.

What do you expect the ICJ to do? They need the UNSC’s approval to do anything more than this.

Tbf their competition is Blackrock.

Welcome to Israel, where they’re really intent on proving nuance doesn’t exist.

That funding is the leverage we have over Israel. Fully halting it eliminates that leverage, and then what?

If you’re not willing to halt, or even reduce, it, it’s not leverage anymore; you’re just being a doormat.

Stochastic terrorism folks.

Suxh copium. Al Jazeera’s only problem with you people is that it doesn’t toe the Western line.

Not sure how hostages and deaths are speculative evidence.

So let me address the deaths first. You can use those (the ones that can conclusively proven to be intentionally inflicted by Hamas forces, because it’s not all of them) to try foot soldiers and field commanders, people who were actually there. Not the guy at the very top who doesn’t even live in Gaza.

About the hostages, they’re the only way for Hamas to get even some of their demands. Which sounds bad until you realize those demands are things like lifting/loosening the blockade, toning down the surveillance (the surveilance Israel does in Gaza would make East Germany blush), not airstrike Gaza every five minutes, etc etc. It’s not pretty, but the hostages are very much a case of blame the game, not the player. Now if the ICC decides to prosecute for those I guess they can be traced back to Sinwar.

So the military goals are:

1-Actually attacking Israeli forces. Hamas attacked at least one (I don’t know the number) Israeli military base on October 7th.

2-Taking hostages yo Gaza can actually survive after the attack (and so they can hopefully get Israel to starve them less).

3-Delay Saudi Arabian naturalization. Or, in other words, prevent Saudi Arabia from selling out the Palestinian cause like everyone else did.

I’m not sure about the logistics of this, but if Netanyahu doesn’t get a guilty verdict it’ll validate all criticism of the ICC as a neo-colonialist tool.

But even by proxy, leaders are responsible for the actions of their subordinates.

Up to a point. If he says “I never gave that order” I don’t think anyone can prove otherwise, is what I’m trying to say.