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I want you guys to all start making a bigger stink about Tumblr's Age Verification Horseshit.

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Because this has mostly been talked about with Windows 11, heads-up that this installed itself on every Windows 10 computer in our house with this week's update.

Today's hearing is beginning. Namibia is starting off

Namibian representative has a kufiya draped over her shoulder

Mentioned Germany committing the first genocide of the 20th century in Namibia, and is now talking about the similarities between Namibia and Palestine

Pointing out that an ICJ ruling helped Namibia's liberation. Other nations had also mentioned this in their presentations

Addressing the Palestinians directly with a message of hope, now passing it over to their second speaker

Namibia is focusing heavily on apartheid

Namibia is asking the court to set a strict time limit for the unconditional end of the Israeli occupation. Also acknowledging Israel's history of defying the UN and the ICJ

Norway is next. I don't know their stance

Talking about severe use of force in Gaza, illegal settlements, displacement and destruction of homes and so on

Talking about Hamas violating international law and needing to be held accountable, but that this does not justify measures taken against the civilian population

Discussing the possibility of this being a de facto annexation as it's been allowed to continue indefinitely

Norway's representative has been mentioning several previous ICJ rulings that are comparable to the current hearing

Quoted Netanyahu to prove that Israel's goal is annexation

second speaker for Noway is up and talking about Norway's full support for a two state solution

Discussing at length the process of Israel joining the UN and their responsibilities as a member state

Mentioning that the Israeli occupation has already been defined as illegal, quoting a Security Council resolution from 1980

Oman's delegation is up next

Accusing the international community of failing Palestinians in achieving their dream of having a free state, and mentioning the severity of the genocide happening in Gaza

Calling for an immediate and unconditional end to all actions, policies, and laws that prevent the Palestinian's right to self-determination

"There is no legal justification for continuing the occupation and denying the right of self-determination"

10 minute break, Pakistan will be first after the court resumes

Pakistan is now presenting

Discussing Pakistan's history of supporting Palestine, and stating that these hearings offer hope to the Palestinian people

Stating bluntly that this is not, if it ever was, a military occupation. It is annexation

Talking about how France previously withdrew over 1 million settlers from Algeria, and that this outnumbers the number of Israeli settlers in the OPT

Talking about the unique status of Jerusalem and how it is holy to all 3 Abrahamic religions, but Christians and Muslims have not had full religious freedom in the city

Discussing support and the necessity for the two state solution

Pakistan just called out the US for voting in favour of ending South Africa's occupation of Namibia in the past, but not doing so for Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories

Drawing parallels between the Namibia case and Palestine

Just stated that if the ICJ refrains from issuing a ruling they will be signaling to other powers that they too could possibly get away with illegal occupation

Indonesian representative is up now. She is wearing a kufiya

Quoting Natanyahu when he stated that no one, not even the Hague, could stop Israel

Did air quotes while mentioning the "rule-based international order"

Stating that the argument that an ICJ ruling would undermine the peace process is null because "there is no peace process to undermine"

"Negotiation with someone holding a gun to your head is not a negotiation"

"Never again means never again"

"For 75 years the lives of the Palestinian people has been treated as an exception to the rules of humanitarian law"

"Recent events did not occur in a vacuum"

"the so-called peace process is dead"

Talking about how the war in Gaza is being used as a cover for an increase in illegal settlement activity

"Before October 7th Gaza had already been described by the UN secretary general as 'hell on earth' today it is indescribable"

Just spoke about Israel murdering journalists and members of human rights organizations. I don't think I've heard any other delegation mention that

I’m getting the last of the Palestinian culture books I have scanned tomorrow and I don’t feel comfortable sharing these publicly anymore due to how they were taken. I will share these based on request for Palestinians but not online - Palestinian culture is not your playground. You don’t look at a people going through a genocide right now, see how I shared these sources specifically for Palestinians who didn’t have the access, and say “I can’t wait to use these for my ocs!!” have some fucking shame. I’m legitimately so angry

I don’t know how you read “hey Palestinians on tumblr here’s some books for you!” And go “wow is this for me?? To use for my dnd campaign??”. Are Palestinians only content for you? Are you incapable of looking at Palestinian culture without thinking of ways *you* can use it for yourself?