with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group
Civilian deaths and cutting off resource supplies to your enemy happens in every war. It’s when the intent is the destruction of a people that it becomes a genocide, and you have yet to provide any proof of that.
If you read the charter, you can see that if any of these things apply, it can be labelled a genocide. And you pick one and say “you need to provide proof”, glossing over the glaring fact that even without, it already counts as a genocide.
In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group […]
any of these as long as there’s intent to destroy. Without intent to destroy, it’s not a genocide. Quite simple, really, if you read the charter.
None of the links prove or even hint at intent to destroy the Palestinian population. They hint at fears that Israel might occupy Gaza partiallly or fully and even displace Palestinian civilians permanently. While absolutely terrible, that isn’t genocide according to the Geneva Conventions you quoted above.
Again, where’s your proof for intent to destroy the Palestinian people?
"The minister, who also has some powers over the Israeli unit that controls border crossings and permits for Palestinians, has a long history of denying the existence of a Palestinian nation and has previously made controversial statements about them as well as on other issues like LGBTQ rights.
Earlier this month, he made incendiary comments saying that the in the West Bank “needs to be erased”’
State policy is made up of the opinions of those in power. They’re not going to put in their state policy “we want to ethnically cleanse Palestine” but you can use some critical thinking, read the opinions of those in the government, and see that is their intention.
The Prime Minister of Israel is a Holocaust revisionist. He led a protest that included death threats towards his opposition.
At what point do you look at the evidence and say, hey, maybe a genocide is happening. Hey, all these officials are referring to a minority as subhuman.
Civilian deaths and cutting off resource supplies to your enemy happens in every war. It’s when the intent is the destruction of a people that it becomes a genocide, and you have yet to provide any proof of that.
If you read the charter, you can see that if any of these things apply, it can be labelled a genocide. And you pick one and say “you need to provide proof”, glossing over the glaring fact that even without, it already counts as a genocide.
But sure, if you insist;
CBC
NPR
USA Today
People’s World
UN
Foreign Policy
ABC News
any of these as long as there’s intent to destroy. Without intent to destroy, it’s not a genocide. Quite simple, really, if you read the charter.
None of the links prove or even hint at intent to destroy the Palestinian population. They hint at fears that Israel might occupy Gaza partiallly or fully and even displace Palestinian civilians permanently. While absolutely terrible, that isn’t genocide according to the Geneva Conventions you quoted above.
Again, where’s your proof for intent to destroy the Palestinian people?
It seems you haven’t read any of the linked articles, so there is no need to talk about this any further until you do.
I did read the articles, but they just don’t mention a plan to destroy the Palestiniam people:
"The minister, who also has some powers over the Israeli unit that controls border crossings and permits for Palestinians, has a long history of denying the existence of a Palestinian nation and has previously made controversial statements about them as well as on other issues like LGBTQ rights.
Earlier this month, he made incendiary comments saying that the in the West Bank “needs to be erased”’
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/21/middleeast/israel-smotrich-palestinians-intl/index.html
That’s the opinion of Israel’s far-right finance minister and not state policy.
State policy is made up of the opinions of those in power. They’re not going to put in their state policy “we want to ethnically cleanse Palestine” but you can use some critical thinking, read the opinions of those in the government, and see that is their intention.
The Prime Minister of Israel is a Holocaust revisionist. He led a protest that included death threats towards his opposition.
At what point do you look at the evidence and say, hey, maybe a genocide is happening. Hey, all these officials are referring to a minority as subhuman.