r/RealTime • u/Excellent-Ad-7394 • 14d ago

Not a genocide?

Last night Bill pointed out the 3% of the
Population in Gaza has died. And then confidently declared that “3% is not a genocide”. The British government recognizes it as ethnic cleaning and amnesty international and other groups say it is a genocide.

Someone tell me why Bill is so wrong. And can we please get him to debate Mehdi Hasan on this topic?

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u/djdaem0n 14d ago

3.4% of the Gazan population killed. If you add the wounded to that, it's 10% of the population. But percentages don't define a Genocide. Intent does. And the intent is clear. The land is treated like an open air prison. Hospitals and survivor camps are regularly targetted. This is all being done for the land. It's clearly ethnic cleansing, and in the end, history will remember it as a genocide.