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UN commission of inquiry has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and accused senior Israeli officials including Benjamin Netanyahu of inciting it.

The United Nations independent international commission of inquiry (COI), which does not speak on behalf of the UN and has been criticised strongly by Israel, cited the scale of the killings, aid blockages, forced displacement and the destruction of a fertility clinic in the territory to support its genocide finding.

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[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Brilliant. Now we've got the obvious out of the way, what the fuck is anyone or anything with power going to do about it?

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Nothing as long as the US backs them 100%

[–] Nfamwap@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Oooh, I know this one..

Fuck all!

[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Top of Lemmy… page ten in mainstream media

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 52 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Once the UN commission of Strongly Worded Letters steps in we will see some progress.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago (3 children)

What do you want them to do? A commission goal is to investigate and come to an conclussion then it is the job of the UN members to do their obligations and do actions based on that finding

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

I want both parties to cover themselves in oil and wrestle.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Not taking two years to determine the most obvious genocide in world history would be nice.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I said that in a previous comment it's the ICJ part of the UN that is problematic. They have all the evidences and still didn't declare it as a genocide. They took 12 years after it ended to declare the Bosnia genocide

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

For sure, but there are also other UN commissions which completely failed at their job, and this is one of them.

This commission itself should be prosecuted for being complicit in genocide.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

For sure, but there are also other UN commissions which completely failed at their job, and this is one of them

What do you mean? They where asked to prove there is a genocide , they concluded there is a genocide so where is the failure?

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 days ago

Time window.

[–] copd@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Sorry but as horrific and clear as it is. this isn't the most obvious genocide in world history.

do you even know what has happened ho historically?

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

Which genocide are you referring to?

[–] markko@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't think the previous comment was directed at the commission.

The world has been watching the genocide for nearly 2 years now and no meaningful action has been taken to stop it by any country.

I think the point that was being made is that the UN appears to be completely powerless as long as the US continues to back Israel (and still has veto power in the security council).

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

He literally said un commission rather than the UN. And the UN is also constituted from many entities some have no executive power. Blaming icj specifically is something i agree eith there is no reason why it take them so long to admit the genocide

[–] markko@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'm not going to argue about what @CluckN@sh.itjust.works meant, but it seemed pretty clear to me that the problem is all of the countries who aren't doing anything.

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Yeah no idea what that bozo is thinking

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

but it seemed pretty clear to me that the problem is all of the countries who aren’t doing anything.

I agree

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 45 points 3 days ago
[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 37 points 3 days ago

You don't fucking say. What convinced you? Was it the Geno or the Cide?

[–] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh, they must have only just woken up and had a coffee...

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

performative action to satiate the critics. they know full well they dont want to do anything about it.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 days ago

By now, given the whole purposeful mass killing of civilians by Starvation, it's probably at the level of a Holocaust.

[–] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

No waaaay...

[–] Sidhean@piefed.social 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Israel’s foreign ministry said it categorically rejected the report and called for the COI to be abolished. Israel’s ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Daniel Meron, called the report a scandalous and fake “libellous rant” that had been authored by “Hamas proxies”. Israel has declined to cooperate with the COI, accusing it of having a political agenda.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Nobody gives a damn about israel opinion

An ad hominem denial