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{
"time": "2024-10-01 20:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Michael Chong",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. Michael Chong"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8576465\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the International Court of Justice did not find that Israel had committed genocide; it just asked the State of Israel to comply with the 1948 Genocide Convention, which Israel is in the process of and has been doing.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8576466\" data-originallang=\"en\">With respect to Amnesty International's interpretation of international humanitarian law, I disagree with its interpretation of the facts on the ground. At the end of the day, there have been no credible reports that I have read that indicate the State of Israel has committed war crimes or has had grave breaches of customary international law. What I do know is that the terrorist group Hamas, in taking some 250 hostages last October 7, did commit war crimes; that is obviously a war crime. Also, Hamas, in executing and targeting some 1,100 innocent civilians, committed war crimes. Those are findings I think the international community has agreed to that adhere to Hamas, for which it should be held responsible. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8576465\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, la Cour internationale de justice n'a pas conclu qu'Isra\u00ebl avait commis un g\u00e9nocide; elle a simplement demand\u00e9 \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat d'Isra\u00ebl de se conformer \u00e0 la Convention sur le g\u00e9nocide de 1948, ce qu'Isra\u00ebl fait d\u00e9j\u00e0.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8576466\" data-originallang=\"en\">En ce qui concerne l'interpr\u00e9tation du droit humanitaire international par Amnistie internationale, je ne souscris pas \u00e0 son \u00e9valuation des faits sur le terrain. Au bout du compte, aucun des rapports cr\u00e9dibles que j'ai lus n'indique que l'\u00c9tat d'Isra\u00ebl a commis des crimes de guerre ou qu'il a commis de graves violations du droit international coutumier. Ce que je sais, c'est que le groupe terroriste Hamas a commis des crimes de guerre en prenant quelque 250 otages le 7 octobre dernier; il s'agit l\u00e0 \u00e9videmment d'un crime de guerre. Le Hamas a \u00e9galement commis des crimes de guerre en ex\u00e9cutant et en ciblant quelque 1 100 civils innocents. Ce sont l\u00e0 des conclusions auxquelles la communaut\u00e9 internationale a souscrit et dont le Hamas devrait \u00eatre tenu responsable.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2024/10/1/michael-chong-9/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/michael-chong/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1440/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12895053",
"h1": {
"en": "Emergency Debate",
"fr": "D\u00e9bat d'urgence"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Situation in Lebanon and Israel",
"fr": "La situation au Liban et en Isra\u00ebl"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2024/10/1/",
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}