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UN court orders Israel to ensure acts of genocide are not committed in Gaza
(www.theguardian.com)
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Genocide requires intent to destroy a group, otherwise it's just war crimes. Which is btw why SA didn't bring the case in earlier: Israeli members of government hadn't run their mouth about the seed of Amalek and stuff yet.
There's intent, alright. Tons of examples of clear intent.
Let me play devil's advocate for a second:
Can be said about buildings, not just humans or a people. It is militarily necessary to destroy those buildings, Hamas is using them as bases.
may have genocidal intent, but he's finance minister, his utterances do not match government policy or statements by relevant ministers. He has been reprimanded (if he hasn't, make sure that he has before using this argument)
Is a mayor. Of a town. See Smotrich, times a hundred.
Hamas used those zones strategically. It's a pity it had to be done but it was militarily necessary, Hamas is to blame for the deaths by using civilians as shields.
I would recommend to take another approach: Read South Africa's case against Israel. It's much, much much more water-tight than what you came up with. If you had been the one filing the case you would not have gotten a preliminary order, Israel's lawyers would have torn your case apart in mid-air and the ICJ would have had no choice but to throw it out.
Well, duh! I'm not a lawyer. I'm just a guy on the internet wasting my time pointing out the obvious to the wilfully obtuse.