Link to the summary of findings submitted by South Africa: https://apnews.com/article/un-court-south-africa-israel-gaza-genocide-71be2ce7f09bfee05a7cae26689ee262
South Africa’s 84-page filing says Israel’s actions “are genocidal in character because they are intended to bring about the destruction of a substantial part” of the Palestinians in Gaza.
It asks the ICJ, also known as the world court, for a series of legally binding rulings. It wants the court to declare that Israel “has breached and continues to breach its obligations under the Genocide Convention,” and to order Israel to cease hostilities in Gaza that could amount to breaches of the convention, to offer reparations, and to provide for reconstruction of what it’s destroyed in Gaza.
I would really advise everyone to read (or at least skim) South Africa’s application to the ICJ for the genocide charges. It goes incredibly hard with specifics on quotes, actions, and just generally everything that clearly showcases the purposeful and active results of Netanyahu’s government. They make it quite clear that nothing of what’s happening or has happened was an accident and is being done without thinking or consideration.
And they bring all the references needed to back up their statements.
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It says that no matter how horrible an act of war it cannot serve as justification for genocide. Can you detail how that’s cringe?
Don’t reply to rivermonster. Argues in bad faith and licks IDF boots super hard. Really don’t bother. Every Israel thread is filled with his apologism.
I think it’s important that people shoot him down using actual facts and reason, then otherwise ignore him. If it keeps just one ambivalent person from believing his lies, it’s worth it. Propagandists like him rely on a lack of pushback to spread their lies.
True. It’s important to respond not to him but to the people reading his propaganda. Also to educate them on how to refute other IDF propaganda.
It’s pretty insane how many full on IDF trolls there are which are clearly not interested in changing their minds. Even Trump didn’t have this many trolls to defend him outside of conserve echo chambers.
Oh, you know, I be hatin’ I be callin’ cringe
TLDR:
Condemns genocide, opening statement then disregards the attack (an act of genocide itself) by a group literally founded to commit genocide that caused the current conflict.
Long answer:
Sure, happy to: opening their genocide case by highlighting a genocidal attack by their allies (Hamas in this case), and then dismissing it. And only focusing on your allies’ enemy for your argument that is alledgedly based on principal ; it both undermines the credibility of the failed state of SA and their argument.
This is a country that refused to arrest a criminal wanted for genocide.
Excusing your allies is contrary to arguing principal (in that a principal based argument isn’t selective on whether you like Hamas and hate Israel). It’s all sorts of super cringe and transparent what they’re doing.
Hamas, their buddy, and worldnews’ darling were literally founded on committing genocide. Their goal is to destroy Israel. Their foundation is a statement of genocidal intent. Their words.
In the end, it’s all academic. The court can’t do shit to Israel anymore than the failed state of SA can. ICJ and the ICC are as impotent as all the alt-left kids crying. In reality, this is most likely just propaganda and distraction from SA helping a criminal escape genocide charges.
Omar al-Bashir had warrants out for genocide, and SA refused to arrest him even though as signatories it was mandatory (back in 2015). They were fine with his crimes of genocide, but then again, he wasn’t Israeli. LOL, they do NOT care about the principal.
To be fair, pretty much everything about the whole thing is cringe. It’s just bait for the stupids and the gullibles.
Though it makes for a good laugh when you look at who the alt-left jumps into bed with.
Never thought I’d ever read someone call South Africa a Hamas ally.
Damn we really need to do something about this South African sharia regime. Gosh darn 1.5% Muslim population having country speaking out against my god ordained right to kill women and children.
Do your history homework. Originally strong ally to the PLO and Arafat and evolved into tight relations with Hamas.
Amazing, you just think genocide is justifiable. That’s your cringe.
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Can you detail the difference from those historical examples?
No. He cannot.
Ahhh! So, by your justification, if a group of people were to universally support a terrorist group (which the Palestinians don’t), then that’s justification to kill every single man, woman, and child in that group. It’s justification to ask non-combatants to relocate to so-called "safe"areas, then to bomb those safe areas. By your criteria, every United States citizen is also deserving of death.
All your argument really shows is that you think genocide is acceptable under certain conditions (and that you’re a terrible person).
What’s your basis for repeatedly calling SA allies/friends of Hamas?
None other than Bibi’s hand up his ass.
What is the alt left?
Imagine a violent, hateful maga person. Now put them on the left politically and make their focus anti-israel, anti-Jewish, or pro-Hamas. Give them blue Make Hamas Great Again baseball caps, if it helps.
Hey look, a straw man!
So I have to imagine them? Lol
Yes 😅
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Your description is an imaginary person. And your defense is to lash out. I bet you’re stable and people like you.
I would like to point out that being anti-Israel does not make one anti-Jewish. You can be Israeli and not a Jew and the other way around. That’s like saying Russia is anti-Christian because they don’t like Americans and the majority of Americans are Christian. But that doesn’t make any sense because Christianity is the most widely professed religion in Russia. No-one here is anti-Jewish, just anti-Israel. No need to make stuff up
Agree. Especially pre-october.
But right now, the lines are blured. It’s why anti-semtic incidents, attacks, vandalism, etc. have spiked since the terrorists attacked Israel. And rhe most incidents of all occur at the “pro-palestinan rallies”, that turn pro-Hamas super easily.
Random selection for ya (pulled from Ground News high factuality sources, uses MBFC and a few others):
https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/11/28/horrifying-germany-registers-29-antisemitic-incidents-per-day-since-hamas-pogrom-in-israel/?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral
https://www.timesofisrael.com/watchdog-finds-unrwa-workers-praised-hamas-massacres-in-internal-telegram-channel/?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral
https://abc7chicago.com/hate-crime-chicago-police-department-israel-hamas/14055180/?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral
I’ll preface this with the following: I do not support the atrocities committed by HAMAS and I do not support the atrocities committed by Israel. Both sides are wrong.
The goal of HAMAS is to eliminate Israel. The goal of Israel is to eliminate Palestine.
People in support of Israel argue that Palestinian citizens should be suffering for the government they “elected” (there hasn’t been an election there for a while). By their same argument Israelis should be suffering for the governments they actually elected (which have suppressed Palestinians not even treating them as citizens). I don’t support either of these views. But my point is any argument that can be made to justify Israel can also be used to justify HAMAS.
That’s your response to a serious accusation of genocide? Pathetic.
I think genocide is not acceptable. I think the misuse of it by you and others is reprehensible and diminishes the term. I think you don’t seem to know what genocide is or looks like. There are historical examples, and you could learn a lot.
There are lots of examples and I’ve studied them in university. They all look like what Isreal is preparing to do
Before the Serbs started the genocide of Bosnians, they were the subject of atrocious attacks by Bosnians. Look up the Green Berets or Salon Mahmuljin. The Serbs were also carrying the memory of the Ustasha genocide against them during WW2. They had a victim mentality, they felt their national survival was at stake and they had been brutally attacked. They then committed genocide.
The atrocities of October 7 have (tragically!) been eclipsed by the genocidal campaign that has followed them.
See also this: https://youtu.be/T8qGubNO_c0?si=qeZTSxx5WhqPr1vp
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