Nearly 70 percent of deaths in Gaza are women and children: UN
Nearly 70 percent of deaths in Gaza are women and children: UN
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Nearly 70 percent of deaths in Gaza are women and children: UN
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"Yeah but women and girls will give birth to terrorists, and boys will become terrorists. These are just preemptive-preemptive strikes... Historians may call this genocide but we disagree semantically". - Israeli government probably
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Mossad would be proud of this statement.
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Not probably. "Erase the memory of them. Erase them, their families, mothers and children." says the head of their air force.
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According to the CIA world factbook (the only source I could find) the population spread in gaza is:
0-14 years: 38.8% (male 427,450/female 404,288) 15-64 years: 58.3% (male 627,235/female 620,903) 65 years and over: 2.9% (2024 est.) (male 31,655/female 30,112)
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/gaza-strip/#people-and-society
Meaning about 30% of the population are males over 14.
So I guess Israel isn't disproportionately murdering women and children, theyre just killing everyone. So genocide.
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By eliminating the next generation(s) and the females in fertile age, it is more effective at wiping out a population than engaging directly with it.
This is valid for getting rid of vermin, capable of explosive breeding.
No need to guess what the results will be when applied to human beings.
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This is a weird way to phrase this.
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Dehumanization works because many of the popular cultures around the world treat non-humans terribly. As we're talking about the "cradle" of Western civilization, we're talking about pastoralists especially.
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It got a reaction out of you because if the way it is phrased, didn't it? That was the objective.
Sadly enough, those who triggered this disaster think in these same terms. And look where it has led.
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In case anyone forgot from autumn 2023:
On Saturday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israelis were united in their fight against Hamas, whom he described as an enemy of incomparable cruelty. “They are committed to completely eliminating this evil from the world,” Netanyahu said in Hebrew. He then added: “You must remember what Amalek has done to you, says our Holy Bible. And we do remember.”
As others quickly pointed out, God commands King Saul in the first Book of Samuel to kill every person in Amalek, a rival nation to ancient Israel. “This is what the Lord Almighty says,” the prophet Samuel tells Saul. “‘I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
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Why are so many women and children joining Hamas?
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44% children, 26% women, 30% men. Gaza is about half under 18, so that's nearly randomly killing people. That said, these are only confirmed fatalities, so presumably susceptible to bias.
The report is here
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No bias, they are just killing everyone on sight.
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I guess it's "nice" to confirm that they're still killing Palestinians at random.
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That's because Mama's surrounds military targets with civilians.
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Look at what atrocities hamas has forced the idf to do for over a year now!!!!! Seriously, I can't believe you're trying to make this argument at this point.
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It's so predictable too. Did someone do something indefensible and you don't want to face up to it? Try blaming the victim today! Ask your propagandist if victim blaming is right for you.
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wow did you know that ~50% of people are female and ~50% of people in Gaza are children? what a shocking statistic that ~70% of people killed are women or children!
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im just mocking the stats in the title because it implies that women and children are targeted but it's not like prioritising men or adults makes it any better
it's not like you can ethically decide whether any one of these age groups/genders are more guilty/innocent/valuable/important
killing through genocide is similarly unjust however you do it, it's just that sometimes discriminating some groups makes it more beneficial for the genociding party (e.g. deaths of children are more emotionally powerful when used in media)
the stats don't say that they don't discriminate though, it's just saying they don't discriminate based on their status as a child or an adult, or gender
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hey fucking idiot: in war you usually don't kill people statistically randomly.
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That just reinforces the fact that it's an actual genocide. If the general population wasn't just being murdered en masse, the statistics would skew towards military targets.
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That's 70% of confirmed deaths. So essentially this number is meaningless, as we don't know the whole picture.
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Yeah, no shit
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B-b-b-but what about Trump?!
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Kamala said she was going to look for a ceasefire. Trump told Netanyahu to hurry up and finish the job. Get off your high horse.
EDIT: wow the tankies are out in full force tonight
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She can say whatever she wants, she has been part of the administration funding this genocide, she could have used her position to be more firm about stopping the aggression from Israel but has been nothing but supportive, regardless of what sham talks of ceasefire they may have tried to claim. Is there any evidence that she will take action that would be meaningfully different than what Trump would do?
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Oh wow she said. Too bad she wasn't in some position of power to do something immediately.... hey wait a minute.
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And right now liberals are cheering on more of them.
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You must not be on twitter or tiktok. I can't count the number of tweets Ive seen from LIBERALS that say they hope trump turns Gaza into glass.
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What are the numbers today if Hamas killed?
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Try reading the article.
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Given that most Palestinians are under the age of 14, this was to be expected: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_State_of_Palestine
Not most, technically - wiki says 0-14 make 44% of population. But this article breaks down the 70% further by saying 44% killed were 14 or under, so it's pretty much bang on for indicating that they're killing Palestinians at random.
And if 44% are children, that leaves 56% as adults. Cut that roughly in half to 28% for a 50/50 male/female split you get 72% (28 and 44) of the population is "women and children". If that's accurate, the title would be better stated as "Isreal kills indiscriminately".
Random is giving them way too much. Those are targeted numbers
Civilians are being killed b3cause ha,as is using civilians as shields.
Nah, I expect militaries to not bomb indiscriminately. Because that's a war crime.
You expect too much of the IDF.
Unfortunately, that's just war.
There never was, and there never will be a moral army in war.
I mean, sure, but this assumes that the killing is completely indiscriminate.
It is, but it's important that you're clear on that
They're obliterating entire cities, so yeah.