meliache (meliache@digitalcourage.social)'s status on Saturday, 14-Oct-2023 03:15:33 JST

@IvanGubkin @drewdevault Israel's attacks are precise and deliberate, despite accepting some "collateral" civilian losses, which militarily is difficult to avoid but can be rightfully to criticized. It's designating some safe spaces and giving some time to flee. That's by far not enough but it's *not* the same as a military that is intending genocide. And it would not be the first time for Israel to have ground troops in Gaza, still 2M people live there, so obviously last time had not been a genocide. Some parts of Israel's society wouldn't mind, but it also has a large liberal population (see the recent protests) which would oppose genocidal measures and Israel knows that they rely on their public image in the West. It's important that the West creates pressure for for humanitarian measures to protect civilians. Again, I expect to see human rights violations and don't excuse that, but it doesn't make it a genocide. That word creates a story in people's minds which is simplified and not true. 2/2