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The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, holds public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by South Africa in the case South Africa v. Israel on 11 and 12 January 2024, at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the Court. Guest: Almudena Bernabeu is a renowned international human rights lawyer. She is the co-founder and director of Guernica 37 International Justice Chambers.  Ms Bernabeu has been involved in the investigation and prosecution of several cases and human rights violations in Latin America, the Middle East, and Europe, including the historic judgment of former president of Guatemala, Efrain Rios Montt, who in May 2013 was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity against the Ixil Maya people. He was sentenced to 80 years in prison. The post Public Hearings in the Case South Africa v. Israel – Oral argument of South Africa appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Juan Cole is the Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan, is the author of several books including his latest, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: A New Translation From the Persian. The post The US Politics in the Middle East & The South Africa’s Genocide Case Against Israel appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Ryan Grim is DC bureau chief for The Intercept, co-host of the show Counter Points and Deconstructed, and author of the books “We’ve Got People,” “This Is Your Country On Drugs,” and his latest, “The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution.”         The post Th Israeli Lobby and the Squad appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: John Nichols is the national affairs correspondent for The Nation Magazine. He is the author of several books including his latest co-written with Senator Bernie Sanders, “It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism.”  His Latest piece in the Nation is: Kevin McCarthy’s Final Act of Retribution Totally Screws Over the House GOP.  With his exit from the House, the embittered former speaker leaves his caucus with a collapsed majority that may not be able to govern.   Photo (c): Wikimedia commons. The post The Supreme Court & Trump’s Eligibility for Colorado Primary Ballot appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: James M. Scott is the author of several books including Rampage, Target Tokyo, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and his latest is Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb. The post The Firebombing of Tokyo and the Road to the Atomic Bomb appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Farah Karim-Cooper is a professor of Shakespeare studies at King’s College London and Director of Education at Shakespeare’s Globe. She is the author of The Great White Bard: How to Love Shakespeare While Talking About Race. The post Shakespeare & Race appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Ussama Makdisi is Professor of History and Chancellor’s Chair at the University of California Berkeley. He is the author of the Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World. The post An Age of Coexistence in Palestine appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Greg King is an award-winning journalist and activist credited with spearheading the movement to protect Headwaters Forest, in Humboldt County, California. He is the author of The Ghost Forest: Racists, Radicals, and Real Estate in the California Redwoods The post The California Redwoods: A History of Plunder & Resistance appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Yunte Huang is a Guggenheim Fellow and a professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong’s Rendezvous with American History. The post The Life & Times of Anna May Wong appeared first on KPFA.

Mae Ngai is the author of The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes and Global Politics. The post The Opium Wars, The Gold Rush and the Formation of Global Capitalism appeared first on KPFA.