• Oliofizodos@feddit.de
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    9 months ago

    The ICJ has just taken up a case finding the accusations against Israel plausible, so…

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      9 months ago

      The bar for plausibility is very low, and rightly so, because the intention is to intervene early and protect civilians. The court will most likely issue an order to stop the fighting for humanitarian reasons. However, it will probably take a couple of years before they make a determination regarding the allegations of genocide.

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        9 months ago

        Had to re read this a few times. Civilians are dying. The UN should stop it on humanitarian grounds. But hey, it’s the people calling it a genocide that need to be focused on. 🤔

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        9 months ago

        I know this is a troll but just to be clear the role of the ICJ is literally to determine whether Israel’s alleged actions are capable of being covered by the Genocide Convention. Today they decided that this is indeed the case and the measures they announced, as meager as they are, are legally binding.

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          9 months ago

          Calling someone names because they disagree with you isn’t helpful to the conversation, if that is indeed why you are here.