bodyType

customContents

entityId

printArticlePageQuery

filter

article

body

urlAlias

articleSectionsContent

articleSeoArticle

articleSourceHeaderArticle

contentSchemaRenderContent

contentSubHeadlineContent

contentHeadlineContent

mainImagePrintArticleArticle

authorBlockPrintArticleArticle

contentSponsorTagContent

articlePianoPaywallContent

scmpYoutubeContent

hooksTrackPageViewArticle

query printArticlePageQuery(
  $entityId: String!
  $customContents: [CustomContentInput]
  $bodyType: BodyFormatTypeEnum
) {
  article(filter: {entityId: $entityId}) {
    entityId
    body(customContents: $customContents, type: $bodyType) {
      json
    }
    urlAlias
    ...articleSectionsContent
    ...articleSeoArticle_3o8td4
    ...articleSourceHeaderArticle
    ...contentSchemaRenderContent
    ...contentSubHeadlineContent
    ...contentHeadlineContent
    ...mainImagePrintArticleArticle
    ...authorBlockPrintArticleArticle
    ...contentSponsorTagContent
    ...articlePianoPaywallContent
    ...scmpYoutubeContent
    ...hooksTrackPageViewArticle
    id
  }
}

fragment articlePianoPaywallContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksPaywallPromiseContent
}

fragment articleSectionsContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  sectionsV2 {
    value {
      __typename
      ... on Section {
        name
        published
      }
      ... on VideoSection {
        name
        published
      }
      ...helpersCheckIfNewsSectionInFirstIndexSection
      ...entityLink
      ... on Node {
        __isNode: __typename
        id
      }
    }
  }
}

fragment articleSeoArticle_3o8td4 on Article {
  ...hooksArticleSeoArticle
  ...helpersGetArticleTypeArticle
  entityId
  publishedDate
  updatedDate
  summary {
    text
  }
  subHeadline {
    text
  }
  body(customContents: $customContents, type: $bodyType) {
    text
  }
  keywords
  sectionsV2 {
    value {
      __typename
      ... on Section {
        name
      }
      ... on Node {
        __isNode: __typename
        id
      }
    }
  }
  topics {
    name
    entityId
    id
  }
  urlAlias
  authors {
    name
    id
  }
  images {
    style(filter: {style: "768x768"}) {
      url
    }
  }
  readingTime
}

fragment articleSourceHeaderArticle on Article {
  urlAlias
  ...entityLink
}

fragment authorBlockPrintArticleArticle on Article {
  ...defaultArticleDateContent
  ...authorNamesArticle
}

fragment authorNameAuthor on Author {
  ...entityLink
  name
  entityUuid
}

fragment authorNamesArticle on Article {
  authorLocations
  authors {
    entityId
    location
    ...authorNameAuthor
    id
  }
}

fragment blockquoteQuoteContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...contentShareWidgetContent
}

fragment checkersCheckContentContainsStarlingImageContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment contentHeadlineContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  headline
  socialHeadline
  ...contentHeadlineTagContent
  ...helpersUseContentSponsorContent
}

fragment contentHeadlineTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksContentHeadlineTagContent
}

fragment contentNewsletterWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    relatedNewsletters {
      ...helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter
      id
    }
    id
  }
  sectionsV2 {
    value {
      __typename
      ... on Section {
        relatedNewsletters {
          ...helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter
          id
        }
      }
      ... on Node {
        __isNode: __typename
        id
      }
    }
  }
  ... on Article {
    relatedNewsletters {
      ...helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment contentSchemaRenderContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...blockquoteQuoteContent
  ...hooksInlinePlusWidgetContent
  ...imageContent
  ...inlineWidgetContent
  ...photoGalleryWidgetContent
  ...scmpYoutubeContent
}

fragment contentShareWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  __typename
  entityId
  urlAlias
  shortUrl
  socialHeadline
  headline
  ... on Video {
    youtubeId
  }
}

fragment contentSponsorTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...helpersUseContentSponsorContent
}

fragment contentSubHeadlineContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  subHeadline {
    json
  }
  summary {
    json
  }
  ...contentSchemaRenderContent
}

fragment defaultArticleDateContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksArticleDateUtilsContent
}

