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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: 0.22s | source
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blitz_skull ◴[26 Jan 24 20:29 UTC] No.39147822[source]▶
What's the ICJ's actual ability to enforce this? "Orders" sounds like they have some sort of weight to throw around if Israel doesn't comply, but I'm not familiar with the ICJ or what possible consequences could arise if Israel simply decided it was going to do what it wanted.
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bawolff ◴[26 Jan 24 20:47 UTC] No.39148062[source]▶
In theory i think they are supposed to ask the security council to step in if the order is ignored. Which would be unlikely to do anything, so nothing.

I think its likely israel will comply. The order is pretty weak and mostly stuff israel already claims to be doing. It wouldn't be worth the PR hassle to ignore it.

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mrkeen ◴[26 Jan 24 22:02 UTC] No.39149206[source]▶
> I think its likely israel will comply.

Comply with "Don't genocide"? At best, they'll argue semantics while they keep doing what they've always done.

Nevermind. I read the article:

> Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the fact that the court was willing to discuss the genocide charges was a “mark of shame that will not be erased for generations.” He vowed to press ahead with the war.

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1. bawolff ◴[27 Jan 24 05:32 UTC] No.39152883[source]▶
Well yes. They claim they are not genociding and that they have no intention to genocide, so they aren't going to change that.

Its also not like this is a totally unreasonable conclusion either. Lots of international law scholars think israel is likely to win the case overall unless some bombshell happens.