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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/17/world/middleeast/france-israel-genocide-gaza.html
France: Accusing Israel of Genocide "Crosses Moral Threshold"
(New York Times) Aurelien Breeden - France on Wednesday rejected accusations that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinian civilians in Gaza, after South Africa brought such a charge to the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne told parliament, "To accuse the Jewish state of genocide is to cross a moral threshold. The notion of genocide cannot be exploited for political ends."