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Oh, well, that's pretty easy to explain. Genocide is the intentional destruction of a people in whole or in part. Israel is intentionally destroying Palestinian
by komali2 2y ago
Oh, well, that's pretty easy to explain. Genocide is the intentional destruction of a people in whole or in part. Israel is intentionally destroying Palestinian people in part if not in whole.
Here's a good FAQ: https://ccrjustice.org/sites/default/files/attach/2023/11/FAQ%20-%20Israeli%20Genocide%20in%20Palestine%20%282%29.pdf https://ccrjustice.org/sites/default/files/attach/2023/11/FA...
> In their public statements and speeches, Israeli officials have used dehumanizing language, describing Palestinians in Gaza as “human animals.” They have also been unequivocal in the goal of maximum harm, stating that the “emphasis is on damage and not on accuracy” using “fire of a magnitude that the enemy has not known.”
Here is a full legal analysis: https://ccrjustice.org/sites/default/files/attach/2023/10/Israels-Unfolding-Crime_ww.pdf https://ccrjustice.org/sites/default/files/attach/2023/10/Is...
Of course this is not the most systematized, industrialized genocides in human history; that would be the Holocaust. It is nonetheless a genocide.