fragment entityLink on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  __typename
  entityId
  entityUuid
  urlAlias
  urlRedirect {
    toUrl
    id
  }
  application {
    entityId
    id
  }
  ... on Section {
    fullSectionPath {
      entityId
      id
    }
    parentSection
  }
  ...helpersAppBarVariantBase
  ...helpersApplicationBase
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusArticle
  ...helpersStyleSectionContent
}

fragment helpersAppBarVariantBase on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  ...helpersCheckIsLiveArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusPage
  ...helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  ...helpersSectionContent
  ...helpersStyleSectionContent
}

fragment helpersApplicationBase on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusPage
}

fragment helpersCheckIfNewsSectionInFirstIndexSection on SectionUnion {
  __isSectionUnion: __typename
  ... on Section {
    name
  }
  ... on VideoSection {
    name
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsAmpEnabledArticle on Article {
  entityId
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
  sectionsV2 {
    value {
      __typename
      ... on Section {
        entityId
      }
      ... on Node {
        __isNode: __typename
        id
      }
    }
  }
  disableOffPlatformContent
  sponsorType
  published
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusArticle
}

fragment helpersCheckIsLiveArticle on Article {
  flattenTypeIds
  liveArticle {
    status
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsMainTopicContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPlusArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ... on Article {
    paywallTypes {
      entityUuid
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPlusPage on Page {
  urlAlias
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  sectionsV2 {
    value {
      __typename
      ... on Section {
        entityId
      }
      ... on Node {
        __isNode: __typename
        id
      }
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsStyleArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  sectionsV2 {
    value {
      __typename
      ... on Section {
        entityId
      }
      ... on VideoSection {
        entityId
      }
      ... on Node {
        __isNode: __typename
        id
      }
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersGetArticleTypeArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ... on Article {
    types {
      value {
        entityId
        id
      }
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter on Newsletter {
  entityId
  name
  alternativeName
  description {
    text
  }
  summary {
    text
  }
  homepageDescription {
    text
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizeArticleTypeEntityIdsArticle on Article {
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizeAuthorTypesArticle on Article {
  authors {
    types
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizedAuthorEntityIdsArticle on Article {
  authors {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersSectionContent on Section {
  fullSectionPath {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersStyleSectionContent on Section {
  fullSectionPath {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersUseContentSponsorContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    sponsor {
      ...sponsorTagSponsor
      name
      type
      id
    }
    id
  }
  ... on Article {
    sponsorType
  }
  ...helpersCheckIsMainTopicContent
}

fragment hooksArticleDateUtilsContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  createdDate
  publishedDate
  updatedDate
}

fragment hooksArticleSeoArticle on Article {
  ...helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  ...hooksContentHeadlineTagContent
  ...helpersCheckIsAmpEnabledArticle
  entityId
  headline
  socialHeadline
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
  authors {
    entityId
    id
  }
  images {
    generic_og: style(filter: {style: "og_image_scmp_generic"}) {
      url
    }
    styles(filter: {styles: ["og_postmag", "og_image_style", "og_image_scmp_analysis", "og_image_scmp_explainer", "og_image_scmp_editorial", "og_image_scmp_fact_check", "og_image_scmp_debate", "og_image_scmp_live", "og_image_scmp_obituary", "og_image_scmp_opinion", "og_image_scmp_review", "og_image_scmp_series", "og_image_scmp_generic"]}) {
      url
      style
    }
    type
  }
  urlAlias
}

fragment hooksContentHeadlineTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  __typename
  ... on Article {
    types {
      value {
        name
        entityId
        description {
          text
        }
        id
      }
    }
    ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  }
  flag
  sectionsV2 {
    value {
      __typename
      ... on Section {
        name
      }
      ... on VideoSection {
        name
      }
      ... on Node {
        __isNode: __typename
        id
      }
    }
  }
  ...hooksContentHelperContent
}

fragment hooksContentHelperContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...helpersSanitizeArticleTypeEntityIdsArticle
  ...helpersSanitizeAuthorTypesArticle
  ...helpersSanitizedAuthorEntityIdsArticle
  flag
}

fragment hooksInlinePlusWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment hooksPaywallPromiseContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
}

