Okay so imma 🧵 the Israeli oral arguments- the first remarks mentioned identity politics so we can all see where this is going but the crux of their argument at the moment is that they have not crossed the uniquely high threshold necessary to be committing genocide and that
South Africa has pained a distorted picture as well as its references to 1948 mirroring the “rejectionist rhetoric of Hamas” (they are going with the legal arm of Hamas argument) and inevitably they are justifying their actions with October 7th
Jan 11, 2024 • 72 tweets • 12 min read
Okay I’m going to 🧵 it from now on as long as I’m watching but they are now pointing out how this rhetoric has funnelled down to the soldiers on the ground showing a video of IDF singing about “no uninvolved civilians”
They are now bringing up that 95 year old genocidal terrorist you really do have to wonder what Israel thought they’d gain by letting such things happen in the time of the internet aljazeera.com/amp/program/ne…