So... on Sunday Chat and I read the Statement by "Scholars for Truth About Genocide" and... yeesh. Apparently the standard is "can you think of any other explanation for Israel's attack on Gaza that is not genocide?" and you're done. (It's not) youtu.be/OVFSAOmgr34

I had a blast talking about to my old friend and mentor Rob McLaughlin and the phenomenal @alonso-gd.bsky.social about why sinking random "drug" vessels is lawless AF

A US kinetic strike on a suspected drug boat, lawful self-defence or utterly lawless? (No prizes for guessing.) Join @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social, Rob McLaughlin & @alonso-gd.bsky.social on #CalledToTheBar as they unpack law & blurred lines in the “war on drugs/terror.” soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...

State A invades State B - an act of aggression B’s citizen’s form armed group B1 and attack A’s citizens, unlawfully State A claims B1’s attacks are an armed attack that triggers its right to self defence in B’s territory. A claims it is therefore not an aggressor in B

Yesterday Chat and I discussed the very stupid trolling campaign against @genocidescholars.bsky.social after it passed a Resolution determining that Gaza meets the definition of genocide. youtu.be/tuHUBJ089lw

While the US’ targeting of a Venezuelan boat is unprecedented, use of force against drug traffickers in LatAm isn’t. For decades now Latin states have adopted local laws to shoot down drug *planes*. The US had opposed this since it killed a baby in 2001 mistaking a missionary plane for a drug one

Every single overview of the US’ targeting of a narco-trafficking vessel on the high-seas in a Venezuelan ship omitting to point out that this is subject to the jurisdiction of the Inter-American Human Rights System (and what it’s case-law has said of this) is so very “Global Academia” :P

I'm starting a new series of shorter video essays debunking widely disseminated views on int'l law to improve int'l law discourse online. The first in the series: why Israel's 1:1 civilian to combatant ratio claim is a myth. Let me know if you have ideas for future videos. youtu.be/bQFozvlimbk

Check out @alonso-gd.bsky.social's summary of "The Academic Consensus on Gaza": www.youtube.com/watch?si=jOU... #genocide #genocidestudies

It's that time of the year again folks, get your nerd hat on

This reinforces my belief that the way to solve this whole thing is to put a booth in France and give each asylum seeker a stamped piece of paper with a queue number and the words “legal migrant” in it and a free ferry ticket

Seriously, UK? Sorry I am not giving my personal and identifying data to a shady US private company subject to no regulations to feed the paranoia of 70 year-old British politicians who don't get how the internet works, you guys will need to wait till I am using this with a VPN to send me chats.

New video: Yesterday I told Chat why I'm so excited about Brazil joining South Africa's ICJ case and how the legacy and work of Brazil's most famous international lawyer -Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade- is sorely needed in today's discussion about genocidal intent youtu.be/zMo9MrLsNCw

Academics have been saying there's a genocide in Gaza for months. What have they been saying and why have their arguments not been at all part of the conversation? New video essay: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFPc...

Academics have been saying there's a genocide in Gaza for months. What have they been saying and why have their arguments not been at all part of the conversation? New video essay: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFPc...

A great piece that draws on my work on anti-colonial law-making to challenge the idea that those who seek to restrain the practice of war simply lack experience of it.

My latest @opiniojuris.bsky.social opiniojuris.org/2025/07/22/t...

Omg we are so screwed… these people live in 1985

Yesterday Chat and I discussed the difference between genocide and ethnic cleansing, how both concepts came to be and how we got to see them as different things. youtu.be/al5HIq8cP2Q

I’m so excited to be in @tldrnews.bsky.social’s Too Long magazine. As a big fan of their work I am very happy to be able to support young-led independent high quality news orgs. Be sure to get a copy and support them

Gente eu sei que vocês deiram o meu RG pra Tilda Swinton mas me desculpam hoje vou fazer de conta que sou Brasileiro e vocês vão fingir ok? Que orgulho pqp 🇧🇷 🇿🇦 🇵🇸

Yesterday, Chat and I read Francesca Albanese’s latest Report on Israel's Economy of Genocide together. If you haven’t had time to read it and you want to listen to the “audiobook + commentary” version while you do the dishes, this video is for you youtu.be/mv-qwXvaavw

I have an article coming up in this on “what drives anti-establishment feeling in Peru”. Be sure to get it an support the good folks at TLDR

On Sunday’s stream we talked about how the current discourse on Bob Vylan distracts from 2 key points: 1) it’s Israeli society that has a problem with genocidal songs 2) that Bon Vylan’s songs show how racism in 🇵🇸 and 🇬🇧 are connected through solidarity in struggle youtu.be/hjtUYKssc0c?...

In this new Video Essay, I explore the concept of indigeneity as it applies to Israel, from the perspective of IL and postcolonial theory. In sum, while Israelis can idetify as "indigenous to Israel", they are not, in my view, an "Indigenous People under IL". www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QZN...

