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Netanyahu has made it quite clear that his goal is the end of Palestine as a sovereign state. Quoted in the "Times of Israel" publication as saying:
Seeing as part of the definition of Genocide is to:
I would argue that falls under the definition as outlined by the 1948 Genocide Convention. Your focus on total eradication of people and culture is only a part of the definition of genocide. Also, they are certainly doing an unnecessary amount of eradication of Palestinians and their culture, regardless of if it is an "expressed intent".
Lastly, "plausible" doesn't mean "just run with it", but I never said it did. Plausible means "plausible". As in, your argument that it "definitely isn't genocide" is directly contradicted by the ICJ ruling. People whose judgement the world put their faith in to make the distinction couldn't definitively say it wasn't occurring given the information they were given access to.
Edit: need to add some clarity. It's not simply that Israel plans to end the nation state of Palestine. They are intending to end Palestinians as a National Group. This has been made clear by retorhic such as posted in this comment, as well as Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s statement during an Oct. 13 press conference. In his statement, Herzog said, “It’s an entire nation that is out there that’s responsible. It’s not true, this rhetoric about civilians not aware, not involved. It’s absolutely not true,”.
Beyond that, according to Raz Segal, the program director of genocide studies at Stockton University:
I’d imagine he doesn’t care if they leave Palestine , so long as he gets to have it- which means… he doesn’t care if they live or die so long as he get the land, which means…..
IT’S NOT GENOCIDE.
I’m done arguing this with you.
It looks like you might be done arguing because you can't quite reconcile your belief that it's not a genocide with the fact that there's a clear intention to eradicate Palestine as a nationality, which fits one of the definitions of genocide, right?
I’m done arguing because i don’t exercise futility. It’s a pointless debate. I don’t just make up the rules to things so they can fit my agenda because I have no agenda.
I’ve no dog in that race and therefore have no bias. And having no bias allowed me to see it objectively and without any manufactured emotional outrage.
It’s not genocide. By definition, or U.N. policy.
But that's exactly what you are doing. I presented the definition of Genocide (as outlined in the 1948 Genocide Convention), I also provided evidence that they are targeting Palestinians based on their Nationality, and that they are completing three genocidal acts, including, “killing, causing serious bodily harm, and measures calculated to bring about the destruction of the group.”
Though if you need a more express proof than Netanyahu's statements to show they are committing their atrocities based on Nationality, here is another fun quote from Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s statement during an Oct. 13 press conference. In his statement, Herzog said,
So let's just highlight in bold what Isreal has done that checks the genocide defintion boxes:
Any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, as such:
(a) Killing members of the group; (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; (e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group. — Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, Article 2[7]
You didn't contest that they were committing large scale atrocities such as "Killing members of the group based on their affiliation", that they were "Causing serious bodily and mental harm to members of the group", and that they were "Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part". Nor did you contest the fact that they were targeting these actions based on national affiliation. So we have agreed that Israel sure has committed alot of the acts that define genocide, but to fit your agenda, you keep just repeating "IT'S NOT GENOCIDE", as if putting it all in caps makes less boxes be checked.