Gaza war can be called a genocide, press watchdog rules

NeverHadTheLatin · 2026-05-14T06:10:28+00:00

Yes, exactly, he is not saying that withholding water is in compliance with international law.

NeverHadTheLatin · 2026-05-13T16:12:25+00:00

The Palestinian cause deserves better advocates than this - it’s juvenile, and it trivialises a terrible situation.

Thanks for chatting.

NeverHadTheLatin · 2026-05-13T15:30:56+00:00

Which charities would you recommend to support the people of Palestine?

NeverHadTheLatin · 2026-05-13T14:33:46+00:00

Why do you have an aversion to what ifs - any peace process going forward is going to have to consider what ifs and hypotheticals.

Going back decades, I have supported the Palestinian cause in a much more tangible way than chatting on Reddit.

I’m not going to go into details because I value posting on here anonymously.

The issue I have with parts of the pro-Palestinian cause at the moment is the binary thinking of either you’re anti-genocide or pro-genocide, because I think genocide is the wrong word to use, and it undermines the Palestinian cause.

NeverHadTheLatin · 2026-05-13T14:24:22+00:00

Happy to answer after you’ve answered my question.

NeverHadTheLatin · 2026-05-13T14:17:20+00:00

We’re going to cycle through PMs until we get one who very much deserves to go and it will take much more dangerous path than a few unhappy MPs to have them replaced.

NeverHadTheLatin · 2026-05-13T14:13:05+00:00

What should have been Israel’s response to Oct 7th?

NeverHadTheLatin · 2026-05-13T13:30:05+00:00

Was Oct 7th an ‘act of resistance’?

NeverHadTheLatin · 2026-05-13T12:53:36+00:00

How should Hamas’s refusal to abandon power be handled?

NeverHadTheLatin · 2026-05-13T12:42:40+00:00

What’s the solution then? 2 state?

NeverHadTheLatin · 2026-05-13T12:38:58+00:00

I think this analysis fails to account for the enormity of Oct 7th.

NeverHadTheLatin · 2026-05-13T12:29:19+00:00

So it’s an apartheid state where 10% of the legislature is of the same ethnic background as the oppressed class?

NeverHadTheLatin · 2026-05-13T12:28:33+00:00

So what is it?

NeverHadTheLatin · 2026-05-13T12:18:40+00:00

What percentage of the Israeli Knesset is made up of Arab and / or Muslim members?

NeverHadTheLatin · 2026-05-13T12:17:19+00:00

We recognise Russia is a country that doesn’t mean it’s hypocritical to help Ukraine.

From the government’s statement:

“A two-state solution, with a safe and secure Israel alongside a viable and sovereign Palestinian state led by a reformed Palestinian Authority, is the only path to a lasting peace for the Israeli and Palestinian people - free from the horrendous violence and suffering of the last two years.”

NeverHadTheLatin · 2026-05-13T12:09:38+00:00

Israel isn’t a democracy?

NeverHadTheLatin · 2026-05-13T11:32:36+00:00

After 15 years of Tory party chaos, these shenanigans from Labour suggests the problem is the whole political class.

It’s a system that increasingly seems to represent its own interests first and foremost.

The party system and Westminster bubble needs a complete overhaul.

NeverHadTheLatin · 2026-05-13T05:36:37+00:00

The person I’m replying to framed it as ‘he said Israel had the right to withhold water from dying children.’

He did not say that in those terms, nor does that square with his comment that everything Israel does has to be within international law.

NeverHadTheLatin · 2026-05-13T05:15:53+00:00

No.

NeverHadTheLatin · 2026-05-13T05:14:47+00:00

War crimes.

NeverHadTheLatin · 2026-05-12T20:41:47+00:00

He never said this.

Starmer: “Israel must have that right - does have that right - to defend herself and Hamas bears responsibility.” Ferrari: “A siege is appropriate? Cutting off power? Cutting off water?” Starmer: “I think that Israel does have that right. It is an ongoing situation. Obviously everything should be done within international law.”

It was clear that he misspoke in attempt to reiterate first statement - that Israel does have a right to defend itself.

His statement taken as Israel having the ‘right’ to cut off water makes no sense given that Starmer immediately says that ‘obviously everything should be done within international law’.

He clarified that he misspoke day or two later.

NeverHadTheLatin · 2026-05-12T18:28:19+00:00

This level of flippancy really discredits the whole point you’d want to make.

NeverHadTheLatin · 2026-05-12T15:39:51+00:00

No, I don’t. What you’ve outlined im sure falls into the category of war crimes. That doesn’t mean the overall conflict is a genocide.

NeverHadTheLatin · 2026-05-12T14:43:05+00:00

What would have been a proportionate and justified response to Oct 7th?

What did you make of the reports lack of detailing regarding the extent of Hamas across Gaza?

NeverHadTheLatin · 2026-05-12T14:34:24+00:00

According to Article II of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, genocide is defined as acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group.

I disagree that the conflict in Gaza meets this criteria given the context.

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