r/JewsOfConscience • u/Educational_Board888 Non-Jewish Ally • 20d ago
News Amnesty Israel confirms there is no ‘genocide’ in Gaza, rejecting claims… by Amnesty
https://www.thejc.com/news/world/amnesty-israel-confirms-there-is-no-genocide-in-gaza-rejecting-claims-by-amnesty-p7va0ii9The Israeli wing of the human rights group stated that it was not involved in the research, funding, or writing of the report which said there was a ‘genocide’
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u/Various_Ad_1759 20d ago
Translation "As an Israeli organization, we do not wish to get the Haaretz treatment "!!!!
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u/rantkween Non-Jewish Ally 20d ago
haarertz treatment?
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u/Arestothenes Non-Jewish Ally 20d ago
The Israeli government wants to boycott and punish Haaretz for not being zionist enough, which is…frankly horrifying.
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u/Correct_Brilliant435 20d ago
Israel does not really have press freedom. Criticizing the government is a huge no-no now. "The only democracy in the Middle East" lol.
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u/Zellgun Non-Jewish Ally 20d ago
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u/rantkween Non-Jewish Ally 20d ago
why?
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u/elieax Jewish non-Zionist Israeli/American 20d ago
Haaretz is a left-wing paper that's extremely critical of Netanyahu and his fascist government. They're the only major Israeli news organization that regularly reports on Israeli atrocities in Gaza and the occupation of the West Bank. They also report on Netanyahu's criminal corruption cases, and his government's attempts at "judicial overhaul" aka judicial coup in the last couple years. They've been a thorn in Netanyahu's side for decades, and now he has pretense to punish them and try to silence them.
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u/CarpeDiemMaybe Non-Jewish Ally 20d ago
What about B’tselem are they still allowed to function in Israel
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u/Various_Ad_1759 20d ago
They are certainly on the naughty list. I guess time will reveal how far this madness goes.
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u/1_800_Drewidia Jewish Socialist 19d ago
Amnesty Israel, blink twice if you need help!
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u/Various_Ad_1759 19d ago
Isn't it interesting that a branch of a human rights organization can have such a stern denial of not only the conclusion of the report, but also its funding and preparation.Makes you wonder how intimidated they are!
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u/koi88 19d ago
From the article "The organisation acknowledged the "horrific" scale of destruction and loss of life resulting from Israeli actions in Gaza but argued that the events do not meet the legal definition of genocide as outlined in the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide."
The denial of the Israeli branch seems to be more of academic nature. Is it "just normal war crimes and crimes against humanity" or already genocide?
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u/Various_Ad_1759 19d ago
And if you take it one step further. Why would a human rights branch even deny that they funded the research of whether a genocide was being committed. Isn't that their job.Unless of course they are distancing themselves for political reasons.
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u/_II_I_I__I__I_I_II_ Jewish Anti-Zionist 20d ago edited 20d ago
Amnesty Israel also denied the Amnesty International apartheid report.
So this is nothing new for them.
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u/Valuable_Elk_5663 20d ago
So, Amnesty Israel is biased and blind. Doesn't surprise me at all. Let's disqualify this part of the organisation, since it clearly isn't a part of any solution.
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u/jeff_dosso Non-Jewish Ally 20d ago
The last stage of genocide is denial.
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u/EducationalBunch9291 Anti-Zionist 19d ago
The Germans denied their genocide in Namibia, as well as the genocide against Jewish people, too. So, nothing new... but according to the US, Israel should investigate everything themselves and there is no conflict of interest in doing so, whatsoever. Our government fully supports the current genocide. Most people don't but the government 100% supports it.
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u/Artistic-Vanilla-899 Non-Jewish Ally 19d ago
Would passing responsibility onto other people follow such as the West, namely USA and Germany, transferring historical accountability to the Palestinians for the Holocaust?
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u/OrganicOverdose Non-Jewish Ally 20d ago
Gee, who should I believe? The accused or the multitude of accusers?
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u/_ce-miquiztetl_ 20d ago
The Israeli government is imposing sanctions on the media that dares not to follow the official version of the 'reality'.
The Israeli government is confiscating loudspeakers and imposing fines to mosques that make audible announcements to prayer (like banning bells of a Christian Church).
Before the 7-O, the Israeli government tried to colonise the judicial power by reducing its autonomy and then governing without any balance or restriction.
Since 2023, members of the Israeli government (which are still part of the government) have expressed that LGBTQ people are 'abominations'
But Trumpublicans and Genocide-Joe-Blue-Maga-I'm Speaking Libs will always tell you Israel is 🎶 'the only democracy in the Middle East'. 🎶
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u/blishbog 20d ago
Amnesty chapters aren’t supposed to comment on their own countries iirc. We’d write letters to leaders of other nations
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u/Agente_Anaranjado 19d ago
Why TF is OP putting quotation marks on the word genocide? Kinda makes it look like OP is on Netanyahu's side.
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u/steve-o1234 19d ago
It’s just a repost of the article title where the single quotations are also used.
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u/Concentric_Mid 19d ago
"It called for an immediate cessation of hostilities, which have been ongoing since the October 7, 2023 Hamas terror attacks on southern Israel which killed around 1,200 Israelis and taking around 250 hostages"
Lost all credibility when they didn't even mention the death toll in Gaza.
Can someone find the original statements by Amnesty Israel?
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u/Moostronus Jewish Anti-Zionist 19d ago
Amnesty Israel says no genocide? Oh well, I guess that settles it
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u/Artistic-Vanilla-899 Non-Jewish Ally 19d ago
By Amnesty they mean Amnesty to the Israeli war criminals.
What a fitting name!
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