There are convicted murderers all over the world who wish their violent threats had been dismissed as “random assertions.” From Joe Lauria at consortiumnews.com:
A barrister for Israel argued that Israeli prime minister and cabinet members’ statements of intent to commit genocide were mere “random assertions,” and he instead accused South Africa of complicity in genocide, reports Joe Lauria.
In its defense against allegations by South Africa that it is committing genocide in Gaza, a British barrister arguing at the World Court on Friday for Israel downplayed numerous statements by senior Israeli officials of genocidal intent against Palestinians as mere “random assertions” that prove nothing.
Instead, the barrister turned the tables, accusing South Africa itself of complicity in genocide.
Kings Counselor Malcolm Shaw, for Israel, told the Court on the second day of a two-day hearing:
“As far as acts are concerned in this case, there is little beyond random assertions to demonstrate that Israel has or has had the specific intent to destroy in whole or in part the Palestinian people as such.”
Without proving intent, Shaw argued, a genocide case is impossible. “It is like Hamlet without the prince, a car without an engine,” he said. As Shaw himself pointed out, lawyers for South Africa on Thursday thus “placed considerable emphasis upon intent.”
They laid out in great detail the “genocidal rhetoric” of Israeli officials and how it has influenced Israeli soldiers and airmen attacking Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu twice referred to an Old Testament genocide implying the same was needed for Gaza, argued attorney Tembeka Ngcukaitobi.
Old ploy, accuse the accuser.
It was some of that disinformation?
What about the ads of we will build your beachfront Gaza home after the cleansing?
Arrogance, hubris, 110 is coming?