So, is Israel really committing a genocide with the Palestinians?
If one listens to anti-Israel rhetoric, it is often spoken about how Israel is committing a genocide against the Palestinian people. But this disgusting libel couldn’t be further from the truth. Consider the following.
First of all, what exactly is genocide? The dictonary states that it is the deliberate killing of a large group of people, esp. those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
Israel has never targeted the Palestinian people or those of Arab ethnicity for a genocide. In Israel, Arab citizens have equal rights to Israeli ones. Over half of Israeli Arabs have stated, in various polls [1] [2] [3], that they would not give up their Israeli citizenship for citizenship in a Palestinian state. Why would they wish to retain their Israeli nationality if a genocide were being committed against them?
And how about Palestinians who don’t have Israeli citizenship, those that live in Gaza and Judea and Samaria? Debunking a genocide there is a case of simple statistics.
From 2000, 4,228 Palestinians have been killed. In 2007, 65% of Palestinian deaths resulted from internal conflict rather than Israeli operations. 59% of civilian casualties otherwise were a result of an Israeli military operation. 69% of Israeli casualties were civilian. The source for this is the United Nations itself. Numbers such as these do not represent a genocide, in which large amounts of people are killed by others in a short span of time.
From the founding of the State of Israel (1948 to now), somewhere between 15,000 and 1.5 million Palestinians have been killed - I have not been able to find a constant statistic at all, as many different sites had different numbers. This number is inclusive of civilian casualties, militant casualties, Palestinian infighting, and Palestinians killed by other Arabs (such as those who died in the Black September War with Jordan). In comparison, 14 million people were killed by Hitler in a span of approximately six years, 1.7 million people in Cambodia in a span of four years, and 800,000 people killed in 100 days in Rwanda, almost all civilian and almost none from infighting.
Also, Palestinian population growth is immense. From 1990, the population has doubled in size. Such demographic trends do not occur when a genocide is present.
Israel also gives more aid to the Palestinian territories than any other nation. Just a few days ago, on September 26th, Israel sent more than 7,000 tons of goods, gas, and even construction materials to Gaza. Regardless as to why you believe the Palestinians need aid, it cannot be disputed that Israel is their biggest supplier. A nation committing genocide does not give such charity to the people they are supposedly trying to kill.
Refuting genocide in Israel/Palestine is a very basic and yet is quite a necessary thing to do. Don’t be brainwashed by such a hateful claim that is, as you have just learned, hideous propaganda.
First of all, what exactly is genocide? The dictonary states that it is the deliberate killing of a large group of people, esp. those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
Israel has never targeted the Palestinian people or those of Arab ethnicity for a genocide. In Israel, Arab citizens have equal rights to Israeli ones. Over half of Israeli Arabs have stated, in various polls [1] [2] [3], that they would not give up their Israeli citizenship for citizenship in a Palestinian state. Why would they wish to retain their Israeli nationality if a genocide were being committed against them?
And how about Palestinians who don’t have Israeli citizenship, those that live in Gaza and Judea and Samaria? Debunking a genocide there is a case of simple statistics.
From 2000, 4,228 Palestinians have been killed. In 2007, 65% of Palestinian deaths resulted from internal conflict rather than Israeli operations. 59% of civilian casualties otherwise were a result of an Israeli military operation. 69% of Israeli casualties were civilian. The source for this is the United Nations itself. Numbers such as these do not represent a genocide, in which large amounts of people are killed by others in a short span of time.
From the founding of the State of Israel (1948 to now), somewhere between 15,000 and 1.5 million Palestinians have been killed - I have not been able to find a constant statistic at all, as many different sites had different numbers. This number is inclusive of civilian casualties, militant casualties, Palestinian infighting, and Palestinians killed by other Arabs (such as those who died in the Black September War with Jordan). In comparison, 14 million people were killed by Hitler in a span of approximately six years, 1.7 million people in Cambodia in a span of four years, and 800,000 people killed in 100 days in Rwanda, almost all civilian and almost none from infighting.
Also, Palestinian population growth is immense. From 1990, the population has doubled in size. Such demographic trends do not occur when a genocide is present.
Israel also gives more aid to the Palestinian territories than any other nation. Just a few days ago, on September 26th, Israel sent more than 7,000 tons of goods, gas, and even construction materials to Gaza. Regardless as to why you believe the Palestinians need aid, it cannot be disputed that Israel is their biggest supplier. A nation committing genocide does not give such charity to the people they are supposedly trying to kill.
Refuting genocide in Israel/Palestine is a very basic and yet is quite a necessary thing to do. Don’t be brainwashed by such a hateful claim that is, as you have just learned, hideous propaganda.
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