accusation was not ludicrous at all...ICJ said plausible and will continue to investigate whether what has been happening can be seen as genocide.
If same was happening to a european country I very much think people would be also shouting genocide, and something would get done about it.
Yes people like to throw the term at Israel because of their history, but that does not make them immune of the accusation. When you are bombing places where civilians live, bombing hospitals, schools and refugee camps, when you are cutting off supplies, limiting aid, creating famine...and then you listen to what various Israeli leaders have said including the president...then yes it definitely could be ruled as genocide.
Seems like odd logic, but it's possible. It's been really counterproductive, though - the accusation was ludicrous enough that Netanyahu could spin it as proof that the world's against them, that the ICJ is broken and can be ignored, and he ends up if anything emboldened and with his position entrenched.
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