I’d like to add to your brilliant run-down of reasons why Israel’s actions are provably genocidal, that they have also committed the fifth.

Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/fate-baby-and-other-palestinian-children-unknown-after-israeli-army-forcibly-transfers-them-out-gaza-strip-enar

https://www.savethechildren.net/news/palestinian-children-israeli-military-detention-report-increasingly-violent-conditions

No, it’s not true to say that an event is not Genocide just because the party (rightly IMV) accused of Genocide hasn’t blocked 100% of humanitarian aid. Blocking humanitarian aid is illegal under international law.[1][2]

In deciding whether or not the event constitutes Genocide, It matters whether the killings and conditions imposed on the population of the Gaza Strip can be proven to be carried out with genocidal intent. South Africa has already presented ample evidence of statements from Israeli leaders which are/seem tantamount to statements of genocidal intent, and the ICJ has already ruled that there is a plausible risk of genocide being committed. We are just waiting for the ICJ to make their ruling.

https://x.com/CheriJacobus/status/1802345091123544214

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I think he ended up in a Lebanese prison?

The Katyusha rockets favored by Hamas and Hezbollah typically cost about $300 a round, while the Iron Dome’s Tamir missiles cost anywhere from $20,000 to $100,000 each, depending on whose numbers are being quoted. (The Israeli government will not officially disclose this information.) Also, some sources suggest that two Tamirs are fired at each incoming projectile to ensure success, which, if true, would double the cost of each interception.

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I think it’s much easier to discover new content on Lemmy.

They are obsessed with comparing shit to TV shows.

Pretty sure that anti-anti-fascism is just straight-up a Nazi trope.

The Pahlavi family being the Starks of course.

Fucking libs.

How is it remotely sane to give support to any candidate who backs an ongoing genocide? It’s only sane to do so if you’re apathetic to the said victims of genocide and know that their ghosts won’t affect you after they’ve been murdered by the politicians you’ve elected.

If there are 2 buttons, and both will result in the commission of Genocide, you don’t press either button. This is why this meme wouldn’t work in its usual context if the buttons said that.

Any voter or potential voter who has moral principles and values should withhold support for any candidate who supports or enables the most serious crime known to humanity.

If a political opponent of Adolf Hitler was vying for election in Germany in 1932 or 1933, and that political opponent also had the same views towards Jews and/or other ethnic, racial, religious and national groups as Adolf Hitler, with the same intention to commit and use the power of their office to facilitate genocide against those groups as the NSDAP has, you don’t vote for that other candidate, even if they maintain free elections within a fascist Germany. On principle, every person has a moral responsibility not to support, nor facilitate the crime of Genocide. A true democracy allows for true political expression of the population and doesn’t force its electorate to back a Genocide.

I hope I’m not being OTT or patronizing. When talking about an ongoing Genocide against a group it’s off to reduce the (unfortunately) political issue of Genocide prevention to the less serious language used in US domestic politics. And there ought not to be a reason why Palestine is less important than Ukraine or Russian influence in Europe. I mean Palestine is fucked right now and has been since 1948. Why would European people let Palestine be fucked for decades since it doesn’t affect Europe but care about Ukraine since it does? I dunno such a shit situation.

I think it is both. People are naturally the most revolutionary in times of crisis and struggle. It is the conditions which are created by the capitalist system that make the people feel that the system they live under is untenable, especially with rapid changes in conditions as experienced during financial crises. Many within the bourgeoise study the instability of capitalism in order to protect their capital or to profit from it.

I remember reading months ago that they use AI to automatically shoot at people at checkpoints in the West Bank. I don’t know what criteria one would use to train an AI model to shoot people.

They’ve changed the image away from the atomic nuclear fireball. Apparently, they managed to realise that advocating for a nuclear holocaust is a bad look.

You can buy paprika at Tescos but British food is still shit.

On the testimonials section they have names alongside masked members.

What the hell is this thread?

Almost like Israel is doing specific things for a reason and aren’t being wanton genociders. [+196]

So much this. If Israel really genuinely wanted to murder women and children, they would be dropping cluster bombs, chemical weapons, nerve gas, white phosphorus. Etc. [+143]

You do know that they have been using white phosphorus right? [-69]

Using white phosphorous to illuminate the sky is the intended use. [+50]

They used an incendiary smokescreen to illuminate the sky in the day. 🧠🧠🧠

Once, over the harbor. An allowed use. [+48]

I know that but I’m sure you too can comprehend the mental impact that would have on the civilian populace. That’s entirely the goal. To scare the innocent civilians. What would stop them from doing it again in different places when they’ve done war crimes over and over again for decades and the world is allowing them to do so? [-53]

It’s a bright light in the sky. [+20]

I love how it started with Oh My!! They’re using white phosphorus don’t you know how bad that is?!! To well even though it was just the harbour and had no physical harm, won’t you think of their mental health?!!! Those bright lights! I think nearly two decades living under oppressive leadership like Hamas would have a much worse effect on mental health. The mental gymnastics and constant moving of goal posts is astounding with some people. Can’t they just say they approve of Hamas and move on.

The post has now been removed for having a misleading title.

I think it can also translate to extermination, annihilation, and eradication as well as genocide. I don’t know how context changes the meaning since I don’t speak Arabic.

https://context.reverso.net/translation/arabic-english/الإبادة

He did call it that.

واليوم في غزه نفس الشيء اسمه حجم الجرائم والمجازر والقتل واعمال الاباده التي يمارسها هناك

Which Google Translates to “Today in Gaza the same thing is called the scale of crimes, massacres, killings and acts of genocide being practiced there”

I used an extension to translate the audio from Arabic to an English transcript.