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Comment by YeGoblynQueenne

1 year ago

>> The give away for Genocide is that there are mass graves, which in Gaza there are not.

According to Omer Bartov, scholar of genocide, the criterion for genocide is that there is intent to commit genocide:

The crime of genocide was defined in 1948 by the United Nations as “the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/10/opinion/israel-gaza-genoc...

There are numerous articles in the press reporting on mass graves of Palestinians killed in the war, in Gaza. For example:

Palestinians digging mass graves inside al-Shifa hospital, health official says (14 November 2023, Al Shifa hospital)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/14/people-flee-no...

Bodies are being buried in a mass grave at Gaza City’s largest hospital, health officials say. (14 November, Al Shifa)

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/11/14/world/israel-hamas-g...

More than 100 Palestinian bodies buried in mass grave in Gaza (22 November, Khan Younis)

https://news.sky.com/video/more-than-100-palestinian-bodies-...

"All the cemetaries are full': Palestinians buried in a mass grave in Gaza (23 November, Khan YOunis)

https://www.reuters.com/pictures/all-cemeteries-are-full-pal...

Israel Gaza: Drone shots show Palestinians buried in Rafah mass grave (26 December, Rafah)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-middle-east-67825385

etc etc.

Itv filmed Palestinian civilians waving a white flag being shot and killed by Israel this week.

"No intention to kill civilians" says this "soldier". Just pure lies.