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  • That's true, plausible. That's taking the allegations as true, and resolving all reasonable doubt in the applicant's favor, and the allegations in the complaints in my view, while stating a plausible case for genocide, are a bunch of bullshit, half truths, and exaggerations.

    Nobody disputes that 25,000 people have been horribly killed. The dispute is why. Israel is going to on in evidence that virtually everyone was warned multiple times to leave, and it's going to put on evidence that for virtual every bombing there was a legit military target.

    Let's see if Hamas complies with the order, and let's the hostages go. What do you think they will do?

    • Well, Hamas is not a state, nor is it a signatory to the genocide charter, so this ruling really doesn't apply to them. However, you're right, they'll probably continue holding the hostages as negotiating chips. To be clear, I condemn Hamas and the Israeli government. However, the 25,000 people killed weren't all Hamas. Israel doesn't even claim they were mostly Hamas. And of course Israel will provide evidence in an attempt to defend themselves, otherwise they wouldn't have bothered showing up.

      You might be interested to know that Israel's national security ministry, Itamar Ben-Gvir, tweeted "Hague Schmague" after the ICJ ruling. Does that sound like the sentiment of someone who intends to comply?

      Please explain to me, without relying on evidence from Israel, the claims in South Africa's complaints are bullshit. You have made a similar statement before but I don't know what you think is bullshit, half-truths, or exaggerations. They use facts from independent sources or from Israel themselves when they can. They use quotes to show intent (it is rare to see this much evidence of intent). They showed video of soldiers echoing the genocidal rhetoric of the president and the prime minister. So which parts did they misrepresent?

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