In a related move, the platform’s editors recently voted to declare the Anti-Defamation League “generally unreliable” on the subject, adding it to their list of banned and partially banned sources.
ADL is now a banned source. Good move.
Someone should tell MBFC about this finding so they can adjust the report.
Academic here - it’s 100% genocide. More so, it’s the worst kind of genocide, it’s sanctioned genocide built upon conflating a people with their government.
built upon conflating a people with their government.
Which makes those people in other parts of the world (myself included) inherently less safe.
In fact, if I could point to one single factor that has made Jews less safe in this world post-WWII, it would be Israel.
Yup, most people of the Jewish faith are not the state of Israel. Much as most people of the Islamic faith are not terrorists. People mostly just want to lead comfortable lives.
It’s a great case of A->B being misunderstood as A<->B to justify incredible shittiness.
I do sometimes wonder if I should write a paper full of examples suggesting that this really simple misunderstanding of logic is what drives the enshittification of humanity _
Last I checked, the number of Jews in New York state alone and the number of Jews in Israel was pretty close to equal.
This is a feature not a bug, similar to the “birthright” trips Jewish teens abroad get for free. “Birthright” is a propaganda trip that tries to get teenagers to make Israeli contacts and get them to want to “make Aaliyah” and move to Israel and make more babies for the IDF.
Well there is the genocide where many other nations turn a blind eye to (“oops sorry we did not see what was happening there”) and then there is the genocide where multiple other nations actively support it while trying to look like they are slapping wrists (“bad Israel! bad Israel!” passes weapons under the table)
I am genuinely curious, what kind of academic are you?
I am asking because I didn’t understand why your credentials would benefit your comment and why did you feel the need to mention it before stating your opinion on a anonymous community.
You might be joking when you are saying that you are academic, but I am asking in case you where serious.
Probably playing off of this part of the article:
"[…] I discarded the argument that scholars haven’t reached a conclusion on whether the Gaza genocide is really taking place”, Marshall wrote in his decision.
Pretty much - most of us (scholars being a synonym for academics, a set I do belong to [lectureship in mathematics and statistics]) agree that bombing the homes of people into rubble and striking the camps they flee to is an intentional attempt to erase a cultural group.
Indeed.
@joker@sh.itjust.works - moreso tactfully pointing out we must be aware of credential inflation and to avoid reliance on appeals to authority?
The naïve optimist in me wants the @HexesofVexes@lemmy.world of the world to keep on revealing their backgrounds as it adds to discussions for me. Disappointing that I should be more skeptical.
Literally politicians hand wringing because criticism of the PRC is perceived as racist just like the claims of criticism of the state of Israel are called antisemitism. Any time you criticize the PRC on reddit a sock puppet will appear and call you racist. It’s just a way to shut down criticism. I don’t appreciate your ant-native rhetoric, they have every right to use bait to fish with.
In the past I have donated to wikipedia this made sure I will keep donating.
The people who disagree probably can’t reconcile that who they consider the good guys can do very evil things. That’s in addition to those who actually consider Palestinians subhuman or worse.
Just donated to Wikipedia.
