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

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517 points xbar | 3 comments | 26 Jan 24 14:35 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ken47 ◴[26 Jan 24 23:02 UTC] No.39150013[source]▶
I wish politics articles wouldn't make it to the top page of Hacker News. There's already enough political discussion in a million other places.
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1. nomdep ◴[27 Jan 24 00:15 UTC] No.39150773[source]▶
I suppose it depends if you follow it in "the news" or your first contact was the Hamas videos of October 7th
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2. slowturtle ◴[27 Jan 24 07:59 UTC] No.39153590[source]▶
> Any rational person of western ideology, that isn’t myopically viewing this as some oppressed/oppressor academic generalization, gets why Israel must act the way they are acting.

Why must Israel act in a way that includes indiscriminate bombing? Those aren't just my words, by the way, but President Biden's [0], who's a self-proclaimed Zionist. [1]

Isn't it (A) not effective at eliminating Hamas and (B) likely to increase anti-Israel sentiment and radicalize the Gazan population, which is harmful to Israel's long-term security?

[0] https://apnews.com/article/biden-israel-hamas-oct-7-44c4229d... [1] https://www.reuters.com/world/us/i-am-zionist-how-joe-bidens...

3. LightBug1 ◴[27 Jan 24 14:02 UTC] No.39155595[source]▶
It doesn't depend on anything.

Objectively, Hamas carried out a terrorist attack.

Objectively, Israel are conducting a genocide.

Anything else is hot air. Both deserve our criticism.