I have a lot of thoughts, so please bear with me.

Early on the Jewish community was thrilled with @JoeBiden's response. That quickly dissipated.

By mid-January, the admin had become outright hostile. But it wasn't just Israel, it was antisemitism.
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cnn.com/2024/06/23/pol… I work closely with some of the top Jewish political donors in the country. Getting them to open their wallets for Democrats this cycle has been painstakingly difficult. There are very few that they are thrilled to give to these days.

Biden is not one of them.

The dissent by Judge Sebutinde is incredible and eviscerates the @CIJ_ICJ as applying standards never applied to any other states party. I'm going to highlight a few parts because they're quite notable.

We're going to start with the final paragraph.

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That final paragraph is a HOLY SHIT moment on the objectivity and fairness of the court.

Notably, Israel was not given time to respond and WAS NOT ABLE TO ENGAGE COUNSEL. Further, it was required to respond during a religious observance.

This is not done to other states.

@_bilaire Alright, this might be a bit of a thread for which I apologize. But I am actually qualified to discuss the differences here and what is and isn't genocide.

Gencoide is a specific intent crime under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
🧵 @_bilaire Art. II of the Convention defines genocide as: "an act with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group."

Intent is the operative word. You must actually intend to commit genocide, so you must know the actors thoughts.