Initially, I felt that it wasn't genocide because the goal was to wipe out Hamas, not the Palestinian people. I knew that Hamas hid their people, weapons, and hostages among the the civilian population, which made civilian casualties inevitable.
I was wrong. It may not have begun as genocide, but there is no excuse or other name for what Israel is doing.
And yet...Hamas' stated goal is Jewish genocide. Asked how they could claim they did not kill non-combatants when the murder of infants was documented, they said something along the lines of "since they are illegitimate, there are no civilians in Israel." How do you respond to that kind of intransigence?
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dancing_serpent
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Date: 2024-11-17 03:10 am (UTC)I was wrong. It may not have begun as genocide, but there is no excuse or other name for what Israel is doing.
And yet...Hamas' stated goal is Jewish genocide. Asked how they could claim they did not kill non-combatants when the murder of infants was documented, they said something along the lines of "since they are illegitimate, there are no civilians in Israel." How do you respond to that kind of intransigence?