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

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TheCapeGreek ◴[26 Jan 24 18:59 UTC] No.39146526[source]▶
I usually refrain from making much political commentary.

I will say this: SA is a deeply troubled country, but for once I think the ruling government has actually done a good thing by pursuing this.

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1. kar5pt ◴[26 Jan 24 21:32 UTC] No.39148759[source]▶
Have you read through their case? It's pretty weak in my opinion. They seem to think that any war with a high number of casualties and insufficient humanitarian aid counts as genocide. By their standard the US committed "genocide" against Japan in WW2, arguably Germany too.
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2. sydd ◴[26 Jan 24 22:15 UTC] No.39149393[source]▶
By todays standard it would be a genocide. How do you think people would react if e.g. Russia nuked 2 large cities in Ukraine leading to 100K+ deaths?
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3. goatlover ◴[26 Jan 24 22:19 UTC] No.39149464[source]▶
It would be a prelude to WW3 with an increasing likelihood of nuclear escalation. In which case cities in Russia, Europe and the US would be at risk.
4. Symbiote ◴[26 Jan 24 23:17 UTC] No.39150194[source]▶
> By their standard the US committed "genocide" against Japan in WW2, arguably Germany too.

Germany, yes? That's the primary example of genocide in the 20th century.

"The Holocaust was the genocide of European Jews during World War II." (First sentence of Wikipedia.)

(I think widespread bombing of cities is a different crime.)

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5. mkoubaa ◴[27 Jan 24 00:54 UTC] No.39151121[source]▶
That isn't my reading of the case
6. bart_spoon ◴[27 Jan 24 02:09 UTC] No.39151685[source]▶
The person isn’t saying that Germany committed genocide during WW2, which is obviously true, but pointing out that by the above definition of genocide, the US committed genocide against Germany and Japan during WW2.