4w ago

UK has ‘not concluded’ Israel carrying out genocide in Gaza, Lammy says

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The finding that Israel is not acting with intent to commit a genocide, Lammy implies in his letter, absolves ministers of a duty to act on the responsibility to prevent one, set out in the 1948 genocide convention.
But they haven't found that. He said that they have not concluded. So they are not absolved of the responsibility.
- I in no way agree with the gov on this.
  But. How are you interpreting the word concluded.
  Lemmy will be using to arrive at a judgement or opinion.
  
  "has not concluded" means that they haven't yet come to a judgement or opinion.
  You could interpret it to mean that they have come to a conclusion and the conclusion was that it was not happening, but the article doesn't support that interpretation.
  FTA: "The government said it was still studying" "The government’s lack of conclusion" "the government is accepting responsibility for determining"
  Edit: the article also mentions that their duty is to prevent genocide, not to stop ongoing genocide, so the fact that they haven't found that that there is a genocide occurring doesn't absolve them of that duty.
Oh, well. Do let us know when you conclude something.
I genuinely cannot fathom how they sleep at night.
weird how this decision came right after israel signing a military contract with the uk. what a coincidence.
Cooper is about to replace Lammy and she'll never stand up to the Israelis.

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