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In reply to the discussion: Because I can't stand it any more [View all]druidity33
(6,458 posts)I believe that Israel is deliberately targeting Palestinians because they are Palestinians. That would be intent according to the dictates you are setting out. As far as the ICJ is concerned, they came a lot darn closer to calling it genocide than A LOT of people thought they were going to. As for Oct 7... Israeli casualties for that day were around 1,200 (of which roughly 400 were soldiers). Thus far since Oct 7 Palestinians have suffered over 16,000 dead and 40,000 wounded... nearly 50% of whom are under the age of 18, the vast majority of which were non-combatants. Over 60% of the entire Gaza population displaced. No power, no hospitals, no medicine, no food.
Whether you want to make the academic argument that "No, this doesn't meet the technical definition of genocide" is your choice. But defending a policy that steps right up to the line of "genocide or not?"is... not a good look.