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ICJ orders Israel to prevent genocide in Gaza, stops short of ordering ceasefire

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517 points xbar | 1 comments | 26 Jan 24 14:35 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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smoothjazz ◴[26 Jan 24 14:39 UTC] No.39143094[source]▶
Glad to see Israel face some responsibility for its horrific acts against civilians.

> The court ruled that Israel must do all it can to prevent genocide, including refraining from killing Palestinians or causing harm to them

Sounds like a ceasefire to me. How else would they do this? Definitely not with any of the military tactics Israel is currently using.

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BiteCode_dev ◴[26 Jan 24 19:06 UTC] No.39146634[source]▶
When the UN told the US not to go to war with Irak, they just ignored it.

Those bodies have zero power and countries that want to massacre will kill no matter what.

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gambiting ◴[26 Jan 24 20:19 UTC] No.39147660[source]▶
Quite the contrary - they have all the power, they are just choosing not to use it in this case. If the court ordered a ceasefire all weapon shipments to Israel would have to stop the same day.
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1. ApolloFortyNine ◴[26 Jan 24 20:43 UTC] No.39148020[source]▶
Why? Whose the enforcer?

Other countries have ignored the ICJ before.