Accusing a country of genocide — the gravest crime humanity has defined — has real-world consequences. This isn’t just rhetoric; it’s jet fuel for a global surge in Jew-hate.
On of the best pieces I’ve read that gives me a better way to think about the current chaos on college campuses. Very well written and insightful . Thank you!
hamas/gazans slaughtered 1200 Israelis on October 7th and promised to make each day October 7th for Israel. Had they succeeded there would have been 438,000 dead Israelis in one year, a real genocide. But Israel defended itself and prevented this catastophe. In 1.5 years of fighting, there is not one day where Israel killed 1200 gazans in one day. There is not one day where Israel killed half that amount, 600 gazans, in one day. With fighter jets, attack helicopters, drones, tanks, the availability of massive artillery bombardments from the land and sea, Israel could kill many times 1200 in one day. But they don't, because there is no genocide in gaza, nor is there any attempt at genocide. If anything, despite hamas tactics of using civilians as shields and civilian locations as military sites, Israel tries to minimize civilian casualties. Every dead gazan is the fault of hamas, pij, and other entities that want to see all the Jews in Israel dead, and in the world as well.
So well written! I wish I could force ppl to read it. I was just watching YouTubers talking about how the hostages are exactly the same as the Palestinian prisoners, since they’re mostly women and children being held for no reason. They really seemed to believe that, including the thousands of comments. I honestly don’t even know how to deal with ppl like that.
First Amnesty International changed the definition of "apartheid" to try to shoehorn Israel into the word, now Ireland wants to do the same with "genocide," to make it stick to Israel. These Zionophobic entities realize the power of buzzwords. At the other end of the spectrum are Jew-haters who desperately avoid using "terror," unless they're accusing Israel. Instead, they mislabel jihadist terror as "resistance." The common thread is trying to hijack language to bend lies to the haters' narrative.
Rare to read a piece on the world after-October 7 that I can nod my head to and not feel sick. Thank you for your clarity.
Unfortunately, we seem to be in a post-truth world. Facts are details that evoleve to a choice of narratives. Which is a weasly way of saying, believe lies. Anyone ever hear of a genocide where the population has increased? When Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005 their population was 1.3 million. It is now roughly 2.1 million, depending on the source. (HAmas, UN, etc?) by no definition is that a genocide.
Truth Hurts Id rather know the truth and have some hurt than follow the sheep and put my head in the sand and wonder why everything is falling apart around me.
Thankyou for standing up Thankyou for speaking the Truth.
Excellent essay. I am a simple Nan - Right or wrong, black or white, good or bad - life should be simple. As far as I am concerned people who are pro Palestine are pro Hamas and therefore accomplices to the rape and rampage of Oct 7 and now the death of thousands. Pro Palestine is soooo very simple - it means that anyone saying those words believes that Israel has no right to exist. Their words and actions of support mean "All will be fine when the Jews leave." Damn those pesky Jews - they just won't go away. Yeah right. No sane person would want to live in a world with no Israel. The Islamists have Europe and Britain - so where to next? So sad to say this - but Oct 7 should have happened on USA soil. What would have happened then? 1200 butchered represents 0.017% of Israel population = to 56,667 Americans. 251 hostages = 0.0035% or 11,853 peole. Does this matter? Yes to you and me - to them NO - Israel cannot exist. Why? Why would you want a tiny, tiny nation, 0,09% of the entire world population not to live in peace? I am truly have no freaking clue. Am Yisrael Chai
I'm very worried about how insular this comment section is. While I agree Israel has not committed a genocide in the technical definition of the term, I think this says more about the death of using words for political motives than semantic accuracy. If I said Israel is committing a genocide, that will undoubtedly spur more action than if I said Israel is committing an apartheid state and an illegal occupation of the Palestinian people, that's less inflammatory. (https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/10/25/international-court-rulings-require-eu-action-israel-and-palestine) We also see that people just wouldn't care at all. It is only with the abuse of the term genocide that people care about the actual atrocities being committed by Israel right now.
