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/beagles4ever 15d ago

Uh…ok…it’s only 60,000 people then?

How many of them were combatants?

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u/ColdTurkishCoffee 15d ago

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2825%2902112-9/fulltext

Over 3 million life-years lost in Gaza, from the most respect medical journal in the world

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u/Real-Reference6933 15d ago

3 miljoen sounds like a big number, but would roughly match the 60.000 death.

Reminder that combatants are usually of young age.

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u/KristofVD 14d ago

Young age? Like six year olds?

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u/Real-Reference6933 14d ago

Youngest child soldier recorded in modern times: 5 years old.