Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of genocide in Gaza

Post by roughly » Tue, Sep 16, 2025, 9:11 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #71

ipaddr wrote: post #69

Wonder why this made the frontpage when other political articles die. Has the rules around political non technical articles changed? Can we get an Epstein thread for the frontpage sometime this week?

No, the rules haven't changed—they've been the same for many years. Let me try to dig up some past explanations. Edit: here's one from a few months ago, which covers the principles: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43738815 . Re how we approach political topics (or political overlap) on HN in general: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so... Re how we deal with Major Ongoing Topics, i.e. to…

Post by breppp » Tue, Sep 16, 2025, 9:15 PM UTC

DaveExeter wrote: post #103

eej71 wrote: post #84

It's always useful to balance these claims against their critics. Towards that end I offer up unwatch. https://unwatch.org/

Isn't that an Israeli "hasbara" site? The Israelis have admitted that they use the false cry of "antisemitism" to attack. "Calling it antisemitism - it’s a trick we always use." Shulamit Aloni, former Israeli Minister https://x.com/SuppressedNws/status/1896748975207952758

Post by kergonath » Tue, Sep 16, 2025, 9:15 PM UTC

breppp wrote: post #104

mfru wrote: post #40

Conclusion: " 251. The Commission’s analysis in this report relates solely to the determination of genocide under the Genocide Convention as it relates to the responsibility of the State of Israel both for the failure to prevent genocide, for committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza since October 2023 and for the failure to punish genocide. The Commission also notes that, while its analysis is limited to…

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Post by bsaul » Tue, Sep 16, 2025, 9:17 PM UTC

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Post by ktallett » Tue, Sep 16, 2025, 9:19 PM UTC

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