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Middle East crisis live: ICJ ruling on case alleging genocide by Israel in Gaza and call for it to stop military action (www.theguardian.com)

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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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[-] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Lawfare, as usual, has a more in-depth article than any of the major news outlets. You can very much see the expertise on display in their work.

[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

Expected but disappointing. As usual a vague ruling that can be interpreted in any way israel wants without any real demands. Not even forcing israel to let humanitarian aid in.

The court of "Justice" has become the court of Genocide.

[-] steventhedev@lemmy.world -2 points 8 months ago

I wonder how long it will take for Israel to file a countersuit against Palestine for their failure to prevent genocidal statements.

There's plenty of room to have the ICJ force the UN to designate Hamas, PFLP, PIJ, Hezbollah, and others as genocidal terrorist organizations that cannot receive any UN funding or have their members employed by the UN. UNRWA would have to fire half their employees, but that's not a bad thing.

[-] 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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