[dotancohen]

And they are interpreted in the fashion most damning to Israel, whereas much worse on-the-record quotes from other bodies, notably those bodies which have demonstrated intent to destroy Israel, are interpreted more favourably.

[mjburgess]

When you control the food and water supply for two million people, and turn that off for months until they are starved and malnourished -- then your words indicating this is deliberate, given it could only be deliberate anyway, are interpreted differently, yes.

When you're imprisoned inside a walled high-security island and your greatest military capability is to kill 100s of people outside of it, your words indicating a desire to eradicate one of the most militarised, highly-financed and capable states in the world -- do carry a different significance.

One group has the capability to entirely destroy the other, is actively engaged in that pursuit, and its most senior political figures have indicated their intent to do so.

Another group has almost no military capabilities, insofar as they exist, they are presently engaged in a fight for their survival -- and otherwise, their entire civilian population is presently being decimated with their children being mass starved, and a very large percentage of their entire population dead or injured.

If you think words are to be interpted absent this context, then I cannot imagine you're very sincere in this.

[dotancohen]

  > When you control the food and water supply for two million people, and turn that off for months until they are starved and malnourished -- then your words indicating this is deliberate, given it could only be deliberate anyway, are interpreted differently, yes.

You confuse "control" with "provide". Israel provides the Gaza strip with food, water, electricity. This is because UNRWA removed all need for the Gazans to develop their own self sufficiency.

The water and electricity were cut off to pressure the governing body to return the babies that they kidnapped. Return the Gazans decide the want the services back, they are invited to return the hostages. That has been the stance since day one.

  > When you're imprisoned inside a walled high-security island and your greatest military capability is to kill 100s of people outside of it, your words indicating a desire to eradicate one of the most militarised, highly-financed and capable states in the world -- do carry a different significance.

Yes, exactly. The Gazans publicly declare their intent to genocide.

  > One group has the capability to entirely destroy the other, is actively engaged in that pursuit, and its most senior political figures have indicated their intent to do so.

Exactly. The Muslims have not only the capacity to destroy the Jewish state, they are engaged in a multi-front effort to do so. Hamas is one of those fronts. The media is another one.

  > Another group has almost no military capabilities, insofar as they exist, they are presently engaged in a fight for their survival -- and otherwise, their entire civilian population is presently being decimated with their children being mass starved, and a very large percentage of their entire population dead or injured.

You are inverting the victim-perpetrator perception by trying to suggest the this conflict is Israel vs Gazans, whereas it is clear that the conflict is Muslim vs Jews. You need only to listen to Israel's enemies to understand that. Why those bodies are under no media nor UN scrutiny is very suspicious.

If you doubt it, then tell me why Hezbollah attacked Israel the day after Hamas? Why are the Houthis involved? Why did Iran bomb us?

  > If you think words are to be interpted absent this context, then I cannot imagine you're very sincere in this.

I actually imagine that you are sincere in your concern, and now that I've demonstrated that the charges against Israel are inverted you may reconsider your position.

[adastra22]

> When you control the food and water supply for two million people, and turn that off for months until they are starved and malnourished

Show me the evidence. You can find Arabic speaking influencers eating out in Gaza on social media. You can find security camera images of full supermarkets. The facts on the ground don’t match the narrative.

Far from withholding food, most of the food coming into Gaza now is via the Israel government, which is doing an end run around Hamas to get food to the people. Because Hamas, not the IDF, was shooting up aid trucks and taking all the food, both for their own use and to sell at inflated prices.

Hamas via MENA media companies is pushing the narrative of a famine because controlling the food supply is a primary means of extracting money from the population to further the war. Get Americans and Europeans to donate to starving Gazans, to fill the coffers of Hamas.

[mjburgess]

Here's an interview with a UNICEF worker who has spent a great deal of time on the ground:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsAo2j6aih0