[Sundaycommunity] POPE’S CALL TO STUDY 'GENOCIDE' IN GAZA

[Arthur Blomme]

> “We should investigate carefully to assess whether this fits into the 
> technical definition (of genocide) formulated by international jurists 
> and organisations,” the pope said.
It has been over a year of Israel holding in contempt the ICJ ruling 
that Israel to refrain from any acts that could fall under the Genocide 
Convention and also ensure that its troops do not commit any genocidal 
acts in Gaza.

Christians are being murdered in the brutal onslaught of  of the US 
funded Israeli military and the pope is only now going to investigate 
the possibility of genocide.  Of what possible use could this be in this 
stage of the ethnic cleansing of Gaza?

Art

On 2/08/25 7:38 a.m., John Costello via Sundaycommunity wrote:
>
> David,
>
> Thanks for this.
>
> The question about possible Israeli genocide features in the Israeli 
> government’s actions, outreach and motives is  important in terms of 
> the world’s (humanity’s) view of these actions and their motives—and 
> the world’s response.
>
> It is clear that Netanyahu and the Israeli government decided long ago 
> that all its/their actions are essentially ‘defensive’ responses of 
> self-protection. For many, outside the Israeli fold, iIt is simply 
> self-serving belligerence that we have seen for months now.
>
> We must pray and act in light of human actions, human suffering and 
> human needs—beyond self-interest..
>
> David, thanks for your regular addressing of the issues and actions at 
> this clear and profound level.
>
> In solidarity,
>
> Jack
>
> *From: *Sundaycommunity 
> <sundaycommunity-bounces at lists.integralshift.ca> on behalf of David 
> Walsh via Sundaycommunity <sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca>
> *Date: *Friday, February 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
> *To: *Sunday Community (sundaycommunity at integralshift.ca) 
> <sundaycommunity at integralshift.ca>
> *Cc: *David Walsh <david at dwalsh.ca>
> *Subject: *Re: [Sundaycommunity] POPE’S CALL TO STUDY 'GENOCIDE' IN GAZA
>
> <https://sojo.net/>
>
> *Israeli Official Criticizes Pope’s Call to Study 'Genocide' in Gaza*
>
> *By **Joshua McElwee, Reuters* 
> <https://sojo.net/biography/joshua-mcelwee-reuters>
>
>
>
> An Israeli government minister criticized Pope Francis on Friday for 
> suggesting the international community should study whether 
> Israel’s military offensive in Gaza constitutes a genocide of the 
> Palestinian people.
>
> In an open letter published by Italian newspaper /Il Foglio/, Minister 
> of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli said the pope’s remarks — made in 
> excerpts published last month from a forthcoming book month — amounted 
> to a “trivialisation” of the term genocide.
>
> “As a people who lost six million of its sons and daughters in the 
> Holocaust, we are particularly sensitive to the trivialisation of the 
> term ‘genocide’ - a trivialisation that comes dangerously close to 
> Holocaust denial,” Chikli wrote.
>
> Chikli, who ended the letter by calling Francis “a dear friend of the 
> Jewish people,” asked the pope “to clarify your position regarding the 
> new accusation of genocide against the Jewish state.”
>
> The Vatican did not immediately respond to a request for comment on 
> the letter.
>
> Israel says accusations of genocide in Gaza are baseless and that it 
> is solely hunting down Hamas militants and other Palestinian armed groups.
>
> The pope, as leader of the 1.4-billion-member Roman Catholic Church, 
> is usually careful about taking sides in conflicts, but has recently 
> been more outspoken about Israel’s military campaign against 
> Palestinian militant group Hamas. In the book excerpts published by 
> Italian daily /La Stampa/, the pontiff said some international experts 
> said that “what is happening in Gaza has the characteristics of a 
> genocide.”
>
> “We should investigate carefully to assess whether this fits into the 
> technical definition (of genocide) formulated by international jurists 
> and organisations,” the pope said.
>
> Authorities in the Gaza Strip say more than 45,000 Palestinians have 
> been killed and more than 107,000 injured in Israel’s offensive, and 
> most of the enclave’s more than 2 million people are homeless or 
> displaced.
>
> *Joshua McElwee, Reuters* 
> <https://sojo.net/biography/joshua-mcelwee-reuters>
>
> Joshua McElwee is a reporter for Reuters.
>
>
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