In the prior post, I mentioned how the DSA wants to prosecute Americans and Israelis for genocide. I previously explained that genocide is not an applicable term for the war with Gaza, when the Gazan population has nearly doubled. How is that a genocide? I also discussed the hundreds of tons of food and medical supplies sent into Gaza by Israel during the war. Who does that? Who takes care of the civilian population like that if they are trying to annihilate them?
In much earlier posts, I discussed how the Israeli Defense Forces (the IDF) would warn people before dropping bombs. They would drop leaflets from planes. They would drop dud bombs on the roofs of buildings about to be bombed. They would even make phone calls to warn people. All of that would also give the Hamas terrorists a chance to escape, as they embed themselves in civilian homes, schools, medical facilities and mosques. But that's what Israel would do.
I just recently watched an interesting talk by Federal Judge Roy Altman. He discussed how the Israeli Military Advocate Generals (MAGS, but JAGS here) oversee Israeli military operations. A pilot or drone operator may have located a Hamas target. But if a MAG officer sees any chance that a civilian may be injured or killed, they prevent the operation from going forward. Why would Israel have these MAGS if the goal was to eliminate the civilian population.
The Judge also discussed the High Level Military Group (HLMG), consisting of high level retired military officers from NATO countries and other democracies. They comment on how armies conduct themselves in modern warfare, including in urban settings. It turns out, that the HLMG actually submitted an amicus curiae brief (friend of the court brief) to the ICC on behalf of Israel. They said there was no credible evidence of civilians being targeted, or civilians being starved by Israel. Unsurprisingly, the known fact that Hamas uses civilians to protect their fighters, by hiding in schools, homes, hospitals and mosques, is ignored by those who simply want to find the Jews guilty of something.
The HLMG also argued that Israel did its best minimize civilian casualties, and to get humanitarian aid into Gaza. The Judge also mentioned that there had been rumors of a polio outbreak in Gaza. What did Israel do? They sent vaccines and refrigeration equipment into a war zone, and even paused the fighting, to make sure that the children of Gaza got vaccinated. Anyone think the Nazis would have cared about vaccinating Jewish children, knowing the intent was to kill them all. If that is your intent, you don't care about vaccinations.
A look at AI says that the average civilian to combatant death ratio in modern urban warfare is 9 to 1. In the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the ratio was estimated to be between 3 to 1 and 5 to 1. In Gaza, Israel says the ratio is 1 to 1.5. Even the anti-Israel sources have said 4 to 1, with the worst being 8 to 1. In other words, all estimates are below the average. That is not a very convincing argument for a genocide.
So, the lies about Israel committing a genocide will continue. It was just repeated by Abdul Al-Sayed, the winner of the Michigan Democratic primary for the US Senate. And, as more Leftists and Islamists win elections here, you will continue to hear those lies more frequently. And others, like the Democrats, will use the lie to support their vote to cut off military aid to Israel. Israel is fighting America's enemies. We share the same enemies. Doesn't matter. And those like Mamdani will continue to press for the arrest and prosecution of Netanyahu. But don't forget that the Democratic Socialists of America also advocate for the prosecution of Americans who they claim have supported Israel's so-called genocide.
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