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According to the legal professionals overseeing this, you're wrong: https://www.icj-cij.org/case/192

The court accepted the case and ordered Israel to take all measures possible to prevent genocidal acts to continue: https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192...

Since then, Israel ignored the order and arguably even intensified its attacks. It seems clear now that the legal institution responsible for evaluating whether genocide is happening believes Israel is indeed committing genocide.

How much of that is politicized?

Haven’t heard of one good reason why aid via land crossings is being prevented from entering Gaza. The US literally built a pier to deliver aid when this is not an island country. Mass starvation, transferring of population (settlers in the West Bank) against a single culture/people are all forms of genocide. Documented cases of hospitals being destroyed, snipers killing people seeking medical care are all happening, if this isn’t genocide I don’t know what is.

“ According to United Nations data, the number of aid trucks entering Gaza hit a peak last week since October: A total of 1,674 aid trucks entered Gaza through the Kerem Shalom and Rafah crossings” - May 10

“ Egypt, which plays an important role in facilitating aid collection and delivery, has complicated matters by resisting sending trucks to Kerem Shalom, according to several Western and Israeli officials;”

Rafha crossing remains closed.

Northern Gaza has some land based aid.

There were air drops. Pier recently broke and will take a week to fix and get back online.

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