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I mean the State, which the government operates.

The State which has the monopoly on the legitimate (as defined by itself) use of violence, through its laws and regulations and sub-organizations and shaping of society. The State that is an apartheid State.

I'd argue that the condition for peace is the dismantling of the Israeli state (in its current apartheid form)

I was mostly responding to the comment of "The israeli population is not committing genocide", because as you say, Palestinian dehumanization and hatred is widespread. I do not claim that it's every single person, but it's high enough for me that it's obviously a vanishingly small, practically insignificant minority that isn't supportive of genocide.

I can't think of the last time an oppressed group successfully politely asked their oppressors to stop and had it work.

Diplomacy has been tried repeatedly, and has never been done in good faith by Israel or Zionists. When diplomacy and peaceful protest fails, what other options are left?

Even Colombia's president said that he wants to put together a unified military of the world to stop the genocide by force, and I agree with that notion. It's long past due.

(I am, for the record, Palestinian in diaspora)

https://archive.is/20250622223902/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-05-28/ty-article-magazine/.premium/yes-to-transfer-82-of-jewish-israelis-back-expelling-gazans/00000197-12a4-df22-a9d7-9ef6af930000

Not really a contradiction if you understand Zionism. Paraphrasing Theodor Herzl (recognized as one of the "founding fathers" of Zionism) "the anti-semites will become our greatest allies" in the late 1800s

Because anti-Semites would support Jewish emigration. White supremacists and neo Nazis would be glad to see them gone from the US. And they have an easy place to push them.

That, and Israel's importance today to US government is more about geopolitics and power projection than about ethnic/religious identity.

And also the Christian zionist angle other people have mentioned with Armageddon.

Except Zionism was started by secular Jews and Zionists today are mostly Evangelical Christians. Israel and its creation has always been colonial and not religious. Religion is mostly a fig leaf/cover for it.

To paraphrase from Ilan Pappe, "Most Zionists don't believe in God, but they believe God promised them Israel"

If only it were about religion (hint: it's never been about religion)

Hamas is an idea. Even if every single Hamas fighter were magically killed instantly, Hamas 2 would pop up because of what Israel has done and continues to do. Hamas itself doesn't really matter.

Also lumping together Iraqi jihadis (as you call them) with Palestinians and their liberation resistance movement is kinda racist. They're not the same.

For the record I do not advocate for Hamas, nor do I support their actions but their existence is inevitable.

The real question you should be asking is why is there a fascist ethnostate in the first place? And why is it propped up by Western countries?

You're clearly blind, not because you can't see the atrocities being committed but because you either don't want to or don't care to.

I'm done trying to convince you of anything.

Genocide isn't about the number of deaths. It's about the intent.

If you listen to what Israelis and Israeli leaders are saying, and the pattern of actions, it fits the definition of genocide.

In previous cases of genocide, explicit statements of intent wasn't required to call it as such (and we have them this time), as the actions and patterns of behaviour were enough to ascribe intent.

In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:

1 Killing members of the group;

2 Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;

3 Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;

4 Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;

5 Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

Only one of the list needs to be fulfilled in order to be considered genocide. 1, 2, and 3 have been demonstrated. With intent.

Even if we put genocide aside, you cannot deny the ethnic cleansing aspect.