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> 4. I’ve seen absolutely no evidence for this you can do a basic google search to answer your questions. i searched for "israel palestine water access" and th
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> 4. I’ve seen absolutely no evidence for this
you can do a basic google search to answer your questions. i searched for "israel palestine water access" and these were the first page:
"Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of acts of genocide in Gaza over water access" - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c75wqr0k3dyo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c75wqr0k3dyo (same coverage from Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/19/israel-accused-of-act-of-genocide-over-restriction-of-gaza-water-supply-human-rights-watch https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/19/israel-accused...)
"Israel using water as weapon of war as Gaza supply plummets by 94%, creating deadly health catastrophe: Oxfam" - https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/israel-using-water-weapon-war-gaza-supply-plummets-94-creating-deadly-health https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/israel-using-water-w...
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2024/12/israel-strikes-yemen-ports-power-stations-retaliation-against-houthis https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2024/12/israel-strikes-...
https://www.csis.org/analysis/siege-gazas-water https://www.csis.org/analysis/siege-gazas-water
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/9/1/israel-cuts-water-and-power-as-jenin-siege-worsens https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/9/1/israel-c...
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/10/israel-opt-israel-must-lift-illegal-and-inhumane-blockade-on-gaza-as-power-plant-runs-out-of-fuel/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/10/israel-opt-is...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/in-gazas-widening-humanitarian-crisis-water-access-becomes-dire https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/in-gazas-widening-humanit...
> 5. Hamas fighters are not fighting in uniform. They do qualify as Prisoners of War.
this is not adequate cover for Israel's indiscriminate killing of civilians. the geneva conventions do not work this way.
> Israel has blocked aid for short periods of time in certain areas. For the most part, the failure of aid reaching where it needs to go has been a result of Israel being unable to provide security. We’ve seen what happens when Israelis don’t provide security for aid workers. They get looted and killed.
no, they've blocked access for long periods of time. this is why there is a famine: https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/07/un-experts-declare-famine-has-spread-throughout-gaza-strip https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/07/un-experts-d...
they are also killing aid workers who have cleared their routes with the IDF beforehand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Central_Kitchen_aid_convoy_attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Central_Kitchen_aid_conv...
https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/09/1154206 https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/09/1154206
> the pro Palestinian sides have absolutely destroyed the opportunity for moderation and negotiation by labeling Israel’s actions as genocide from day 1
yes, because the genocide has been occuring since 1947. i would highly recommend reading the history of this conflict as it started long before Oct 7 2023.