2ManyBlueCups
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Many of these are debatable.Other important factors that bear consideration:
Israel has used starvation as a weapon of war.
Israel has cut off water and electricity to the Gaza Strip.
Israel has destroyed all of Gaza’s universities and 80% of its schools.
A consensus of genocide historians say Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
Right-wing publications and politicians (including cabinet members and Netanyahu himself) in Isarael have repeatedly engaged in genocidal rhetoric against Palestinians.
Israel has used white phosphorus against the population of Gaza.
The Israeli military has actively impeded humanitarian aid from entering Gaza.
Israel has deliberately targeted health infrastructure and doctors in Gaza.
Cutting off water and electricity in wartime is not new. Nor does it count as genocide. Water was restored very quickly....expecting to have power in the middle of an active warzone is a bit like expecting to have power in the middle of a hurricane.
Hamas uses Gaza's universities and its schools to store weapons and conduct military operations, rendering them legitimate military targets.
Genocidal rhetoric from an extreme fringe is meaningless. Pro-Hamas protesters have engaged in genocidal rhetoric against Jewish people here in the United States. That does not mean that the United States is committing a genocide against the Jews.
White phosphorus is not banned under international law.
The Israeli military put checkpoints on aid coming in in order to prevent weapons from being smuggled in with the aid. Hamas has stolen aid from Palestinian civilians.
Hamas has used health infrastructure as military command posts and weapons storage depots in the war, in violation of international law. Islamic Jihad also blew up one of Gaza's hospitals with a rocket and tried to blame the same on Israel.