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[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Everybody is aware. The only ones not admitting it are the governments supporting it.

[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Israeli govt has been pretty clear that it wants to occupy and depopulate the whole region. The perp openly admits the crime, and still the US, UK, Germany line up to send them the funding, weapons, and diplomatic cover to commit it. Despicable state of affairs.

[–] MourningDove@lemmy.zip 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

How is this still up for debate?

[–] TheMinister@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago

Because the US and UK are denying it and their worldwide media conglomerate mouthpieces are spreading disinformation. And every time Israel opens their mouth it’s to call people antisemitic for suggesting it.

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online -1 points 6 days ago

Because everything that is the state and institutions is a-ok in the minds of liberals and neoliberals.

Also if this shit does blow over and the media says 'actually there was an unacceptable genocide going on long before this!' The people who tacticly supported it and were always talking about civility snd debate will claim that they were always vehemently against it...

Meanwhile they will claim that activists who were always against it to have been stupid idiots who just wanted an excuse to break things and not go to work like adults and they were actually for the genocide! Thus their arrests and criminal charges will stay and they will continue to have their credibility attacked.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 6 days ago

Ya don't say

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 days ago

Everybody says that Israel is committing genocide. Even some Republicans are boasting about it, even the Israeli government is boasting about it without using the word specifically.

At this point you'd be hard pressed to find anyone that would deny it's a genocide, except for using the word

Days since Israel committed genocide: 0

This is a live ticker. Come back daily for updates!

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago

nottheonion

[–] Garbagio@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 days ago

This just in: leading hydrologists definitively solve age-old quandary for humanity; water is, in fact, wet.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Idk, maybe we should let Isreal kill another 10th of Palestine's population just to make sure this is a real genocide and not some light ethnic cleansing.

[–] foggianism@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago

Well I'm not an expert, but I could tell a long time ago that Israel is commiting a genocide.

[–] yarrage@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 week ago

Hmm, maybe, just maybe world leaders should listen to world's leading experts, you know?

[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 27 points 1 week ago (10 children)

I genuinely believe that the vast, vast majority of people on this planet who are aware of the situation in Gaza can see that it's a genocide and that Israel is criminal.

I don't have anything to base it on, but I just have a feeling that we've reached a turning point in how Israel is perceived globally. I don't know what that will mean in the future, but I think it'll mean something big.

[–] CTDummy@aussie.zone 7 points 1 week ago

Practically everyone I’ve spoken to irl, even those more conservative inclined, feel the same. Even if you take into account that people are likely to be surrounded by people who hold at least similar opinions to them it really feels like this is the case and has been for a minute now.

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[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

BBC doing some honest reporting now that it's too late to stop the Zios.

[–] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nothing more classic than dragging their feet recognizing genocide until "oh shucks, it's to late to do anything; guess we don't have to take any accountability or make difficult decisions now" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In 20 years the BBC will make a documentary narrated in a solemn voice about how a generic "we" failed to stop this.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago

Is there one for how a generic "we" started it all?

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago
[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why do we need experts to remind us of the definition of genocide

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Because apparently there are some really, really dumb fuckers out there, and they make decisions for the rest of us.

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

My only wish is that Americans would shut up and get in the back of the line as they only cheapen any attempt to help Palestine. My country got wrecked by Americans who are now moralizing and being the world police again. I wish they would just sit down and let another country lead the charge.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 days ago

Fuck another country.

We need to rebuild the UN from scratch, start over. This time, no veto rights for anyone. This time, give the fucker teeth. Give it the atrong Army it needs. If some dictator, be it a Korean one, a Chinese one, a European one, a Russia one, or an American one, decides to behave like an asshole we can send the actual world police on their asses, and this time it will be a police that is guided by ALL of humanity, not just a rich few assholes that can buy a politician to veto anything useful the UN could decide.

[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I mean if it's any consolation, America under the leadership of Trump or Vance isn't going to do jack shit to help Palestine or anyone else. They're literally fucking over their own people and telling them that empathy is a sickness.

Rest assured if any country is going to be leading the charge it won't be America. The entire country is on the verge of complete collapse. I would actually be more surprised if it doesn't happen at this point. It's pretty much inevitable. That's not hyperbole, collapse of the U.S. and democracy and division into smaller city state monarchies is literally the goal of this administration. If that happens, North Korea levels of isolationist policy is the only possible outcome.

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