Is Israel Guilty of Genocide?
Posted By: Judy W., 5/3/2024 8:41:39 AM
Israel’s enemies are charging the world’s only Jewish nation with committing genocide. This is a lie. Genocide as a word and internationally accepted concept did not exist before 1944. It was specifically created to describe how the Nazis sought to eliminate the entirety of the Jewish population in Europe.(Snip) This narrow definition under international law consists of two principal prerequisites: intent and a specific group’s physical destruction. Currently, there are politically motivated and rhetorically irresponsible charges of genocide leveled at Israel. These disingenuous accusations are a weapon of war that terrorist groups such as Hamas are using to achieve strategic political victory in the struggle for universal information dominance.
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Genocide as a word and internationally accepted concept did not exist before 1944. It was specifically created to describe how the Nazis sought to eliminate the entirety of the Jewish population in Europe.(Snip)
This narrow definition under international law consists of two principal prerequisites: intent and a specific group’s physical destruction.
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This includes a detailed list of ways that Israel warns Gazan civilians before attacks and provides time for them to leave. It's a tricky business because, as we know, Hamas always blends itself with civilians in order to maximize damage to civilians. I was going to say "innocent civilians," but they are the ones who put Hamas in power and approve of Hamas's actions.