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Israel/Palestine

Smilo

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5. So what do you call what is happening in Gaza?

Reply to lapucelle (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 9, 2025, 03:18 PM

Sep 9

Ethnic cleansing, extermination, involuntary transfer?

The legal term “genocide” refers to certain acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.

https://www.ushmm.org/genocide-prevention/learn-about-genocide-and-other-mass-atrocities/what-is-genocide

Two prominent Israeli rights groups on Monday said their country is committing genocide in Gaza, the first time that local Jewish-led organizations have made such accusations against Israel during nearly 22 months of war.

The claims by B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel add to an explosive debate over whether Israel’s military offensive in Gaza — launched in response to Hamas’ deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack — amounts to genocide.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/two-israeli-rights-groups-say-their-country-is-committing-genocide-in-gaza

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'Israel is not committing genocide in Gaza,' UK government concludes [View all] Mosby Sep 9 OP

So, that means that Palestinians are voluntarily starving themselves to death and/or no_hypocrisy Sep 9 #1

The Hamas death cult sees every Palestinian death comradebillyboy Sep 9 #3

Genocide requires the specific intent to destroy an ethnic group as such. lapucelle Sep 9 #2

So what do you call what is happening in Gaza? Smilo Sep 9 #5

It's called a war, and it's a war Hamas started. lapucelle Sep 9 #6

At the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva (ICRC) Smilo Sep 9 #10

Thank you for the concession that the war in Gaza is neither "ethnic cleansing", nor "extermination", lapucelle Sep 9 #11

The Labour Government is rank as hell Easterncedar Sep 9 #4

They weren't "peace protestors". They were rallying in support of the proscribed terrorist group Palestinian Action. lapucelle Sep 9 #7

GOV.UK: Proscribed terrorist groups or organisations lapucelle Sep 9 #8

Take a guess who owns Starmer. AloeVera Sep 9 #9

Who exactly do you think "owns" Keir Starmer and "toppled" unrepentant anti-Semite Jeremy Corbyn? lapucelle Sep 9 #12