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The Morality of War:
Debunking the Genocide Libel
1. The Genocide Libel
The Accusation: "Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians."
The Reality: This is a modern blood libel. Genocide is defined by the intent to destroy a people. Israel’s war is against a terrorist organization (Hamas), not the Palestinian people.
The Proof: If Israel wanted to commit genocide, the war would have ended in 24 hours. Instead, the IDF warns civilians to evacuate, opens humanitarian corridors, and facilitates aid—actions that are the direct opposite of genocide.
2. Civilian-to-Combatant Ratio
The Accusation: "Israel is indiscriminately killing civilians."
The Reality: The IDF has achieved the lowest ratio of civilian-to-combatant deaths in the history of urban warfare.
The Proof: In standard urban warfare, according to the UN, the average is 9 civilians killed for every 1 combatant. In Gaza, despite Hamas embedding themselves in civilian infrastructure, Israel has brought that ratio down significantly lower than the global average, often cited as close to 1:1 or 1.5:1. No other army in history has done more to minimize civilian harm in such a dense environment.
3. Human Shields vs. Iron Dome
The Accusation: "Israel uses disproportionate force."
The Reality: The moral difference is absolute: Israel uses weapons to protect its people; Hamas uses people to protect its weapons.
The Proof: Israel invests billions in defense, including Iron Dome and shelters to save lives. Hamas invests billions in terror tunnels underneath hospitals, schools, and homes, deliberately sacrificing their own population to gain international sympathy.
4. The Weaponization of Starvation
The Accusation: "Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war."
The Reality: Israel has never used starvation as a weapon.
The Proof: From the start of the war, Israel has facilitated the entry of hundreds of thousands of tons of food, water, and medical supplies into Gaza. Any shortages are the result of Hamas hijacking aid convoys and the inability of international organizations to distribute it effectively inside the zone—not Israeli policy.
5. Sexual Violence
The Accusation: "IDF soldiers commit sexual violence."
The Reality: This is a projection of Hamas’s own crimes.
The Proof: The IDF holds itself to the highest moral code. There is no systemic evidence or record of the IDF using sexual violence as a tool of war.
Conversely, the sexual atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7th were systematic, documented by the terrorists themselves, and celebrated.
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The "genocide" accusation is a modern blood libel designed to demonize the Jewish state. The reality is the exact opposite: The IDF takes unprecedented steps to minimize civilian harm through warnings, evacuation corridors, and aid facilitation. The goal is defeating Hamas, not destroying the Palestinian people.
The media claims "indiscriminate bombing," but the data proves the opposite. According to the UN, the global average in urban warfare is 9 civilians killed for every 1 combatant. In Gaza, the IDF has achieved a ratio drastically lower (est. 1.5 to 1), doing more to spare civilians than any military in modern history.
The moral difference is absolute: Israel uses weapons (like the Iron Dome and bomb shelters) to protect its people. