(Jewish Chronicle-UK) Raymond Wacks - Provoking Israel by their despicable depravity of Oct. 7, the butchers in Gaza have reaped a whirlwind whose calamitous consequences will endure for decades. It is extraordinary that the judges fail to acknowledge the critical fact that Israel is fighting an enemy that is demonstrably committed to the Jewish state's annihilation. They surprisingly overlooked the terrible reality that Israel's cold-blooded foe hides its fighters, weapons, and hostages in a subterranean city, and operates among civilians in schools, mosques, and hospitals. It also continues to fire rockets into Israel. The court uncritically concurs that various bellicose statements, uttered in the aftermath of the gruesome Oct. 7 attacks, demonstrate the requisite intention by Israel to commit genocide. A moment's thought would explain why, following the barbaric, sadistic onslaught, which left at least 1,200 dead, many wounded, and 250 taken hostage, certain Israeli political and military leaders promised vengeance and retaliation for the unspeakable suffering that befell so many innocent citizens and foreign visitors. The writer is Emeritus Professor of Law and Legal Theory at the University of Hong Kong, and was previously Professor of Public Law at the University of Natal in Durban, South Africa.
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