Thread by @420GHz

The situation in Gaza today meets several criteria of genocide as defined under international law (1948 Genocide Convention), according to legal scholars, human rights organizations, and UN experts. Here’s a breakdown of why this term is being used with increasing urgency: 🧵

1/ What is genocide?

Under international law (Genocide Convention), it means acts committed to destroy a group (in whole or part). This includes:

-Mass killing

-Inflicting starvation

-Destroying homes/hospitals

-Forced displacement

2/ Mass Killing

-38,000+ Palestinians killed (70% women/children)

-Targeted attacks on shelters, hospitals, refugee camps

-Mass graves found with hands tied (execution-style)

3/ Starvation as a Weapon

-Israel blocks food, water, medicine

-Famine declared (children dying of malnutrition)

-Aid trucks deliberately slowed/bombed

4/ Forced Displacement

-1.9 million Gazans displaced (85% of population)

-No "safe zones"—Israel bombs everywhere

-Talks of permanent expulsion to Egypt

5/ Explicit Genocidal Intent

-Netanyahu cites biblical Amalek ("blot them out")

-Officials call Gazans "human animals"

-Soldiers post "erase Gaza" online

6/ International Courts Agree

-ICJ ruled Israel "plausibly" committing genocide (Jan 2024)

-UN experts, 1,000+ scholars confirm genocide

-South Africa leading legal case

7/ Why Isn’t It Stopped?

-U.S./EU send bombs, veto UN action

-Media downplays Palestinian suffering

-Racist dehumanization ("they’re all terrorists")

8/ What Can Be Done?

-Boycott (BDS) complicit companies

-Pressure governments to cut Israel’s arms supply

-Keep demanding ceasefire & sanctions

9/ This is a textbook genocide.

-The world watches while Gaza is erased.

10/ The evidence—mass killing, starvation, destruction of homes, hospitals, and explicit statements of intent—fulfills the legal definition.

11/ The world is witnessing a 21st-century genocide backed by Western powers.

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