Also, please don't provide Al-Jazeera links, they are accused countless times hiring/supporting terrorists, and their news reporters are themselves terrorists. They're funded by Qatar and Hamas and other organizations.

All the evidence cited is either circular in nature, referencing other agencies and bodies which cite each other, all reinforcing an extremely one-sided ratcheting look at the conflict. Ambiguous statements made by Israeli officials are consistently interpreted in the manner most damning to Israel, and statements of clear genocide made by those who attack Israel are ignored or excused. They cite clearly flawed logic such as the commonly debunked "Israel admits to 83% civilian deaths".

Interestingly enough, I tried to find other cases in which the UN Human Rights Council concluded that a genocide had occurred or was occurring. I found none. Not the Rwanda genocide, not the Ughers, nor Tamil, nor Rohingya, nor Nigeria, nor Chechnya, nor the Congo, nor Darfur, not in Sudan, not ISIS, nor Yemen nor Ethiopia.

Only Israel.

Has the rules around political non technical articles changed? Can we get an Epstein thread for the frontpage sometime this week?

Remove exception to AIPAC political status

Reevaluate AIPAC non profit status entirely

Replicate EO 14046 for Israel which adds the entire ruling party and head of state and spouses and military and affiliated business to the OFAC list

all of this is easy and doesn’t require Congress

but nobody is close to considering those actions with regard to Israel. Notably, other nation’s organizations do not enjoy this courtesy

(Don’t sorry guys, Hamas is already on these lists too)

The UN is the only international democratic institution that - even with its many imperfections - prevents the world to fall into complete anarchy. It's quite telling that it gets ignored since so many years by the country that elevates itself as the world defender of democracy, the US.

The UN has voted for decades for ending the embargo towards Cuba. Every year the outcome of the vote, which has always resulted in a great majority demanding the immediate end of the embargo, has been ignored by the US, resulting in millions of Cubans facing extreme economic consequences since many decades. The last time every country except Israel and US voted for ending the embargo (I might be wrong, maybe a single African state abstained).

In all of this, the only seed of joy I see, was seeing the Cubans a couple of years ago, after decades and decades of seeing their economy strangled by the most powerful country on Earth, roll out their own Covid vaccine just at the same time of those of big Pharma - a vaccine that resulted excellent, effective, and cheap. Hats off for the Cubans. Hope to see some other seed like this also in the Palestinians.

Regardless of how much you're personally invested in the topic, this should break the hearts of everyone who dreamed that the international community could hold each other legally accountable. Indeed, the US would rather sanction individuals at the ICJ than acknowledge any sort of legitimacy—even as our own politicians accuse Russia of engaging in "war crimes". I have no doubt that they are, in fact, I think that the evidence is quite damning. But the double standard is striking, as is the difference between the footage visible on social media and what is acknowledged when you turn on the TV or open the paper.

Compare the population of Palestine to the population of the Tutsi's before and after the Rwandan genocide.

Palestine: https://www.ceicdata.com/en/indicator/palestinian-territory-...

Tutsis (AI summary):

During the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the Tutsi population was decimated, with the pre-genocide population of over 650,000 reduced by approximately 77%. This massive decline was the result of a coordinated campaign of slaughter by Hutu extremists over the course of 100 days. [1, 2, 3] Tutsi population before the genocide The exact size of the Tutsi population before 1994 is debated, but figures based on the 1991 census provide the following estimates:

• Total population: Rwanda's total population was approximately 7 million in 1994. • Tutsi percentage: The 1991 census registered the Tutsi as 8.4% of the population, which amounted to 657,000 people. • Contested figures: Some observers contend that the Tutsi population was undercounted by the Hutu-led government at the time to minimize their political and social importance. A more widely cited estimate places the Tutsi population percentage closer to 14%. [1, 4, 5, 6]

Tutsi population after the genocide The genocide created a devastating loss of life and a profound demographic shift.

