Israel officials themselves said out loud that Israel is committing genocide.
ICC was forced to do it.
The crime is so blazon that if ICC don't do it, the rest of the world can easily point out the laws don't apply to western countries and their allies.
If this isn't genocide, I don't know what would be:
Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu said that one of Israel's options in the war against Hamas could be to drop a nuclear bomb on the Gaza Strip
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“you must remember what Amalek has done to you, says our Holy Bible. And we do remember”
- Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuQuote
“It’s an entire nation out there that is responsible. It’s not true this rhetoric about civilians not aware not involved. It’s absolutely not true. … and we will fight until we break their backbone.”
- President Isaac HerzogQuote
“[Israel is] imposing a complete siege on Gaza. No electricity, no food, no water, no fuel. Everything is closed. We are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly.”
- Defence Minister Yoav GallantQuote
“[t]o be clear, when we say that Hamas should be destroyed, it also means those who celebrate, those who support, and those who hand out candy — they’re all terrorists, and they should also be destroyed.”
- Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-GvirQuote
“Humanitarian aid to Gaza? No electrical switch will be turned on, no water hydrant will be opened and no fuel truck will enter until the Israeli abductees are returned home. Humanitarianism for humanitarianism. And no one will preach us morality.”
- Israeli Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Israel Katz Quote
“[w]e need to deal a blow that hasn’t been seen in 50 years and take down Gaza.”
- Israeli Minister of Finance Bezalel SmotrichQuote
“The north of the Gaza Strip, more beautiful than ever. Everything is blown up and
flattened, simply a pleasure for the eyes … We must talk about the day after. In my mind, we
will hand over lots to all those who fought for Gaza over the years and to those evicted from
Gush Katif”
- Israeli Minister of Heritage Amichai Eliyahuflattened, simply a pleasure for the eyes … We must talk about the day after. In my mind, we
will hand over lots to all those who fought for Gaza over the years and to those evicted from
Gush Katif”
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“we wouldn’t hand the Nazis humanitarian aid”
- Israeli Minister of Heritage Amichai EliyahuQuote
“there is no such thing as uninvolved civilians in Gaza”
- Israeli Minister of Heritage Amichai EliyahuHeritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu said that one of Israel's options in the war against Hamas could be to drop a nuclear bomb on the Gaza Strip
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“we are now actually rolling out the Gaza Nakba”
- Israeli Minister of Agriculture Avi DichterQuote
“now we all have one common goal — erasing the Gaza Strip from the face of the earth. Those who are unable will be replaced.”
- Deputy Speaker of the Knesset and Member of the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee Nissim VaturiQuote
“Hamas became ISIS and the citizens of Gaza are celebrating instead of being horrified. Human animals are dealt with accordingly. Israel has imposed a total blockade on Gaza, no electricity, no water, just damage. You wanted hell, you will get hell.”
- Israeli Army Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Major General Ghassan AlianQuote
"This is what Israel has begun to do — we cut the supply of energy, water and diesel to the Strip . . . But it’s not enough. In order to make the siege effective, we have to prevent others from giving assistance to Gaza . . . The people should be told that they have two choices; to stay and to starve, or to leave."
- Israeli Army Reservist Major General, former Head of the Israeli National Security Council, and adviser to the Defence Minister Giora EilandQuote
“[w]hen you are at war with another country you don't feed them, you don't provide them electricity or gas or water or anything else . . . A country can be attacked in a much broader way, to bring the
country to the brink of dysfunction. This is the necessary outcome of events”
- Giora Eilandcountry to the brink of dysfunction. This is the necessary outcome of events”
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“Israel has no interest in the Gaza Strip being rehabilitated and this is an important point
that needs to be made clear to the Americans”
- Giora Eilandthat needs to be made clear to the Americans”
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“if we ever want to see the hostages alive, the only way is to create a severe humanitarian crisis in Gaza”
- Giora EilandQuote
“[water] comes from wells with salt water unfit for consumption. They have water treatment plants, Israel should hit those plants. When the entire world says we have gone insane and this is a humanitarian disaster — we will say, it’s not an end, it’s a means.”
- Giora EilandQuote
“[C]reate such a huge pressure on Gaza, that Gaza will become an area where people cannot live. People cannot live, until Hamas is destroyed, which means that Israel not only stops to supply energy, diesel, water, food … as we did in the last twenty years … but we should prevent any possible assistance by others, and to create in Gaza such a terrible, unbearable situation, that can last weeks and months”
- Giora EilandQuote
“the State of Israel has no choice but to make Gaza a place that is temporarily, or permanently, impossible to live in.”
- Giora EilandQuote
“Israel needs to create a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, compelling tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands to seek refuge in Egypt or the Gulf . . . Gaza will become a place where no human being can exist.”
