Over and above industrial-scale mass murder of individual people—Israel is engaged in the eradication of Gazans as a People. Inarguably, to condemn Israel’s industrial-scale campaign of slaughter and starvation in Gaza ought to be ethically straightforward. Basic really. That Israel is committing the “the crime of all crimes” against the
In the world of patronage, it doesn’t get much worse. The United States is at Israel’s elbow—it is a cobelligerent: In actively sustaining Israel’s armed forces, and running diplomatic interference for its politicians; America is acting as Israel’s “ principal sponsor ,” complicit in war crimes, signaling to the Jewish State that it will let it
Why, then, are Israel’s 2023-2024 actions in Gaza genocidal? In a November 14, 2023 essay, “ Bibi Netanyahu May Find Himself In the Dock, In The Hague ,” your columnist explained why, logically at least, Israel has met the threshold for criminal intent, mens rea . “If you know in advance that your actions will cause the deaths of
“Genocide Joe” and the foreign agents knowns as the “ American Israel Public Affairs Committee ( AIPAC ), whose Israel-First focus makes them a fifth column; Trump with Jared Kushner and his better-half: These are America’s 2024 election options. The Biden- AIPAC bloc has begun whispering sweet nothings in the ears of Israel’s Benny Gantz
Today’s Jewish Taliban is not the Israel I grew up in. Israel has rendered Gaza a “ moonscape in war ,” uninhabitable for years to come, reduced to rubble by “the most intense air campaigns in the modern record .” Not only is Israel murdering tens of thousands of Gaza’s civilians–22,313 Palestinians to date (Via Ha’aretz Israel News, Wednesday,
If you know in advance that your actions will cause the death of thousands of civilians; attached to your criminal actions ( actus reus ) is a guilty mind ( mens rea ) , which means malice aforethought , also known as intent, in Western jurisprudence and judicial philosophy. The razing of Gaza and the ongoing murder of tens of thousands of
In their recent military campaigns, America and Israel have waged what to the inexpert, keen observer is largely old-fashioned, Third-Generation Warfare —a blitzkrieg , by any other name, against civilian populations. The ostensible use of “tanks, mechanized infantry, and close air support” to “collapse an enemy’s defenses” are really unthinking,
The article “Prosperity Requires Freedom” ( blogged here ) is typical of the WSJ’s naiveté about cultural context. It’s this very “innocence,” pinpointed so well by Peter Brimelow, which prompted WSJ editorialist Paul Gigot to venture that a million Zulus would be better immigrants to the US than the same number of Englishmen. Having been born and
This column highlights some of the issues being discussed. No Rights for Animals! I also recommend the uncompromising writing on www.ecoNot.com .
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