This is also a test of the ICJ; if they find Israel innocent of genocide it will never be taken seriously again. And if Israel is found not to be committing genocide then this case will just be used to defend other genocides in future.
What I think will happen is that the court will find they are committing genocide, and then all Western leaders will say that they disagree with the conclusion the ICJ/ICC found.
So much nonsense has been flung around by Israel and its supporters in the last few months, I don’t see why they’d suddenly want to return to some semblance of logic and reason just because their obvious crimes have been formally recognised.
Or they might do the human rights groups both sides shit. Regardless, ICJ has no teeth and if it fails here, this might just make a lot of people let go of liberalism.
This is also a test of the ICJ; if they find Israel innocent of genocide it will never be taken seriously again. And if Israel is found not to be committing genocide then this case will just be used to defend other genocides in future.
What I think will happen is that the court will find they are committing genocide, and then all Western leaders will say that they disagree with the conclusion the ICJ/ICC found.
So much nonsense has been flung around by Israel and its supporters in the last few months, I don’t see why they’d suddenly want to return to some semblance of logic and reason just because their obvious crimes have been formally recognised.
Or they might do the human rights groups both sides shit. Regardless, ICJ has no teeth and if it fails here, this might just make a lot of people let go of liberalism.