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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">“We should
investigate carefully to assess whether this fits into the
technical definition (of genocide) formulated by international
jurists and organisations,” the pope said.</span></blockquote>
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. <br>
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<p>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?</p>
<p>Art<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/08/25 7:38 a.m., John Costello via
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">David,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thanks
for this.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We
must pray and act in light of human actions, human suffering
and human needs—beyond self-interest..<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">David,
thanks for your regular addressing of the issues and actions
at this clear and profound level.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">In
solidarity,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Jack<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:sundaycommunity-bounces@lists.integralshift.ca"><sundaycommunity-bounces@lists.integralshift.ca></a> on behalf of
David Walsh via Sundaycommunity
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<b>Date: </b>Friday, February 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM<br>
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<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Sundaycommunity] POPE’S CALL
TO STUDY 'GENOCIDE' IN GAZA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-transform:uppercase">Israeli
Official Criticizes Pope’s Call to Study
'Genocide' in Gaza</span></b><span
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href="https://sojo.net/biography/joshua-mcelwee-reuters"
moz-do-not-send="true"><b><span
style="text-transform:uppercase">Joshua
McElwee, Reuters</span></b></a></span><span
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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.</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">In an
open letter published by Italian newspaper <i>Il
Foglio</i>, 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.</span><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">“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.</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">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.”</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">The
Vatican did not immediately respond to a request for
comment on the letter.</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">Israel
says accusations of genocide in Gaza are baseless
and that it is solely hunting down Hamas militants
and other Palestinian armed groups.</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">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 <i>La Stampa</i>,
the pontiff said some international experts said
that “what is happening in Gaza has the
characteristics of a genocide.”</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">“We
should investigate carefully to assess whether this
fits into the technical definition (of genocide)
formulated by international jurists and
organisations,” the pope said.</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">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.</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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href="https://sojo.net/biography/joshua-mcelwee-reuters"
moz-do-not-send="true"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">Joshua
McElwee, Reuters</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console",serif;color:#495057">Joshua
McElwee is a reporter for Reuters.</span><span
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