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

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517 points xbar | 2 comments | 26 Jan 24 14:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.502s | source
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zhengiszen[dead post] ◴[26 Jan 24 20:49 UTC] No.39148089[source]▶
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akira2501[dead post] ◴[26 Jan 24 21:18 UTC] No.39148546[source]▶
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robertoandred ◴[26 Jan 24 21:31 UTC] No.39148744[source]▶
It’s not an apartheid nation. Over 20% of Israelis are Arab.
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akira2501 ◴[26 Jan 24 21:46 UTC] No.39148970[source]▶
Are they represented in any way in the Knesset? Are they treated the same is Jewish Israeli citizens when travelling? What about the Arabs in East Jerusalem? Are non Jewish citizens actually afforded equal protections under the Basic Laws? Does the "Law of Return" apply to non-Jewish Israelis? Economically, how are the Arabs doing compared to the Jews?
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1. nsguy ◴[26 Jan 24 22:07 UTC] No.39149273[source]▶
Yes, Israeli Arabs are fairly represented in the Knesset, and in the courts, and everywhere. They carry an Israeli passport and are treated the same way and have the same travel rights.

The people not treated the same are people that live in the occupied territories. The status of those territories has not been settled since 1967. I.e. the West Bank and Gaza. Israel accepts that those are occupied territories (it has not annexed them). The parties they were taken from (Jordan and Egypt) do not wish to take them back. So "Israel" proper does not discriminate against Arabs (broadly speaking) but the status of the occupied territories, that are under military rule, according to international law, is different.

EDIT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_citizens_of_Israel#Politi...

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2. bakuninsbart ◴[26 Jan 24 23:04 UTC] No.39150040[source]▶
According to international law, you have to adhere to local law in occupied territories, which Israel isn't doing.