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Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says

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Re: Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says

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Post by amatheus »

borolaj wrote: post #200

The under-18 population in the Gaza strip is roughly 47% (according to PCBS). So if deaths fell randomly across the population, children would be ~47% of the dead. They are ~30%. Also the numbers pipeline again runs through Hamas and there is the fact that the UN Council has passed more condemnatory resolutions on Israel than on any other single state (more than Syria, Myanmar, Yemen etc). I am surprised I don't see…

Deaths should not fall randomly across the population unless you’re committing war crimes.

Re: Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says

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Post by ebbi »

erg0s4m wrote: post #199
ebbi wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At this point, we're all useless. The circumstances of little Hind Rajab's death plays on my mind every single day, and haunts me. The fact something as brazen and blatant as that could happen, and the world did nothing. Truly a stain on our generation.

What about the death of the bibas children who were tortured to death by Hamas? There is plenty of bad on both sides.

> What about

ism.

You just did an ism.

Re: Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says

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Post by erg0s4m »

ebbi wrote: post #202
erg0s4m wrote: post #199

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What about the death of the bibas children who were tortured to death by Hamas? There is plenty of bad on both sides.

> What about ism. You just did an ism.

Congrats you win?

Re: Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says

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Post by talon8635 »

henry2023 wrote: post #187

“Systematic deliberate targeting of children as policy”. I don’t see why this is controversial. Pro-Palestine people have seen the overwhelming field reports that prove this and Pro-Israel people actually are in favor of targeting these kids because they might grow resentful of Israel and join Hamas.

> Pro-Israel people actually are in favor of targeting these kids because they might grow resentful of Israel and join Hamas.

I know many in that camp, and this sounds bananas to me.

Re: Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says

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Post by lovich »

SanjayMehta wrote: post #197
lovich wrote: post #162

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I sort of see your logic other than South Africa. Why would you drop two nuclear powers who have some means of force projection for a middling economy and military?

British nukes are a joke, they're controlled by the US. Maybe France can stay. If not South Africa, who from Africa? Egypt? Nigeria? The current composition of the UNSC is just ridiculous.

Are you trying to be equitable or based on power? If it’s the latter then unfortunately no nation in Africa currently has equivalent power.

Australia would be a better option in either case since they are a continent in of themselves and within spitting distance from being a nuclear power after Biden fucked over the French and beat them to a deal for nuclear subs with Australia.

And re: Britain’s nuclear power being controlled by the US. That’s just the maintenance. They still have the nukes and could easily turn to France as the refurbisher if the US denies them. Might even work out as a conciliatory point for the return to the EU that Burnham is harking about.

Re: Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says

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Post by olelele »

talon8635 wrote: post #204
henry2023 wrote: post #187

“Systematic deliberate targeting of children as policy”. I don’t see why this is controversial. Pro-Palestine people have seen the overwhelming field reports that prove this and Pro-Israel people actually are in favor of targeting these kids because they might grow resentful of Israel and join Hamas.

> Pro-Israel people actually are in favor of targeting these kids because they might grow resentful of Israel and join Hamas. I know many in that camp, and this sounds bananas to me.

Look up snipers taking legs off kids. It’s been reported for a long time.

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Post by Sabinus »

lorecore wrote: post #146
spwa4 wrote: post #137

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Actually it was the Zionists that worked with the Nazis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haavara_Agreement

While we're posting Wikipedia links about Nazi collaboration:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amin_al-Husseini

Re: Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says

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Post by joxdosba »

hashstring wrote: post #191

> Between October 7, 2023 and October 7, 2025, at least 20,179 children were killed, around 30% of the overall death toll. > A rebuttal shared by Israel's mission in Geneva said Israel "consistently strives to minimize harm to children even in situations of conflict". Well, it is certainly no question that Israel is killing children en masse. Israeli officials are saying “but we are trying to minimize”. Well, these a…

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Re: Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says

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Post by jameshilliard »

runarberg wrote: post #182
JumpCrisscross wrote: post #161

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> Are nukes really as important as everybody thought they were after WWII? Possibly moreso. Nuclear sovereignty is demonstrably above the conventional type. At the end of the day, having a forum where nuclear powers with long-range delivery capability can veto things reduces the risk of them using that capability to veto in the real world. By the range requirement, Tel Aviv and Pyongyang qualify for UNSC inclusion. N…

I haven’t run the stats on this but it seems to me that countries which have nukes are more likely to invade other countries and then use the nukes as shields to prevent retaliation. Out of the 9 current nuclear armed countries 5 have invaded another countries this century, and three of the most prolific invaders this century (Israel, USA, and Russia; each with over 3 invasions this century) are all nuclear armed. Ou…

> This leaves China

Not exactly.[0]

> and North Korea

Also not exactly.[1]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020%E2%80%932021_China%E2%80%...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_border_incidents_invol...

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