New video from yesterday’s stream The Israel - Iran War and International Law: youtu.be/QrGNpzThK80

Merci à @sciencespo.bsky.social et @uparisnanterre.bsky.social pour leur invitation à la semaine doctorale intensive 2025 ! Avec @alonso-gd.bsky.social, @paulinetrouillard.bsky.social et Frédéric Mégret nous tenterons d'éclaircir la question : ➡️ Qui a peur des méthodologies critiques ?

If you saw my video on genocide in Gaza and would like to ask me questions, I’ll be live streaming today at 17:30GMT / 13:30 EST. Looking forward to it! Twitch.tv/alonsogurmendi

Here’s my full interview @mrjamesob.bsky.social’s show @lbc.co.uk on why I think Israel is committing genocide. Once again many thanks for having me! youtu.be/ZHPGh8jZySI?...

Many thanks to @mrjamesob.bsky.social for inviting me to his show to discuss the concept of genocide and why we need broader definitions. Not narrow excuses.

I made a video essay explaining why, in my view, Israel is committing genocide under international law. I hope this helps frame the issue a little bit better and explain why there is a consensus among academics that this is indeed a genocide. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmCl...

There’s an old video on Twitter showing him demolishing a mosque and laughing about it with other soldiers

Peruvian independent media outlet La Encerrona has identified the Israeli soldier being investigated for genocide in Peru as Adi Karni, from the 603rd Batallion, adding he might still be in Peru.

The law firm representing the @hindrajabfoundation.be in Peru has added some clarity: the charge against the Israeli soldier in Peru is indeed genocide. The Peruvian Office of the DA has opened an investigation

The key problem is that much of the discourse on unlawful, condemnable violence is operating as if a genocide killing an estimated 100,000 people, injuring 150,000 and starving 2 million is *not* unlawful or condemnable

Ironically, while states don’t have a “right to exist” under international law, peoples under foreign domination do absolutely have an unquestionable right to declare themselves free from said domination. So… Free Palestine.

Some initial thoughts on this case, since, you know… I’m Peruvian. 🧵 1) There’s domestic debate as to whether Peruvian Criminal Law regulates “pure” universal jurisdiction as opposed to an aut desere aut judicare (“extradite or prosecute”) obligation.

It’s nice to see @martinshaw.bsky.social @drmelob.bsky.social @dirkmoses.bsky.social and @vukusiciva.bsky.social get the recognition they deserve as the top names in the field. Academia sometimes is too far away from the mainstream searchlights and we need people listening to top experts like them

Things are moving fast… a new consent is being manufactured in real time and man does it make the paranoia and persecution that preceded this look completely and utterly artificial. We are mere pawns

Emily Thornberry, the Starmer Whisperer, calling for Palestine to be recognise? Yeah… that June Conference is going to [*checks the “What the Kids Are Saying” dictionary*] slay

Piers Morgan calling Gaza a genocide… People have lost jobs, they’ve been investigated for antisemitism, doxxed, threatened, blacklisted… And then all of a sudden someone somewhere gave the green light for the g-word to be politically safe… Sigh… this world is messed up

Piers Morgan literally inviting people to his show so they can say the N-word now. Wtf

The thing to consider is what was lost to secure this? Will Saudi Arabia recognise Israel in a French-organised conference, outside the context of the Abraham Accords? It would be a big EU blow to MAGA and signals current 🇪🇺🇨🇦 dissatisfaction with US by moving away from its leadership

There is a High-Level Conference on the 2 State Solution organised by France and Saudi Arabia on June 2. It is expected to lead to France, Canada, Japan, Belgium and others to recognise Palestine. It’s amazing how states just changed the global discourse ahead of it

It’s like some bureaucrat flipped a switch and made it politically safe to say Israel is committing a genocide. Here is Theo Von - “the Next Joe Rogan” talking about how “it feels like genocide”. He just uploaded a clip of this on Twitter, to the fury of Zionist Twitter youtu.be/0x75tcB8Tnw?...

So thinking aloud here: is Keir Starmer gearing up to recognise Palestine thinking it will bring back Labour voters without alienating Reform voters, who don’t care about foreign policy so long as you keep the foreigners away?

A German Green politician told me “we can not afford to alienate people who no longer support Israel’s genocide” because it was not good for the global solidarity movement. So I told him that was very Operation-Paperclip-y of him and he got mad 🫣 I think I’m out of patience

This may be a mild spoiler for Wicked: For Good if you haven’t seen the musical but I think it’s important to remember, in the context of “don’t alienate people who no longer support genocide” discourse that “the most celebrated are the rehabilitated” is a phrase said by the main villain of the show

This reminds me of when the generation of South American dictators started dying and authoritarians got mad at survivors for not having “decency”. Only this time the survivors don’t have a voice because they are dehumanised Palestinians- so others say what they can’t

It’s not currently scheduled for live transmission on UN Web TV but if it is, would love to live stream that