The simplicity of the “counterarguments” of those who still support the state of Israel and its army is what it is: it’s a simple denial of reality.
It’s a simple “No” with no reputable organisation, no international body, to ever back it up.
This is what I summarise and deconstruct in my podcast episode.
It’s not so much of a deconstruction – the deconstruction part only takes two minutes – but a list of examples of reports, testimonies, and the vivid description of Israel’s annihilation of Gaza that those who still stand by Israel’s fascist government have to deny.
Resources:
- World Food Programme
- UN experts declare famine has spread throughout Gaza Strip, by UN OCHA
- Statement of ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC: Applications for arrest warrants in the situation in the State of Palestine, by ICC
- Israeli authorities, Palestinian armed groups are responsible for war crimes, other grave violations of international law, UN Inquiry finds, by UN OHCHR
- Secretary-General Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict for 2023, by UN
- Gaza’s Missing Children, by Save The Children
As always: stay strong, check on others, and keep your heart open.
❤️💔❤️
Justina
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