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Why is the US still sending an endless supply of arms to Israel without conditions? (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/politics@lemmy.world
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The law ( the Leahy Law) requires that the US vet any foreign military receiving US arms. However, that doesn’t happen with Israel

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[+] -7 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

They've killed 0.6% of the population, counting enemy militants.

Gaza is 5x the density of Mosul, in which the US (who quite obviously was not committing genocide) killed ~10,000 civilians.

Things can be shitty and not be genocide.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Again, I really don’t to weigh in on whether or not it is genocide, if only because I’m not gonna change anybody’s opinion here. Alls I’m saying is that the qualifications for genocide do not include the destruction of the entire, or even the majority of, the population.

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  • [+] -7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Any sane look at the situation makes it obvious it is not genocide

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    And I’m still not trying to argue with you on that. I’m just saying that the numbers you’re citing do not support your case. There are most definitely situations where killing 0.6% of a population would be considered genocide.

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