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ICJ decision holds that Israel’s siege on Gaza is “plausible” genocide By Dave McKee The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled today that Israel’s siege on Gaza is a “plausible” genocide and has ordered a series of emergency, provisional measures that Israel must take. Shamefully, the Canadian government’s response to the decision by the highest […]

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[–] DoYouNot@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, but at this point it literally could not look any more like a genocide. By every legal mechanism possible at this point, any stronger wording could not be possible. By that logic, genocide can only happen in the past, after a trial has made an official ruling.

The trial has begun, and was overwhelming voted as having merit. I don't know what more anyone could want here. We're staring down a live-streamed extermination and debating the wording we can use to describe it.

If the ICJ rules this a genocide in the future, the actions taken by its alies right now could ammount to assisting in their genocide.