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

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locallost ◴[26 Jan 24 21:36 UTC] No.39148816[source]▶
My views on the situation aside, the clearest I saw anyone communicate the issues from a global angle was the former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin

Translated here: https://twitter.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1718201487132885246

Viewed from the angle of the West, I think the message it needs to avoid isolating itself from the world is very unusual for Western media and important.

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"Westerners must open their eyes to the extent of the historical drama unfolding before us to find the right answers."

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"This Palestinian question will not fade. And so we must address it and find an answer. This is where we need courage. The use of force is a dead end. The moral condemnation of what Hamas did - and there's no "but" in my words regarding the moral condemnation of this horror - must not prevent us from moving forward politically and diplomatically in an enlightened manner. The law of retaliation is a never-ending cycle."

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eej71 ◴[26 Jan 24 21:44 UTC] No.39148934[source]▶
I think the premise of "the law of retaliation is a moral dead end" is just a high minded pathway to endless violence and anarchy.
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seydor ◴[27 Jan 24 06:59 UTC] No.39153308[source]▶
israel has already created more terrorists than those it took down. "An eye for an eye" never works
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1. eej71 ◴[27 Jan 24 14:01 UTC] No.39155579[source]▶
The ideology of Islamic Fundamentlism is responsible for these terrorists. If Israel deserves any blame, its for listening to The West's constant demands for appeasement.