Let me add 5 more:
11. Why does Israel maintain electricity, water, and fuel supply lines into Gaza?
Throughout the war, Israel has facilitated electricity transfers, fuel shipments, and water supply into Gaza, even while Hamas has diverted many of these resources for its own use. In genuine genocides, perpetrators cut off basic utilities entirely to accelerate extermination. How do you explain the ongoing provision of fuel and water if Israel’s policy is supposedly extermination of Palestinians?
12. Why does Israel repeatedly pause operations for humanitarian aid delivery?
On multiple occasions, Israel has accepted ceasefire pauses or slowed operations to allow humanitarian aid convoys, UN missions, and medical evacuations. Genocidal regimes do not stop their campaigns of extermination to accommodate relief efforts. How can such pauses be reconciled with your claim of systematic extermination?
13. Why have Israel’s war goals been limited and explicitly conditional?
Israel has consistently declared its war aim as the destruction of Hamas’s military and governing capabilities, not the destruction of Palestinians as a people. These goals have been repeated by top leaders in the Knesset, by the IDF, and in Israel’s Supreme Court filings. If genocidal extermination were the policy, why is the stated intent always limited to Hamas, with conditions tied to security (release of hostages, end of rocket fire)? Why has no credible evidence surfaced of a systematic state policy to kill Palestinians as Palestinians?
14. Why is Israel prosecuting soldiers for misconduct in Gaza?
Israel’s Military Advocate General has opened investigations into IDF soldiers accused of misconduct, looting, or unlawful killings during the Gaza war. In recognized genocides, perpetrators are rewarded for atrocities, not prosecuted for them. How do you explain a government supposedly committed to genocide simultaneously disciplining and punishing its own soldiers for harming Palestinians?
15. Why has Israel coordinated reconstruction and aid planning for Gaza’s future?
Even during the fighting, Israel has engaged with international actors (the U.S., EU, and regional partners) to plan for Gaza’s reconstruction and governance after Hamas. Genocidal regimes do not plan for the future well-being of the very population they allegedly seek to eliminate. Why would a state bent on extermination be working to stabilize Gaza after the war?
- Let me add 5 more: 11. Why does Israel maintain electricity, water, and fuel supply lines into Gaza? Throughout the war, Israel has facilitated electricity transfers, fuel shipments, and water supply into Gaza, even while Hamas has diverted many of these resources for its own use. In genuine genocides, perpetrators cut off basic utilities entirely to accelerate extermination. How do you explain the ongoing provision of fuel and water if Israel’s policy is supposedly extermination of Palestinians? 12. Why does Israel repeatedly pause operations for humanitarian aid delivery? On multiple occasions, Israel has accepted ceasefire pauses or slowed operations to allow humanitarian aid convoys, UN missions, and medical evacuations. Genocidal regimes do not stop their campaigns of extermination to accommodate relief efforts. How can such pauses be reconciled with your claim of systematic extermination? 13. Why have Israel’s war goals been limited and explicitly conditional? Israel has consistently declared its war aim as the destruction of Hamas’s military and governing capabilities, not the destruction of Palestinians as a people. These goals have been repeated by top leaders in the Knesset, by the IDF, and in Israel’s Supreme Court filings. If genocidal extermination were the policy, why is the stated intent always limited to Hamas, with conditions tied to security (release of hostages, end of rocket fire)? Why has no credible evidence surfaced of a systematic state policy to kill Palestinians as Palestinians? 14. Why is Israel prosecuting soldiers for misconduct in Gaza? Israel’s Military Advocate General has opened investigations into IDF soldiers accused of misconduct, looting, or unlawful killings during the Gaza war. In recognized genocides, perpetrators are rewarded for atrocities, not prosecuted for them. How do you explain a government supposedly committed to genocide simultaneously disciplining and punishing its own soldiers for harming Palestinians? 15. Why has Israel coordinated reconstruction and aid planning for Gaza’s future? Even during the fighting, Israel has engaged with international actors (the U.S., EU, and regional partners) to plan for Gaza’s reconstruction and governance after Hamas. Genocidal regimes do not plan for the future well-being of the very population they allegedly seek to eliminate. Why would a state bent on extermination be working to stabilize Gaza after the war?
Also .... why is Israel feeding an enemy's civilian population? This never happens in war normally.
Great post! I would also add-how many ‘genocides’ have started because those being ‘genocided’ murdered 1200 from the other side & took 250 hostages? Then in how many ‘genocides’ do victims have the power to stop the ‘genocide’ by releasing the hostages & laying down their arms?
Putin would never do the same.
