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  • “They should not be the final authority anymore.” And who should be? Creating something new that the whole world agrees on seems like a hard task right now.

    I’d rather accuse a country of genocide too soon than being a fucking denialist.

    It’s not that we agree on whether it’s a war or whether children die. It’s a Genocide accusation, which is pretty much the hardest accusation possible. My view: I don’t want to accuse a country too soon.

    I’d rather get called a denialist for now reason (just, because I don’t throw the hardest accusation on the target) than potentially having to back-pedal later. I think, that our language(s) has/have a lot of potential to describe the terrible things that happened in Israel on Oct 7th and in Gaza since then (which is the opposite of denial) without using the word “Genocide” like there was already a decision by the ICJ.

    What are you afraid off? Less people dying?

    What is your hope by using the word before there is a ICJ decision? Less people dying? Because I don’t see a causal connection there.




  • And the German Wikipedia community sees it differently (differently = waiting for an official decision) and does not allow an article called “Gaza Genozid” until now…

    The matter remains contested

    That could also be the argument for calling the article “Genocide accusations” and waiting for the ICJ…

    On its “Gaza genocide” page, it states that “Experts, governments, United Nations agencies, and non-governmental organisations have accused Israel of carrying out a genocide against the Palestinian people during its invasion and bombing of the Gaza Strip in the ongoing Israel–Hamas war.”

    Compared to the previous 2 quotes, this is actually a fact: There are accusations.


    PS: Just to make it clear: I am not the ICJ either. And I think, it’s fine to share it as an opinion (“I think, there is a genocide happening”), but referencing it as a fact (“The genocide is getting worse”) before it is actually classified as one by the people who are responsible to do so, is just not useful at all. I know, that especially people from the USA see this differently.