…and a fact check of the statements made in the interview.

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    28 days ago

    I’m not the person you were replying to but thought I’d weigh in.

    Canada attempted/committed (results varied) genocide of its first nations not by killing children (though they did do that) but by making continuation of indigenous ways of living/ culture untenable.

    China is attempting genocide of its Uigher population in a similar way.

    Russia’s denial of Ukrainian identity and treatment of orphaned Ukrainian children is also genocidal.

    Genocide is the attempt to destroy a nation/ ethnicity. It doesn’t have to be murder factories to be genocide.

    Do you agree?

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        27 days ago

        Do you think Israel has an interest in there not being a Palestinian nation?

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            26 days ago

            Would a strategy of making life in Palestine so difficult that everyone either capitulates or becomes radicalized [and therefore a legitimate military target] be genocide?

            What would that strategy look like?

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              26 days ago

              No. First of all, the Palestinian population has grown substantially since 1967. That alone is sufficient to disprove the genocide accusation. Second, blaming Israel for the plight of the Palestinian people ignores the fact that they have been governed by corrupt terrorist leaders who have done nothing to improve the lives of the people they govern because they have been single-mindedly focused on destroying Israel. Plus, it’s pretty damn disrespectful to treat the Palestinian people as if they have no agency whatsoever and are just destined to be radicalized because of external forces.

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                26 days ago

                I asked:

                Would a strategy of making life in Palestine so difficult that everyone either capitulates or becomes radicalized [and therefore a legitimate military target] be genocide?

                You answered “no”. Can you elaborate on how you reconcile your answer with our understanding of genocide:

                Genocide is the attempt to destroy a nation/ ethnicity.

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                  26 days ago

                  I know where you’re headed with this so I’m just cutting it off now before we argue about your claims about what Israel is doing.