Here’s something I wish millions of people knew. All the academics trying to give legitimacy to the genocide libel know that Israel is not committing genocide under the Genocide Convention. They are completely explicit about this. They openly argue that the legal definition of genocide needs to be discarded, stretched, or reinterpreted, because they know it doesn’t apply to Israel.
If you’ve ever wondered how Israel could be accused of genocide while fighting against a massive army of militans—while Hamas embeds itself in hospitals, schools, and homes—know that they also know this undermines the accusation. But they don’t care. For them, Israel is genocidal simply because it’s a “settler-colonial” state. That’s it. Not intent, not action, not operational context, just ideology. This theory says nothing about intent and nothing about military law.
According to this logic, antizionist militias every right to use guerilla warfare, to hide behind civilians, and to martyr its own population. They bears no responsibility. Everyone pushing the genocide accusation knows it’s not legally true. So when they cite human rights reports or international law, they’re deliberately distorting it, bending it to fit their ideology, hoping no one notices.
Figures like Dirk Moses, Francesca Albanese, Omer Bartov, and Amos Goldberg are part of a small circle doing this openly. They know the contradictions and they admit them among themselves, when they think that no one else is watching.
@ShimonNataf שנים הסתגלנו בסובלנות לחסימות כבישים. ולא מעט חסמו כבישים.: נכים, הקהילה הגאה, אתיופים. חוסר אכיפת החוק הביא רק בשורות רעות למדינה. פעם חומים ברקת בבית ופעם פוגעים ברכוש אצל סולברג. הכל מאותו שורש.
@AlexRif3 טוב לבטל את סעיף הנכד, לתגבר לימוד יהדות ברוסיה, ולגייר רק אלו שרוצים לשמור מצוות והמשתמע בזה.
מי שרוצה, יכול להתגייר, ומי שלא רוצה , לא חייב ואנו לא חייבים לקבלו.
@NoamNechama Like bank of Israel can buy dollars and cause the dollar rise? Don’t think so. Lower interest rates? yes , but only to a point. ( it was just lowered, but not enough) . Most is beyond control.
@4micabl3@NathanJRobinson They Arabs are not in ghettos, have freedom of movement with Judea and Samaria and the only aspect of "occupation" is connected to security, which is regulated by Israeli military law under supervision of the High Court.
@4micabl3@NathanJRobinson The PA has civil jurisdiction over citizens of the PA. Believe it or not, they have a court sytem of their own. They have government ministries, licenscing bodies. The PA is a quasi state (a separarte authority) recognozed by the Oslo Accords.