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[–] agitatedpotato@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Be careful not to ask why a country is packed into the size of Vegas or you may realize that was a coordinated campaign by the same people who are now claiming it's impossible to not slaughter innocents because of the way THEY designed the strip.

Intentionally brining about conditions that lead to destruction in whole or part of a group is genocide, literally as written, in the Geneva Convention. Israel is the reason it's so populated there, so when they blame the density, they blame themselves.

[–] Arete@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm well aware of the history and parallels with Jewish ghettos. These are somewhat confounded by repeated rejected offers of a two-state solution over 70 years, periods on unilateral Israeli withdrawal, the election of Hamas, decades of terror attacks on Israeli civilians with popular support, and a recent 9/11 scale massacre which also has popular support.

Also not to nitpick, but Israel didn't create or design the Gaza strip. That was Egypt, who controlled it for 20 years without giving them citizenship or letting them leave.

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world -2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Here's a cool Netanyahu quote:

Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas and transferring money to Hamas.

This is part of our strategy – to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank

  • Speaking to Likud members of the Knesset (March 2019), as cited in "Another Concept Implodes: Israel Can’t Be Managed by a Criminal Defendant", Haaretz (9 October 2023)

Here's a compact 5 minute video about Hamas origins and how israel propped them up themselves.

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