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A genuine question What more does Israel actually have to do for its actions to be called a genocide? What haven’t they done yet that doesn't make it a genocide? If what Israel actions are not genocide what do we call it then?

To be completely clear I condemn the Hamas attack on October 7th But it makes no sense that their actions are labeled terrorism while Israel's massive systematic destruction isn't. Surely when the ICC issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity such as starvation as a method of warfare and intentionally targeting civilians you cannot look at the scale of this and say it's just a "conflict" or "to destroy hamas"

Furthermore the scale of global legal consensus is massive major independent bodies like the UN CoI, CERD, UNSR, FIDH, Euro-Med Monitor, Amnesty International, IAGS, UNHR, the Lemkin Institute, PHRI and B'Tselem along side +800 genocide experts and dozens of countries have all accused Israel of committing or being complicit in genocide. You can't tell me it's just a simple "conflict" or to "destroy Hamas" when the entire global legal framework is sounding the alarm

when there is 73000+ Palestinians civilians killed mostly women and children including 21000+ children causing serious bodily or mental harm with 172000+ injured with permanent disabilities and deliberately inflicting conditions of life to destroy the Gazans through complete blockade on food water medicine fuel causing starvation of 2.3 million civilians and preventing births through destruction of reproductive health services maternity wards and high rates of miscarriages premature births and when there is 84% of hospitals in gaza are either destroyed, damaged or forced out of service, when every school in Gaza have been attacked and when the The UN Secretary General says nowhere is safe everywhere is a potential killing zone and when even schools, hospitals and designated shelters have been targeted this is NOT just a conflict

Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza, it has the specific intent to destroy them as a group, and it meets the legal definition of genocide under the 1949 Genocide Convention, Let’s break this down

What is genocide is under international law?

The 1949 Genocide Convention defines genocide as acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. It lists 6 conditions:

1.Killing members of the group.

2.Causing serious bodily or mental harm

3.Deliberately inflicting conditions of life 4.calculated to bring about the group’s physical destruction

5.Preventing births within the group

6.Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group

Israel’s actions in Gaza meet these conditions

1.Killing members of the group

Over 70,000–75,000+ Palestinians have been killed, the majority civilians, including tens of thousands of children

2.Causing serious bodily or mental harm

Hundreds of thousands injured, many with permanent disabilities, amputations, and trauma

Psychological trauma from constant bombing, loss of family, and living in extreme conditions

3.Deliberately inflicting conditions of life to destroy the group

Complete blockade on food, water, medicine, fuel, and electricity

Destruction of hospitals, universities, water systems, and housing

Starvation of 2.3 million civilians, including children, to the point of death from malnutrition and dehydration

4.Preventing births

Destruction of reproductive health services, banning of contraception, and attacks on maternity wards

High rates of miscarriage, premature births, and death of newborns due to lack of medical care

5.Forcibly transferring children

Separation of children from families, detention of children, and death of children in custody

Displacement of entire families and children to other regions or countries

Statements by Israeli government officials show genocidal intent

Benjamin Netanyahu

“We are going to wipe off Gaza”

“This is not about ditches, it is about the complete victory of Israel”

“There will be no cease-fire, no intermission, no peace agreement, no quiet”

On civilian deaths, Netanyahu said “almost half of those killed in the Gaza war are Hamas fighters” and that Israel had kept the ratio of civilians to combatants at about one to one, even though the vast majority are civilians and children

Yoav Gallant (Former Defense Minister)

“Human animals, we will act against them”

Itamar Ben-Gvir (National Security Minister)

“There will be no cease-fire, no return, no peace, no quiet. We will erase Gaza”

“We will not stop until complete victory”

Bezalel Smotrich (Finance Minister)

“Gaza will not return to what it was. Gaza will be erased”