The Green Party has voted at its Manchester conference to recognise the Israeli government as an “apartheid” state, as defined by international treaties such as the International Convention on Apartheid (1973) and Rome Statute (1998).  The conference also voted to recognise Israeli military operations in Gaza as a “genocide” as defined under the UN Genocide […]
    • Skua@kbin.earth
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      8 days ago

      His party seems to stop short of calling it either genocide or apartheid (at least in their manifesto, which has a section on Palestine). “Brutal onslaught” and “ethnic cleansing”, yes, but the description of the post seems to be at least technically true

    • MeetInPotatoes@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      8 days ago

      The party as a whole voting to recognize Israel as such “as defined by international treaties” is doing the heavy lifting here I think.