Jew-hate is undoubtedly real, and a part of the Israel-Palestine discourse, but I worry that conflating Israel with Jewishness will only further mar the perception of the Jewish people, by linking Jews with the atrocities being committed by Israel. We cannot disentangle Jewish history from Israel and vice-versa, and Israel has undoubtedly been useful to the frequently targeted Jewish people, but what Israel is doing to Palestine today is reprehensible, and cannot be defended under any lens.
First of all, I don’t control the comment section. Second, nowhere in the essay did I defend everything Israel is doing—this was primarily a critique of Israel’s loudest critics. And thirdly, I very much doubt anyone “likes” what’s going on in Palestine or likes war itself, as I mentioned in the article. But what would you like Israel to do given the situation and the position Hamas has put them in? What is it you think they should and shouldn’t be doing?
First, I didn't imply that you did, I was simply making a point that your article was relatively measured and the comments were incredibly provocative which was alarming.
Second, I know you didn't defend Israel in totality, I'm simply providing motivation behind why the genocide word is being thrown around so lightly, which I disagree with, but the motivation is not unfounded.
Third, I don't think this is something Hamas has started, but rather an unfortunate geopolitical situation. Israel and Palestine have flip-flopped between being the main instigator of violence and brutality for the last century, and neither is without harm. As a result, I don't think either has a complete claim to the land.
Fourth, I think a ceasefire is the first step. I think Israel has a much stronger military and sovereignty, and with that comes responsibilities. Hamas's actions are reprehensible, but Israel, as a governing body needs to take greater care and consideration for civilians lives, which I see only occasionally and haphazardly.
Also Hamas is just one proxy of a vast network of Iranian proxies that far outnumber Israel, particularly when you consider Iran itself. Not that I think country or size is relevant.. Israel has been the grown up in the room for over 70 years—they offer land back, they agree to ceasefires instead of finishing the job, they install the iron dome as a defensive system. What else would you like Israel to do that they haven’t already?
Have to disagree on a few things. While Israel has surely made mistakes and isn’t perfect—no country is. And the situation is undoubtedly complex. But Israel has rarely been the instigator, if at all. What war has Israel started, except the 1967 one which was pre-emptive while Egypt was amassing its troops. Israel definitely hits back harder which feeds this narrative that Israel are the instigator and aggressor, but that’s not true. Not sure where the logic behind your implication that less harm = more claim to the land. That’s not how it works. In any other situation after instigating wars and losing them, the Palestinian Arabs wouldn’t have had any land, at any point. The Palestinian Arab leaders rejected state offers since the 1930’s, then lost every war they started.
There was a ceasefire on October 6th. Hamas broke it. There have been over 15 ceasefires in the past two decades and Hamas has broken virtually every single one, sometimes within hours. Their rhetoric very clearly states they aren’t interested in a ceasefire unless it’s a stepping stone to regroup and rearm to attack again. So again, what is it you would like Israel to do that they haven’t already? They handed Gaza back in 2005 and it went in the complete opposite direction of peace?
As I mentioned in the article, no military has taken greater care in sparing civilians, as reflected by the lowest civilian-to-combatant ratio in urban history despite the conditions Hamas has setup with human shields and booby trapping buildings, using them as weapons depots etc. Israel has lost over 800 soldiers trying to minimise civilian casualties—why would they do this? Why allow in aid for over 500 days and incentivise safe passage out to anyone returning a hostage? I’m just repeating what was in the article, which I suspect you haven’t read in its entirety. So again, what is it you would like Israel to do?
There is NO EXCUSE for what Hamas (and by their complicity) Gazans did in "the butchery of the innocents" on Oct 7. Their depraved actions reveal them for what they are. Irredeemable.
Amazing article! If only you could turn it into some catchy TikTok videos for the useful idiots out there!
Extremely well written!
Excellent! And I love the idea of the TikTok videos that someone posted, because “useful idiots” don’t read ( anything).
Everything you’ve said here needs to be made visual. So at least if they don’t read they can still listen.
