ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoJapan suspends funding to UNRWA over alleged staff ties to Oct. 7 Hamas attackwww3.nhk.or.jpexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down111
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minus-squareArete@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down4·1 year agoEven if that were true, which it isn’t, Japan isn’t a party to the ruling. They can choose to donate their own money (or not) however they want. I suggest you read the actual ruling and dissenting opinion, they’re quite informative.
minus-squareMrkawfee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year agoJapan isn’t a party to the ruling but it is a signatory to the genocide convention as are the other countries that have withheld funding so they have an obligation not to make the situation worse. It’s a morally depraved act.
Even if that were true, which it isn’t, Japan isn’t a party to the ruling. They can choose to donate their own money (or not) however they want.
I suggest you read the actual ruling and dissenting opinion, they’re quite informative.
Japan isn’t a party to the ruling but it is a signatory to the genocide convention as are the other countries that have withheld funding so they have an obligation not to make the situation worse.
It’s a morally depraved act.