| In this context it is worthy to cite Article III of the genocide convention (which directly follows the above definition in Article II): > The following acts shall be punishable: > > (a) Genocide; > (b) Conspiracy to commit genocide; > (c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide; > (d) Attempt to commit genocide; > (e) Complicity in genocide. Bezalel Smotrich is deffinetly guilty of (c) here, “Direct and public incitement to commit genocide”, but being a member of the Israeli government which is plausibly guilty of (a), a government who’s several members are also guilty of (c), including the Prime Minister himself. it is very likely—though we don’t know this yet—that he, other Israeli officials, and generals in the Israeli military, are also guilty of (b) “Conspiracy to commit genocide”. Even in the most charitable interpretations of Smotrich’s words, he, and other members of the Israeli governments, are plausibly guilty of (e) “Complicity in genocide” as Israel has a duty to protect Palestinians from Genocide, but still allowing genocidal actions to unfold in Gaza, while not punishing offenders, nor even stepping down their rhetoric. |