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by spwa4 222 days ago
You really need someone to explain to you why "if your group is 'weak' you get to commit genocide without punishment" is an incredibly, incredibly bad principle?

And no, the UN has called hamas' actions genocide, as I pointed out, are mostly the same people as for the "Gaza genocide".
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DiogenesKynikos 222 days ago
If your group is weak, it's impossible for you to commit genocide. The idea that Hamas would ever be able to commit genocide against the Israelis is absurd. The reason why Israel is able to commit genocide against the Palestinians is because it has overwhelming military dominance.

Israel can kill Palestinians at will with almost no resistance. It can cut off food, water and electricity. It can bomb every hospital in Gaza. It can bomb almost every apartment building. It can destroy every water treatment plant. Etc. Etc. The most Hamas can do is launch a raid a few kilometers into Israel for a few hours, and that's only if the Israeli military isn't paying attention.

There is only one thing holding Israel back: fear of international pressure, in the form of sanctions, boycotts, etc.

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spwa4 222 days ago
This word, impossible, I don't think it means what you think it means.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_genocide_in_the...

Oh, one might even add: there was no need whatsoever to change the definition of genocide to come to that conclusion. There was no need to declare a paid mailing list "academic experts on genocide", just to get "academic experts on genocide" to say something is a genocide. No need for years of propaganda, change laws and definitions after the fact.

Who knew? Just emptying two automatic weapons in a kindergarten classroom, leaving no survivors, because hamas fighters thought they were Jews, that event, just that one incident, is genocide. Along with hundreds of other war crimes that also count. Even if two of those children (the black ones) weren't even Jewish. Raping, killing and torturing women because they're Jewish is genocide.

Is your claim seriously that cutting off electricity is worse, or justifies something like this? Because we all know why people think those victims aren't worth caring about ...

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DiogenesKynikos 222 days ago
The IDF has killed more babies alone than the total number of Israelis killed on October 7th.

The conflict between Israel and the Palestinians has nothing to do with Judaism itself, and the Palestinians don't care that the Israelis are Jewish, so I don't know why you keep bringing Jews into this (except to somehow relate it to the Holocaust).

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