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gaborrona.bsky.social @gaborrona.bsky.social · 23d

Looks like academia is about to experience an uptick on the pogrom meter because Tyler Robinson spent a semester in college.

www.huffpost.com/entry/republ...

Republicans Have Found A Dubious Place To Blame For Charlie Kirk's Shooting

There is no clear motive connected to the suspect, Tyler Robinson, 22.

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gaborrona.bsky.social @gaborrona.bsky.social · 29d

Can you think of anything more indicative of disinterest in peace than attacking the negotiators in a neutral country hosting peace talks?

www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Israel attacks Hamas leaders in Qatar, Trump says he's 'very unhappy' about strike

Hamas said five of its members had been killed in the attack.

www.reuters.com

gaborrona.bsky.social @gaborrona.bsky.social · Aug 26

'The Trump Administration’s War on the Laws of War.' I examine recent US approaches to international humanitarian law and the "concerted effort to unravel some of the most significant and hard-won threads of the international legal order."

Read here: www.ila-americanbranch.org/the-trump-ad...

gaborrona.bsky.social @gaborrona.bsky.social · Aug 8

If Putin comes to the US and is not arrested, we will be violating Geneva Conventions obligations to search for and try or extradite for trial persons suspected of having committed "grave breaches" of the Conventions.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...

Trump Says He Will Meet With Putin in Alaska Next Week

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gaborrona.bsky.social @gaborrona.bsky.social · Jul 31

There's still some hope in the courts:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/u...

Judge Bars Trump Administration From Punishing 2 Law Professors for I.C.C. Work

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gaborrona.bsky.social @gaborrona.bsky.social · Jun 15

In conclusion, the reason for deploying National Guard and U.S. Marines was to pressure L.A. cops to use excessive force against peaceful protestors to prevent them from getting near the National Guard and Marines.

gaborrona.bsky.social @gaborrona.bsky.social · May 16

Whoever's responsible for saying the student was wrong to express "one sided views" should be fired 'cause that's saying the quiet part out loud. On second thought, everyone at NYU responsible for withholding his diploma should be fired. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

NYU withholds diploma of student who used commencement speech to address Israel-Hamas war

The university said the student “lied about the speech he was going to deliver and violated the commitment he made to comply with our rules.”

www.nbcnews.com

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gaborrona.bsky.social @gaborrona.bsky.social · Apr 25

While students are being targeted for protesting Israeli war crimes, check out the warm welcome at Mar-a-Lago, Yale U, and in the fund-raising salons of NYC's Upper East Side for an Israeli official actually convicted of terrorism charges:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Israel’s far-right security minister to visit Yale day after Mar-a-Lago dinner

Itamar Ben-Gvir, who has past convictions for supporting terrorism, attended fundraiser at Trump’s resort

www.theguardian.com

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gaborrona.bsky.social @gaborrona.bsky.social · Apr 19

What protocols are in place to protect Mr. Garcia from retaliation by the brutal government holding him at the behest of a vengeful government that shipped him off without due process? It is unethical to expose detainees to such risks without safeguards. The ICRC knows:
www.icrc.org/en/document/...

What we do for detainees

In the event of armed conflict and other situations of violence, detainees are acutely vulnerable to forced disappearance, extrajudicial killing, torture and ill treatment, inhumane material condition...

www.icrc.org

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gaborrona.bsky.social @gaborrona.bsky.social · Mar 14

Apart from whether he is deportable, can someone tell me why the government wasn't ordered to produce him and release him at the hearing? I understand immigration law permits detention, but isn't that for people alleged to be here unlawfully or to have committed crimes? He is neither of those.

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gaborrona.bsky.social @gaborrona.bsky.social · Mar 14

International law is part of our law and the prohibition of the threat or use of aggressive force, per Art. 2(4) of the UN Charter, is perhaps THE most significant provision of international law. We're talking well beyond garden-variety high crimes or misdemeanors.
www.rawstory.com/trump-greenl...

'It would mean war': Trump assailed after threatening to 'pull a Crimea' on ally

President Donald Trump created an international firestorm on Thursday after suggesting that “NATO might have to get involved” to help the United States invade Greenland in the interest of “internation...

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gaborrona.bsky.social @gaborrona.bsky.social · Mar 7

Columbia students who oppose Israeli war crimes are being used by the university as human sacrifices to MAGA.

www.dropsitenews.com/p/columbia-u...

