• @xhrit@lemmy.world
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    -29 months ago

    There were multiple conventional non-nuclear bombings during world war 2 that caused more deaths in one night then in the entire 75 year conflict. For example, the bombing of Tokyo which used conventional weapons.

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        -19 months ago

        In order to consider it genocide I would say there has to be a risk of actually finishing genocide.

        Do you consider palestine’s attack against civilians on oct 7th genocide?

        If the attack against the music festival was worse, you’d be happy to consider it genocide? How many people does it take for a murder campaign to pass your “genocide” barrier? Is that in whole numbers, or as a percentage of population?

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            -19 months ago

            the State of Palestine would need to be acknowledged as a bona-fide state and Hamas recognised as the government of that country.

            The State of Palestine is acknowledged as a bona-fide state and Hamas recognised as the government of that country, by 145 states - more nations recognize Palestine then Taiwan.

            If October 7 was indeed a genocidal attack (as it clearly was under international law) then the israel’s actions are not genocide, they are a response to genocide, as the intent of the Israel-Hamas war is not the destruction of palestine but the destruction of the genocidal organisation Hamas.