On of the best pieces I’ve read that gives me a better way to think about the current chaos on college campuses. Very well written and insightful . Thank you!
hamas/gazans slaughtered 1200 Israelis on October 7th and promised to make each day October 7th for Israel. Had they succeeded there would have been 438,000 dead Israelis in one year, a real genocide. But Israel defended itself and prevented this catastophe. In 1.5 years of fighting, there is not one day where Israel killed 1200 gazans in one day. There is not one day where Israel killed half that amount, 600 gazans, in one day. With fighter jets, attack helicopters, drones, tanks, the availability of massive artillery bombardments from the land and sea, Israel could kill many times 1200 in one day. But they don't, because there is no genocide in gaza, nor is there any attempt at genocide. If anything, despite hamas tactics of using civilians as shields and civilian locations as military sites, Israel tries to minimize civilian casualties. Every dead gazan is the fault of hamas, pij, and other entities that want to see all the Jews in Israel dead, and in the world as well.
Genesis 28:13-15
100%! Excellently stated.
So well written! I wish I could force ppl to read it. I was just watching YouTubers talking about how the hostages are exactly the same as the Palestinian prisoners, since they’re mostly women and children being held for no reason. They really seemed to believe that, including the thousands of comments. I honestly don’t even know how to deal with ppl like that.
First Amnesty International changed the definition of "apartheid" to try to shoehorn Israel into the word, now Ireland wants to do the same with "genocide," to make it stick to Israel. These Zionophobic entities realize the power of buzzwords. At the other end of the spectrum are Jew-haters who desperately avoid using "terror," unless they're accusing Israel. Instead, they mislabel jihadist terror as "resistance." The common thread is trying to hijack language to bend lies to the haters' narrative.
Rare to read a piece on the world after-October 7 that I can nod my head to and not feel sick. Thank you for your clarity.
Unfortunately, we seem to be in a post-truth world. Facts are details that evoleve to a choice of narratives. Which is a weasly way of saying, believe lies. Anyone ever hear of a genocide where the population has increased? When Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005 their population was 1.3 million. It is now roughly 2.1 million, depending on the source. (HAmas, UN, etc?) by no definition is that a genocide.
Brilliant essay. Of course the haters are too stupid to understand the situation.
עם ישראל חי🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱
Truth Hurts Id rather know the truth and have some hurt than follow the sheep and put my head in the sand and wonder why everything is falling apart around me.
Thankyou for standing up Thankyou for speaking the Truth.
You Rock!!!
Fantastic article!
I’m wondering if this type of publications appearing on other medias which aren’t preaching only to the crowd?
Super excellent piece! So well done. Thank you for compiling it all so well in one article. ‘Share Baby Share!’
No don’t share until you identify the “ scientist guy” you admire in para 1…
Everyone should read this research paper on the origins of using the word genocide against the Jews. It goes way back in history.
https://isca.indiana.edu/publication-research/research-paper-series/norman-jw-goda-research-paper.html
Yes, Yes, Yes, vimru: AMEN.
The problem is that Jews value education and reason. Savage Islamist scum don't.
Great article, yes, and I hope it sways a single mind.
But the only way to win this war is to carpet bomb Gaza until it makes Dresden 1945 look like a single candle in a bright room.
Excellent essay. I am a simple Nan - Right or wrong, black or white, good or bad - life should be simple. As far as I am concerned people who are pro Palestine are pro Hamas and therefore accomplices to the rape and rampage of Oct 7 and now the death of thousands. Pro Palestine is soooo very simple - it means that anyone saying those words believes that Israel has no right to exist. Their words and actions of support mean "All will be fine when the Jews leave." Damn those pesky Jews - they just won't go away. Yeah right. No sane person would want to live in a world with no Israel. The Islamists have Europe and Britain - so where to next? So sad to say this - but Oct 7 should have happened on USA soil. What would have happened then? 1200 butchered represents 0.017% of Israel population = to 56,667 Americans. 251 hostages = 0.0035% or 11,853 peole. Does this matter? Yes to you and me - to them NO - Israel cannot exist. Why? Why would you want a tiny, tiny nation, 0,09% of the entire world population not to live in peace? I am truly have no freaking clue. Am Yisrael Chai
I'm very worried about how insular this comment section is. While I agree Israel has not committed a genocide in the technical definition of the term, I think this says more about the death of using words for political motives than semantic accuracy. If I said Israel is committing a genocide, that will undoubtedly spur more action than if I said Israel is committing an apartheid state and an illegal occupation of the Palestinian people, that's less inflammatory. (https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/10/25/international-court-rulings-require-eu-action-israel-and-palestine) We also see that people just wouldn't care at all. It is only with the abuse of the term genocide that people care about the actual atrocities being committed by Israel right now.
