Palestinian Reverend Munther Isaac to U.S. Faith Leaders: If You Are Silent, You Approve of Genocide

[The Magistrate]

11. Actions Undertaken With The Aim To Destroy In Whole Or In Part A Group

The 'in part' is a bit sloppy, I've seen people try and argue that makes killing even one person 'genocide', one person being 'part of' a group.

It's the 'with the aim of destroying' part trips you up. Without the intent to exterminate, the crime of genocide does not occur. You have to prove intent; your conviction Israel intends exterminating Palestinian Arabs is not evidence Israel is engaged in genocide. It is nowhere stated in law that 'killing lots of people' constitutes genocide.

Verdicts of guilty on charges of genocide handed down by the tribunals concerned with the fighting in the former Yugoslavia involved persons giving, or acting on, orders of the 'round up and shoot every male of military age in the town' sort.

Your cry of genocide here says a good deal more about you than it does about the actions of Israel's military in Gaza.


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