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tziki | 4 months ago

It's not irrelevant that it's Israel in question. There's not many countries that have been found to be committing genocide (by UN), are actively involved in a war or where the leaders are sought by ICC.

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km3r|4 months ago

The UN has made no such ruling. Committees don't speak for the UN.

vladgur|4 months ago

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gambiting|4 months ago

For every killed Israeli in the attacks on the 7th of October, Israel went and killed 18 children in retaliation. If that is not genocide then I don't know what is.

NickC25|4 months ago

> Redefines the meaning of genocide to fit the shape of the conflict -- a war started by Hamas on Oct 7

My man, Israel had a blockade surrounding Palestine on all sides for years prior. October 7th was a retaliation for a lot of the pain Israel had inflicted on Palestine (sorry- Greater Israel). And Bibi was well in the know and all too happy to let it happen.

> largely ignores role of Hamas in the conflict

Bibi loved and loves Hamas. Also, Israel has nuclear weapons. A lot of them.

It's like David and Goliath, except in this case David is malnourished to the extreme, has no future, no present, no past except seeing his family and friends bombed to oblivion....and only can attack Goliath with a few pebbles. Meanwhile, Goliath has plot armor and nukes.

>Frames the country as a "settler-colonial" project ignoring realities of jewish history in the region.

And not ignoring Palestine, which had existed for 12 centuries before the birth of Christ?