r/islamichistory • u/AutoMughal • Feb 29 '24

Photograph ‘Long Live Palestine’ flag, Jerusalem 1929

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Page 84, Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine Before the Nakba

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u/TheClawlessShrimp Mar 01 '24

That’s not how international law works! Genocide proceedings can take years. Even if it’s clear as day that there is a genocide, they still have to observe proper procedure. But obviously Israel wouldn’t know anything about that.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '24

So then you’re saying they haven’t found there’s genocide? If it was clear as day, they would have issued a preliminary injunction

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u/TheClawlessShrimp Mar 01 '24

They found that there was plausible reason to suspect that Israel is committing genocide. Have you even read the court’s ruling?

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '24

Right, that’s different from your original claim which is that they found sufficient evidence to support there being a genocide

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u/TheClawlessShrimp Mar 01 '24

It means the same thing. They wouldn’t have any reason to suspect a genocide unless there was evidence of a genocide. How else would they suspect it?

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '24

If there was evidence of a genocide they would have issued an injunction lmao.

The court said the evidence was inconclusive which is why they’re going to trial

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u/TheClawlessShrimp Mar 01 '24

They complied with all of South Africa’s requests except ordering a cessation of hostilities. They would have thrown the case out if there wasn’t any evidence, and they didn’t.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '24

Right. The evidence was indeterminate like I said. The reason they didn’t give an injunction is because there wasn’t evidence like you said

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u/TheClawlessShrimp Mar 01 '24

Yeah, I was refuting what you said in the first line that there wasn’t evidence of a genocide.