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The charges may have been softened, but the label sticks
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News Citing the Holocaust, Israel offers rebuttal to South Africa’s genocide charges at the International Court of Justice
Israel's lawyers said the proceedings at the International Court of Justice cheapened the term "genocide"
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‘No attack, no matter how severe, can justify this violence,’ a South African lawyer argued before the court
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Fast Forward On eve of genocide hearing, Netanyahu says Israel has ‘no intention’ of displacing Palestinians in Gaza
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Fast Forward Group opposing war in Gaza cancels Holocaust museum event after critics call it antisemitic
Organizers say their motives for gathering planned in Washington were misconstrued
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What, exactly, counts as a call for genocide? And how should students be punished if those rules are broken?
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