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Israel/Palestine

lapucelle

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11. Thank you for the concession that the war in Gaza is neither "ethnic cleansing", nor "extermination",

Reply to Smilo (Reply #10)

Tue Sep 9, 2025, 08:58 PM

Sep 9

nor "involuntary transfer".

And as party to the Geneva Convention with all the duties appurtenant to that role, the UK has determined that it also not "genocide".

Indeed, wars do have rules. Someone should inform Hamas of that fact. Notwithstanding noble platitudes emblazoned on glass rotundas, it has been well documented that Hamas has been "breaking the rules" of war for decades. The people of Gaza are among their victims.

NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

Hamas’ use of human shields in Gaza

TIME PERIOD: 2008 – 2014
THEMATIC AREA: Lawfare

https://stratcomcoe.org/cuploads/pfiles/hamas_human_shields.pdf

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'Israel is not committing genocide in Gaza,' UK government concludes [View all] Mosby Sep 9 OP

So, that means that Palestinians are voluntarily starving themselves to death and/or no_hypocrisy Sep 9 #1

The Hamas death cult sees every Palestinian death comradebillyboy Sep 9 #3

Genocide requires the specific intent to destroy an ethnic group as such. lapucelle Sep 9 #2

So what do you call what is happening in Gaza? Smilo Sep 9 #5

It's called a war, and it's a war Hamas started. lapucelle Sep 9 #6

At the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva (ICRC) Smilo Sep 9 #10

Thank you for the concession that the war in Gaza is neither "ethnic cleansing", nor "extermination", lapucelle Sep 9 #11

The Labour Government is rank as hell Easterncedar Sep 9 #4

They weren't "peace protestors". They were rallying in support of the proscribed terrorist group Palestinian Action. lapucelle Sep 9 #7

GOV.UK: Proscribed terrorist groups or organisations lapucelle Sep 9 #8

Take a guess who owns Starmer. AloeVera Sep 9 #9

Who exactly do you think "owns" Keir Starmer and "toppled" unrepentant anti-Semite Jeremy Corbyn? lapucelle Sep 9 #12