“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.”

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    11 hours ago

    Ah, OK. Thank you, England, for helping to create a far more clear definition of “genocide”.

    Now I understand that, when a leader says “they deserve to all die” openly on national news, while actively carpet bombing them, it doesn’t mean they have an intent to destroy a certain group.

    Looking back I realise how very silly it was to mistake something so direct and obvious as genocide.