Columbia University’s Secret Disciplinary Process for Students Critical of Israel

As Trump threatens sweeping action against “illegal protest” on college campuses, Columbia is already using secret processes to punish pro-Palestine students

www.dropsitenews.com

gaborrona.bsky.social @gaborrona.bsky.social · Feb 5

2) being incompetent himself, and knowing it, he must opt for incompetence to avoid being challenged by the competent - lessons he learned from Fauci, Milley, et al.

gaborrona.bsky.social @gaborrona.bsky.social · Feb 5

In the rush of justified outrage over his nominees there’s surprisingly little discussion of why he deliberately picked such incompetent sycophants.

My answer: 1) the more outrageous his choices, the more it cements his domination over those Rs who believe they are powerless to oppose them; and ...

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gaborrona.bsky.social @gaborrona.bsky.social · Feb 5

And Putin must be delighted at the US threatening to take over Gaza while it complains about Russia taking over Crimea.

gaborrona.bsky.social @gaborrona.bsky.social · Feb 5

Bibi confirms the righteousness of the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant against him for war crimes when he stands by approvingly while Trump calls for the crime against humanity of ethnic cleansing of Gaza.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Trump Says He Wants U.S. To Take Ownership Of Gaza Strip

Trump renewed his call to Arab nations to relocate displaced Palestinians as he welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House.

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gaborrona.bsky.social @gaborrona.bsky.social · Jan 2

Nearing 74, the same as what Gandhi is reported to have said when asked what he thought of Western Civilization: "I think it would be a good idea."

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gaborrona.bsky.social @gaborrona.bsky.social · Dec 23

Maybe 5% of 10s of 1,000s of homicides/yr trigger federal prosecution with only 40 people on federal death row for decades of cases. The death penalty is an arbitrary crapshoot. If it “must stop” (Biden), commuting some but not all death sentences is irrational. www.bbc.com/news/article...

President Joe Biden commutes 37 out of 40 federal death sentences

The president condemns the murderers but says the death penalty at federal level "must stop".

www.bbc.com

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gaborrona.bsky.social @gaborrona.bsky.social · Dec 16

I Chair the International Humanitarian Law Committee of the American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA). We have issued this Statement opposing sanctions against the International Criminal Court:
www.ila-americanbranch.org/committee_re...

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gaborrona.bsky.social @gaborrona.bsky.social · Dec 16

Exactly.

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gaborrona.bsky.social @gaborrona.bsky.social · Dec 16

Every day brings a new worst thing. Today it’s ABC folding in the defamation case brought against it by Trump – a case ABC most certainly would have won - because avoiding his wrath is so much more important than integrity for mainstream media.
www.politico.com/news/2024/12...

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gaborrona.bsky.social @gaborrona.bsky.social · Dec 6

Without expressing an opinion on Amnesty's conclusion, this debate is why we argue that even compliance with IHL (and Israel routinely violates IHL) doesn't necessarily rule out genocide.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/can-...

Can Armed Attacks That Comply With IHL Nonetheless Constitute Genocide?

IHL and genocide are two separate bodies of law with two separate analytical frameworks, and the law is not clear as to the interplay between them. 

www.lawfaremedia.org

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gaborrona.bsky.social @gaborrona.bsky.social · Dec 5

Terrific! An attorney general who’s never heard of the 1st Amendment! If this was the only thing I knew about him, it would be more than enough to decide he’s unqualified. Hope ACLU is ready to triple its payroll.

gaborrona.bsky.social @gaborrona.bsky.social · Nov 29

A compelling argument that you can either stand with Israel or with Netanyahu, but not both. And that standing against Netanyahu is essential to peace and justice for Palestine. As for the US, anti-ICC demagogues like Lindsay Graham and Josh Hawley must be shut down.

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Could the International Criminal Court's arrest warrants break Netanyahu's grip on power?

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www.haaretz.com

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gaborrona.bsky.social @gaborrona.bsky.social · Nov 27

Companies are using US synagogues to market land in the Israeli settlements in OPT, thus aiding and abetting the war crime of transferring one's own population into occupied territory. Does anyone know of efforts to prohibit this practice in the US or elsewhere?

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

The Illegality of Israeli Settlement Real Estate Sales

Buying and selling real estate in the Occupied Palestinian Territories violates international law and various UN resolutions, and may constitute a war crime under the Rome Statute.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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