“End the genocide” in Gaza is a call you’ll invariably hear if you venture to a pro-Palestinian rally in any of Australia’s capital cities, or rural and regional towns.

And in the International Court of Justice, South Africa has accused Israel of committing genocide as well. It’s a claim Israel strenuously denies. So, what is a genocide? And what evidence is needed to prove that one is happening?

Speaking with Samantha Selinger-Morris on The Morning Edition podcast, former United Nations war crimes judge Geoffrey Robertson, KC, now a human rights barrister and author, explains why this case will become the definitive decision on genocide.

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