South Africa has launched a case at the United Nations’ top court alleging that Israel’s military campaign in Gaza amounts to genocide.

Link to the summary of findings submitted by South Africa: https://apnews.com/article/un-court-south-africa-israel-gaza-genocide-71be2ce7f09bfee05a7cae26689ee262

South Africa’s 84-page filing says Israel’s actions “are genocidal in character because they are intended to bring about the destruction of a substantial part” of the Palestinians in Gaza.

It asks the ICJ, also known as the world court, for a series of legally binding rulings. It wants the court to declare that Israel “has breached and continues to breach its obligations under the Genocide Convention,” and to order Israel to cease hostilities in Gaza that could amount to breaches of the convention, to offer reparations, and to provide for reconstruction of what it’s destroyed in Gaza.

    • hglman@lemmy.mlEnglish
      46·
      9 months ago

      It says that no matter how horrible an act of war it cannot serve as justification for genocide. Can you detail how that’s cringe?

      • nyctre@lemmy.worldEnglish
        26·
        9 months ago

        Don’t reply to rivermonster. Argues in bad faith and licks IDF boots super hard. Really don’t bother. Every Israel thread is filled with his apologism.

        • SoleInvictus@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          9 months ago

          I think it’s important that people shoot him down using actual facts and reason, then otherwise ignore him. If it keeps just one ambivalent person from believing his lies, it’s worth it. Propagandists like him rely on a lack of pushback to spread their lies.

          • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
            6·
            9 months ago

            True. It’s important to respond not to him but to the people reading his propaganda. Also to educate them on how to refute other IDF propaganda.

            It’s pretty insane how many full on IDF trolls there are which are clearly not interested in changing their minds. Even Trump didn’t have this many trolls to defend him outside of conserve echo chambers.

        • ObamaBinLaden@lemmy.worldEnglish
          15·
          9 months ago

          Never thought I’d ever read someone call South Africa a Hamas ally.

          Damn we really need to do something about this South African sharia regime. Gosh darn 1.5% Muslim population having country speaking out against my god ordained right to kill women and children.

        • hglman@lemmy.mlEnglish
          14·
          9 months ago

          Amazing, you just think genocide is justifiable. That’s your cringe.

        • SoleInvictus@lemmy.worldEnglish
          9·
          9 months ago

          Ahhh! So, by your justification, if a group of people were to universally support a terrorist group (which the Palestinians don’t), then that’s justification to kill every single man, woman, and child in that group. It’s justification to ask non-combatants to relocate to so-called "safe"areas, then to bomb those safe areas. By your criteria, every United States citizen is also deserving of death.

          All your argument really shows is that you think genocide is acceptable under certain conditions (and that you’re a terrible person).

    • acargitz@lemmy.caEnglish
      30·
      9 months ago

      Before the Serbs started the genocide of Bosnians, they were the subject of atrocious attacks by Bosnians. Look up the Green Berets or Salon Mahmuljin. The Serbs were also carrying the memory of the Ustasha genocide against them during WW2. They had a victim mentality, they felt their national survival was at stake and they had been brutally attacked. They then committed genocide.

      The atrocities of October 7 have (tragically!) been eclipsed by the genocidal campaign that has followed them.

      See also this: https://youtu.be/T8qGubNO_c0?si=qeZTSxx5WhqPr1vp