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UN court orders Israel to ensure acts of genocide are not committed in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In an interim judgment delivered on Friday, the president of the court, Joan Donoghue, said Israel must “take all measures within its power” to prevent acts that fall within the scope of the genocide convention and must ensure “with immediate effect” that its forces do not commit any of the acts covered by the convention.

The court stopped short of granting South Africa’s request to order an immediate ceasefire to the war, which has destroyed much of the Gaza Strip and killed more than 25,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza health authorities.

The ruling is not the final word from the court on whether Israel’s actions amount to genocide, but it provides a strong indication that the judges believe there is a credible risk to Palestinians under the genocide convention. Granting South Africa’s application for special measures, the court did not have to find whether Israel had committed genocide, which will be determined at a later date, but only that its acts were capable of falling within the genocideconvention and that urgent preventive action was necessary.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

So many pedantic asshats on lemmy who spend hours arguing about which word to use. We're witnessing an unprecedented loss of innocent lives on a massive scale, and it's being treated like a fucking reality tv show on the global stage. These are real people with families, careers, dreams... Just like the rest of us.

I honestly don't care what we call it. Just stop murdering civilians.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Overview of the pedanticism: The ultimate question here is whether Israel is guilty of genocide, or mere war crimes. The whole thing hinges on intent, which will have to be proven, which is why it is expected that the ICJ will take years to reach a verdict. A whole international court, 16 judges, uncountably many lawyers, years.

Commenters here trying to adjudicate that distinction between wanking sessions is, frankly speaking, presumptuous. From both sides.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

unprecedented

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So many pedantic asshats on lemmy who spend hours arguing about which word to use.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I can see how the hilariously ignorant would think there are a lot of pedants on Lemmy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Guess you've got me all figured out.