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Posted - November 13, 2023 at 4:12 PM
Saved - November 14, 2023 at 8:22 PM
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Israel's actions in Gaza have sparked a debate about whether they constitute genocide. While intent is difficult to prove, evidence suggests that Israel's systematic targeting of various civilian infrastructure, along with its chosen bombs and methods, has resulted in a high number of civilian casualties. Experts, including genocide scholars, have weighed in on the matter. However, a thorough international investigation is needed to determine if genocide has occurred. It's important to note that Hamas' actions should also be scrutinized, but they don't negate the potential genocidal nature of Israel's actions. Ultimately, the lack of accountability due to Israel's non-participation in the ICC raises concerns.

@iyad_elbaghdadi - İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي

Alright, since you decided to ask me, I'll tell you why the same guy you praise for "wonderful analysis" also concludes, based on the facts & evidence, that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza:

@IsabellaPfaff - Isabella Pfaff

How can someone who writes such a wonderful analysis make the claim that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. This is neither backed up by facts nor scientifically tenable by the definition of the word. It is simply wrong. And discredits the very good thread.

@iyad_elbaghdadi - İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي

There are multiple definitions of genocide, but the most widely cited is the 2002 Rome Statute's, which established the International Criminal Court (ICC). Around 120 countries are signatories (notably the US and Israel still refuse to sign it):

@iyad_elbaghdadi - İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي

Right off the bat let's debunk some common misconceptions about "genocide": You don't have to exterminate *everyone* for it to be genocide. Genocide is not a crime of body count (although body count matters). Genocide is a crime of *intent*.

@iyad_elbaghdadi - İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي

The bar for the crime of genocide is met when there's intent to *destroy*, in whole or in part, a people. "Destroy" can manifest in many ways - killing is one, but also inflicting upon them unlivable conditions. "Conditions calculated to bring about the group's destruction".

@iyad_elbaghdadi - İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي

Since intent is key, let's focus on it. Normally*, whoever commits genocide won't go out and say "hey we'd like to wipe these people out". Normally, they hide their intent, and intent is typically the most difficult part to prove. (Hold on to the word "normally" for a sec please)

@iyad_elbaghdadi - İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي

Since intent is rarely explicit, the law allows it to be *inferred* from broader context including: - Scale & systematic nature of the violence - Chosen methods - Choices of victims/targets - Evidence of cover up - Patterns of narratives/speech used by political/military leaders

@iyad_elbaghdadi - İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي

Alright, so let's for a sec follow the "inference" route. It is now very well documented that Israel systematically targeted: - Hospitals - Water tanks - Solar panels - Journalists - Bakeries - Fishing boats - Schools - Ambulances - Residential blocks - Aid & UN workers

@iyad_elbaghdadi - İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي

(I don't have to go point by point because all of the above is *very* well documented and even captured live). It's also well documented that Israel's chosen bombs/methods are indiscriminate (easily proven by the fact that ~70% of the 12k dead are women, children, or elderly).

@iyad_elbaghdadi - İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي

It is also well documented that Israel: - Cut off the flow of food, water, & fuel to a civilian population - Targeted basic telecom infrastructure (internet, phone service) - Used easy-to-debunk disinfo & lies to pin the blame for *every* one of its atrocities on the other side

@iyad_elbaghdadi - İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي

I know the typical US reaction would be "but Hamas!" To them Hamas is hiding in water tanks and solar panels. But if this is about Hamas, someone explain why 150+ Palestinians (incl 40+ children) have been killed in the West Bank, where there's no Hamas?

@rulajebreal - Rula Jebreal

Israeli Settler violence, aimed at depopulating Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank, skyrocketed under Netanyahu's far-right gov’t. Since Oct 7th, settlers’ terrorism against Palestinians has exploded. 150 Palestinians killed incl. 41 children.

