You can quibble over the exact figures but it was in the high 80s% and Hamas controls Gaza. There were videos of Hamas brutally punishing those suspected of looting without their permission.
Again, you keep lying and pulling numbers out of your ass. That source you disregarded? That was Israeli intelligence concluding there's no evidence that Hamas was stealing large amounts of aid from the UN.
Are you going to admit you lied and correct your statement?
This is based on what? Your omnipotent abilities you suddenly discovered? So you trust some Israeli sources when they make some point for you but distrust Israeli sources that clash with your preconceived opinion? Make it make sense.
It's based off of the IDF, which estimated at the start of the war that Hamas has 25,000 combatants. By now, they claim to have killed 20,000 combatants and wounded another 15,000 at least. On top of that, most of Hamas' leadership is long dead.
Most estimates for what's left of Hamas soldiers at this point are a couple thousand at best. And that's if we skirt around the fact that Israel has been clearly counting dead civilians at combatants.
I assess the a source's credibility and motives case by case. I trust an insurance salesman to tell me what time it is more than to tell me how awesome their insurance policies are.
It's a pretty damn good reason to wage war to destroy one's enemy. There's no occupation. They are in the middle of a war.
A war with...a couple thousand unorganized combatants at best now? Israel achieved its military objectives long ago, at this point it's the political objectives that have been the sticking point.
When was that? Who controls Afghanistan now?
I'd say pretty soon after the invasion. Eliminating a group like the Taliban is not a realistic objective with military force, something that Israel has not learned well.
Your mental gymnastics is the way you constantly downplay the role of the aggressor in this conflict. You should be a PR spokeperson for Hamas.
Yes, because saying mass starvation of civilian populations is bad for everyone makes one a terrorist.
Coming near fences or stay away areas is a pretty good delineation of what's acceptable or not. Surely you could see how this is different from going house to house in multiple villages, gathering all the men at gun point, bringing them to a field, lining them up then shooting them all in the back/head in a mass execution. Nah you won't admit you were wrong here. I think you've acknowledged being mistaken once so far even when I clearly demonstrated multiple mistakes of fact with your preconceived opinion.
These areas are not delineated or communicated to Gazans. It's pure sadism and murder.
If I tell my soldiers shoot everyone who crosses the street today, including civilians, and I don't tell the locals that, would you consider that genocidal?
Your whole point was that one of them switched his stance once Israelis detained the minors. It's not a big leap to conclude what I said.
No, I never said anything remotely like this, you are just bad at basic reading comprehension.
You claimed that kidnapping of children was not a crime of genocide. I proved you wrong so you deflect and resort to name calling. It is very on brand for you.
I also never said this, again you are awful at reading English.
More strawmans and shifting of goal posts. I don't give a shit who they prosecute. My point was mass kidnapping of children is a form of genocide which you disputed. So now you agree it is a form a genocide?
So if you find Khan's allegations against Putin credible, why do you not find his allegations against Bibi credible?
Because there are violent gangs, Hamas, looters, and sheer chaos. I am going to guess there was also a level of negligence if not outright criminal intent on at least some of them. That's still not proof of genocide.
And yet hundreds of civilians weren't getting massacred at aid stations when the UN and its partners were in charge. Are you telling me that the UN was better at distributing aid and saving lives than GHF?
Israel has provided some proof for some of them but of course you need court level documentation/evidence before you concede that oh yea they could kill Al Jazeera Hamas commander.
What proof was provided, for example, in the case of Anas Al Sharif and his colleagues?
Sure thing. It's easy to walk on water when you never had to face war or prospect of annihilation. Everything you write is consistent with someone who says how something should be from things he has read. I personally think Ukrainians finally bombing civilian energy infrastructure is long overdue.
My family grew up the victim of pograms in a country that grappled with genocide and terrorism. Have you or you immediate family ever seen what that does to a society first hand?
Sure thing. It's easy to walk on water when you never had to face war or prospect of annihilation. Everything you write is consistent with someone who says how something should be from things he has read. I personally think Ukrainians finally bombing civilian energy infrastructure is long overdue.
You make a lot of assumptions for someone so ignorant. Israel is not the only country to have struggled with terrorism and ethnic conflict.
Maybe for a large and powerful country like US that could be the case. For a smaller less powerful country that is still waging war I disagree.
Israel has no strategic depth to fall back on but they are the regional hegemon, both conventionally and in terms of WMDs. It's not even close. Israel hasn't faced existential threats in about half a century, the power balance has shifted tremendously.
I am shocked how little self awareness you have demonstrated here. There were multiple instances where I expected you to acknowledge some sort of error but nope. That goes both ways.
If you had a hint of self awareness you'd realize that most of the errors you accuse me of stem from you sucking ass at basic reading comprehension.
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