Maya Angelou, "When people show you who they are, believe them the first time."
It was news to me I’m sorry I didn’t get your approval on the timeframe for what constitute news.
At this point, I'm kind of expecting Netanyahu or some other high official in Israel to just admit they want to genocide all Muslims. Maybe they will even start using the "G" word openly. Why not? Who's going to do anything about it?
Like Bibi's ridiculous Iranian nuke claim, I suspect this recent blunder, red meat tossed to raving racists, bigots, Islamaphobes, and other fellow monsters, will only make him and, sadly, Jewish populations of other countries who want nothing to do with him, far more unpopular.
He's probably simply been listening to J D Vance, who said much the same thing two years ago after Labour won the the general election
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There's a serious and respectable legal argument that the crime of genocide is being committed in Gaza. However, genocide is a specific crime in international law which requires proof of intent at an unusually demanding level. The ICJ has not yet determined that Israel has committed it.matt bernstein on Instagram: "thank you, glenna milberg. (and truly thank you, @oliveradamslarkin, for showing us how dehumanization works in real time)"
143K likes, 2,351 comments - mattxiv on August 17, 2026: "thank you, glenna milberg. (and truly thank you, @oliveradamslarkin, for showing us how dehumanization works in real time)".
Damn idiot news lady. You have to do a ton of mental gymnastics with a VERY specific definition genocide to think it's not genocide at this point. Like... "NO! You have to build a camp and name it "Auschwitz" or it's not real genocide! Israel names their death camps and prisons different things!"
I understand what you're saying, but really don't think that ultra particular definition of "genocide" is meaningful. Israel is committing the mass murder of non combatants and is proudly celebrating their intention to do it. I frankly think that if they could, they'd try to define "genocide" in a way that only covers genocide against their people. I think the only way you can claim Israel is NOT committing genocide is to come up with a very hair splitting, and ultimately meaningless definition.
Genocide is a specific crime in international law. The mass murder of non-combatants is a different crime, as are destroying civilian infrastructure, collective punishment, withholding food and medical supplies, etc. Those crimes may also form part of the crime of genocide, but genocide remains a specific offence with specific points to prove.
Exactly. At a certain point, those defending Israel by playing semantic games just make it look even worse. Whatever you call it, it is a fucking crime against humanity that the world can see and trying to weasel out of it by claiming it is not "x" is pathetic. The veil is fully off on all of the gaslighting.
And I cannot understand why people want to distract attention from the numerous crimes against humanity that Israel clearly is committing and for which indictments have been issued by focusing on a crime Israel may have committed but which is considerably more difficult to prove and for which no indictments have been issued.
I think the core of our disagreement is just that you are looking at this from the perspective of the law, which is arguably owned by the court. Meanwhile, many of us look at this as a moral thing, which isn't actually owned by any particular entity.