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Hazem Shaheen recounts the tragic incident where his brother-in-law, Bilal Saleh, was shot and killed by settlers while harvesting olives. The settlers confronted them, and in the chaos, they ran for safety. When they regrouped, they realized they couldn't hear Bilal's voice. Hazem discovered Bilal lying face down, covered in blood. Settler violence has increased since Hamas' October 7th attacks, with some incidents allegedly involving the Israeli military. Bilal, a small-time herb vendor, leaves behind four young children. His mother-in-law, Munna Saleh, struggles to accept his death, as his young son finds it hard to believe that his father is gone.
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Speaker 0: For Hazem Shaheen, the pain of losing his brother-in-law is still raw. He says Bilal Saleh was shot dead by settlers on October 28th as he harvested olives. Speaker 1: Yes. We saw the settler, and they start shouting in us, and we are We are shocked then what to do. What how you defend yourself? Some somebody have a big gun. When we hear the bullet, we start running down to discover what is going on. So we start calling each other. We cannot hear Bilal voice. Speaker 0: Hazem says he found Bilal face down, covered in blood. He wasn't buried. No Speaker 1: under this ones. Nothing. Speaker 0: Hazem, another West Bank Palestinians, tell us settler violence has spiked since Hamas' October 7th shocks. Their raids were brazen, they say, and sometimes aided by the Israeli military. A small time vendor of mountain herbs, Bilal shot left behind 4 young children. His mother-in-law, Munna Saleh, says his death hasn't quite sunk in yet. Shot. His mother tells him daddy passed away. We buried him, Muna says. But he doesn't believe it.

@iyad_elbaghdadi - İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي

Anyway: It's also well documented that Israeli ministry of intel produced a multi-stage plan for inflicting mass suffering on the population of Gaza to force them off their land and into the Sinai desert. So far Israel is following this plan actually:

@972mag - +972 Magazine

An Israeli Intelligence Ministry document revealed by @mekomit and +972 shows how policy proposals for forced population transfer from Gaza to the Sinai are reaching official discussions. @yuval_abraham reports. https://www.972mag.com/intelligence-ministry-gaza-population-transfer/

Expel all Palestinians from Gaza, recommends Israeli gov't ministry An Intelligence Ministry document revealed by Local Call and +972 shows how population transfer to the Sinai is reaching official discussions. 972mag.com

@iyad_elbaghdadi - İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي

(The above is important because while "ethnic cleansing" is not by itself a crime under the Rome Statute, it is widely acknowledged that there's a continuum between genocide & ethnic cleansing. Genocide is often a way to ethnically cleanse a people or force a population transfer)

@iyad_elbaghdadi - İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي

It's also uncontroversial that Israel's leaders have repeatedly and systematically used language & references that makes it clear that *everyone* in Gaza, and not only Hamas, is a target. Israel's PM even tweeted it, and not just once:

@iyad_elbaghdadi - İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي

Okay so now that we get to the speech/rhetoric of Israeli leadership, we can drop the pretense that we have to "infer" genocidal intent. There's *so much* documented. Remember I told you to hold on to that "normally" a few tweets ago? Yeah, you can stop holding on to it now

@iyad_elbaghdadi - İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي

There are several folks who have been collecting these statements of intent. One of them is br Abu Bakr Hussain who's updating a list daily and has it available for download as well. Not everything in his list is from politicians/leadership, but a lot is:

@KintsugiMuslim - Abu Bakr Hussain

121 Examples of Dehumanising/pro-genocidal statements and actions made against Palestinians. LIST UPDATED 13 NOV 2023 PDF here with sourcing: https://1drv.ms/b/s!AqADv8mRg0QgivhPKU0abU_7MeDfow?e=4BSdJx Evidence Packet here: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AqADv8mRg0QgiuoF_Pny8rn8ct3kDA?e=CZv4Rm Part 1 in photos below, Part 2 in next tweet. If you have seen this tweet before, please see Part 2 especially, that is where the latest items are.

