As Donald Trump increasingly infuses his campaign with Christian trappings while coasting to a third Republican presidential nomination, his support is as strong as ever among evangelicals and other conservative Christians....
If you're going to define your movement as anti-genocidal you should really have a firm grasp on what genocide is and who is committing it:
Article II of the Convention defines genocide as:
... any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
(a) Killing members of the group;
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
Hamas, what Israel has been clear they intend to destroy, is not a national, ethnical, racial or religious group. However, Jews/Israel/Israelis, what Hamas has been clear they intend to destroy, are. Therefore, legally Oct 7 was an act of genocide, and Israel's war on Hamas is not. Such a designation has nothing to do with body count.
I support Israel because I oppose the genocidal. Binding their hands and preventing them from retaliating in self-defense only serves to support genocidal Hamas by keeping them in power.
It's almost as if words mean things and have specific definitions, especially legal ones. Feel free to criticize such behaviors with different accurate words for things you don't like.
Navi Pillay (South Africa), serves as chair, Miloon Kothari (India) and Chris Sidoti (Australia) serve as members of the commission
Many more opposed their methods and conclusions:
June 2023, United States and Israel joined 25 countries in condemning the open-ended nature of the UN investigation and "the long-standing disproportionate attention given to Israel in the council."
Oct 7 literally is an act of genocide, see my post above. You're saying they don't have credibility because you don't understand what genocide is. This designation has nothing to do with body count.
Although I'm very impressed by the results that LLMs have been producing, as long as it is probabilistic there's a lot of tasks it will be unsuitable for. For anything critical it needs to be right all the time and hallucinations and model collapse are not acceptable. However, I can totally see it being the natural language interface that then gets handed off to non-probabilistic endpoints.
New here. Migrated from Reddit. Still trying to figure out Lemmy - what’s everyone’s experiences like coming from Reddit and does Lemmy serve as a good alternative? Pros and cons/differences?...
Sadly, it's a worse echo chamber. In my experience mods are far more likely to wield power like little dictators and ban for good faith dissent, as there's no governing body above them to prevent this. I've been banned for being pro-Israel by several such petty tyrants.
Upvotes and downvotes are generally per-server though. It's interesting to see how posts and submissions are regarded on other instances.
"Everything I don't like is fascism," & "both parties are the same," these glib hot takes just provide cover for actual fascism. Biden isn't sending anyone to mass graves, genius.
In the past American politics was comparable to K-fabe, politicians of opposing parties would take jabs at each other in public and sup together in private. That isn't how American politics is anymore, it has never been more polarized and politicians of each party today are far less interested in finding common ground.
Usually the GOP are the bad guys, but this time it was the blue dog democrats…
Pointing out who is legitimately responsible for things isn't misdirection.
Whatever it takes to keep the class helping policy from being passed.
Netanyahu gone sounds like a very good idea. I hope Israel is able to make that happen. Speaking of the carrot and the stick, Netanyahu is the stick. Hopefully whoever replaces him is the carrot, and can make some diplomatic progress towards peace.
Is giving Israel more fucking weapons to kill children “diplomacy”?
You can't defend yourselves, children and collateral damage exist! Just let them genocide you this one time without eliminating the threat, as a nice little treat for Hamas.
Classic queermunist.
Supporting our allies in a time of crisis until the threat is eliminated is the right thing to do.
Carter is a genuinely good man, and I think he got a raw deal as president. He was ahead of his time in many ways, like when he installed solar panels at the White House, (only for Reagan to remove them shortly thereafter.)
Israel carried out at least eight strikes on humanitarian convoys and their facilities in Gaza since the war began, according to a report by Human Rights Watch....
Jesus is their savior, Trump is their candidate. Ex-president's backers say he shares faith, values (apnews.com)
As Donald Trump increasingly infuses his campaign with Christian trappings while coasting to a third Republican presidential nomination, his support is as strong as ever among evangelicals and other conservative Christians....
MSNBC Guest Says He Spotted Trump ‘Editing’ Speeches Allies Made Outside the Courtroom (www.mediaite.com)
Some context:...
RFK Jr. accuses Biden and Trump of 'colluding' to exclude him from debates (www.nbcnews.com)
Biden plans to send $1bn arms shipment to Israel (www.bbc.com)
Opinion | Will A.I. Ever Live Up to Its Hype? (www.nytimes.com)
Is Lemmy a good alternative?
New here. Migrated from Reddit. Still trying to figure out Lemmy - what’s everyone’s experiences like coming from Reddit and does Lemmy serve as a good alternative? Pros and cons/differences?...
Oh boy, they're both the same, I can't decide... (lemmy.world)
Biden administration is sending $1 billion more in weapons, ammo to Israel, congressional aides say (apnews.com)
Ben Carson calls for making divorce harder (www.nbcnews.com)
Jimmy Carter: Grandson says former president is ‘coming to the end’ (www.cnn.com)
At least eight Israeli strikes on aid groups, says new report (www.euronews.com)
Israel carried out at least eight strikes on humanitarian convoys and their facilities in Gaza since the war began, according to a report by Human Rights Watch....