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In reply to the discussion: No, pro Palestinian leftists, Israel is not committing genocide [View all]elias7
(4,221 posts)The Arab violence and non-acceptance of Israel began before Netanyahu was born. Israel has been open to a two state solution since the 1930s and it is the Arabs who have thwarted the peace process at every turn.
Yet, the Palestinian Arab Israelis have flourished in number, the Palestinian Arab refugees in Gaza and the West Bank have flourished in number, while Israel has been accused of genocide for decades. I guess you just dont believe that Israel has gone to extraordinary efforts to avoid killing civilians that Hamas currently hides among and behind, which if true, belies the concept of genocide. I guess you dont believe that Hamas hides behind civilians and their goal is as many civilian deaths as possible to force the international community to act against Israel, because that actually would be doubly genocidal on the part of Hamas, as they are similarly heel bent on destroying the Jews.
Try this exercise. Write down the case for and against genocide on the part of Israel and see if you can really convince anyone without an agenda if genocide is actually happening. Obviously from your response to the OP, if the fact that only 10,000 (how many are combatants?) killed in the past 6 months doesnt move your goalpost, Im thinking nothing will.
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