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[-] nexusband@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Please show me one example, where Israel wants to eradicate Palestinians. And while you're at it, show me the difference between the Iraqi wars and this. Hamas and IS are pretty much the same. While I agree that both wars are fruitless and utterly stupid and based on some kind of twisted reality to fight fire with fire (not much difference between terror from Hamas or Israel at this point, same as in the Iraqi Wars) that only brings more death, destruction and despair - it is no genocide.

And Israel ignoring international law is pretty much the same as the US, Russia and China ignoring international law. But to wear down those countries takes time, effort and a United front. While time is probably the smallest issue...effort and and united front is a whole lot more of an issue.

[-] mmcintyre@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

What do you call it when you tell Palestinians to evacuate to a particular safe area as you're about to do some bombing, but then you bomb that supposedly safe area you just sent families into? What do you call it when you kill more than 10,000 Palestinian children? I mean, that kinda seems more than a little bit like wanting to eradicate Palestinians.

But also, why did Netanyahu even want Hamas rather than the PA running Gaza in the first place?

[-] nexusband@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

What i'd call it? War crimes. On the same level as Russia. Is Russia being accused of genocide because they bomb schools and hospitals? No, they are commuting war crimes. Russia was accused of genocide because they deported children - and they have been found guilty for that.

Israel is committing war crimes left and right while fighting Hamas, but that's no genocide.

[-] mmcintyre@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Ukraine is a very large nation, Russia would have to pull out the nukes to bomb their way into genocide. Gaza is just a city, Israel has it easy.

But also.. how is stealing children genocide but killing them ain't?

[-] Doorbook@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

If someone argue (genocide vs war crime) while the world experts who came up with the law of what consider genocide are calling it genocide, you know it is useless speaking with them

[-] nom_nom@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago

Have you even looked at any of the examples in SA’s case?

[-] nexusband@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes. Have you? It should be very clear that not a single genocide case is a dry, clear cut case.

[-] e_mc2@feddit.nl 8 points 1 year ago

That's a lot of whataboutism there mate.

[-] nexusband@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

So Law is whataboutism then?

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