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Brainstormy

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16. I beg to disagree

Reply to murielm99 (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 26, 2025, 07:07 AM

Jul 26

There is little doubt that Israel’s actions are sufficient to meet the requirements for genocidal conduct. More than 57,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Hamas’s attack of 7 October 2023. A November 2024 study found that nearly 70% of those killed at the time had been women and children, and clearly many male victims were not combatants either. The number of civilians killed thus far exceeds the 8,000 killed by Bosnian Serb forces in Srebrenica in 1995, which an international tribunal found to constitute genocide.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/24/israel-genocide-gaza

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Almost a third of people in Gaza not eating for days, UN food programme warns [View all] al bupp Jul 25 OP

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND Brainstormy Jul 25 #1

This is not genocide. murielm99 Jul 25 #2

existential fallacy Celerity Jul 25 #4

"Everything is not genocide" is not a universal claim. lapucelle Jul 27 #35

So do the genocide scholars who say it is genocide. AloeVera Jul 25 #6

Kids are starving- I think of them every time I eat womanofthehills Jul 25 #8

Thank you for adding this context al bupp Jul 25 #12

Kids are starving- I think of them every time I eat womanofthehills Jul 25 #9

And tons of food, in easy proximity and could be freely distributed, was just incinerated. colorado_ufo Jul 26 #19

Exterminating all 2 million Gazans isn't genocide to you? iemanja Jul 26 #14

Go back and read my post. murielm99 Jul 26 #15

It is NOT anti-semitism BuddhaGirl Jul 26 #18

I have said all I am going to say about this. n/t murielm99 Jul 26 #22

There's no defense to it BuddhaGirl Jul 26 #25

Drop it. murielm99 Jul 26 #26

See post #27 BuddhaGirl Jul 26 #29

Drop the killing of 2 million people iemanja Jul 26 #31

Sure, call someone anti-semitic and then run off. AloeVera Jul 26 #27

Apparently anti-semitism includes iemanja Jul 26 #32

What Hamas did was horrible, devastating. Plus, there are still hostages, and some hostages have died. colorado_ufo Jul 26 #20

Well-said! AloeVera Jul 26 #28

Israel is starving Palestinians iemanja Jul 26 #23

I think you might be onto something there... Violet_Crumble Jul 26 #33

Been reading you since 2003. mahina Jul 27 #36

I beg to disagree Brainstormy Jul 26 #16

It's wrong Chi67 Jul 26 #17

It may or may not yet rise to the level of genocide al bupp Jul 26 #30

It. Is. Genocide. Owl Jul 27 #34

Everyone does not get their own definition of genocide. murielm99 Jul 27 #37

See post #31 BuddhaGirl Jul 27 #38

See post 27. murielm99 Monday #39

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 25 #3

Why would anyone care if those about to be murdered die hungry? Scalded Nun Jul 25 #5

Death by starvation leading to organ failure is extremely cruel. AloeVera Jul 25 #7

This is sequel to the Warsaw Ghetto SlowSpeed Jul 25 #10

I agree. This is a replay of the Warsaw Ghetto Old Testament Libera Jul 26 #21

Never thought of it that way al bupp Jul 26 #24

USA, USA, USA. twodogsbarking Jul 25 #11

Numerous times I have emailed by Senators and congressman.... Bread and Circuses Jul 26 #13