Why so Few Atrocities Have Ever Been Recognized as Genocide

Why so few atrocities have ever been recognized as genocide

An intense argument is raging over whether what has been happening in Gaza since October 2023 is an act of genocide. It is the subject of a case being heard in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in which South Africa has accused Israel of committing acts of genocide. The case began in December 2023, but the ICJ has yet to reach a judgment.

Harris accuses Israel of genocide in Dáil clash over Gaza

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Harris has insisted Government is doing all it can to help ordinary people in Palestine - describing what is happening as "the genocidal activity of the Netanyahu government" and that there is "an act of evil going on".

Why have so few atrocities ever been recognised as genocide?

Why have so few atrocities ever been recognised as the ‘crime of crimes’?

Tánaiste says Israel is committing genocide during bad-tempered Dáil spat with Catherine Connolly

Connolly claimed that the Irish government are waiting for “the morally corrupt EU” to take action on Israel.

Why it took Martin almost two years to state the obvious

Make a one-time donation to The DitchHe finally said it. After 19 months of avoidance and prevarication, taoiseach Micheál Martin acknowledged in Dáil Eireann what the public has known since October 2023: the state of Israel is committing genocide in Palestine. “Let us call a spade a spade,” he said earlier this week, “prime minister Netanyahu and the Israeli government, which is made up of extreme far-right elements,” are “committing genocide i…