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Live coverage thread of the International Court of Justice and the case of South Africa vs. Israel.

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[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

There's no doubt in my mind that Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, etc. etc. would, given half the chance, genocide Jews in Israel.

But I think part of genocide is having the power structure to actually accomplish that level of violence and they just aren't capable of it. Individual ATROCITIES? Sure, that's in their reach. Assassinating an entire people? They just don't have that capability.

If you look at an American example... the Americans had the capability and desire to commit genocide against Native Americans.

The inverse? Massacres, sure, genocide? Not so much.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_massacre_of_1622

[-] steventhedev@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Except immediate access to the means isn't actually part of it. They attempted to ethnically cleanse the area around Gaza, and publicly stated that one of their goals with the rocket fire was to empty the city of Ashkelon. They don't get a pass because they failed to fully succeed.

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