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  • DarkGamer@fedia.iotoWorld News@lemmy.world•Sinwar's killing is a win for Israel — but many Palestinians are proud of his defiant last stand
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    30 days ago

    That’s quite a citation spam. You had that all prepared? Hm, curious.

    I don’t really want to debate every aspect of this conflict with you, so I’ll stick to the matter I was discussing, whether Israel is committing genocide or not:

    • Israel could destroy Gaza in a day if they didn’t care about civilians. They haven’t. In fact they often do things to reduce civilian casualties that no other nation does, even at the expense of their operational effectiveness. (Roof knocking, warning people to evacuate in advance.) I find that inexplicable if they intended to commit genocide and maximize civilian deaths.
    • Self-defense is not genocide. Collateral damage is not genocide. Genocide, the crime, is a very specific claim of intent to destroy in whole or in part a protected group. Hamas, what Israel has been clear they intend to destroy, is not a protected group under this law. I do not believe evidence has been sufficiently established to make a credible accusation that Israel is attempting to destroy Arabs, Palestinians, or Muslims in whole or in part, (which are the relevant protected groups in this accusation,) especially considering 21% of Israeli citizens are Arab/Muslim, (i.e., the same heritage as Palestinians,) with full rights.
    • There have been some terrible and indefensible statements made by judeofascist members of the Israeli government that might qualify as genocidal, (Ben-Gvir, Eliyahu,) but not by people actually waging this war, and not sufficient to establish genocidal intent by the IDF at large. A while back I actually dug into the quotes SA provided in their IJC case from the ones waging this war, many of which are included in your “law4palestine” citation, (mostly by Gallant and Netanyahu.) When I read them in their original context it was clear they were stripped of important context and/or interpreted in the least charitable way possible to make their case. For example, acknowledging that war takes a toll on civilians and suggesting they should want to avoid conflict is not the same as stating intent to commit genocide via targeting civilians, nor is spouting rhetoric about how their side are the good guys, even though many such statements appear on that list.
    • Your links about statements from XX scholars remind me of the tactics climate change deniers use; cite a handful of experts to appeal to authority even when they may hold a minority opinion. The fact of the matter is the IJC did not find that SA’s claims of genocide were plausible, and did not order Israel to stop the war, which is what they would have done if this were a clear case of genocide. Actual judges in positions of authority applying the law is far more compelling to me than a petition by, “legal scholars,” or one individual’s opinion.
  • DarkGamer@fedia.iotoNews@lemmy.world•[Mega thread] - Biden ends bid for presidency
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    4 months ago

    Both candidates are experiencing decline, and if Biden were elected and incapable of doing the job it would have resulted in a Harris Presidency anyway. It’s such an odd thing to object over. We’ve had presidents in decline before and the country kept running just fine, (FDR, Reagan.)

    Biden did a fine job in office, I’m especially proud of his union support, and his policies were spot on in my opinion. To throw him under the bus like this seems really shitty.