the German legal scholar Stefan Talmon told Süddeutsche Zeitung that Israel was not committing genocide in Gaza, but conceded that Israel had committed war crimes.[356] International law professor Sabine Swoboda also argued that although Israel may have broken international law, it had not committed genocide because its intent was not genocidal.[357] In January 2024, lawyer Eugene Kontorovich called the genocide allegations “absolutely absurd” and a “farce”, and called for Israel to immediately end its acceptance of the ICJ’s jurisdiction in response to South Africa’s case.[358] In an August 2024 op-ed in the New York Daily News, lawyer Eli Rosenbaum wrote that Israel’s actions in Gaza are not genocidal
The article has of course other voices as well.
The article also cites people with „danger of genocide“ or war crimes. Neither of which is actually genocide.
frankly anyone who has seen what Israel is doing
For something to qualify as genocide, the special intent „dolus specialis“ is a key requirement. Killing people is not sufficient.
For something to qualify as genocide, the special intent „dolus specialis“ is a key requirement. Killing people is not sufficient.
You can look up South Africa’s case at the ICJ for instances of said intent. That North Gaza starvation/extermination plan on its own qualifies as genocidal intent.
An issue is that Amnesty International and Ireland expanded the definition of genocide for the case of Gaza specifically.
People defending Israel are claiming that; why are you stating it as fact?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_genocide#International_law_scholars
The article has of course other voices as well.
The article also cites people with „danger of genocide“ or war crimes. Neither of which is actually genocide.
For something to qualify as genocide, the special intent „dolus specialis“ is a key requirement. Killing people is not sufficient.
An issue is that Amnesty International and Ireland expanded the definition of genocide for the case of Gaza specifically.
Regardless if it qualifies as genocide or not, the situation is terrible.
You can look up South Africa’s case at the ICJ for instances of said intent. That North Gaza starvation/extermination plan on its own qualifies as genocidal intent.
People defending Israel are claiming that; why are you stating it as fact?