Long Reads: Israel's Triple Jeopardy w/ John Reynolds

<p>Last week, the International Court of Justice issued a landmark ruling on the status of Israel’s occupation of Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem. Israel is currently facing several challenges through the international legal system. The ICJ has also been hearing a South African case that accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza. And the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has requested arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defense minister Yoav Gallant.</p><br /><p>John Reynolds, a professor of law at Maynooth University and the author of <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/empire-emergency-and-international-law/9B73F792576334E8F97034A9569D5644" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><em>Empire, Emergency, and International Law</em></a>, joins <em>Long Reads</em> to discuss these developments. John previously <a href="https://shows.acast.com/jacobin-radio/episodes/long-reads-israel-on-trial-gaza-icj" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">spoke to us back in January</a> after the ICJ gave its first response to the South African genocide case.</p><br /><p>Find John's articles for <em>Jacobin </em>here: <a href="https://jacobin.com/author/john-reynolds" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://jacobin.com/author/john-reynolds</a></p><br /><p>Also see recent investigations into Israel's covert war on the ICC at <a href="https://www.972mag.com/icc-israel-surveillance-investigation/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><em>+972</em></a><em></em>and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/28/spying-hacking-intimidation-israel-war-icc-exposed" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><em>The Guardian</em></a><em>.</em></p><br /><p><em>Long Reads</em> is a Jacobin podcast looking in-depth at political topics and thinkers, both contemporary and historical, with the magazine’s longform writers. Hosted by features editor Daniel Finn. Produced by Conor Gillies, music by Knxwledge.</p>