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Does Israel has the intent of genocide? I don't think so. Does Hamas try to maximize civilian casualties with martyrdom? By meshing its combattants with civilians? Yes. The Geneva convention, unfortunately, allows collateral to a certain extent. Hamas also executed gazans several times. Israel does have a very aggressive strategy, but labeling it a genocide doesn't help the Palestinian cause. Words matter.
Does Israel has the intent of genocide? I don't think so. Does Hamas try to maximize civilian casualties with martyrdom? By meshing its combattants with civilians? Yes. The Geneva convention, unfortunately, allows collateral to a certain extent. Hamas also executed gazans several times. Israel does have a very aggressive strategy, but labeling it a genocide doesn't help the Palestinian cause. Words matter.
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> On the 7th Oct, Gazans took selfies in front of a tank on the border where you can see that the gun still had its cap on. The soldiers, confronted with a mob dressed as civilians, did not open fire, and were subsequently dragged out and killed. They were understaffed. Look, Im not some expert on border control so Im not going to claim I know what the cure here is. I do know that israel is a wealthy country with man…
> 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…
At the point when other side (free palestine and alike) start acknowledging it. Two wrongs don't make something right.
Start with teaching Palestine supporters that hamas is not the answer. And maybe, maybe after that people start seeing Palestine people as victims. Without it, most people will continue supporting Israel, not because they think that it does no wrong. But in comparison with hamas and their supporters Israel is lesser evil.
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> On the 7th Oct, Gazans took selfies in front of a tank on the border where you can see that the gun still had its cap on. The soldiers, confronted with a mob dressed as civilians, did not open fire, and were subsequently dragged out and killed. They were understaffed. Look, Im not some expert on border control so Im not going to claim I know what the cure here is. I do know that israel is a wealthy country with man…
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The only way to ensure this is by not letting them leave, so yes, they do need to lock them up to ensure their security.
Egypt has no interest in taking gaza which is why Israel feels the need to keep them locked up. The gazans are indigenous to israel which is why they are israels responsibility until someone else takes them. Obviously it would be nice for israel if the prisoners never tried to break out but that isnt a realistic outcome, and Israel knows it. If youre going to set up a prison camp you need to heavily guard the border or bad things will happen. Im not saying the initial invasion afterwards is immoral, it was just a bad decision that wouldnt have been needed if the israelis just protected the border. It was a bad decision because it predictably led to numerous atrocities which was exactly what hamas wanted. Israel is without a doubt less safe now then they were on oct 6 when they were close to opening diplomatic relations with all the middle east countries other than iran.
I was trying to pay attention to the actual claim and I got: 1. Children died during the ceasefire 2. Israel is using larger bomb payloads than it should (according to who?) in civilian areas 3. Higher percentage of child deaths than in earlier conflicts Still, for me, doesn't add up to "Israel deliberately targetted gaza children" - is the claim that this is systemic? Or rampant? Or just by some individuals? And how…
Does Israel has the intent of genocide? I don't think so. Does Hamas try to maximize civilian casualties with martyrdom? By meshing its combattants with civilians? Yes. The Geneva convention, unfortunately, allows collateral to a certain extent. Hamas also executed gazans several times. Israel does have a very aggressive strategy, but labeling it a genocide doesn't help the Palestinian cause. Words matter.
> Does Israel has the intent of genocide? I don't think so. Just curious: is there a (hypothetical) red line that Israel would have to cross for you to be convinced? If not, you're biased.
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It's pretty clear Israel systematically kills Palestinian children to those paying attention. According to a public statement by the United Nations, Gaza has the highest number of child amputees per capita in the world. At least 21,289 children have been killed. They starve the population, drive them out of their homes. ( https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... ) This is the modus operandi of…
I gotta be honest, the phrase “colonial settler ideology” gets an instant eye roll and detracts from the rest of your statements. Most nations on the planet are formed of settlers unless you think there were always Russians in Siberia, or there were always Anglo-Saxons on Albion.
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If the effect of your actions is a war crime, you are a war criminal. If the Russians also do it, that is additional evidence of war crimes.
> If the effect of your actions is a war crime, you are a war criminal. war crimes usually defined by intent: were civilians targeted intentionally.
This is really sickening - if North Korea or any other less connected country did this, you would quickly see their national (tech) companies being sanctioned by the west. I never understood how a country like Israel, given the history of its own tribe, can themselves become so gruesome and have a hugely state-supported private spy-tech sector that supports the worst autocrates in the world as long as the money flows…
First thing coming into mind is the number of companies and individuals blocking Russians in the beginning of the war before any sanctions out of virtue signalling.
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