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🧵Fabricated Israel genocide claim relies on quotes by Israeli officials to show “specific intent” necessary to prove genocide. South Africa ICJ filing lists 8 quotes by PM Netanyahu (numbered below) claiming intent to genocide. But each one is a lie. See debunking of all 8: 1/ Image
Quote 1: Bibi promised “to operate forcefully everywhere.” Does this prove "specific intent" to genocide? NO. Tweet literally says opposite, attacking only Hamas and telling civilians to leave! Lie #1 by South Africa, this is the FIRST evidence claiming Bibi intends genocide. 2/ Image
Quote 2: Bibi said ““[w]e are striking our enemies with unprecedented might.” Did this mean intention to kill all Pals? No. In same 3 min statement he specifically states the goal is to “eliminate Hamas” and NEVER refers to Pals or civilians. Lie #2. 3/

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Quote 3: South Africa claims AFTER airstrikes that killed 2,670 Pals Bibi said soldiers “understand scope of mission” & stand ready “to defeat bloodthirsty monsters who have risen against [Israel] to destroy us.” There are 2 lies here, one shows shoddiness of court document. 4/
First, South Africa claims Bibi’s words came AFTER 2,670 Pals killed, as if they were connected. But the document cited about deaths is from Oct 17 (see below) while Bibi’s statement was made on Oct 15 or two days earlier! So the supposed connection is incredibly dishonest. 5/ Image
Second, Bibi said absolutely nothing, zero, about killing Palestinians, genocide, anything like this. Here is the entire statement. It specifically names Hamas as the monsters, not civilians. Lie #3 by South Africa. 6/ gov.il/en/departments…
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Quote 4: South Africa cites Bibi saying to Knesset situation as “struggle between the children of light and children of darkness, between humanity and law of the jungle” as “dehumanizing” and therefore "specific intent" to genocide. This is false, just lie #4 as shown next. 7/
Bibi's words to Knesset only cite Hamas, never Palestinians or killing civilians, names Hamas often as the “darkness” & "murderers." Not Palestinians or anyone else. It’s not "dehumanizing" to call rapists & baby kidnappers these things. Below is the core of Bibi's statement. 8/ Image
Quote 5: South Africa cites a second statement by Bibi about “sons of lightness and… darkness” and “good” vs “evil” as somehow genocidal. Here is the full tweet; but the prior tweet in same thread specifically says “Hamas” – not Palestinians. Lie #5. 9/ Image
Quote 6: South Africa cites Bibi’s “Christmas message” below as “specific intent” to kill all Palestinians. It’s not clear how, there is nothing remotely “genocidal.” Calling rapists & baby kidnappers “monsters” and “barbarians” does not evidence genocidal intent. Lie #6. 10/ Image
Quote 7: South Africa claims Bibi’s reference to biblical story of Amalek evidences intent to genocide. But there is no evidence he meant Palestinians vs Hamas only. Amalek is used metaphorically in Jewish study to refer to mortal enemies of Jews, in this case Hamas. 11/
It may be true other Israelis in past used Amalek to refer to Palestinians. This does not therefore prove Bibi meant Pals. But better evidence: in SAME press statement Bibi specifically noted Hamas & “the murderers” were the target; so Hamas=Amalek. 12/ gov.il/en/departments…
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Quote 8: This is the second time Bibi mentioned Amalek, again the focus was clearly on Hamas. He literally said Hamas the sentence before. So how it is possible to claim Bibi really said Amalek as meaning to kill ALL Palestinians? Lie #8. 13/ Image
South Africa lies 8 times in failed effort to show Netanyahu voiced “specific intent” to genocide. Without intent proven, entire genocide charge against Israel FALLS APART. How strong can their case be if there isn't even ONE convincing "genocidal" quote by Israel’s PM? END

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Jan 4
🧵Fabricated Israel genocide claim relies on misrepresented quotes by Israeli officials to show “intent” necessary to prove genocide. South Africa ICJ genocide filing says @Isaac_Herzog “made clear” Israel INTENDS to kill all Palestinians. Here is full debunking of this lie. 1/ Image
