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Good Luck to the ICJ, Israelis Should Hope It Will Decree to Stop the Gaza Operation

Israel did not go to war in order to commit genocide – there is no doubt about that – but it is committing it in practice, even without intending to. Every day that goes by in this war, with its hundreds of deaths, reinforces the suspicion

Gideon Levy
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Anyone who sees the pointless continuation of the war and the dimensions of the killing and destruction in the Gaza Strip, who wants to put an end to the inhumane suffering of more than two million human beings has to hope, even if only deep in their heart, that the International Court of Justice in The Hague will issue a provisional measure ordering a suspension of Israel's military operations in the Strip.

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