In an interim judgment delivered on Friday, the president of the court, Joan Donoghue, said Israel must “take all measures within its power” to prevent acts that fall within the scope of the genocide convention and must ensure “with immediate effect” that its forces do not commit any of the acts covered by the convention.
The court stopped short of granting South Africa’s request to order an immediate ceasefire to the war, which has destroyed much of the Gaza Strip and killed more than 25,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza health authorities.
The ruling is not the final word from the court on whether Israel’s actions amount to genocide, but it provides a strong indication that the judges believe there is a credible risk to Palestinians under the genocide convention. Granting South Africa’s application for special measures, the court did not have to find whether Israel had committed genocide, which will be determined at a later date, but only that its acts were capable of falling within the genocideconvention and that urgent preventive action was necessary.
Therefore, it is essential to use the term “genocide” with caution and precision.
The state of Israel is committing genocide with its systematic extermination and resettling of the Palestinian people.
The appropriate thing to compare it to is the concept of genocide. Anything else is a distraction.
So here’s a widely used definition:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide_Convention
Not everyone accepts this definition, but those who disgree tend to argue that it’s not inclusive enough, not that it’s too broad:
Totally, and it certainly applies here.
ICJ Ruling archived here because NYT sucks
800+ Legal Scholars on International Law and Genocide on whether it amounts to genocide
Law for Palestine Releases Database with 500+ Instances of Israeli Incitement to Genocide
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