“As per the Genocide Convention, the crime of genocide occurs only where there is specific ‘intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group’,” he said in the letter seen by Reuters.
“The government has not concluded that Israel is acting with that intent.”
That’s the moderate position. They have also refrained from denouncing claims of genocide as an antisemitic libel and joining US sanctions against the ICC, so they’re walking a tightrope here.