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ajb ◴[] No.39146163[source]
The actual rulings can be found at https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192...

and a summary is: https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192...

Dissents etc can be found in the case page: https://www.icj-cij.org/case/192 - in particular the opinion of Judge Aharon Barak, the Israeli ad-hoc Judge (a peculiarity of the ICJ is that each side gets to add a judge, but it doesn't have much effect since there are 17 other judges). But interestingly Judge Barak ruled against Israel in the case of two measures, enforcement against Incitement and ensuring humanitarian aid.

I believe it's also available in French, for those more familiar with that language.

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throwaway421967 ◴[] No.39150104[source]
Since the comment that I replied to was flagged, I'm posting this here because it is simply a statement of facts.

- Judge Barak's numbers on civilian deaths on 7th october are simply wrong and could've been easily checked. 766 civilians were killed, 1200 was the total number of deaths (including armed forces).

- Israel's own numbers say "2 civilians killed for every one militant"[1], that's 66% in the Gaza offensive.

- 766 / 1200 = 63.8%

- 63.8% and 66% are indeed close numbers, don't see why would it be flagged.

Of course, the numbers claimed by other NGOs / UN make it worse. But Israel's numbers are sufficient to make that claim.

[1] - https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/05/middleeast/israel-hamas-m...

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Asafp[dead post] ◴[] No.39154637[source]
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SomeoneFromCA ◴[] No.39155312[source]
> Big difference is that Israel is not targeting civilians on purpose

I think this is not a justified statement. Keeping in mind hat israeli government is clearly very far right, and on multiple occasions have brought up deranged things about Amalek, about "no innocents in Gaza", I think one can establish a reasonable doubt about the true intent of idf actions.

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Asafp ◴[] No.39155598{3}[source]
Israel is not targeting civilians, thats a fact. It gains nothing from hitting them, and trying it best to evacuate them to safe zones. Why would they try to hit civilians? and if they did, why they didnt try to fire into the safe zones? (whom Hamas have fired rockets into Israel from multiple times, yet Israel didnt attack in order to not hit civilians, while risking its own civilians) The people making decisions right now are not far-right, the far-right have been moved to the side line when it comes to the war decision making.Instead Gants and Eizenkot joined, whom both are moderate right. All the sentence you quoted are out of context and were said just after a few days that Israel suffered the biggest massacre, the entire country was in trauma and in emotions.
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SomeoneFromCA ◴[] No.39155776{4}[source]
Look, I live in remote corner of ex-USSR, do not care about intricacies of israel politics, all I can see is the top leaders of the country (minister of security, president, defence ministers) keep saying these weird stuff at all phases of he conflict; every other day some mad shit israeli army did again gets posted on X.

All israeli govt is far far right. Likud won't fly in anywhere in civilise world. Just seeing freaks like Smotrich and Ben-Gvir being actually employed in israel says a lot about israel. I am not good at these pilpul games of who slightly less crazy right wing who is more, what was the context of bibis deranged rants, so yeah. IMO israel as well may be targeting civilians. W#hich what ICJ had found that day.

You words are worthless to me, my friend. I make jusdgemjents from what I see, and I think that israel does target civilians in Gaza.

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1. Asafp ◴[] No.39156047{5}[source]
According to recent polls, if Israel had elections today - Smotrich and Ben Gvir will be out of the government, and Likud will get only 1/3 of the votes it got now, but we cant go to elections while in the middle of the war, thats a catch 22 for Israel. Relying on X for your info is not a good idea, so much fake news, only thing worse is TikTok, for example the famous "500 dead from Israel hitting hospital" that turned out was a caused by the PIJ and there barely anyone hit.

In the mean time the government of Gaza (Hamas) is killing hostages.

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2. SomeoneFromCA ◴[] No.39164623[source]
Lierally bunch of "believe me, I tell the truth. We are good they are bad." Pathetic.
3. topmax ◴[] No.39186583[source]
How do you know the news are fake or real? You just hold one side's opinion.