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In reply to the discussion: No, pro Palestinian leftists, Israel is not committing genocide [View all]
Easterncedar
(3,693 posts)58. Yes, that.
“Only 40,000” is an outrageous and cruel and callous thing to say.
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Whether we like to admit it or not, the Palestinian people harbored Hamas.
FlyingPiggy
Oct 2024
#125
If not to insure ongoing hatred of Israel, why do so many people who know better insist on calling it genocide?
Beastly Boy
Sep 2024
#35
If this were to happen once or twice in a blue moon, you could blame it on imprecise wording.
Beastly Boy
Sep 2024
#57
Of course not. They pretend to think of it as a legal term while being willfuly ignorant of what it entails.
Beastly Boy
Sep 2024
#88
But you're not just pointing out a fallacy, not just pointing out the word "genocide" being used incorrectly
RidinWithHarris
Sep 2024
#115
Did you ever come across an OP on DU containing instances of violence in Gaza?
Beastly Boy
Oct 2024
#124
When one detects suspiciously consistent narrative patterns, it would be pure folly to not acknowledge them.
Beastly Boy
Oct 2024
#129
You don't get to claim the moral high ground after Israel murders over 100,000 innocent people
RAB910
Sep 2024
#4
The same Lancet with the totally BS causalities figures from the 2nd Persian Gulf War against Iraq?
EX500rider
Sep 2024
#56
So you think an entirely different study by an entirely different team of researchers
Rob H.
Sep 2024
#59
So wrong. Genocide is INTENTIONAL killing of a group of people based on their ethnicity or race
elias7
Sep 2024
#11
It's a bloody war between two people with towers of baggage that hate each other
DSandra
Sep 2024
#26
Yes it doesn't matter, They'll find some other reason to excuse Bibi's genocide againt the Palestinians.
canuckledragger
Sep 2024
#72
Then what is the term for mass bombing of civilians and pushing them off their land?
Martin Eden
Sep 2024
#21
"Do you think after all that has happened, Jews and Palestinians can live together peacefully as citizens with equal
Beastly Boy
Sep 2024
#38
With the question you asked and answered, you are ignoring Gaza and the West Bank
Martin Eden
Sep 2024
#49
The question was yours. My response was to bring your attention to the state where the answer to your question
Beastly Boy
Sep 2024
#55
Are "cultural differences" the distinction between Israeli Palestinians and those in the West Bank and Gaza?
Martin Eden
Sep 2024
#75
It helps if you read and pay attention to what you read before you post it.
Beastly Boy
Sep 2024
#39
The ICJ has NOT found Israel's conduct to at least merit charges for war crimes.
Beastly Boy
Sep 2024
#40
You are correct about the ICC Court itself not having made a determination versus
moniss
Sep 2024
#120
Only 41000, life doesn't have much value, I guess. That is only 2% of the population.
doc03
Sep 2024
#19
So it is the fault of Gazan civilians for getting in the way. Bibi could nuke Gaza and kill
doc03
Sep 2024
#50
This might make some sense if there was evidence of land taken by Israel as a resultt of
Beastly Boy
Sep 2024
#45
That's nothing compared to the death toll of a Republican when they become president
DSandra
Sep 2024
#29
ah yes, the old 'anti-semitism' deflection when people point out Bibi's genocide against the Palestinians.
canuckledragger
Sep 2024
#100
I suggest that with a slogan such as "From the river to the sea", it is the Palestinians
marybourg
Sep 2024
#73
And yet it's the Palestinian civilians that are the ones getting slaughtered by the 10's of 1000's
canuckledragger
Sep 2024
#74
So slaughtering innocent civilians is OK to you...or only if they're Palestinians?
canuckledragger
Sep 2024
#78