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In reply to the discussion: anti-genocide is not anti-Semitism [View all]Mosby
(18,793 posts)And it happens some of the folks making this spurious charge are antisemities. They often are the same people who don't think Israel should exist (anti-Zionists) or think that Israel has been illegally occupying "Palestine" so for them any attempt at defense on the part of Israel is unwarranted because Israel is illegitimate in their eyes. Even 10/7 has justifications.
Israel has been attacked by Hamas four times, 2009, 2012, 2014 and 2023. The Israelis have every right to eliminate Hamas and in the current conflict they have captured or killed 14,000 militants. Given that studies like the one just published by Lancet show that the Hamas numbers are wrong by at least 10k, and that 14k of the deaths are militants, the civilian to combatant ratio is quite good, especially since this is urban warfare, and the enemy embeds itself in every civilian heavy location they can, like hospitals, schools etc.
Claiming Israel is committing genocide is just the latest lie being told about everyone's favorite punching bag, Israel.
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