Aslan
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You need to look up the proper definition of 'genocide'. Then provide a source that says Israel is committing a 'genocide' in a neighboring country...say...Egypt for now.
It mean I will answer any questions you have provided they are devoid of hyperbolic nonsense and are relevant to the subject. So how does being a 'privileged combatant' has any relevance to a naval blockade, its legality and the boarding of a ship intent on entering the blockaded zone?
The definition of Genocide;
Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group.[1]
It does not mention how many you have to kill to consider it a genocide, now lets look at it from the Palestinian's point of view;
Is israel deliberately and systematically destroying in whole or in part the Palestinians by blocking their rights and freedom? What do you think is the answer to that.
(CPPCG)Article 2 of this convention defines genocide as "any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life, calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; [and] forcibly transferring children of the group to another group."[2]
How many of the above can be applicable to the israelies actions in the neighboring countries. Almost all of the above.
With the support of the United States, the resolution was placed before the General Assembly for consideration. Defining genocide in 1943, Lemkin wrote:
Generally speaking, genocide does not necessarily mean the immediate destruction of a nation, except when accomplished by mass killings of all members of a nation. It is intended rather to signify a coordinated plan of different actions aiming at the destruction of essential foundations of the life of national groups, with the aim of annihilating the groups themselves. The objectives of such a plan would be the disintegration of the political and social institutions, of culture, language, national feelings, religion, and the economic existence of national groups, and the destruction of the personal security, liberty, health, dignity, and even the lives of the individuals belonging to such groups.[13]
Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon, even though it was done by the Lebanese Militia, but who was in charge. The good old sharone.
The above is just one example, now there are countless examples of israeli raids in neighboring countries where they killed innocent civilians. In Egypt, Jordan, Syria. Then you have the indiscriminate bombings and killings in the Lebanese cities during the war. So is all that justified. And didnt they all belong to one group, ie Arabs. So cant I tag that as a genocide.
And who decides what is the number of kills before you can term it as a genocide.
And by the way when I talk about the killings in Egypt I was referring to the killings in the past. Its all connected after all.