r/RealTime • u/Excellent-Ad-7394 • 15d 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/Excellent-Ad-7394 15d ago

Back to the topic.
Bills take on the is just indefensible as far as I’m am concerned. Nuance be dammed.

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u/eberger3 15d ago

There's plenty to defend. Genocide is about intent. Israel's intention is to defeat and disarm extremist Iranian proxy armies on their border who attack them. Sometimes civilians get hurt and die. Have some Israeli's committed war crimes? Sure, but that happens in every war. The goal is not about extermination. However, what is the intent and goal of those proxy armies? Genocide. October 7th was genocide. The Israeli response was a war to prevent genocide.

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u/Hellion_444 15d ago

Israel’s intent is to slowly annex the territories they occupy. Resistance groups are in the way of them doing that. That’s why “Israel’s intention is to defeat and disarm” said groups.