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Dennis Donovan

(27,377 posts)
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 11:27 AM Dec 6

All In w/ Chris Hayes: 'This is genocide': Amnesty International accuses Israel of Gaza genocide


Dec 5, 2024 #AmnestyInternational #Israel #Gaza
In a new report, Amnesty International concludes: "Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza." Paul O'Brien, the Executive Director of Amnesty International USA, joins Chris Hayes to discuss.
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All In w/ Chris Hayes: 'This is genocide': Amnesty International accuses Israel of Gaza genocide (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Dec 6 OP
The last estimate I saw from the moniss Dec 6 #1
Yes it is and has been. Evolve Dammit Dec 6 #2
Amnesty International admits on pg. 101 of its report that it made up its own definition of "genocide" lapucelle Dec 6 #3
As the Immortal Bard wrote centuries ago: "'A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.' C0RI0LANUS Dec 7 #4
It is disingeniouis to say 'this isn't genocide!' Aussie105 Dec 7 #5
This is why Bibi is called the "Crime Minister." C0RI0LANUS Dec 7 #6

moniss

(6,145 posts)
1. The last estimate I saw from the
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 12:21 PM
Dec 6

UN was a couple of months ago but based on satellite imagery and reports on the ground they estimated over 60% of the buildings in Gaza have major damage. Many just gone. Likely lots of bodies to be discovered yet and I doubt whether Israel will allow a full inspection of the damage before they "clean up".

lapucelle

(19,569 posts)
3. Amnesty International admits on pg. 101 of its report that it made up its own definition of "genocide"
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 07:34 PM
Dec 6

rather than use the actual legal definition found in the Geneva Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide.

Amnesty International found the legal definition articulated in detail in the Geneva Convention to be "overly cramped", so they cobbled together their own personal definition, relying on vague appeals to "international jurisprudence", conflations of the standards for charging individuals with the crime of genocide with standards for charging a state with the crime, and cribbed, decontextualized sentences from a dissent in the ICJ case Croatia v Serbia.

Amnesty International rejects the explicit terms of the Geneva Convention itself and the recent rulings of the ICJ because neither supports AI's claims.

The ICJ has held that “in order to infer the existence of dolus specialis from a pattern of conduct, it is necessary and sufficient that this is the only inference that could reasonably be drawn from the acts in question”, meaning that “intent to destroy the group, in whole or in part, must be the only reasonable inference which can be drawn from the pattern of conduct.


I guess Amnesty International correctly surmised that folks like Chris Hayes would never bother to actually read the report and would merely breathlessly parrot the explosive and inaccurate headline.

Corrected headline:

'This is genocide': Amnesty International accuses Israel of Gaza genocide*

*as long as we're allowed to make up our own personal definition, rather use the definition articulated in the Geneva Convention and affirmed by the ICJ

https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde15/8668/2024/en/

https://www.un.org/en/genocide-prevention/definition

C0RI0LANUS

(1,843 posts)
4. As the Immortal Bard wrote centuries ago: "'A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.'
Sat Dec 7, 2024, 01:40 AM
Dec 7

Last edited Mon Dec 9, 2024, 10:21 AM - Edit history (1)

Israel’s war in Gaza has killed at least 44,612 Palestinians and wounded 105,834 since 7 Oct 2023. On 15 Aug 2024 the IDF claimed more than 17,000 militants have been killed. Who are the remaining 27,612 deaths?

At this rate, nearly 48,000 Palestinians in Gaza will have been killed by air and drone strokes by year's end. These figures exclude West Bank casualties.

The first link below shows a video of a Red Crescent ambulance being fired upon yesterday in the Gaza Strip.

Linked at bottom is the UN OHCHR report on the IDF and the people of Gaza (Nov 2024).

Nearly 100,000 homes in Gaza were destroyed last year; obviously more since the dated report linked below.




Agriculture Minister Avi Dichter (Likud): "We're rolling out Nakba 2023." (Photo: Noam Moskowitz / Knesset spokesperson)

Hell of a nice guy, huh? Avi Dichter fits right in the Trump administration.

Sources:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/12/7/live-dozens-killed-as-israel-attacks-refugee-camp-nearby-hospital

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-11-12/ty-article/israeli-security-cabinet-member-calls-north-gaza-evacuation-nakba-2023/0000018b-c2be-dea2-a9bf-d2be7b670000

https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/thematic-reports/a79363-report-special-committee-investigate-israeli-practices-affecting

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67565872

Aussie105

(6,460 posts)
5. It is disingeniouis to say 'this isn't genocide!'
Sat Dec 7, 2024, 07:58 AM
Dec 7

Just because it doesn't fit perfectly into a previous description of the term.
(But apologists will continue to play pointless word games.)

Israel's reputation as a shining light of Democracy in the Middle East is permanently damaged.
Bibi's lasting legacy.

C0RI0LANUS

(1,843 posts)
6. This is why Bibi is called the "Crime Minister."
Sat Dec 7, 2024, 10:45 AM
Dec 7
"Netanyahu is Israel’s Curse"

"Israel's prime minister is playing for time with the war, using it to avoid his criminal corruption trials, and an inquiry into whether he could have prevented Hamas’ brutal attack. The longer that’s put off, the better for him."

Meanwhile, the Special Military Operation continues unabated in Gaza while desk-jockeys out of the kill zone quibble over using the word "genocide."

Source:

https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2024/09/05/netanyahu-is-israels-curse/433174/

https://archive.is/FuUE1



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