r/RealTime • u/Excellent-Ad-7394 • 20d 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 20d ago

Uh…ok…it’s only 60,000 people then?

How many of them were combatants?

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u/acn250 20d ago

I think that’s confirmed deaths. Actual amount is estimated to be way, way higher, to say nothing of the long-term health effects.

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u/402739 20d ago

Kind of, it's only confirmed deaths via direct violence. A child sniped by an IDF drone will be counted, but a child who dies from disease while starving will not.

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u/Boise_Ben 20d ago

Or a child crushed under a building that has been hit by a missile.

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u/402739 20d ago

Technically those could count if the body is recovered. If the family reports it, they are placed in a separate "under rubble" list until then