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> "I mean, you could reverse the question and ask "why are the Palestinians occupying Israeli land".

How? The West Bank, Golan. This is not the State of Israel's land. Never was. But it's being taken regardless. Israel's security justification might be taken seriously if it wasn't simultaneously supporting settlers who steal land. Stop them and you will find more international support.

> The Palestinians arent a people, per se. They are the random groups of different arab families that were living in the area at the time of the creation of the state of israel. Some are from iran, some from Syria, some from Jordan, egypt, etc. so we are not "occupying" their land because there is no "them".

This borders on racism and it still doesn't make the land they occupy yours. You need a stronger clam than conquest or an old book.

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Just put this right on the shelf, "The Palestinians arent a people, per se."

I can't even. Genocide isn't just killing a people, it is also de-peopling them. So many in the entire comment section don't even know they are saying the quiet part.

It's depressingly common in this conflict. Shows there are environments where it's not even controversial.

Nope. The definition of genocide is: "the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group." We are not doing that. You can see it by the fact that we arent bombing the places that the innocent civilians are escaping to. We only bomb positions where hamas is or is attacking from. They are using human shields, while we are trying to protect palestinian lives even at the expense of our own

"we arent bombing the places that the innocent civilians are escaping to"

Non-combatants, including US intelligence have concluded your country is: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/plan-one-month-gaz...

Or are you saying they weren't 'bombed' because they were tank shells?

Look up the actual definition of genocide. You're on the wrong of this.

I believe that this is the single worst comment I have ever read on this site.

Aweee... your compliments are too nice. I'm blushing. Thank you.

My country has given Israel billions upon billions of dollars and transferred advanced weapon systems and yet you guys were overrun by some dudes wearing slides flying second hand paragliders. Now after killing tens of thousands of civilians in retaliation, bombing hospitals and refugee camps with US made weapons (as it seems that the only part of the IDF that actually works is the US supplied part) you're here explaining why what you're doing technically isn't genocide.

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