• chaogomu@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    Take it from someone who was paying attention at the time. As bloody and horrific as it was, the fighting in Mosul was fucking laser guided precision compared to what Israel is doing in Gaza.

    Israel is using massive bombs in areas that it tells refugees are safe. They bomb refugee camps and convoys. As in, directly targeting them, with bombs designed to cause as much collateral damage as possible.

    And remember, the refugees are only camped in those places and taking those routes because Israel said they would be safe.


    As to the “not being fair” comparing the dead children in different wars, remember that Total deaths of children in Iraq, for the entire 14 years of the conflict with ISIS, were less than died in Gaza in a single month.

    That’s what you don’t seem to understand. That’s why we can easily call this a genocide in motion.

    Add in comments by Israeli officials about “voluntary resettlement” in other countries.

    It’s pure genocide. They’re literally saying “leave your home or die, surrender your land and property on the way out”. It’s exactly what the Germans said to Jews in the lead up to the Holocaust.

    • Arete@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      I haven’t seen evidence for a lot of those points as you state them. I have seen evidence of single bombs dropped both along evacuation routes and in camps. These were always accompanied by statements that there were Hamas targets present, which obviously could be a lie. That being said, and taking all the reports together, I think if Israel was directly targeting civilians (as opposed to targeting Hamas and not caring about nearby civilians) they would have both killed hundreds of thousands and there would be evidence of repeated, sustained bombings of civilian targets.

      As to your final point, statements by a few Israeli officials regarding “voluntary” resettlement is advocating genocide. These people should be arrested, and if such a resettlement happens I will reverse my stance of this.