Hamas strike on Israel - mod warning in OP updated 19/10/23

It definitely fits the description. Has to be a genocide so.

All those are things that happen in wars, and not defining genocide. War is death and destruction, and no matter how bad the war is it doesn't mean it's genocide.

It is clear that there is an orchestrated campaign that is consistent, not just on Boards.ie, but across all social media channels. Every discussion that refers to what's happening in Gaza is stifled, ever so politely, by turning back to what happened on October 7th. The extent of this campaign became clear when I read  multiple articles in reputable publications including Foreign Policy  and Politico.

"The Israeli airstrikes have created a level of urban destruction more severe than in Aleppo in Syria or Mariupol in Ukraine, destroying or damaging close to one-third of buildings in Gaza. As the extraordinary scale of civilian killings and destruction of homes in Gaza became visible on social media ... Israel’s information warfare strategy focused on deflecting attention from it. "To this end, Israel has capitalized on polarization in Europe and the United States by pushing a simple narrative: Criticizing the war is anti-Semitic and protesting the mass killing of Palestinians is to do the bidding of Hamas." How Israel Mastered Information Warfare in Gaza, foreignpolicy.com, 11/3/24.

See also, Israel advocacy groups outspend pro-Palestinian groups on social media, Politico.com, 12/6/23

Evidence? Especially for the claim that there is an "orchestrated campaign that is consistent, not just on Boards.ie" ...

The poster specifically referenced boards.ie. BTW your second link is paywalled.

Found this very interesting -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0gECjlpXF8

No there was no such statement from ICJ. They didn't even ask for a cease fire, and that's coming from a judge panel that's presumed to be heavily biased against Israel.

Lets just wait and see

Let's just wait and see Weepsie, OK? For sure the entire Muslim world (admittedly, that's not the entire world, but still) is angry and offended by what Israel has done and is doing to Palestinians. There will be major backlash by them to that, and it has started already with the Houthi's attacking shipping in the Red Sea, sinking one and killing 3 sailors. This ship was carrying 41'000 ton of Fertiliser and Oil, and is causing an ecological disaster in the Red Sea. This is just the beginning of the Islamic reaction, but as well we have the universal reaction of all normal and civilized people calling for all kinds of sanctions etc, on Israel. So wait and see who is right, shall we? Oh, and another thing, kindly stop dictating what I may or not post, OK? I don't tell you what you can (or cannot) post, moderator or not.

Another murder after they gave the Israelis the coordinates ?? Hamas in the flour bags excuse forthcoming.

"Today's attack on one of the very few remaining UNRWA distribution centres in the Gaza Strip comes as food supplies are running out, hunger is widespread and, in some areas, turning into famine," said UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini.

He also said the UN had shared coordinates of the facility with the Israeli army on Tuesday.

An UNRWA spokeswoman said the facility was used "to distribute much-needed food and other lifesaving items to displaced people in southern Gaza".

They are merely affirming that Palestinians have the right to be protected from genocide, and NOT claiming that Israel is committing genocide or that the accusation is plausible. You neet to stop lying.

It's a court case. South Africa took a case against Israel and presented evidence it felt constituted genocide. Israel presented evidence to defend the claim.

The court rules that SA's case was plausible and it will be heard at a later date. It's the equivalent of pre trial hearings, if the judges feel it's a made up case with insufficient evidence etc... the case is dismissed.

The ICJ never did and never would make a ruling that Israel have committed genocide, they need a full trial for that. The judges found the case SA presented before the court plausible. If the judges didn't find SA's claim of Israel committing genocide plausible the case would have been kicked out.