Current Affairs Israel is an apartheid state

[Tipp blue]

Killing 10,000 in less than a month is genocide in my book.

In that case wouldn't killing a thousand civilians in a day could be seen as genocide in your book? October 7th...

 

[Bluerover]

Not sure Genocide is the correct word to use, Palistine population has grown from 1.8 million to 5.3 million in the past 30 years.. that's kind of the opposite of genocide..

Sorry Tipp. I'm not with you on this one mate

https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/documents/atrocity-crimes/Doc.1_Convention%20on%20the%20Prevention%20and%20Punishment%20of%20the%20Crime%20of%20Genocide.pdf

Article II
In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:

1. Killing members of the group;
2. Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
3. Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
4. Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
5. Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

Elements of the crime​

The Genocide Convention establishes in Article I that the crime of genocide may take place in the context of an armed conflict, international or non-international, but also in the context of a peaceful situation. The latter is less common but still possible. The same article establishes the obligation of the contracting parties to prevent and to punish the crime of genocide.

 

[peteblue]

Nobody is using history to justify death. History provides a context to help us understand the present.

One history does not outweigh another and all that matters is helping people now.

Well, I read one or two comments using history to excuse things, but putting that aside I totally agree with your last sentence ……

 

[Martin Alvito]

Killing 10,000 in less than a month is genocide in my book.

Nah, that was a normal week for Stalin for an entire year, with no ethnic motivation necessary.

It's also the sort of thing where we put everyday people in prison for life, or execute them, for a single instance. Looking the other way is madness, especially for political leaders accountable to voters.

 

[varnish]

Sadly one dead is a tragedy, 10,000 a statistic.

 

[Blue 1]

In that case wouldn't killing a thousand civilians in a day could be seen as genocide in your book? October 7th...

No.

 

[Tipp blue]

Sorry Tipp. I'm not with you on this one mate

https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/documents/atrocity-crimes/Doc.1_Convention%20on%20the%20Prevention%20and%20Punishment%20of%20the%20Crime%20of%20Genocide.pdf

Article II
In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:

1. Killing members of the group;
2. Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
3. Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
4. Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
5. Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

Elements of the crime​

The Genocide Convention establishes in Article I that the crime of genocide may take place in the context of an armed conflict, international or non-international, but also in the context of a peaceful situation. The latter is less common but still possible. The same article establishes the obligation of the contracting parties to prevent and to punish the crime of genocide.

The only genocide in history that the victim population is increasing, not only increasing but one of the fastest growing in the world.

 

[Blue 1]

The only genocide in history that the victim population is increasing, not only increasing but one of the fastest growing in the world.

Its been decreasing since 8th October.

 

[davek]

 

[Hinchcliffe's Corner]

In that case wouldn't killing a thousand civilians in a day could be seen as genocide in your book? October 7th...

Genocide is systematic, not one off attacks.

 

[Bluerover]

This is Israel's response to calls for peace

Gaza health ministry urges safe passage for wounded

The health ministry in Hamas-controlled Gaza has urged the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) or Egypt to ensure the safe exit of the wounded from the enclave.

www.rte.ie

 

[Wat Tyler]

 

[ramacca]

Incredible the depths of inhumanity pouring out by the occupiers of Palestine. Vengeful revenge. Aided and abetted by the US Empire.

 

[tsubaki]

This is Israel's response to calls for peace

Gaza health ministry urges safe passage for wounded

The health ministry in Hamas-controlled Gaza has urged the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) or Egypt to ensure the safe exit of the wounded from the enclave.

www.rte.ie

It’s been their only response since this started

 

[tsubaki]

Incredible the depths of inhumanity pouring out by the occupiers of Palestine. Vengeful revenge. Aided and abetted by the US Empire.

He also said that anyone waving a Hamas or Palestinian flag shouldn’t remain living on the earth.

Demented behaviour that has earned him….. (drumroll)….. a suspension from attending cabinet meetings.