Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of genocide in Gaza

Re:Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of g... by SilverElfin on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @10:41PM (#45270992)

Would you categorize all wars and all acts of self defense as genocide? Is there a specific threshold for collateral damage that makes it a genocide?

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Re:Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of g... by BrawnyBadger53 on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @12:31AM (#45271687)

We don't need to meander about definitions here, it's defined in the report. It is also described how they reached their conclusions.

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Re:Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of g... by jbstack on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @03:58AM (#45273112)

>> Would you categorize all wars and all acts of self defense as genocide?

No, only those that fall within the definition contained in Article II of the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948).

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Re:Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of g... by SalmoShalazar on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @05:35AM (#45273681)

You’re not being clever by questioning this, you’re just displaying ignorance of well stated definitions.

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Re:Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of g... by therobots927 on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @09:42AM (#45275757)

This is so far beyond self defense. Where do you draw the line? Does Israel have to rape or blow up every single person in the Gaza Strip before it’s “too far” in your book?

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