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It doesn't matter how many academics, activists & NGOs allege @Israel is/was responsible for genocide in #Gaza. What matters is the methodology they use to arrive at that conclusion. Without exception, their method is flawed - which means the popular "genocide" claim is as well. As anyone who cares enough to read the Genocide Convention knows by now, this egregious int'l law crime involves committing an enumerated act with "intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such" (pic 1). "Intent" is emphasized there because this is the component that usually differentiates correct from flawed methodology. A convincing methodological approach would start by identifying what strategic objectives have been officially expressed by 🇮🇱 gov't then evaluating whether battlefield conduct is consistent with those objectives or, instead, with intent to destroy Palestinians as an identity group in whole or in part as such. For example, @netanyahu announced 2 weeks after 10/7, just as full-scale ground ops were getting underway, that strategic objectives of the military campaign in Gaza were, "Destroying Hamas's military and governing capabilities, and bringing the captives back home" (pic 2). Almost two years later on 2nd anniversary of 10/7, he affirmed 🇮🇱 “will continue to act to achieve all the aims of the war: return all the hostages, destroy the Hamas regime, and ensure that Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel" (pic 3). So strategic objectives expressed by 🇮🇱 have been consistent throughout the campaign. Since intent is usually the decisive "genocide" element, convincing methodology must start with what the stated intent is (if it's known, as it is here) & evaluate conduct from there. Any guesses how many of these "reputable" academics, advocacy groups & activists have adopted that method? If you answered "zero", congratulations ... you are 💯 correct. Instead, EVERY SINGLE ONE of these bullshit "genocide" allegations adopts the exact same bullshit methodology. That is, each takes a handful cherry-picked statements from a few 🇮🇱 officials, most of which are misrepresented and/or taken out of context, to construct the illusion that @IDF intent in Gaza is actually to destroy Palestinians in whole or in part as such rather than Hamas. I've attached an excerpt of @hrw report as but one example of this flawed methodology (pic 4). It's a hoax. And it has been from the beginning. But the more ppl/groups/orgs make this bullshit allegation, the more convincing it seems to the uninformed masses - like Glenn here - who simply don't know any better. Speaking of Glenn ... no one whose opinion matters believes or claims that "the term 'genocide'" is limited only to "successfully slaughtering everyone in a population as quickly as possible." Committing prohibited acts with intent to destroy a specified identity group in whole or in part as such doesn't require that. It's almost comical that Glenn claims "the belief that [genocide] only covers that act is part of the confusion and/or misinformation on this question" since no one who can read the Genocide Convention actually does believe that. Framing the "belief" in those terms only to "discredit" something that doesn't exist is an example of the constructed strawman rhetorical technique. This is one way of spreading misinformation - exactly what Glenn claims these imaginary "Israel supporters" whose views he has constructed are doing. Also: 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 + "much of Europe paid for, armed and otherwise enabled most of it" because ... that's right. It's not ACTUALLY a "genocide." The truth is that the claim 🇮🇱 "committed genocide in Gaza" actually IS a "laughable delusion that only crazies assert." It's just unfathomable how far it's spread from "fringe" to mainstream because so many progressive zealots - like Glenn here - are duped by #legaldisinformation for ideological reasons since they so badly WANT to believe the "genocide" lie.