South Africa's lawsuit against Israel was supported in 61 countries
South Africa's lawsuit against Israel was supported in 61 countries
61 countries have supported South Africa’s lawsuit against Israel alleging genocide, Al Jazeera reports . The first hearing on the case in the UN International Court of Justice will be held on Thursday, 11 January. The suit was supported by the Organisation of Islamic Countries, which consists of 57...
South Africa's case is rock solid. If the ICJ rules against it, it'll be on a technicality.
37It'll be under political pressure. This is a genocide by every legal and technical definition.
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Anyone want to bet that the map of countries supporting South Africa will look surprisingly similar to the map of countries who recognize Palestine, which coincidentally happens to look surprisingly similar to the map of countries who do not condemn China for Xinjiang?
13I guess people killed under bombs in the last few months deserved it then? Or what's your point?
USSR sometimes took pretty valid positions too.
The only thing worse than a Cold War mindset is an uncritical Cold War mindset, where we just accept that one side was making trouble and the other side was galactic good. Pinochet doesn't seem that for me, for example.
16It is valid to call out motivation and engage in discussion around it. It doesn’t invalidate the case being brought but too often people and the media like to frame the situation in terms of morality.
South Africa and the other countries that support the case are likely not (only?) taking a moral stance.
I, like OP and others, see these articles and wonder why this genocide but not that one. I think that’s the difference between a human view and a political one.
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Are you seriously still bringing up Xinjiang. The so called "genocide" has been debunked multiple times. The case in the UN has been dropped.
No muslim majority country condemns China because there is nothing to condemn as genocide.
Lets note that no Chinese government official has ever considered the policies enacted in xinjiang as a "fight between the childrens of light and dark"
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