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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Risk" of genocide? Risk?

They need to update their fucking AI model.

The burning house is at risk of catching fire. The dead man is at risk of heart failure. This headline is at risk of being full of shit.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Netanyahu is committing genocide in Gaza in much the same way that Milosovic did in Bosnia.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Risk?!? The Palestinian's have been murdered for 50+ yrs in a genocidal occupation. Silly UN.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think Reuters very much know it's genocide. They put the conciliatory language in there to try to mollify people from attacking them. The important thing is a mainstream, reputable, mostly objective news source is socializing the fact that this is a genocide. That's progress.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Genuine question to all Palestinian sympathizers: don't you see how you encourage Hamas to bring even more kids to the active war zone with your comments and protests?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's more like "hey, that neighborhood full of families and shopkeepers has some gang members in it. Let's bomb it all." Hamas isn't "bringing in kids". They're resistance fighters who live in the same area, which is roughly the size of Los Angeles. And in the minds of Hamas, they're fighting for those children to have a right to that land in their future. To have a right to grow up free and unoppressed. Those children aren't "shields" and they weren't brought there. They were born there and are now being indiscriminately bombed as an excuse to make Hamas look bad. Where's Mossad? Where's Israeli special forces? Israel likes to talk a big game about their abilities, but in this conflict, "rain missiles from the sky and blame the victims for being in the way" seems to be their only tool.

You realize Israel even bombed evacuation routes, right? Told people "it's safe to leave this way" and then bombed the caravans leaving. You can't even leave without getting bombed, and you think they're just importing children in?

What are you smoking? I want some.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In this video by channel 4, they briefly mentioned the story of a wounded boy, who got the permission to get through the Rafah crossing. His Palestinian father didn't let him go, because the father himself didn't get such permission. This is how they care about their children.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You must feel very good about yourself blaming civilians for being murdered by Israelis.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If the child did go through alone, what are the chances that family would ever see him again? Who would care for the child and advocate for his best interests away from his family? All communications have been shut down by Israel. There is no way for the family to know what happens to their children if they are taken away.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To me, as a father of two, there's no moral dilemma here. You get your kids out of the hell no matter what.

But I guess when you have 14 kids, the priorities are a bit different.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Would you get your kid out if you didn't know whether or not they would be adequately cared for? Would you get them out if it meant that you will probably never see them again and that they will be taken to another country speaking another language with no one there to look after them and no plan for how to take care of them after the medical treatment is done?

This would most likely be a permanent separation and the child would effectively, or maybe even literally become an orphan in a foreign country with nothing. Not their vital documents, not their family, not anything that would give them any hope of ever getting home. Getting your kid out in this situation means gambling your child's life on the good will of strangers and most likely losing them for good.

It is not unreasonable to demand to go with his child. Especially since he needs medical care as well.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Still better than staying in Gaza

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Yes, let's victim blame the person being bombed and not the person launching the bombs. Hmmm. So all the school shootings in the US are just the children not running fast enough? I guess that's one way to fight childhood obesity, but damn....

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Everyday more people are dying, its a horror story.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

as the global population increases over time, so do deaths. a small conflict like this may not even be statistically significant.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Mark my words, history will remember this. We can practically watch it live with social media and so on. Wars are different now, since Ukraine. So it hits closer home.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I dare you to go to a funeral home and say that to any mourners.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

regrettably they're closed at this hour

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At risk? They are actively experiencing a genocide

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

I think they mean "at risk of completing full genocide", sadly enough.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's clear and all reasonable people agree, Israel must cease their ethnic cleansing.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What ethnicity are you talking about?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

The Palestinian people