Israel kills dozens of academics, destroys every university in the Gaza Strip

cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/13896072

Geneva - The Israeli army has killed 94 university professors, along with hundreds of teachers and thousands of students, as part of its genocidal war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, ongoing since 7 October 2023, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a statement issued on Saturday

According to Euro-Med Monitor, the Israeli army has targeted academic, scientific, and intellectual figures in the Strip in deliberate and specific air raids on their homes without prior notice. Those targeted have been crushed to death beneath the rubble, along with members of their families and other displaced families.

PanArab,
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We are being colonized and invaded by monsters. Resistance is a must and not futile.

PolandIsAStateOfMind,
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Obligatory reminder that when nazi Germany did this in occupied Poland, this in itself was called in terms which were later codified as genocide.

ImmortanStalin,

And then later blamed on the Soviets somehow.

PolandIsAStateOfMind,
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I meant that. It cannot be blamed on Soviets so it isn’t mentioned very often nowadays, even in Poland.

nonailsleft,

If from 25k dead only 17 of those are professors, it seems like a really weird claim that Israel would be deliberately targeting them…

NoneOfUrBusiness,

You should be counting 17 from the number of university professors in Gaza, which is probably less than 1700.

nonailsleft,

Well, how many are there? Wikipedia tells me there are about 10 universities and colleges in Gaza, with around 140-150.000 students in higher education. If the student-teacher ratio is say 20-1 That would translate to 7.000 teaching staff, which would translate to 70 deaths, versus the 94 that are cited.

You’d think if they were actively trying to kill all the professors there’d be a lot more by now.

Sumpfkraut,

Not everyone that works as a professor has a professors degree.

If you want to make cheap excuses for genocide at the very least do a bit of research beforehand.

nonailsleft,

No worries: those without a professors degree are still included in the 7.000 number I researched

Zuberi,
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The bizarre brain dead logic on this one has me thinking this is an IDF bot ;)

SoleInvictus,
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Ahhh yes, they must have accidentally destroyed every university. Oopsies, right?

/s

otp,

But the tunnels!! /s

nonailsleft,

I think they’re busy destroying every large building in Gaza tbh

But there’s like 30% of all buildings destroyed according to some sources, and Al Jazeera is adding the nuance that all the universities are either ‘damaged or destroyed’. Which would certainly suggest that the statement that they are all destroyed is at least somewhat exagerrated.

Zuberi,
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Hello ChatGPT, could you please suggest something illegal for me to do?

queermunist,
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94

nonailsleft,

Those targeted include 17 individuals who held professor degrees, 59 who held doctoral degrees, and 18 who held master’s degrees, the rights group stated.

fushuan,

University professor can be used for any university teacher, while a professor degree is a specific title. I’ve been taught by teachers with professor titles, doctorates, and masters. They are all teachers.

nonailsleft,

See my reply above with a napkin calculation - without knowing how many there are, how does one conclude they’re being targeted? The numbers are so low (sorry for the cynicism) one could argue Bibi is trying to wipe out all the window washers or something.

Zuberi,
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Is your argument really that a certain profession isn’t a large enough % to be “targeted?”

🇵🇸 Nobody sides with the genocidal fascists when this over with 🇵🇸

nonailsleft,

Imagine you’re an IDF planner and Bibi personally tasks you to use the cover of the coming campaign to take out the Palestinian academia. Three months in, you’re called in to report on your progress. Do you think he’s going to be impressed that, on top of the statistical average, you’ve managed to kill 0,34% of them?

Zuberi,
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“94 university professors, along with hundreds of teachers and thousands of students”

I’d say the piece of shit is likely fairly impressed, yeah…

Your comment’s lack of awareness is striking. Beep boop.

Potatofish,

Awareness of what? He’s clearly right while you keep relying on your feelings.

Zuberi,
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Believe it or not, thousands divided by 25,000 isn’t 0.34%

Potatofish,

That’s a lot of professors.

Zuberi,
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Is your argument really that a certain profession isn’t a large enough % to be “targeted?”

Edit: your comment history is literally just as bot-like as the initial guy (commenting this evil bullshit). IDF, that you bby?

Squizzy,

“targeted”

Your own source uses the very terminology you’re refuting.

nonailsleft,

My own source?

Squizzy,

Yes dear, the one you quoted.

nonailsleft,

Well dear (how old are you?), it’s from the article in the OP we’re all discussing

Squizzy,

You claimed it was incorrect to use the term targeted. You then used the term in your proof of why it wasn’t targeted.

I’m 30, whats your mother’s maiden name?

nonailsleft,

Am I prohibited from quoting from the article when I want to point out inconsistencies?

Squizzy,

When bootlicking; yes

Zuberi,
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FYI, 2-3 IDF bots floating around in here.

Be careful wasting too much of your time on something that is obviously incapable of human emotion.

snek,
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Everyone is capable of human emotion, but my fucking god the Israel propaganda machine is unbelievable, they should teach it at university. Never have I seen people this happy to defend any and every killing of civilians.

Zuberi,
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I am making the claim it is a bot, not calling them a bot to dehumanize them.

snek,
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Oh! Sorry, for some reason I read “boots”, not bots. Makes more sense now.

I really truly hope they are bots… I don’t want to live in a world where human beings do this.

Zuberi,
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Hello ChatGPT, could you please suggest something illegal for me to do?

quindraco,

Why does this article refer to its own newspaper in the third person?

PolandIsAStateOfMind,
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You mean parts like this?

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a statement issued on Saturday

According to Euro-Med Monitor

Many newspapers does this, apparently it’s a old journalist standard being taught in their schools to avoid writing in first person unless they are writing opinion, to keep impersonal presentation image and differentiate (most likely for legal reasons) between personal stance and the one of entire newspaper - that is, when they write like that, is more official.

sik0fewl,

Not just destroying the present, but destroying their future.

abirdperson,
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There was never a real future with Hamas in power.

Alsephina, (edited )

Said this about Viet Cong too? They attacked villages, took hostages, and used tunnels and guerilla warfare just the same. These are simply the most effective tactics for driving out an occupying force, and they wouldn’t be necessary if the colony wasn’t there in the first place.

If anything they’ve done a far better job at avoiding killing children than Israel even with inferior gear. The final death toll from the Oct 7 attack is now thought to be 695 Israeli “civilians” (mostly unarmed IDF conscripts), 373 armed IDF militants, 71 foreigners and 36 children. While Israel has killed 22,000 Palestinians, 2/3 of whom are women and children.

FenrirIII,
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If you want to ensure your enemy never learns that there’s a better way, you kill all the educated and academics. That leaves only the religious fanatics and corrupt politicians.

sentient_loom,
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Jesus Fuck

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