@iyad_elbaghdadi - İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي

You can also look at the replies under this tweet. I believe others including @muhammadshehad2 and @m7mdkurd also have been collecting official & unofficial statements under tweets & in threads of their own:

@iyad_elbaghdadi - İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي

Is someone collecting all the genocidal statements coming out of Israel or its allies into a thread or document somewhere? If you know of one please share. If you don't please retweet

@iyad_elbaghdadi - İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي

@muhammadshehad2 @m7mdkurd Craig Mokhiber worked at the UN for 30+ years and until recently was director of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights' NY office. Listen to him explain how normally intent is the hardest to prove, but in this case, intent "is an easy case to make":

@MiddleEastEye - Middle East Eye

In his resignation letter dated 28 October, Craig Mokhiber, who served as the director of the New York office of the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights, labelled Israel's military operations in Gaza as “textbook genocide”

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Proving genocide requires showing intent to destroy a specific group. In this case, Israeli leaders' intent has been clearly and publicly stated by the prime minister, president, cabinet ministers, and military leaders. This makes it easy to make a case for genocide, as their statements are on the public record.
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Speaker 0: Crucially, the most difficult part of proving genocide is intent because there has to be an intention to destroy in whole or in part a particular group. In this case, the intent by Israeli leaders has been so implicitly stated and publicly stated by the prime minister, by the president, by senior cabinet ministers, by military leaders, that that is an easy case to make. It's on the public record.

@iyad_elbaghdadi - İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي

@muhammadshehad2 @m7mdkurd But now that we're citing experts, let's mention how so many *actual genocide scholars* have assessed that Israel is committing the crime of genocide. Again there's so much of this that I can't fit it all in a thread but some are under this tweet:

@iyad_elbaghdadi - İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي

Is someone collecting all the statements & opinions by actual genocide scholars & researchers whose professional assessment that what is happening in Gaza right now is genocide? If you do please link. If you don't please retweet

@iyad_elbaghdadi - İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي

@muhammadshehad2 @m7mdkurd An important voice has been Arnesa Buljušmić-Kustura (@Rrrrnessa), who is both an academic expert on genocide and a survivor of genocide. But there's also Luis Moreno Ocampo, ex-ICC prosecutor. And Raz Segal, an Israeli expert on modern genocide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWGGjLZNuyg

@iyad_elbaghdadi - İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي

@muhammadshehad2 @m7mdkurd @Rrrrnessa (Btw correct me if I'm wrong but even in the case of the Bosnian genocide & the Iraqi Kurdish genocide, explicit public statements of intent were relatively scarce and intent had to be inferred from chain of command orders & military tactics/context. Here it's more explicit.)

@iyad_elbaghdadi - İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي

@muhammadshehad2 @m7mdkurd @Rrrrnessa So yes: I write some decent threads on geopolitical analysis. Yes: I'm a human being who gets exhausted and triggered. But when I say Israel is committing genocide it's not hyperbole. It's a conclusion based upon the facts & evidence, and the conclusion of many noted experts.

@iyad_elbaghdadi - İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي

Ultimately whether or not it's genocide will have to be determined through a thorough international independent investigation, followed by a fair, balanced, public trial. But we *know* we won't get that. Israel & the US are not party to the ICC. Israel is above the law.

@iyad_elbaghdadi - İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي

I can still hear them say "but Hamas!" - Hamas very likely committed war crimes & crimes against humanity on Oct 7 - Israel's actions since Oct 7 (fully backed by the West) can credibly be described as genocidal No contradiction there

@iyad_elbaghdadi - İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي

Finally: I know all of this will not make any difference to many people who have enthusiastically swallowed the Israeli propaganda & disinfo echoed by racist political & media institutions in the West. No amount of evidence will work on them. Why? This:

@iyad_elbaghdadi - İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي

It's not that they're stupid, it's not that they're thick, it's not that they're uninformed or misinformed, it's not that you just have to explain it to them just one more time. It's that they're racist. Once you see it you'll never unsee it.

@iyad_elbaghdadi - İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي

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