Israel is not committing genocide — but Hamas is
thehill.com
As 2023 drew to a close last week, South Africa decided to file a claim at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, preposterously accusing Israel of carrying out genocide in Gaza.

It is important to underscore that the commission of genocide has nothing to do with the number of civilian casualties; the key element of the crime is the need to possess relevant “intent.” Whatever criticism one may have of Israeli policies or Israel Defense Forces (IDF) actions in Gaza, Israel is not seeking to destroy the Palestinian people, whether in whole, in part, or in any manner.

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  • lil_tank@lemmygrad.ml
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    6 months ago

    the key element of the crime is the need to possess relevant “intent.”

    Too bad we don’t have mind-reading technology, I guess we can therefore never know who is doing genocide and who is just killing indiscriminately a specific population

    • Soul_Greatsword@lemmygrad.ml
      27·
      6 months ago

      There’s been enough members of the Israeli state that have expressed a very clear intent.

      But yeah, The Hill seems to be implying that the massive civilian casualties are ok because “it’s not genocide”.

      • relay@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
        11·
        6 months ago

        Do they really think all of the bombs going off are on accident? If so, perhaps one should question whether giving so many rockets to irresponsible military organizations like the IDF.