Did Herzog "make clear" at Oct 12 press conference that Israel won’t distinguish between militants & civilians and thus intends genocide of all Pals? NO. South Africa is LYING, Herzog actually said the exact opposite, see his words below said at 11:50 2/ news.cgtn.com/news/2023-10-1…
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South Africa & Israel haters deliberately ignore everything Herzog said at long press conference and misrepresent one comment. A reporter asked Herzog how Israel can alleviate impact of war on civilians “many of those who have nothing to do with Hamas.” Herzog responded: 3/ Image
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Jan 2
🧵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/
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Jan 1
🧵FAKE HAMAS CASUALTY UPDATE and latest IDF estimates. At Dec 30 Hamas and its uncritical UN mouthpiece claimed 21,672 Gazan fatalities, 70% women & children. Based on this number it would mean IDF has killed only ~1,100 combatants. See analysis & Hamas lies exposed, again: 1/ Image
Israeli media reports ~8,300 combatants killed by IDF up from ~7,900 a week ago. 7,000 in north Gaza and 1,300 in south, including 2 brigade, 20 battalion & 50 company commanders. Increase matches daily IDF reports and heavy action in center & south. 2/mako.co.il/news-military/…
If one accepts Hamas casualty numbers it NECESSARILY means IDF has killed ~1,100 combatants vs ~8,300 claimed. Analysis below shows that once proportional share of civilian men killed are properly accounted for, combatant deaths according to Hamas are a preposterous ~1,100. 3/ Image
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Dec 28, 2023
🧵FAKE HAMAS CASUALTY UPDATE and details on formal IDF estimate. At Dec 28 Hamas and its uncritical UN mouthpiece claimed 21,110 Gazan fatalities, 70% women & children. Based on this number it would mean IDF has killed only 1,100 combatants. See analysis & Hamas lies exposed: 1/ Image
If one accepts Hamas casualty numbers it NECESSARILY means IDF has killed ~1,100 combatants vs ~7,860 claimed. Analysis below shows that once proportional share of civilian men killed are properly accounted for, combatant deaths according to Hamas are a preposterous ~1,100. 2/ Image
IDF finally provided formal estimate of combatants killed. Unlike Hamas who knows immediately, Israel took weeks to assess. Maj General Toledano told cabinet IDF killed 7,860 combatants based on compiling data from many sources; @conricus said the following in an interview: 3/ Image
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Dec 26, 2023
Intellectual dishonesty by @KenRoth @hrw amazingly exposed by interview on Comedy Central, of all places. Roth cannot answer what qualifies as a "disproportionate attack," assumes IDF lies, dismisses Hamas use of civilian shields & more. See details: 1/
@noam_dworman asks Roth several times why Jebaliya bombing was deemed disproportionate, how many civilian deaths would have made it “proportionate” and what criteria Roth can provide on when something is proportionate. Roth has no answers, get’s annoyed, eventually hangs up. 2/ Image
Roth dismisses IDF claims on value of Jebaliya attack: “you got to be careful about taking IDF at their word” because they said “there’s a huge command center under Al Shifa.” Roth effectively admits HRW reports he led assume Israel lies, but they always accepts Hamas claims. 3/
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Dec 22, 2023
🧵FAKE HAMAS CASUALTY UPDATE: Latest Hamas fatality count of ~20,000 claims at least 14,200 are women & children. If one accepts these numbers it means IDF has only killed ~840 Hamas versus latest IDF estimate of 8,000. Here is detailed analysis which shows Hamas is lying: 1/ Image
IDF yesterday said 8,000 Hamas killed which would mean only 12,000 civilians killed (assuming Hamas total number is accurate) which is 2,200 less than total women & children Hamas claims, forgetting any civilian men. Either Hamas or IDF is massively lying. 2/ Image
If one accepts Hamas women & children killed as accurate it NECESSARILY means that IDF has killed less than 1,000 combatants vs 19,000 civilians. This would mean IDF is inflating combatants killed by ~7,000 and the war is a complete failure! Do you believe this? See analysis: 3/
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