Oy! Those Crafty Jews!

[georgephillip]

If the Palestinians did not buy the land, if they did not win the land in battle, if they did not have some sort of perpetual title to the land but received their land as a gift then what are they bitching about. They should stop enviously looking over the fence and wishing they could also own the land given to Israel.

What makes you think the mechanism of land ownership in Mandate Palestine was different for Arab and Jews?

GoogleAI Overview

"1. Land Ownership Statistics

• "Arab Ownership: Palestinian Arabs owned and cultivated the vast majority of the land British Mandate of Palestine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. By 1947, various forms of Arab ownership (communal and private) accounted for the overwhelming majority of the non-state land LAND OWNERSHIP IN PALESTINE, 1948 - PASSIA
• Jewish Ownership: By the end of the Mandate in May 1948, Jewish landholdings (purchased primarily from the Ottoman government, foreign absentee landlords, and some local farmers) comprised roughly 6.6% of the total territory LAND OWNERSHIP IN PALESTINE, 1948 - PASSIA. [1, 2, 3, 4]"

 

[georgephillip]

So objectively speaking, there has not been a genocide.

Now, subjectively, you say there has been one. But that's not supported by any statistic or literal definition of the word.

What's your interpretation of the phrase "objective evidence"?

GoogleAI Overview:

"The question of whether Israel's military actions in Gaza constitute genocide is a subject of intense global legal, political, and academic debate.

"There is no consensus among international bodies, and the term 'objective evidence' is interpreted differently depending on the framework applied—specifically whether the data points to systemic war crimes or fulfills the strict legal definitions required to prove genocidal intent."

"The core arguments, documentation, and competing perspectives surrounding this issue outline the complexities of the debate."

 

[georgephillip]

GoogleAI Overview:

"Organizations that argue Israel is committing genocide—including the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Amnesty International, and the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS)—base their conclusions on two primary elements required under the 1948 Genocide Convention: genocidal acts and genocidal intent.

"Physical Acts and "Conditions of Life"

"Proponents of the claim point to extensive, documented data regarding the scale of destruction in Gaza

"Casualties and Demographics: Critics highlight unprecedented civilian casualties, noting that children have historically comprised roughly 30% of the fatalities. A June 2026 UN Commission report alleged that the deliberate targeting and systemic harm inflicted on children amounted to a strategy to destroy the group's future capacity to regenerate.

"Imposition of Starvation: Reports from the UN and human rights groups document periods of total siege, severe restrictions on humanitarian aid, and the subsequent onset of famine. Under the Genocide Convention, 'deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about physical destruction' is classified as a genocidal act.

"Systemic Destruction of Infrastructure: The wholesale targeting of non-military survival infrastructure—including the near-total collapse of the healthcare system, the destruction of universities, and water sanitation facilities—is cited as evidence of making Gaza structurally uninhabitable."