- Giora EilandQuote
“Who are the ‘poor’ women of Gaza? They are all the mothers, sisters or wives of Hamas murderers. On the one hand, they are part of the infrastructure that supports the organization, and on the other hand, if they experience a humanitarian disaster, then it can be assumed that some of the Hamas fighters and the more junior commanders will begin to understand that the war is futile . . . The international community warns us of a humanitarian disaster in Gaza and of severe epidemics. We must not shy away from this, as difficult as that may be. After all, severe epidemics in the south of the Gaza Strip will bring victory closer . . . It is precisely its civil collapse that will bring the end of the war closer. When senior Israeli figures say in the media ‘It's either us or them’ we should clarify the question of who is ‘them’. ‘They’ are not only Hamas fighters with weapons, but also all the ‘civilian’ officials, including hospital administrators and school administrators, and also the entire Gaza population who enthusiastically supported Hamas and cheered on its atrocities on October 7th.”
- President HerzogQuote
“Be triumphant and finish them off and don’t leave anyone behind. Erase the memory of them. Erase them, their families, mothers and children. These animals can no longer live . . . Every Jew with a weapon should go out and kill them. If you have an Arab neighbour, don't wait, go to his home and shoot him . . . We want to invade, not like before, we want to enter and destroy what’s in front of us, and destroy houses, then destroy the one after it. With all of our forces, complete destruction, enter and destroy. As you can see, we will witness things we’ve never dreamed of. Let them drop bombs on them and erase them.”
- Israeli army reservist Ezra YachinQuote
“work[ing] together with all the bodies in the IDF when the goal is clear — to destroy everything that has been touched by the hand of Hamas”
- Head of the Israeli army’s Air Operations Group Lieutenant colonel Gilad KinanQuote
“[t]he entire Gaza should resemble Beit Hanoun”
Commander in the 2908th Battalion of the Israeli army Yair Ben DavidQuote
[w]hoever returns here, if they return here after, will find scorched earth. No houses, no agriculture, no nothing. They have no future”
- Israeli Army Colonel, Deputy Head of COGAT Colonel Yogev BarSheshet
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“Vengeance is a great value. There is vengeance over what they did to us … This place will be a fallow land. They will not be able to live here”
- Colonel Erez EshelQuote
'May your village burn'!! Yes, yes, as far as I'm concerned, it's a great morale to wish Gaza to be wiped out and set on fire. I have often said revenge is a value. They almost occupied the kibbutzim of the south, slaughtered, raped, decapitated and gouged out eyes, almost 1400 were murdered in one Shabbat. So let their village burn. And if 'La Familia' sing it, it's because they understand that the enemy only understands power! And more power.
- Revital GottliebQuote
"They used the word revenge a lot. I don't think it's revenge - it's justice. If you ask me on a personal level - I flatten Gaza, I have no sentiments. Because the killers of the women and children should not be separated from the citizens of Gaza"
- Keti sh**tritQuote
Erasing all of Gaza from the face of the earth.
That the Gazan monsters will fly to the southern fence and try to enter Egyptian territory.
or they will die.
And their death is evil.
Gaza should be erased.
And fire and smoke on the heads of the Nazis in Judea and Samaria.
Haron is also a Jew who will shake the earth of the world.
A vengeful and cruel IDF is needed here.
Anything less is immoral.
Just unethical."
- Tally GotlivThat the Gazan monsters will fly to the southern fence and try to enter Egyptian territory.
or they will die.
And their death is evil.
Gaza should be erased.
And fire and smoke on the heads of the Nazis in Judea and Samaria.
Haron is also a Jew who will shake the earth of the world.
A vengeful and cruel IDF is needed here.
Anything less is immoral.
Just unethical."
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"Shelling from the air without mercy!! It is enough to feel sorry for cruel people at such painful prices. It is enough to feel sorry for Gazans who are not involved. There are no uninvolved. Any Gazan who remains in a combat location is assisting a terrorist organization. enough!
Change diskette. Destroy every place where there are terrorists and terrorist aides. from the air!!
Do not endanger soldiers if you can shell from the air!"
- Tally GotlivChange diskette. Destroy every place where there are terrorists and terrorist aides. from the air!!
Do not endanger soldiers if you can shell from the air!"
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"There are no innocents in Gaza."
- Avigdor LibermanQuote
“the killers of the women and children should not be separated from the citizens of Gaza”
- Katrin “Keti” sh**trit-PeretzQuote
“the children of Gaza have brought this upon themselves”
- Meirav Ben-AriQuote
“there should be one sentence for everyone there — death”
- Yitzhak KroizerQuote
“[w]e must not forget that even the ‘innocent citizens’ — the cruel and monstrous people from Gaza took an active part . . . there is no place for any humanitarian gesture — the memory of Amalek must be protested”
- Boaz BismouthQuote
“[w]ithout hunger and thirst among the Gazan population, we will not be able to recruit collaborators”
- Revital GottliebQuote
"Nuclear Missile! Nuclear Missile! Strategic alert. before considering the introduction of forces.
Nuclear weapon! This is my opinion. May God preserve all our strength"
- Tally GotlivNuclear weapon! This is my opinion. May God preserve all our strength"
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"Right now, one goal: Nakba! A Nakba that will overshadow the Nakba of 48. Nakba in Gaza and Nakba to anyone who dares to join! their Nakba, because like then in 1948, the alternative is clear."
- Ariel Kallner