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[-] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 294 points 4 weeks ago

Academic here - it's 100% genocide. More so, it's the worst kind of genocide, it's sanctioned genocide built upon conflating a people with their government.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 120 points 4 weeks ago

built upon conflating a people with their government.

Which makes those people in other parts of the world (myself included) inherently less safe.

In fact, if I could point to one single factor that has made Jews less safe in this world post-WWII, it would be Israel.

[-] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 54 points 4 weeks ago

Yup, most people of the Jewish faith are not the state of Israel. Much as most people of the Islamic faith are not terrorists. People mostly just want to lead comfortable lives.

It's a great case of A->B being misunderstood as A<->B to justify incredible shittiness.

I do sometimes wonder if I should write a paper full of examples suggesting that this really simple misunderstanding of logic is what drives the enshittification of humanity ^_^

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 21 points 4 weeks ago

Last I checked, the number of Jews in New York state alone and the number of Jews in Israel was pretty close to equal.

[-] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 14 points 4 weeks ago

I think that's the conflation - Jews in Israel and Jews in New York state fall into the set Jews. However the right wing supporters of Netenyahu's government are but a subset of the former.

A better comparison would be that the number of Jews in New York state was once close to the number of peaceful Palestinians and peaceful Israelis; meanwhile, the number of hardline genocidal Israelis was roughly equal to the number of Hamas terrorists. Those sets seem a better match, as they share more core categorical features.

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 45 points 4 weeks ago

Israel is the best fucking recruitment tool antisemitism has.

Fuck Zionism, Fuck Empires

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[-] Joker@sh.itjust.works 34 points 4 weeks ago

I am genuinely curious, what kind of academic are you?

I am asking because I didn't understand why your credentials would benefit your comment and why did you feel the need to mention it before stating your opinion on a anonymous community.

You might be joking when you are saying that you are academic, but I am asking in case you where serious.

[-] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 35 points 4 weeks ago

Probably playing off of this part of the article:

"[...] I discarded the argument that scholars haven’t reached a conclusion on whether the Gaza genocide is really taking place”, Marshall wrote in his decision.

[-] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 51 points 4 weeks ago

Pretty much - most of us (scholars being a synonym for academics, a set I do belong to [lectureship in mathematics and statistics]) agree that bombing the homes of people into rubble and striking the camps they flee to is an intentional attempt to erase a cultural group.

[-] ashar@infosec.pub 9 points 4 weeks ago

Your field of study is not directly relevant here (unless you work to figure out the death toll, maybe). However scholars that do study genocide do now seem to agree that the killing of Palestinians by Israel is a genocide.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 weeks ago

Indeed.

@joker@sh.itjust.works - moreso tactfully pointing out we must be aware of credential inflation and to avoid reliance on appeals to authority?

The naïve optimist in me wants the @HexesofVexes@lemmy.world of the world to keep on revealing their backgrounds as it adds to discussions for me. Disappointing that I should be more skeptical.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 29 points 4 weeks ago

Its a textbook case. They're not even trying to keep their motives secret.

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 23 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Well there is the genocide where many other nations turn a blind eye to ("oops sorry we did not see what was happening there") and then there is the genocide where multiple other nations actively support it while trying to look like they are slapping wrists ("bad Israel! bad Israel!" passes weapons under the table)

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[-] SoupBrick@yiffit.net 116 points 4 weeks ago

British Wikipedian, Stuart Marshall, made the final ruling in September, decisively supporting the article’s inclusion. “Based on the strength of the arguments … and it’s not close … I discarded the argument that scholars haven’t reached a conclusion on whether the Gaza genocide is really taking place”, Marshall wrote in his decision. “The matter remains contested, but there’s a metric truckload of scholarly sources linked in this discussion that show a clear predominance of academics who say that it is.”

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 79 points 4 weeks ago

"Stu, you can't say metric fuckton"

It is what it is.

"I'm not publishing that."

Fine! A metric truckton.

[-] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago

I didn't actually realize that he didn't say "metric fuckton" until I saw your comment and went back to reread it.

[-] whithom@discuss.online 104 points 4 weeks ago

Because everyone knows if you say it’s not genocide, it’s not genocide. 🇨🇳🇮🇱🇷🇺🇺🇸

[-] billiam0202@lemmy.world 108 points 4 weeks ago

If it doesn't come from the Armenian region of Türkiye it's not a genocide, it's sparkling ethnic cleansing.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 29 points 4 weeks ago

Damn it, you came up with a better 'sparkling' joke than I was thinking of.

I bow to the master.

[-] billiam0202@lemmy.world 23 points 4 weeks ago

I've been relistening to the Hardcore History episodes about World War 1, and Dan Carlin makes an interesting observation: Türkiye gets so pissy when you call what the Young Turks did the "Armenian genocide" but genocides are so common throughout history that it would be notable if a country didn't commit one. Israel is also mad about calling what they're doing in Gaza as a genocide, insisting that the 40,000 Gazans who have been killed were obviously Hamas, even 70% of which were women and children.

"Genocide" and "Nazi" are now odd words in English- they're concepts that certain deplorable people have no qualms with idealizing and adhering to, as long as you don't call them that.

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[-] extremeboredom@lemmy.world 102 points 4 weeks ago

Title gore. What is this headline trying to communicate?

[-] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 180 points 4 weeks ago

"Wikipedia concludes that Israel is committing genocide, thus ending an editorial debate"

[-] extremeboredom@lemmy.world 48 points 4 weeks ago

Thank you, I read it over and over and thought I was going crazy.

[-] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 35 points 4 weeks ago

Tbf I do think it qualifies as title gore and at the very least it is missing a comma before "ending"

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[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 33 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Wikipedia concludes "there's a metric truckload of scholarly sources" that confirm: Israel is clearly committing a Genocide in Gaza.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 91 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

In a related move, the platform’s editors recently voted to declare the Anti-Defamation League “generally unreliable” on the subject, adding it to their list of banned and partially banned sources.

ADL is now a banned source. Good move.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 27 points 4 weeks ago
[-] goferking0 33 points 3 weeks ago

Funded by / Ownership

The Anti-Defamation League is a nonprofit that is funded through donations. They do not disclose donors.

Weird, usually that knocks down organizations. Amazing how it's fine here

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 22 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Someone should tell MBFC about this finding so they can adjust the report.

[-] Womble@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

No they cant change it, those are arrived at by a completly objective scientific method and so there is no posibility of error or systematic bias.

[-] aaa999@lemmy.world 18 points 4 weeks ago

did the bad news community ever delete that stupid fucking robot

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 18 points 4 weeks ago
[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 58 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

ICJ so slow Wikipedia writes down the conclusion in advance.

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 14 points 4 weeks ago

Unfortunately they can't quote Wikipedia directly in their work, but they can use the sources in the article.

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[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 12 points 4 weeks ago

ICJ already released a preliminary statement affirming that its likely a genocide. They just have a mountain of evidence to review

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 52 points 4 weeks ago

In the past I have donated to wikipedia this made sure I will keep donating.

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[-] mo_lave@reddthat.com 32 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

The people who disagree probably can't reconcile that who they consider the good guys can do very evil things. That's in addition to those who actually consider Palestinians subhuman or worse.

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[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 16 points 4 weeks ago

Is this just for the English Wikipedia? What about the Hebrew list of genocides?

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