I've been very cautious to reserve the word "Genocide" because I didn't want to devalue it with hyperbole. For years, I've said that Israel is ethnically cleansing historic Palestine. But reading this article... I think this is the point where it becomes genocide, full and proper.
It's shocking to bear witness to.
By the UN definition, it's been genocide for a long fucking time
Same UN which doesn't consider Hamas to be a terrorist organization. So there's that. And no, am not justifying what's being done to civilians.
I have been unable to find a list of who the UN does consider to be a terrorist organization. Does the UN not call Hamas a terrorist organization because that's just a term the UN doesn't use?
He's gonna have to check Facebook and get back to you on that.
The UN definitely acknowledges the existence of terrorists groups
I've been very cautious to reserve the word "Genocide" because I didn't want to devalue it with hyperbole. For years, I've said that Israel is ethnically cleansing historic Palestine. But reading this article... I think this is the point where it becomes genocide, full and proper.
It's shocking to bear witness to.
By the UN definition, it's been genocide for a long fucking time
Same UN which doesn't consider Hamas to be a terrorist organization. So there's that. And no, am not justifying what's being done to civilians.
I have been unable to find a list of who the UN does consider to be a terrorist organization. Does the UN not call Hamas a terrorist organization because that's just a term the UN doesn't use?
He's gonna have to check Facebook and get back to you on that.
The UN definitely acknowledges the existence of terrorists groups
I couldn't find a list either but there's not a lot of documents under the "Foreign terrorist fighters" category -> https://www.un.org/counterterrorism/un-documents
And Biden, Blinken, etc have lashed themselves to the mast next to Netanyahu and Likud, promising a blank check no matter what.
Usually I'm OK with Biden (I think the way he handled Ukraine was pretty damn good) but this is a disastrous decision on our part.
I can only hope that his tough talk in public is covering for behind the scenes pressure on Isreal to have a ceasefire.
It is genocide either way by definition. Whether it's cultural or straight murder.