Author; Board member @HonestReporting; wrote @NGOmonitor rebuttals debunking HRW & Amnesty "apartheid" reports; articles in Tablet, Fathom Journal etc.
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First, critics claim, ad nauseam, that Hamas Ministry of Health (MoH) data has been reliable in the past so it's credible today. False, as HJS report and thread below prove. Hamas vastly overstated civilian deaths in prior wars like they are now. 2/
According to Airwars, IDF invested millions of dollars sending up F35 & F16s, huge air force resources on 606 bombing attacks but could not kill even ONE combatant in 96% of these sorties, but did kill 8 civilians/strike. Are we supposed to take this Airwars report seriously? 2/ 
Core issue is the very high bar ICJ required to prove “special intent” under the Genocide Convention. For acts by an accused party to be genocide the “ONLY reasonable conclusion to be drawn” from those acts is to kill the group. A strict hurdle that requires hard evidence. 2/
Amnesty admits it is not following “international law” but a vague “jurisprudence” allowing them to mix & match opinions & interpretations as they wish. They falsely claim that if "direct evidence" of intent cannot be found, circumstantial evidence is good enough, voila! 2/ 
As disclosed today, 6 hostages were held by Hamas, then murdered, in a tunnel network with many shafts dug right under this complex of 60 5-story buildings comprising 3,000 apartments built by Qatar, in the "open air prison." Here is a map of the tunnels: 2/ 
IDF reports 46 soldiers killed in ground operations in Lebanon. Hezbollah killed are at least 2,200, identified individually by death notification, compiled by a number of observers like the one below. Hezbollah casualty counts do not appear disputed. 2/ 
Background: Today’s Israel, Gaza/WB, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq were all integral parts of Ottoman Turkey indistinguishable politically from Turkey proper. Post WWI new borders & nations were created with no connection to Ottoman political districts called Vilayets, see map 2/ 
First, HRW's entire 176-page analysis assumes Gaza is occupied thus Geneva Article 49 (below) applies to Israel’s evacuation actions—otherwise entire report falls apart. We’ll assume for this thread Gaza is occupied (it’s not); even so, Israel’s actions are still 100% legal. 2/
Report concludes: “strong likelihood of famine is imminent in areas” of north Gaza. Then says “imminent & substantial likelihood of famine” and later adds a “risk of famine” from Nov 24-Apr 25. So no famine now or ever. Here are conclusions from JUNE report. Sound familiar? 2/ 
1. Claims of “Intent” to genocide rely on misrepresented and falsified statements by Israeli leaders (mainly Netanyahu, Herzog & Gallant). Debunk these falsifications which alone shatters the case against Israel, as intent is critical to prove genocide. Action items: 
What really happened? What did Hagari say? On 11/13/23 Hagari, in a live unscripted tour of recent findings at Rantisi Hospital, filmed 6 mins of video (below) evidencing how hospital was used by Hamas, held hostages and was directly related to 10/7. 2/
Operation Cast Lead occurred over 3 weeks from Dec 08-Jan 09. In March 2009 IDF released its official casualty numbers, claiming 1,166 total fatalities of which 709 were combatants plus possibly 162 more not fully identified. So at most 457 civilians, a very low 0.64:1 ratio. 2/ 
IDF has carefully reported these numbers over time based on field reports & various sources of intelligence. 10,000 of the 17,000 have been identified by name, which is a large number in midst of war. Simply claiming IDF is lying without evidence of fabrication is baseless. 2/ 
To Coates, archeology in Israel is nefarious, not genuine science but agenda driven, untrustworthy “Zionist archeology.” Coates engages in Jewish history denialism as if ancient Jewish roots in the Holy Land are not fact – it’s a “desperate need” to prove "Jewish nationhood." 2/
Coates’ first sentence deliberately reflects his hope & dream: no Jewish state. He makes clear he believes there is only one legitimate people with rights in the Holy Land – Palestinians. He disgustingly says Holocaust center Yad Vashem is based in Palestine. Tone firmly set. 2/ 
First, notion that Gaza is occupied is baseless and relies on fabricated int'l law applied to Israel alone. But for this discussion let's assume Gaza is in fact occupied. With this in hand people next look to an Int'l Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Opinion from 2004. 2/
Dramatic video of cruise missile hidden inside civilian home with wall that can be removed for launching. The size & location of the missile is shocking – but won’t sway the Israel haters. 2/
1. Tunnels represents Hamas’ core human shield doctrine, with a dense 1.4km of tunnels for every square km of Gaza. Many 1000s of shafts are found inside civilian buildings, mosques, schools, etc. @nytimes did a major exposé of Hamas' tunnel network.
@Doron_Kadosh reports on the massive booby trap threat which just killed 4 soldiers. Groups of 30-40 buildings in Rafah were rigged in advance, with cameras and remote activation. 96,500 rigged sites in all of Gaza, 14,000 in Rafah along. Staggering. 2/
Debate guest @spencerguard asks Roth question see below. Simply put: how is it possible to claim Israel is enacting a siege and strategy to deliberately starve Gazans when 29,000 trucks have entered Gaza? (it's 49,000 today). Roth does not have a credible answer, so he lies. 2/