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

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517 points xbar | 4 comments | 26 Jan 24 14:35 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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password54321 ◴[26 Jan 24 19:14 UTC] No.39146762[source]▶
Stop using unguided bombs in densely populated areas. Stop using poison gas. Stop killing people waving a white flag. Stop sniping people outside of a church. Stop planning and executing demolitions on universities. Stop starving people. Stop cutting water supplies.

Dang, everything I listed is widely reported on. I think I have the right to express this even on HN on an article about a genocide case.

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1. robertoandred ◴[26 Jan 24 21:33 UTC] No.39148767[source]▶
Did you know that Israel controls a whopping 13% of Gaza's water? Maybe that wasn’t widely reported for some reason.
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2. tmnvix ◴[26 Jan 24 22:00 UTC] No.39149180[source]▶
I assume this is fresh water pumped into Gaza. What of the desalination plants? Cutting off all fuel surely ensures that that water source is also cut off. I would not be surprised to learn that this infrastructure has been targeted for destruction.
3. aprilthird2021 ◴[26 Jan 24 22:17 UTC] No.39149429[source]▶
Israel controls all water in the West Bank. Palestinians in the West Bank are not allowed to even collect rainwater because all water infra must be approved by Israel, and they don't approve much.
4. password54321 ◴[26 Jan 24 22:27 UTC] No.39149598[source]▶
"After October 7, the Israeli government shut off the pipes that supply Gaza with water. It has since only resumed piping water to some parts of southern Gaza while some water has entered via Egypt, but it’s not reaching everyone and is not nearly enough to meet the needs of Gaza’s population, requiring many to rely on the local water supply."

https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/11/16/israeli-authorities-cutt...