fragment hooksTrackPageViewArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
  publishedDate
  headline
  sectionsV2 {
    value {
      __typename
      ... on Section {
        name
      }
      ... on Node {
        __isNode: __typename
        id
      }
    }
  }
  urlAlias
  authors {
    name
    id
  }
  entityUuid
}

fragment imageContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  headline
  ...checkersCheckContentContainsStarlingImageContent
}

fragment inlineWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...contentNewsletterWidgetContent
}

fragment mainImagePrintArticleArticle on Article {
  images {
    title
    url
    isSlideshow
    size_652x446: style(filter: {style: "652x446"}) {
      url
    }
  }
}

fragment photoGalleryDialogContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  __typename
  ...contentShareWidgetContent
}

fragment photoGalleryWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...photoGalleryDialogContent
}

fragment scmpYoutubeContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
  urlAlias
  publishedDate
}

fragment sponsorTagSponsor on Sponsor {
  name
  type
  images {
    url
  }
}


types

sectionsV2

disableOffPlatformContent

sponsorType

published

headline

socialHeadline

authors

images

publishedDate

updatedDate

summary

subHeadline

keywords

topics

readingTime

authorLocations

Resty Woro Yuniar

Indonesia’s recent call to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to deliver an advisory opinion to stop Israel’s “unlawful occupation” in the Gaza Strip is consistent with its decades-long support for the Palestinians that president-elect Prabowo Subianto is expected to maintain, analysts say.
Such a position also aligns with the strong pro-Palestinian views of Indonesians across religious faiths in the Muslim-majority country, some of whom have actively participated in a boycott of international companies accused of financing Israel.
Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi conveyed Indonesia’s stance at The Hague on Friday as one of the 52 nations asked by the ICJ to participate in historic hearings on the legality of Israel’s 57-year-long occupation of the Palestinian territories.

“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu even said, and I quote, ‘nobody will stop us – not The Hague … not anybody else’,” she said on Friday.
“No state should be granted free rein to do anything they want against a weaker state. This is why we have international law,” Retno added. “There is a big hope from the international community … that ICJ delivers a favourable advisory opinion to the interest of justice and humanity.”
In December 2022, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution requesting an advisory opinion by the ICJ on the legal consequences of Israel’s policies and practices in the occupied Palestinian territories. The opinion it issues is expected to carry substantial moral and legal weight despite being non-binding. Support for the ICJ to deliver a strong advisory opinion against the Israelis has intensified since the outbreak of the Israel-Gaza war on October 7 last year.
In her statement, Retno argued that the ICJ has the power to render the advisory opinion and rebuffed arguments by some states, including Israel, that the ICJ’s interference would undermine the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians.
“With such strong resistance from Israel to stop its colonial project … no peace process will viably bring a just, lasting, and comprehensive solution. After all, negotiation with someone holding a gun against your head is not a negotiation at all,” Retno said.

BREAKING: INDONESIA SAYS NO STATE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SUBJUGATE A WEAKER STATE THIS IS WHY WE HAVE INTERNATIONAL LAW
“Israel has never been seriously interested in negotiations leading to a just and lasting peace. After all, a negotiation with someone holding a gun against your… pic.twitter.com/vuONGiKHav
— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) February 23, 2024

Retno, however, noted that even if the ICJ’s opinion found the occupation to be unlawful, it would not resolve the conflict, which could only be achieved by “direct negotiations between the parties to the conflict”.
“Rather, the request is intended to seek the court’s opinion on legal questions asked by the UN General Assembly within its competence,” Retno said. “A genuine and lasting peace process can only be achieved if it is consistent with international law. Thus, the court’s opinion is very much needed.”
At a press briefing on Friday, the Indonesian foreign ministry said it could take months for the ICJ to deliver its final opinion on the occupation.

