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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: 0.001s | source
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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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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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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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1. 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.