• Estimated deaths: At least 500,000 Tutsi were killed between April and July 1994. Some estimates place the death toll at over 800,000 Tutsi. • Population percentage: The violence annihilated about three-quarters of the Tutsi population that was in Rwanda at the time. • Post-genocide data: Estimating the Tutsi population after 1994 became complicated because many survivors concealed their identity to avoid being killed. The Rwandan government has also since scrapped ethnic identification from its censuses. • Refugee crisis: Millions of Rwandans fled the country, including many Tutsis who had been in exile before the genocide and Hutus who feared retaliation after the Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) took control of the country. [1, 2, 7, 8, 9]

The Tutsi population today In contemporary Rwanda, official government policy discourages ethnic identification to promote national unity and reconciliation. While precise numbers are not published, recent estimates place the current Tutsi population in Rwanda at 15% of the total population, and at 14% of the population of neighboring Burundi. [10, 11, 12, 13, 14]

AI responses may include mistakes.

[1] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/7/30-years-on-what-led... https://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/rwanda/Geno1-3-04.htm[3] https://hmh.org/library/research/rwandan-genocide-guide/[4] https://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/rwanda/Geno1-3-04.htm[5] https://www.ushmm.org/genocide-prevention/countries/rwanda/d... https://www.ushmm.org/genocide-prevention/countries/rwanda/d... https://www.ushmm.org/genocide-prevention/countries/rwanda/m... https://www.britannica.com/event/Rwanda-genocide-of-1994[9] https://cla.umn.edu/chgs/holocaust-genocide-education/resour... https://study.com/academy/lesson/tutsi-history-culture-facts... https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17502977.2024.2... https://1997-2001.state.gov/global/human_rights/1998_hrp_rep... https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/crq.21399[1... https://elearning.reb.rw/course/section.php?id=4591

" 251. The Commission’s analysis in this report relates solely to the determination of genocide under the Genocide Convention as it relates to the responsibility of the State of Israel both for the failure to prevent genocide, for committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza since October 2023 and for the failure to punish genocide. The Commission also notes that, while its analysis is limited to the Palestinians specifically in Gaza during the period since 7 October 2023, it nevertheless raises the serious concern that the specific intent to destroy the Palestinians as a whole has extended to the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory, that is, the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, based on Israeli authorities’ and Israeli security forces’ actions therein, and to the period before 7 October 2023. The events in Gaza since 7 October 2023 have not occurred in isolation, as the Commission has noted. They were preceded by decades of unlawful occupation and repression under an ideology requiring the removal of the Palestinian population from their lands and its replacement.

252. The Commission concludes on reasonable grounds that the Israeli authorities and Israeli security forces have committed and are continuing to commit the following actus reus of genocide against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, namely (i) killing members of the group; (ii) causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; (iii) deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; and (iv) imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group.

253. On incitement to genocide, the Commission concludes that Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, have incited the commission of genocide and that Israeli authorities have failed to take action against them to punish this incitement. The Commission has not fully assessed statements by other Israeli political and military leaders, including Minister for National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir and Minister for Finance Bezalel Smotrich, and considers that they too should be assessed to determine whether they constitute incitement to commit genocide.

254. On the mens rea of genocide, the Commission concludes that statements made by Israeli authorities are direct evidence of genocidal intent. In addition, the Commission concludes that the pattern of conduct is circumstantial evidence of genocidal intent and that genocidal intent was the only reasonable inference that could be drawn from the totality of the evidence. Thus, the Commission concludes that the Israeli authorities and Israeli security forces have had and continue to have the genocidal intent to destroy, in whole or in part, the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

255. The Commission concludes that the State of Israel bears responsibility for the failure to prevent genocide, the commission of genocide and the failure to punish genocide against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip."

To be honest, I think this report is reaching.

Also it should be noted that Israel did supply Gaza with necessities before the war. To stop these supplies is something different than restricting access. All that doesn't fit with the meaning of the term genocide, no legal investigation changes that. Of course you should be able to put it in front of a judge, but I don't see it how it can be sensibly argued aside as a tool to put some pressure on Israel.

I am sure i will be flagged despite completely agreeing with the UN here but if any real change is to happen, minds must be changed which mass flagging does nothing to help. It only further entrenches people. But hey, at least it feels good right? Righteous and all that.

For those who disagree with the UN here, id be happy to change your mind. The us should not be involved in any of this.

Towards that end I offer up unwatch.

https://unwatch.org/