What if it looks like an unfalsifiable claim?
Stop calling it a war. It's a genocide.
Genocide is the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group, Which Israel is, in fact, doing. They are going door-to-door terrorizing civilians. They are kidnapping, murdering and even raping Palestinians. They are dropping ******* WHITE PHOSPHORUS on CIVILIANS.Define genocide.
Now articulate how Israel is committing a genocide against Palestine.
Genocide is the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group, Which Israel is, in fact, doing. They are going door-to-door terrorizing civilians. They are kidnapping, murdering and even raping Palestinians. They are dropping ******* WHITE PHOSPHORUS on CIVILIANS.
And on top of that, dehumanizing, violent rhetoric used by Netanyahu and his fascist coalition ("Remember what Amalel did to you," "we are fighting animals," etc.) has made it clear that yes, their intent is to destroy Palestine and to kill as many Palestinians as they can.
It's a ******* genocide.
Ultra Magnus13 said:The current civilian casualty rate in Gaza is at or below average for a modern war.
https://reliefweb.int/report/occupi...-war-un-revises-death-toll-women-and-children
“We are now entering the second phase of the war, which its objectives are clear: destruction of the military and governmental capabilities of Hamas and the return of the hostages back home,” Netanyahu said. “In the last couple of days, I have met with our soldiers in the bases, in the field, in the north and in the south. Remember what Amalek has done to you. We remember, and we are fighting.”
The statement from Netanyahu’s office noted that the phrase “Remember what Amalek has done to you” appears at Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial and museum, and is inscribed on a memorial to Dutch Jews murdered during the Holocaust at The Hague, where the court sits. “Obviously neither reference is an incitement to genocide of the German people,” the statement said.
The South African charging document also misattributed the source of Netanyahu’s quote, inaccurately suggesting he was referring to I Samuel 15. Netanyahu, however, did not quote that passage; instead, “Remember what Amalek has done to you” is from Deuteronomy 25, and refers to how God saved the Israelites from the peril posed by the Amalekites in the desert. In the context of Deuteronomy, the phrase appears among a litany of commandments and is seen by Jewish scholars as a commandment to remember that God is with the Jews even in times of peril.
“Remember what Amalek did to you on your journey, after you left Egypt,” the passage reads, “how, undeterred by fear of God, he surprised you on the march, when you were famished and weary, and cut down all the stragglers in your rear. Therefore, when your God grants you safety from all your enemies around you, in the land that your God is giving you as a hereditary portion, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!”
The phrase as it appears in Deuteronomy has repeatedly been used since the Holocaust as a call to witness; Yad Vashem features the phrase on a banner, and its archives include letters between European Jews during the Holocaust in which they plead with one another to bear witness should they survive. Commentators said the calls to spare no Amalekites or to blot out their memory were to be understood metaphorically, not literally.
Israel’s defence minister on Monday announced a “complete siege” of Gaza, describing the Palestinian fighters who attacked Israel over the weekend as “human animals”
Israel formally declared war on the Hamas militant group on Sunday, pointing to the large military mobilization that has already killed nearly 500 people in Gaza, including women and children. Hamas claims it has taken about 100 captives from the attacks.
“We are fighting human animals and we act accordingly,” Gallant said.
While it appears that Gallant was specifically referring to Hamas fighters in that comment, the rest of the minister’s remarks called for further oppression of all people in Gaza by denying them basic human needs.
Asked about the difficulty of the evacuation order, Gallant said it was essential to avoid civilian casualties as Israel retaliates against Hamas, which he characterized as similar in its brutality to the terror group ISIS.
“The camouflage of the terrorists is the civil population,” he said, according to a transcript provided by the Pentagon. “Therefore, we need to separate them. So those who want to save their life, please go south. We are going to destroy Hamas infrastructures, Hamas headquarters, Hamas military establishment, and take these phenomena out of Gaza and out of the Earth. They cannot live among human civilized people.”
That is an important point.
Hamas themselves admitted that at least 6,000 of their armed combatants are among the dead (and if that's the number they admit, the real number is higher).
Israel Gaza: Checking Israel's claim to have killed 10,000 Hamas fighters
BBC Verify examines the evidence on combatant deaths, as concern grows about the scale of civilian killing.www.bbc.com
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan underscored his support for Hamas, saying more than a thousand members of the organization are being treated in Turkey.
Just like "genocide," "apartheid" can only be applied to Israel by diluting and redefining it into meaninglessness (both HRW and AI are guilty of this). There is nothing even remotely resembling "apartheid" inside Israel. It is occupying territory outside its borders and dominating people who aren't its citizens. That's bad and some of us have been against this occupation for decades. Even that is not the same thing.in addition to being an apartheid state for literal decades.
Just like "genocide," "apartheid" can only be applied to Israel by diluting and redefining it into meaninglessness (both HRW and AI are guilty of this). There is nothing even remotely resembling "apartheid" inside Israel. It is occupying territory outside its borders and dominating people who aren't its citizens. That's bad and some of us have been against this occupation for decades. Even that is not the same thing.
An award-winning nurse in New York named Hesen Jabr was recently fired for referring to the Gaza campaign as "genocide", and yet none of the people who whine about "cancel culture" will ever use her as an example of it.
Oh no, they're too busy worrying about whether aging millionaire comedians are feeling social pressure to update their shopworn racial stereotype jokes.
A nurse honored for compassion is fired after referring to Gaza 'genocide' in speech
A nurse was fired by a New York City hospital after she referred to Israel’s war in Gaza as “genocide” during a speech accepting an award.apnews.com
So what you're telling me is that israel has turned gaza into a barrel to shoot fish, and 5 out of 6 of those fish were not the intended target?
Actually, there's plenty inside Israel that looks like apartheid. Arab citizens of Israel, who make up about 20% of the population, face a lot of discrimination. There are more than 50 laws that favor Jewish citizens over Arab ones in areas like housing, education, and even family reunification.
In the West Bank, Palestinians live under military law while Israeli settlers live under civilian law, which is a clear double standard. Groups like Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International say this setup is pretty much apartheid, and I'm not seeing how they're wrong.
So, it’s not just about the territories. The discrimination happens inside Israel too.
“The Red Cross was very familiar with the regime that prevailed in South Africa during the apartheid period, and we are responding to all those who raise their claim of apartheid against Israel: No, there is no apartheid here, no regime of superiority of race, of denial of basic human rights to a group of people because of their alleged racial inferiority. There is a bloody national conflict, whose most prominent and tragic characteristic is its continuation over the years, decades-long, and there is a state of occupation. Not apartheid.”
Update: Proposed Ceasefire Deal in Gaza
Hamas officials have said they would only proceed with a US-proposed ceasefire deal if it involved a permanent cessation to hostilities, casting doubt on the future of the proposal. A formal rejection has not been issued, and US State Department officials continue to maintain that the deal could still be accepted.
“We don’t think this ought to be a process that takes a long time for Hamas to consider, given that the proposal that was submitted to them last Thursday evening is virtually identical to one that they had several weeks ago,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in Washington.
“We would hope for a response from them as soon as possible because the benefits that this proposal offers to the Palestinian people are real. They’re tangible. They would be immediate.”
Wednesday, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said the group would consider “seriously and positively… any agreement that is based on a comprehensive ending of the aggression and the complete withdrawal and prisoners swap.”
CIA Director William Burns is in Doha, and special envoy Brett McGurk is in Cairo in order to move the potential agreement forward.
On top of that "children" are counted as anyone below 18. I can assure you a large portion of "children" are enemy combatants.