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Re:Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of g... by toomim on Saturday September 20, 2025 @09:21PM (#45319176)
Genocide is about intent. The party must be acting with intent to destroy the nation or group.

So yes, it's about why they fight.

Here's another rebuttal: https://archive.is/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/opinio...

By the definition of genocide, it's actually Hamas that is genocidal. See: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/israel-law-review/ar... or the discussion on https://old.reddit.com/r/Israel/comments/1nm3jk8/genocide_is... for a lay interpretation with remarks from a Genocide scholar.

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Re:Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of g... by dragonwriter on Saturday September 20, 2025 @09:57PM (#45319354)
> Genocide is about intent. The party must be acting with intent to destroy the nation or group

True, but provocation does not mitigate genocidal intent.

> By the definition of genocide, it's actually Hamas that is genocidal.

Hamas being genocidal, or even committing genocide, has no relevance to whether or not Israel is connitting genocide.

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