Prabowo and the Palestinian issue
Yon Mahmudi, head of the postgraduate study programme in Middle Eastern and Islamic studies at the University of Indonesia, said Indonesia’s position was consistent with its decades-long support for the Palestinians and the two-state solution.
The stance would not change when president-elect Prabowo takes over from incumbent leader Joko Widodo in October, Yon said.
In his campaign manifesto, Prabowo vowed to set up an Indonesian embassy on Palestinian soil, which Yon said would further strengthen Indonesia’s position on the issue and bring it closer to the Palestinian people.
“This [the embassy setup] is a step further than the previous government”, Yon added.
While Indonesia does not have an embassy in Palestinian territories currently, it has appointed Maha Abu-Shuseh, a Palestinian, as its honorary consul there since 2016. At the time, Retno was forced to conduct the inauguration ceremony for Abu-Shusheh in Jordan as she was refused entry to Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, by Israeli authorities.
Prabowo slams West’s ‘unfair’ treatment of Indonesia: ‘we don’t need Europe’
Before the February 14 election, Prabowo often showed his strong support for the Palestinians, including on one occasion when he raised a Palestinian flag that he bought from a roadside vendor on his way to a campaign event in Banten province in December.
Prabowo also donated 5 billion rupiah (US$319,600) of his own money to the people in Gaza last November, according to Rosan Roeslani, the then head of Prabowo’s campaign.
In his current role as the country’s defence minister, Prabowo deployed a navy hospital ship carrying 242 tonnes of humanitarian aid for Gaza, which arrived in Egypt on February 13.

Boycott campaign
While the overwhelming pro-Palestinian sentiment is mainly due to Indonesia’s Muslim-majority demographic, anger against Israel is shared among followers of different faiths in the country, based on findings in a recent survey.
About 95 per cent of Muslim and 86 per cent of non-Muslim respondents were aware of a fatwa released by the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) in November recommending Muslims not to buy Israeli products or those that have connections to Israel, according to the survey of 1,058 respondents by pollster Populix published last week.
Compliance with the fatwa is high, with 65 per cent of the respondents saying they agreed with boycotting Israel-affiliated products, while 26 per cent were hesitant and 9 per cent were against the move. The boycott was to show solidarity with Palestinians and was a response to humanitarian issues stemming from the war in Gaza, rather than based on religious factors, said Vivi Zabkie, head of social research at Populix.
“From here, we conclude that [respondents] no longer see this as a religious issue, as the [boycott campaign] also emphasises that it is a humanitarian issue,” Zabkie said.
However, Zabkie said there was evidence support for the boycott might be waning as social media chatter about the subject was “not as intense” as in November and December.

💚 KINDLY REMINDER!!! KEEP BOYCOTTING GUYS!!! DON'T STOP TALKING ABOUT 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/tdC3olbaPw
— Tanyarlfes (@tanyarlfes) February 10, 2024

On X, formerly known as Twitter, users have been sharing the different responses to the boycott.
“In my office [a large national private company] most people don’t care [about the boycott]. It’s really crazy to me that they ordered a one-meter pizza from Pizza Hut. I already gave them an alternative pizza restaurant but they still voted for Pizza Hut, and they forced me to eat it,” X user @shuajunice said.
“I used to drink Starbucks all the time, I couldn’t live without their Asian Dolce Latte and Green Tea Latte, now I haven’t had one in almost 6 months #proud,” user @neshamira wrote.
MUI did not release the names of specific companies in its boycott call. A list of 121 brands accused of being affiliated with Israel went viral in November, prompting the Ministry of Communication and Informatics to confirm it was a hoax.
Several global brands were on the list, such as McDonald’s, Pizza Hut, and Starbucks, all of which have denied the accusation that they donate part of their profits to the Israeli government or military.


Prabowo set to keep Indonesia’s strong pro-Palestinian stance amid ICJ case on Israeli occupation

Indonesia’s president-elect Prabowo Subianto. Photo: AFP

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has urged the International Court of Justice to deliver a “favourable advisory opinion to the interest of justice and humanity”. Photo: Xinhua

Palestinians visit a cemetery, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on February 26. Photo: Reuters

People carry placards during a rally in solidarity with Palestinians outside the US embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, on December 17, 2023. Photo: EPA-EFE

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Indonesia recently called on the ICJ to deliver an advisory opinion to stop Israel’s ‘unlawful occupation’ in the Gaza Strip
President-elect Prabowo Subianto is expected to maintain Indonesia’s decades-long support for the Palestinians and the two-state solution, analysts say


Indonesia recently called on the ICJ to deliver an advisory opinion to stop Israel’s ‘unlawful occupation’ in the Gaza Strip.
