Genocide in Gaza

I get the argument fighting Hamas in Gaza was always going to cause horrific civilian casualties. The density, tunnels and Hamas operating among civilians obviously matter. That doesn’t settle the genocide question. The issue is whether the wider pattern mass killing, displacement, destruction of civilian infrastructure, restricting aid, and statements from senior ministers points to an intent beyond simply defeating Hamas.

And Ben-Gvir, Smotrich etc aren’t just embarrassing nutters on the sidelines. When senior government figures are talking about removing Palestinians while all of that is happening, their words become relevant evidence of intent.
You can still think the evidence ultimately falls short of genocide. But “Hamas made civilian deaths inevitable” explains part of the death toll; it doesn’t explain away everything else.

You make a lot of good points and yes I know they are much more than just the embarrassing old uncle at the dinner table.

I do wonder if individual cases shouldn't have been bought to the ICC rather than the whole country to the ICJ.

The vast majority of Palestinians are either Christians or moderate Muslims. They have nothing to do with terrorist attacks in the West.

If you are concerned about terrorism perhaps you should read up on how Israel was founded. Terrorism against British people was intrinsic to the struggle to create a Jewish state.

@HandPulledNoodles ”And genocide isn’t about hitting a certain death toll. The legal question is about intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a protected group.”

The only people Israel is trying inflict genocide upon is Hamas.

The vast majority of Palestinians are either Christians or moderate Muslims. They have nothing to do with terrorist attacks in the West.

If you are concerned about terrorism perhaps you should read up on how Israel was founded. Terrorism against British people was intrinsic to the struggle to create a Jewish state.