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revlolz | 5 months ago
The crux of genocide is intent. Hamas openly declares its intent to erase Israel. Israel declares its intent to eliminate Hamas. If Israel’s goal was exterminating Palestinians, explain why it has repeatedly supported two-state proposals that Palestinian leadership rejected. Explain why over 20 percent of Israel’s citizens are Arab, voting in elections, serving in parliament, even sitting on the Supreme Court. That reality is incompatible with a state bent on extermination.
Your “near-indiscriminate” phrasing is just a rhetorical trick. If you admit it is not indiscriminate, then you acknowledge Israel is targeting Hamas, not carrying out genocide. Civilian deaths are tragic, but tragedy is not the same thing as a systematic plan to wipe out a people.
Israel drops leaflets, issues warnings, and opens corridors. Hamas embeds in schools, hospitals, and residential blocks. That doesn’t absolve Israel of responsibility when civilians die, but it does show intent matters.
ignoramous|5 months ago
Same energy.
> If Israel's goal was exterminating Palestinians, explain why it has repeatedly supported two-state proposals that Palestinian leadership rejected.revlolz|5 months ago
zurfer|5 months ago
It said that Israel has committed four acts of genocide:
Genocide can't be measured by intend, because we can't look into someone's head. It's measured by the actions that are taken. And while I do agree that Israels actions are a mixed bag, I feel too many lines are crossed to assume only good intend.nakamoto_damacy|5 months ago
revlolz|5 months ago