Why is the US still sending an endless supply of arms to Israel without conditions? | Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
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The law requires that the US vet any foreign military receiving US arms. However, that doesn’t happen with Israel

The law ( the Leahy Law) requires that the US vet any foreign military receiving US arms. However, that doesn’t happen with Israel

  • SCB@lemmy.world
    29·
    1 year ago

    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.

    • QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year ago

      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.

      • SCB@lemmy.world
        18·
        1 year ago

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

        • QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world
          31·
          1 year ago

          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.

        • TokenBoomer@lemmy.world
          48·
          1 year ago

          Raz Segal is an associate professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Stockton University and the endowed professor in the study of modern genocide.

          TIL A Jewish professor of Holocaust and genocide studies is insane.