Mass Grave in Gaza Points to “Execution-Style” Killings by Israeli Forces
Mass Grave in Gaza Points to “Execution-Style” Killings by Israeli Forces
Palestinian officials are accusing Israeli forces of carrying out “execution-style” killings in Gaza after the discovery of a mass grave containing at least 30 decomposing bodies. Some of the victims were blindfolded with their hands tied behind their backs with zip ties. The bodies were found on th...
More video and eyewitness info on Al Jazeera so far
Also reported on Common Dreams and Middle East Eye.
I haven't found any reports of any independent investigations yet, hopefully they are underway
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Because there's physical evidence. It's one thing when it's a conspiracy theory about a world government. It's something else entirely when the IDF repeatedly kills unarmed people in the open with nothing else going on. It's another thing entirely when they're forcing Gazans to eat grass because they won't allow them actual food.
It's another thing entirely when it's the government of Israel being protested and not some nebulous concept of Judaism.
Physical evidence is presented to a court and tried, it isn't decontextualized videos on tiktok and news reports from the Qatar state's english propaganda directed at leftists.
Do you understand the difference?
It isn't blanket denials from the IDF when Reuters breaks it down with hard evidence, satellite photography, and eyewitness accounts from western Journalists.
You can try to discredit the accounts all you want but I've been in a war zone. I know what it's supposed to look like and this ain't it.
Please link me to Reuters accusing Israel of genocide and the evidence they are using.
I'm still waiting for that link, FYI.
A neutral news outlet like Reuters generally won't apply characterisations like "genocide" themselves - they'll report on the ICJ ruling.
In the meantime, we can apply the UN definition the ICJ uses, or the dictionary definition for ourselves. That makes things very clear.
If Reuters is that person's source for his claims of genocide yet Reuters said no such thing, Reuters is not his source.
This is the problem I having. You guys are throwing all these respected names around to make your case, but when asked for the source, it's always "well of course they don't actually say genocide but all the reporting in totality equals genocide."
So sure, how about you post here the ICJ definition of genocide and explain how the Oct. 7 war meets the definition.
Raz Segal, the program director of genocide studies at Stockton University, concretely says it is a “textbook case of genocide.” Segal believes that Israeli forces are completing three genocidal acts, including, “killing, causing serious bodily harm, and measures calculated to bring about the destruction of the group.” He points to the mass levels of destruction and total siege of basic necessities—like water, food, fuel, and medical supplies—as evidence. Source
So you are saying this person's source is a scholar at a university yet they claimed it was Reuters to make it sound more legitimate?
Why would they do that.
Also if one scholar is enough to establish genocide, is 2 scholars enough to establish it isn't genocide?
No. You’re right. We should wait until the conflict is over and we can get boots on the ground to do a proper investigation before we decide if what Israel is doing meets the definition of a word. It’s so much easier to define things once everyone’s dead.
I'm not sure I follow the context here.
You might be responding to the wrong comment chain. This is why you should respond to comments as they come into your inbox history, not spamming the comments of people through their comment feed.
Why not just take the Israeli leadership at their word and compare their actions to either the UN or dictionary definition of genocide? It's pretty straightforward.