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The Biden administration’s Middle East aid envoy Lisa Grande reportedly made demands of Israel regarding the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, in a harsh phone call with Israel’s military liaison to the Palestinians, COGAT chief Gen. Ghassan Alian.

Channel 12 news reports that Grande demanded during the call that Israel declare it is not following a policy of deliberately starving Gazans

  • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.world
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    Yeah, blah blah blah, 99% of the Gaza is still alive, though, after more than a year of “genocide and ethnic cleansing.” 99%. Like what are you even talking about? 99% hasn’t been starved, hasn’t been blown up, hasn’t been sniped, hasn’t been used by IDF as human shields, or whatever other nonsense claims you make again and again.

    So that kind of makes you sound like an alarmist fool with no grip on what’s actually going on in Gaza. You have a mastery of the propaganda that you copy and paste in every thread, the same five links, that you offer as “proof” of circumstances that you clearly¹ don’t understand.

    1. Really, it’s obvious to anyone that actually knows about this stuff that your knowledge is superficial at best, that you’re limited to regurgitating copy and pasted talking points, literally straight propaganda from state media Iran and Qatar, oh an fundraising solicitations from incredible NGOs, who have been helping Hamas maintain their fascist grip on power.
    • Keeponstalin@lemmy.world
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      Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza Revealed Through Evidence and Analysis

      “Here in Deir al-Balah, it’s like an apocalypse. There is no room for you to pitch a tent; you have to set it up near the coast… You have to protect your children from insects, from the heat, and there is no clean water, no toilets, all while the bombing never stops. You feel like you are subhuman here.”

      • Mohammed, a 42-year-old father of three, speaking in June 2024 about his experience of displacement from Rafah to Deir al-Balah governorate

      Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territory: ‘You Feel Like You Are Subhuman’: Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza

      Israel's Genocide on Occupied Palestine

      On 26 January 2024, the ICJ said that it was plausible that Israel had breached the Genocide Convention. As an emergency measure, it ordered Israel ensure that its army refrained from genocidal acts against Palestinians.

      The ICJ reported, as part of its decisions in March and May, that the situation in Gaza had deteriorated and that Israel had failed to abide by its order in January.

      So, when we look at the actions taken, the dropping of thousands and thousands of bombs in a couple of days, including phosphorus bombs, as we heard, on one of the most densely populated areas around the world, together with these proclamations of intent, this indeed constitutes genocidal killing, which is the first act, according to the convention, of genocide. And Israel, I must say, is also perpetrating act number two and three — that is, causing serious bodily or mental harm, and creating condition designed to bring about the destruction of the group by cutting off water, food, supply of energy, bombing hospitals, ordering the fast evictions of hospitals, which the World Health Organization has declared to be, quote, “a death sentence.” So, we’re seeing the combination of genocidal acts with special intent. This is indeed a textbook case of genocide.

      More than 800 scholars of international law and genocide have signed a public statement arguing that the Israeli military may be committing genocidal acts against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as the total siege and relentless airstrikes continue to inflict devastation on the occupied territory.

      An independent United Nations expert warned Monday that “Israel’s genocidal violence risks leaking out of Gaza and into the occupied Palestinian territory as a whole” as Western governments, corporations, and other institutions keep up their support for the Israeli military, which stands accused of grave war crimes in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.

      Our documentation encompasses over 500 incitements of violence and genocidal incitement, appearing in the forms of social media posts, television interviews, and official statements from Israeli politicians, army personnel, journalists, and other influential personalities.

      I, Lee Mordechai, a historian by profession and an Israeli citizen, bear witness in this document to the situation in Gaza as events are unfolding. The enormous amount of evidence I have seen, much of it referenced later in this document, has been enough for me to believe that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian population in Gaza. I explain why I chose to use the term below. Israel’s campaign is ostensibly its reaction to the Hamas massacre of Oct. 7, 2023, in which war crimes and crimes against humanity were committed within the context of the longstanding conflict between Israelis and Palestinians that can be dated back to 1917 or 1948 (or other dates). In all cases, historical grievances and atrocities do not justify additional atrocities in the present. Therefore, I consider Israel’s response to Hamas’ actions on Oct. 7 utterly disproportionate and criminal.

      Others: AP News, Time, Reuters, Vox, CBC

      Deliberate Attacks on Civilians

      Israel deliberately targets civilian areas. From in general with the Dahiya Doctrine to multiple systems deployed in Gaza to do so:

      Israel also targets Israeli Soldiers and Civilians to prevent them being leveraged as hostages, known as the Hannibal Directive. Which was also used on Oct 7th.

      • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.world
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        Yes it’s very emotional reading. I try to read objectively though. It’s a very complex set of circumstances.

        You are very clear that you don’t mind condemning millions more Palestinians, Syrians, and Lebanese from living and dying under of the failed leadership of far right, religious dictators. They are mentally shackled to an imaginary ideological war. Sucks that 1% of them couldn’t break free.

        Stop launching rockets. Stop sending suicide bombers. Stop with the paraglider mass shootings. Stop killing your own people for not being extreme enough or even hinting at holding an election. Stop letting Iranian money corrupt and commodify every public and private institution anywhere near Israel’s borders and just live life. Please?

        Nah, can’t be done. Unfathomable. Inconievable.