It’s not a genocide. Otherwise the ICJ would have ruled an immediate stop, which it hasn’t. It only ever spoke of danger of a genocide, demanded precautionary action, which Israel complied to.
War crime, massacre, crime against humanity, if you like, but it’s no genocide.
If Israel wanted to, half a million Gazans would have been dead inside a week and the next week all remaining Gazans would have been driven across the border into Egypt.
If Gazans truly felt under threat of genocide, they would have forced their way to Egypt months ago.
If international supporters of Palestinians truly believed there was a genocide going on, they would demand NATO, EU, Russia, and Arab states intervene militarily and stop it. This would be justifiable under international law. However the only demand was a ceasefire and weapons embargo.
"In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
Killing members of the group;
Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group."
So ANY of the above listed acts qualify as genocide. You only need ONE to qualify.
Israel has gone 5 for 5:
Killing members of the group Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group
“The area in Gaza which Israel’s military has told people to go to “for their safety” has been hit by 97 strikes since May, BBC Verify analysis has revealed”
"The Israeli Defense Forces issued the guidance Friday, telling all civilians in north Gaza to evacuate to areas south of Wadi Gaza “for your own safety and the safety of your families” as the IDF continues “to operate significantly in Gaza City and make extensive efforts to avoid harming civilians.”
However, some Palestinians who followed the evacuation warnings and fled their homes in search of safety suffered the very fate they were running from: Israeli airstrikes killed them outside of the evacuation zone."
Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group
“With the decimation of Gaza’s healthcare system and significant restrictions on the work of aid agencies, pregnant women and new mothers have not had access to the basic health and nutrition requirements as per international standards, said Save the Children. This has caused severe mental and physical harm to many of the mothers and their babies, with some taking extreme measures to try to protect their unborn children.”
“Three organisations tracking the detention of children in the occupied Palestinian territory said they have gathered child testimonies – seen by Save the Children - showing that levels of violence have increased since stricter rules were introduced in October blocking visits from parents or lawyers. Some children have reported broken bones and beatings.”
"More than 38,000 Palestinian children have been orphaned by Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 2023, a Health Ministry official said on Thursday.
“At least 13,901 women were also widowed by the war,” Zaher al-Wahidi told Anadolu.
The Palestinian official explained that some 32,151 children lost their fathers, 4,417 lost their mothers, and 1,918 lost both parents."
“An international non-profit organization has evacuated 68 children without parental care as well as 11 employees and their families from Rafah, in southern Gaza, to the Israeli-occupied West Bank.”
It’s not a genocide. Otherwise the ICJ would have ruled an immediate stop, which it hasn’t. It only ever spoke of danger of a genocide, demanded precautionary action, which Israel complied to.
War crime, massacre, crime against humanity, if you like, but it’s no genocide.
If Israel wanted to, half a million Gazans would have been dead inside a week and the next week all remaining Gazans would have been driven across the border into Egypt.
If Gazans truly felt under threat of genocide, they would have forced their way to Egypt months ago.
If international supporters of Palestinians truly believed there was a genocide going on, they would demand NATO, EU, Russia, and Arab states intervene militarily and stop it. This would be justifiable under international law. However the only demand was a ceasefire and weapons embargo.
Article II of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide defines it like this: https://www.un.org/en/genocide-prevention/definition
"In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
Killing members of the group;
Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group."
So ANY of the above listed acts qualify as genocide. You only need ONE to qualify.
Israel has gone 5 for 5:
Killing members of the group
Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/1/22/live-israel-kills-10-in-the-west-bank-120-bodies-found-in-gaza-in-2-days
“Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 47,107 Palestinians and wounded 111,147 since October 7, 2023.”
Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2jld7j50eo
“The area in Gaza which Israel’s military has told people to go to “for their safety” has been hit by 97 strikes since May, BBC Verify analysis has revealed”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/16/middleeast/israel-palestinian-evacuation-orders-invs/index.html
"The Israeli Defense Forces issued the guidance Friday, telling all civilians in north Gaza to evacuate to areas south of Wadi Gaza “for your own safety and the safety of your families” as the IDF continues “to operate significantly in Gaza City and make extensive efforts to avoid harming civilians.”
However, some Palestinians who followed the evacuation warnings and fled their homes in search of safety suffered the very fate they were running from: Israeli airstrikes killed them outside of the evacuation zone."
Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group
https://www.savethechildren.net/news/women-self-inducing-labour-and-facing-life-threatening-complications-pregnancy-after-nine
“With the decimation of Gaza’s healthcare system and significant restrictions on the work of aid agencies, pregnant women and new mothers have not had access to the basic health and nutrition requirements as per international standards, said Save the Children. This has caused severe mental and physical harm to many of the mothers and their babies, with some taking extreme measures to try to protect their unborn children.”
https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/more-women-and-children-killed-gaza-israeli-military-any-other-recent-conflict
“More women and children killed in Gaza by Israeli military than any other recent conflict in a single year – Oxfam”
Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
https://www.savethechildren.net/news/palestinian-children-israeli-military-detention-report-increasingly-violent-conditions
“Three organisations tracking the detention of children in the occupied Palestinian territory said they have gathered child testimonies – seen by Save the Children - showing that levels of violence have increased since stricter rules were introduced in October blocking visits from parents or lawyers. Some children have reported broken bones and beatings.”
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/over-38-000-palestinian-children-orphaned-by-israeli-war-on-gaza-official/3460181
"More than 38,000 Palestinian children have been orphaned by Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 2023, a Health Ministry official said on Thursday.
“At least 13,901 women were also widowed by the war,” Zaher al-Wahidi told Anadolu.
The Palestinian official explained that some 32,151 children lost their fathers, 4,417 lost their mothers, and 1,918 lost both parents."
https://www.npr.org/2024/03/13/1238227682/orphans-gaza-rafah-israel-west-bank-sos-childrens-village-international
“An international non-profit organization has evacuated 68 children without parental care as well as 11 employees and their families from Rafah, in southern Gaza, to the Israeli-occupied West Bank.”
I know you like.
It is nothing but genocide and you love it for that reason.