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Mehdi, first, grow a pair and let people answer your post directly. Second, you keep claiming that Israel is committing "genocide" on the Gazans. This is an antisemitic blood libel. I'm fed up with all the pussy-footing around an ugly reality. Here is the unspoken truth about genocide in the Middle East, the plain fact about genocide that most people are steadfastly ignoring. The Palestinians have a stated goal of killing every single Jew in Israel—and they have been trying over and over for 75 years to do exactly that. That is the very definition of genocide. It began with the war the Palestinians started on the very day Israel was created, when the Palestinians firmly believed that they would win, kill all the Jews, and take all of the Jews' land and belongings. When that didn't work, they began a string of endless wars with the same object in mind—killing all the Jews. In more modern times, both the PLO and Hamas have the same genocidal message baked into their charters—the extermination of the Jews. And the Palestinian people are clearly in favor of genocide—it's taught in their schools, they repeat the genocidal "From the river to the sea" chant endlessly, they send bombers into shopping malls, they fire numberless missiles randomly into Israeli civilian areas, and they pay welfare to the families of the suicide murderers blowing up women and children. All of those are the deliberate targeting of Jewish civilians, the exact genocidal crime that Israel is falsely accused of. Finally, Hamas started the current war to the death by committing their unbelievable atrocities on 10/7 and then promising to repeat them over and over until every Jew in Israel is dead. Can you say "genocide"? The reality is, the Israelis have enough firepower to turn Gaza into glassy slag and kill every living thing. But they haven't done that and never will. Instead, they are doing their utmost to prevent civilian casualties. To me, the Israeli restraint in the face of the endless genocidal actions of the Palestinians is remarkable—in their place I would not, could not, be so restrained. So don't give me any BS about Israeli genocide. Anyone with half a brain can see that it is the Palestinians who have engaged in a violent, murderous genocidal agenda for as long as both countries have existed. Unfortunately, "anyone with half a brain" clearly doesn't include the majority of the supporters of the Palestinian genocide … I can't have everything, I guess. And on the Israeli side, calling Israel's fight to defend itself "genocide"? Get real. • This is the only genocide in history where the people supposedly being genocided could end it today by releasing the hostages and laying down their arms. "Genocide" over, peace returns. • This is the only genocide in history where the people supposedly committing the genocide have provided over 475,000 tonnes of food to the people being genocided. • This is the only genocide in history where the children supposedly being genocided who require evacuation for urgent treatment are allowed by the genociders to be sent to hospitals in third countries, such as the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and Egypt. • This is the only genocide in history where the people supposedly committing the genocide are required to provide water and electricity to the genocidees. • This is the only genocide in history where the people supposedly committing the genocide have sent over 18,000 tonnes of medical supplies to the genocidees. Providing medicine to your sworn enemies in wartime? Gotta say it. The Israelis are really good at war, but they are REALLY bad at genocide. • And most importantly, this is the only genocide in history where the army is warning the genocidees via text messages, emails, leaflets, and radio and TV announcements where they are going to attack next, so people can avoid being genocided. Consider what that means. That is giving up a huge military advantage, the advantage of surprise. And the inevitable corollary is that the lack of surprise increases Israeli deaths, purely in order to avoid Muslim deaths Let me say that again. Israeli Army young men and women are dying to prevent Muslim civilian deaths, and you are accusing Israel and the IDF of genocide? For shame. That is antisemitism at its ugliest. "Genocide"? Don't make me laugh. My best to all … well, except jihadis and their supporters like Mehdi Hasan. Grrr … w.