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So forrmer UN chief, Martin Griffiths is accusing Israel of committing the "century's worst genocide"
https://www.commondreams.org/news/martin-griffiths-gazaOf course what they conveniently leave out is that Mr. Griffiths doesn't consider hamas as a terrorist organization. That is mighty tolerant of him.
https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-787084
It is a good thing this jackass isn't part of the UN anymore.
What Mr. Griffith cannot understand is that being against Hamas and antisemitism does not mean that one needs to support what Israel is doing in Gaza.
Mr. Griffith may also not understand that anti-Semitism is a major pillar in the ideology of Hamas.
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Posted in the Jewish Group
‘Hamas is not a terrorist group,’ says UN Relief Chief Martin Griffiths
Speaking of Hamas’s October 7 attack, Griffiths said he had “total understanding” of the “trauma" it had caused Israel but that Israel would need to build a relationship with its neighbors regardless.
Asked about the feasibility of Israel’s military goal to eliminate Hamas and disallow the terrorist group from having any governing say in Gaza, Griffiths responded “Hamas is not a terrorist group for us, as you know, it is a political movement. But, I think it is very very difficult to dislodge these groups without a negotiated solution; which includes their aspirations.
“I cannot think of an example offhand of a place where a victory through warfare has succeeded against a well-entrenched group, terrorist or otherwise.”
“I cannot think of an example offhand of a place where a victory through warfare has succeeded against a well-entrenched group, terrorist or otherwise.”
Oh - so he missed the entire downfall of the Third Reich and the end of the Hutu Terror of Genocide in Rwanda? And how like - warfare brought it to an end?
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