Jew-hate is undoubtedly real, and a part of the Israel-Palestine discourse, but I worry that conflating Israel with Jewishness will only further mar the perception of the Jewish people, by linking Jews with the atrocities being committed by Israel. We cannot disentangle Jewish history from Israel and vice-versa, and Israel has undoubtedly been useful to the frequently targeted Jewish people, but what Israel is doing to Palestine today is reprehensible, and cannot be defended under any lens.
First of all, I don’t control the comment section. Second, nowhere in the essay did I defend everything Israel is doing—this was primarily a critique of Israel’s loudest critics. And thirdly, I very much doubt anyone “likes” what’s going on in Palestine or likes war itself, as I mentioned in the article. But what would you like Israel to do given the situation and the position Hamas has put them in? What is it you think they should and shouldn’t be doing?
First, I didn't imply that you did, I was simply making a point that your article was relatively measured and the comments were incredibly provocative which was alarming.
Second, I know you didn't defend Israel in totality, I'm simply providing motivation behind why the genocide word is being thrown around so lightly, which I disagree with, but the motivation is not unfounded.
Third, I don't think this is something Hamas has started, but rather an unfortunate geopolitical situation. Israel and Palestine have flip-flopped between being the main instigator of violence and brutality for the last century, and neither is without harm. As a result, I don't think either has a complete claim to the land.
Fourth, I think a ceasefire is the first step. I think Israel has a much stronger military and sovereignty, and with that comes responsibilities. Hamas's actions are reprehensible, but Israel, as a governing body needs to take greater care and consideration for civilians lives, which I see only occasionally and haphazardly.
Also Hamas is just one proxy of a vast network of Iranian proxies that far outnumber Israel, particularly when you consider Iran itself. Not that I think country or size is relevant.. Israel has been the grown up in the room for over 70 years—they offer land back, they agree to ceasefires instead of finishing the job, they install the iron dome as a defensive system. What else would you like Israel to do that they haven’t already?
Ok fine, you're right, everything Israel has done hasn't worked, so what's the next step? What should Israel do?
Have to disagree on a few things. While Israel has surely made mistakes and isn’t perfect—no country is. And the situation is undoubtedly complex. But Israel has rarely been the instigator, if at all. What war has Israel started, except the 1967 one which was pre-emptive while Egypt was amassing its troops. Israel definitely hits back harder which feeds this narrative that Israel are the instigator and aggressor, but that’s not true. Not sure where the logic behind your implication that less harm = more claim to the land. That’s not how it works. In any other situation after instigating wars and losing them, the Palestinian Arabs wouldn’t have had any land, at any point. The Palestinian Arab leaders rejected state offers since the 1930’s, then lost every war they started.
There was a ceasefire on October 6th. Hamas broke it. There have been over 15 ceasefires in the past two decades and Hamas has broken virtually every single one, sometimes within hours. Their rhetoric very clearly states they aren’t interested in a ceasefire unless it’s a stepping stone to regroup and rearm to attack again. So again, what is it you would like Israel to do that they haven’t already? They handed Gaza back in 2005 and it went in the complete opposite direction of peace?
As I mentioned in the article, no military has taken greater care in sparing civilians, as reflected by the lowest civilian-to-combatant ratio in urban history despite the conditions Hamas has setup with human shields and booby trapping buildings, using them as weapons depots etc. Israel has lost over 800 soldiers trying to minimise civilian casualties—why would they do this? Why allow in aid for over 500 days and incentivise safe passage out to anyone returning a hostage? I’m just repeating what was in the article, which I suspect you haven’t read in its entirety. So again, what is it you would like Israel to do?
There is NO EXCUSE for what Hamas (and by their complicity) Gazans did in "the butchery of the innocents" on Oct 7. Their depraved actions reveal them for what they are. Irredeemable.
So what's the next step? Carpet bomb all of Gaza until every person there is dead? Is that not depraved?
I see you are a military person, perhaps you've developed a bloodlust? Who knows.