“As per the Genocide Convention, the crime of genocide occurs only where there is specific ‘intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group’,” he said in the letter seen by Reuters.

“The government has not concluded that Israel is acting with that intent.”

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    So Israel is just lobbing bombs in at random while starving them, and accidentally destroying a national ethnic group?

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      no the brits are saying that there is no conclusive proof of targeting or destroying a group, they’re targeting terrrorists

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        Israelis claim all Palestinians are terrorists, even the children. Thats just filthy racism and supremacy.

        And jimmy90 can you explain why journalists and aid workers were targetted and murdered?

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        Yeah as in “whoops, oh no we accidentally hit another hospital. Oh well, it was full of terrorists anyway - look here’s a gun that they left lying around for some reason.”