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Germany rejects Amnesty International’s accusation Israel committing ‘genocide’ against Palestinians in Gaza
BERLIN – The German government rejects Amnesty International’s accusation that Israel is committing “genocide” against Palestinians in its military campaign in Gaza.
Asked for a response to Amnesty’s report, German foreign ministry spokesman Sebastian Fischer tells reporters: “The question of genocide presupposes a clear intention to eradicate an ethnic group. I still do not recognize any such clear intention and therefore I cannot share the conclusions of the report.”