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@Aizenberg55
Jan 2, 2024 • 25 tweets • 8 min read • Read on X
🧵Fabricated Israel genocide claim relies on quotes by Israeli officials to show “Intent” necessary to prove genocide. 5 words from @yoavgallant “We are fighting human animals” remains core evidence Israel INTENDS genocide but he meant Hamas. Here is a full debunking of lie: 1/ Image
Recent "genocide" filing by South Africa in ICJ also relies on Gallant quote. Gallant tweeted 92 times since 10/7. Not one post alludes to killing Palestinians, only Hamas. To claim Gallant intended genocide means twisting 5 words & ignoring numerous contrary statements. 2/
Shown below are 20 examples for the record of Gallant making clear Israel is only fighting Hamas. Some specifically note civilians are not a target. This is how Israel demonization works. Misrepresent a quote snippet, ignore huge amounts of contrary evidence, repeat the lie. 3/
Some claim because Gallant also announced siege of Gaza it intended genocide. But sieges are legal under int’l law & Israel is under no obligation to supply Gaza. Of course Israel has facilitated tons of 3rd party aid. So claiming this action intended genocide is also false. 4/ Image
Oct 7: Gallant's first statement came on 10/7 when he said: “Hamas launched a criminal act… he will realize very quickly he made a grave mistake.” There was no reference to Palestinians or that Palestinians made a mistake. Only Hamas. 5/
Oct 7: Later the same day after speaking with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin Gallant said: “The State of Israel will win this war, and Hamas will be held responsible for its actions.” Not Palestinians. Only Hamas will be held responsible. 6/
Oct 8: Gallant posted: “Hamas has become ISIS in Gaza. In this war we are fighting against a murderous terrorist organization… We will fight it as we fight against criminal terrorists, and we will win.” Nothing about Palestinians. 7/
On Oct 9 Gallant announced the legal siege on Gaza, and said “We are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly.” According to the genocide libelers, Gallant clearly INTENDED TO KILL ALL Palestinians, not just Hamas. Ignoring 3 prior statements & all that followed. 8/
Oct 10: Reacting to words from President Biden Gallant posted: “Israel faced a barbaric attack by Hamas… Today we focus on destroying the “ISIS” of Gaza and defending our citizens. The U.S. stands with us” Nothing about Palestinians. 9/
Oct 12: In meeting with NATO Gallant discussed the “war against Hamas” and that “The IDF will destroy Hamas.” Nothing about Palestinians. 10/
Oct 12: Gallant later posted the same day that we will “Wipe Hamas off the ground - and we will win.” Nothing about Palestinians. 11/
Oct 13: In meeting with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin Gallant said: “We will topple the Hamas regime and make sure that the threat does not exist within our borders.” Nothing about Palestinians. 12/
Oct 15: In meeting with troops: “Wild beasts have murdered our soldiers, our children, our citizens. IDF fighters, together with the air force, intelligence personnel and navy, will eliminate Hamas.” Not Palestinians. 13/
i24news.tv/en/news/israel…
Oct 16: In meeting with Blinken Gallant posted message: “We are going to win the war against Hamas.” Nothing about Palestinians. 14/
Oct 20: In meeting with members of Knesset to discuss goals of war: “I see the determination, the spirit of battle, and above all, the motivation to carry out everything needed to defeat Hamas…” 15/ jns.org/gallant-the-go…
Oct 22: In meeting with Air Force command: “This needs to be the last [ground] maneuver in Gaza, for the simple reason that after it there will be no Hamas. It will take a month, two months, three, but in the end, there will be no Hamas.” 16/
timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry…
Oct 29: Gallant said: "We are not fighting the Palestinian multitude and the Palestinian people in Gaza” -- so clearly no intent to kill all Palestinians in a genocide. 17/
timesofisrael.com/gallant-second…
Nov 13: Gallant posted statement: “We will continue operating against Hamas - the ISIS of Gaza… Any civilians located near such terror hotspots may be in danger and we call on them to evacuate to the safe zone in the southern of Gaza.” 18/
Nov 19: Gallant posted statement: “We are in an all-out war against Hamas - there is no difference between a terrorist with a Kalashnikov and a uniform and a terrorist with a suit - they are all mortals.” Nothing about Palestinians. 19/
Nov 25: Gallant posted statement: “I arrived during Shabbat in the Gaza Strip, to conduct a situation assessment for the continuation of the fighting to defeat Hamas.” Nothing about Palestinians. 20/
Nov 30: In meeting with Blinken Gallant said: “We are fighting a just war - a war against Hamas. We will not stop until we bring the hostages home and until we destroy Hamas.” Not Palestinians. 21/
Dec 1: Gallant posted: “Hamas only understands force & therefore we will continue to act until we achieve the goals of the war the dismantling of the organization the denial of its military capabilities & the return of all abductees to their homes.” 22/
Dec 5: In meeting with Defense Minister of Hungary Gallant said: “We cannot stop operating until we achieve the missions of this war: bringing home the hostages and destroying Hamas.” Not Palestinians. 23/
Dec 14: In meeting with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan: “Hamas is a terrorist organization that built itself over a decade to fight Israel… it will last more than several months, but we will win and we will destroy them.” Not Palestinians 24/
timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry…
Dec 17: Gallant posted a statement where he said “the goals of the war – overthrowing the rule of Hamas.” Nothing about harming Palestinians. 25/

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🧵STUNNING new statistic from Hamas' Ministry of Health shows adult males were killed at SIX TIMES the rate of adult women versus official lists showing only a 3x ratio. Huge gap exposes 1000s of male combatants removed from record but inadvertently revealed in this new data. 1/ Image
This data corroborates my analysis below that estimated 7,000 male combatants were not placed on ANY LIST by Hamas, to hide their losses. It may be even greater than that. Trump recently confirmed that 25,000 Hamas combatants were killed. 2/
Prior analysis of Hamas fatality data showed that even they acknowledged that 73% of fatalities of combat age were male. But it appears now it's even higher than that. Proving a highly targeted war against male combatants conducted by the IDF. 3/ Image
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🧵Hamas’ human shield strategy is well documented but still denied & downplayed. Israeli hostages provide key confirmation — held in homes (some with tunnel shafts), children’s rooms, hospitals, mosques and watched by “civilians.” See 10 examples; first from Aloni Cunio. 1/ Image
Eli Sharabi recounted his captivity in detail. His “first stop” into Gaza was to a mosque with a tunnel shaft leading to Hamas’ network. Also to apartment in an “ordinary children’s bedroom.” All detailed in this article and his new book “Hostage.” 2/ thefp.com/p/i-was-a-host…Image
Doron Katz Asher recounted to CNN how she and her daughters were kept in what she called a “so-called hospital” in Khan Younes because a hospital is “a place that is supposed to take care of people, but instead it was taken over by Hamas and they used it to hide hostages.” 3/ Image
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🧵Israel DID NOT kill 31 journalists in Yemen. It killed “Yemeni army staff" as article admits—specifically Houthi media operatives at Houthi sites. Houthis are a US-designated terrorist group. Geneva & US War Manual are clear: media personnel in the military are COMBATANTS. 1/ Image
Houthis are a US-designated terrorist group. These were not independent journalists—they were part of the Houthi propaganda arm. No one called ISIS or Al-Qaeda media operatives “journalists.” But with Israel, different rules apply. 2/ Image
Geneva Article 79 commentary makes clear that members of armed forces that are “connected with information"— like “staff of the Yemeni army’s official news outlet” (i.e. Houthi terrorists) are NOT protected as journalists. US War Manual agrees, see both key sections below: 3/ Image
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Sep 18
🧵Reuters photo of Al-Basma IVF clinic reveals UN fabricated “evidence” to accuse Israel of striking it to “prevent births." UN argues IDF must have intentionally targeted it since nearby buildings were less damaged—but buried photo showing the opposite. UN lied. More detail: 1/ Image
Reuters photo shows there was active combat here—perhaps a Hamas RPG cell in high rise. UN’s entire thesis collapses with this photo. There is no evidence clinic was hit by IDF. Media reports only cite clinic director who says it was an IDF shell but he was not even there! 2/ Image
Here is a closeup of clinic. Other photos show damage inside. Bullet holes and high rise damage proves there was active combat in area. Clinic building is intact thus “targeted strike” claim is false. High rise blast indicates THAT was the likely target. UN knowingly ignores. 3/ Image
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Sep 17
🧵UN's fake "genocide report" accuses Israel of intentionally striking Gaza Al-Basma IVF clinic to destroy embryos to “prevent births” and "destroy future of Palestinians." This claimed attack is a key aspect of the claim. But there is ZERO evidence for any of it. Analysis: 1/ Image
The entire evidence comes from ABC News media report from Apr 2024 regarding this incident that apparently happened in December 2023—4 months earlier. Clinic director said an Israeli shell hit the clinic but he was not there and does not even know the exact date of incident. 2/ Image
The UN Report does not have any more information than this yet make sweeping claims! They say they looked at photos (shown in the ABC report) and claim it “most probably” was an IDF tank shell. They cite the ABC report that the IDF said it was unaware of this incident. 3/ Image
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Sep 16
🧵I wrote a rebuttal of UN's new "report" accusing Israel of genocide for @UNWatch It is filled with fake data, fake intent, fake evidence. It erases Hamas. 10/7 is presented as something Israel did—including taking hostages (really!). See more below 1/ unwatch.org/un-watch-rebut…
10/7 is erased. Entire incident is presented as an Israeli attack, the reader won't know what happened. Hamas is erased too. They do not exist in the report. They are only even mentioned first 8 pages deep, and only and always in the context of Israeli claims & statements. 2/ Image
Even more evil: there is no mention that Hamas took hostages. The report deliberately erases the event and weaponizes the word to accuse ISRAEL of taking the Palestinians people "hostage." The first mention of the word is buried 27 pages deep. This is Orwellian inversion. 3/ Image
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