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Michaelia Cash disputes UN body findings and says genocide not ‘simply about loss of life in war’

Michaelia Cash, the shadow foreign affairs minister, has discounted findings from a UN commission this week that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, saying genocide was not “simply about loss of life in war”.

Well, genocide, Sally, as you know, and I’m a lawyer, has a very specific meaning in international law.

It’s not simply about loss of life in war, however, tragic. It requires a deliberate intent to destroy a people in whole or in part. Now, Israel has made it very clear that its actions are about defending its citizens from Hamas terrorism, not about destroying the Palestinian people. …

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Source: World news | The Guardian.