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Showing Original Post only (View all)I firmly believe the use of the word "genocide" [View all]
in reference to Israel and Gaza is an effort by some to minimize the Holocaust and negate Israel's right to exists. Those who don't think this and use the term are just aiding this effort.
It is similar to saying "From the River to the Sea" with out acknowledging it is a call to destroy Israel.
Israel has had a disregard for civilian casualties, and that is wrong. But I see no evidence that they wish to kill the population of Gaza, and that is what genocide is. The Holocaust, Armenia, Rwanda, that is what genocide looks like.
If this is genocide, so was the US bombing of Japan in WWII, or the Iraq War. War time casualties, even if the country doing it is indifferent, is not genocide.
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Deliberately pushing millions of Palestinians into one area then carpet bombing that area is genocide.
lark
Mar 28
#1
Hamas, the elected government of Gaza, launched an attack on the territory of Israel....
Happy Hoosier
Mar 28
#70
They were 100% war crimes, and what is happening in Gaza is ethnic cleansing slipping into genocide
obamanut2012
Mar 28
#75
"From the River to the Sea" is a paraphrase of the 1977 Likud manifesto
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 28
#8
No, it is simply not answering the legimate questions I asked. There is nothing 'to the point' about non-responsiveness.
Celerity
Mar 28
#21
It isn't '2 different ways' in terms of what I am discussing, as some on both sides have and are using it to the extent
Celerity
Mar 28
#26
No, no I am not, and you are ignoring Likud, (who ARE currently in power) both in their sloganeering and their actions.
Celerity
Mar 28
#127
so many RW Israelis, including many in Likud absolutely look at it as a war on all of the Gazans and/or all Palestinians
Celerity
Mar 28
#139
No it is not lying, as that was the gist (notice it was not a quote) of what he was saying.
Celerity
Mar 28
#150
Some would rather quibble over the meaning of words than deal with the actual truth.
Earth-shine
Mar 28
#14
I think you ignore a lot of important aspects, none of which occurred with your two US examples. BUT
hlthe2b
Mar 28
#25
Barricading food aid and allowing starvation is not something the US did. Netanyahu, has.
hlthe2b
Mar 28
#33
We did not barricade/blockade them into starving. You can disagree or debate the atomic bomb
hlthe2b
Mar 28
#38
The Allies during World War One did in fact impose a blockade on the Central Powers
thucythucy
Mar 28
#66
"We did not barricade/blockade them into starving." lol, it was literally called "Operation Starvation"
EX500rider
Mar 28
#129
I could not agree with you more. It's also 100 percent antisemitism as a dog whistle
jimfields33
Mar 28
#29
Do you think the US firebombing of Tokyo where over 80k were killed and over 200k made homeless
ripcord
Mar 28
#65
That is for murdering, raping, genocidal, theocratic extremist Arabs and Persian terrorists
TheKentuckian
Mar 28
#43
If the Israeli's proceed with a military attack on the city of Rafah, I might want to reconsider my position.
patphil
Mar 28
#142
RE: "But I see no evidence that they wish to kill the population of Gaza"
IrishAfricanAmerican
Mar 28
#55
If some other country was doing it to some other walled off minority inside their borders...
Iggo
Mar 28
#58
Our gov't has condemned China and the Saudis for human rights violations and more, many times in the past.
Earth-shine
Mar 28
#165
The WWII Jewish Holocaust is not the only terrible event that is a genocide. There were many before then and many after
obamanut2012
Mar 28
#76
The U.S. has to stop sending money to Israel used to purchase munitions for its massive killing of innocent people,
Squaredeal
Mar 28
#86
Do you know Netanyahu has used the term "river to sea" also as to his aim in the region.
brush
Mar 28
#102
Like "apartheid", "anti-Semitism" and so many others in order to fit their "needs".
Behind the Aegis
Mar 28
#118
Section 101 (starting at p. 59) of South Africa ICJ case extensively addresses intent (linked).
David__77
Mar 28
#144