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> there is still broad support there for the war, because most israelis feel it's a matter of survival. A phrase like "the war" glosses over a lot. If the IDF

• FridayoLeary 1y ago
  I didn't see anywhere in the article anything about israelis calling for more dead children. Even if that happened it's the actions of a fringe group, not idf policy. Food shipments are being restricted because it's not generally accepted that you have to feed your enemies while you're at war with them. In any case the GHF was set up to deal precisely with this problem and is doing a great job. On the charges of genocide... Again what you say should be in harmony with reality. In truth all those sources have an anti israel bias. One can't help but think they started with a conclusion and found the evidence to fit in with it, which is the wrong way round. In any event other bodies like the UK government don't agree. Genocide requires intent and there is simply no intent for genocide from the Israeli government. One can also argue that if indeed genocide was the goal the war would have been much faster. anyway i hope that gives you a better perspective of Israels point of view and interpretation of events. Their stated goals in gaza are destroying hamas and ensuring gaza is no longer a security threat. Hamas is very large and quite well embedded in the civilian population and has a lot of infrastructure which means that even waging a war will lead to a lot of civilian casualties. Something that hamas exploits and people who claim genocide ignore.
  • paintbox 1y ago
    >Food shipments are being restricted because it's not generally accepted that you have to feed your enemies while you're at war with them. Funny way to put it. You do not feed the enemy, rest of the world feeds the enemy. You make all effort to prevent the enemy being fed, to starve the enemy to death. Starving the enemy is generally accepted as a war crime, but Israel disagrees. Oh yeah, and enemy in this case includes infants.
    • FridayoLeary 1y ago
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      • bccdee 1y ago
        > there has to be intent to prevent civilians from accessing food Intent, in cases of genocide, is basically impossible to establish except in retrospect. We can only establish what is happening right now: > “The worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in Gaza,” UN-backed food security experts said on Tuesday, in a call to action amid unrelenting conflict, mass displacement and the near-total collapse of essential services in the war-battered enclave. > The alert follows a May 2025 IPC analysis that projected catastrophic levels of food insecurity for the entire population by September. According to the platform’s experts, at least half a million people are expected to be in IPC Phase 5 – catastrophe – which is marked by starvation, destitution and death. https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/07/1165517 https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/07/1165517 > It is unclear to me how much actual starvation is taking place there. It sounds pretty clear to the UN. Israel is in full control of this situation. If things were playing out differently to how they wanted, they could permit more aid to go through. > They claim there's enough food entering gaza, but hamas is stealing it The idea that there's plenty of food but Hamas has squirrelled it away so that everyone starves is ludicrous. > so long as they are keeping international laws in good faith The International Court of Justice has ordered Israel multiple times to permit aid into Gaza. > You have to realise that genocide is not a realistic operational aim for the idf or the political establishment Sure it is. They just have to keep doing what they're doing right now. It's worked so far. --- I cited a laundry list of expert organizations specializing in identifying crimes against humanity. You've cited an op-ed. The balance of evidence and expertise overwhelmingly indicates genocide, and it's not even close.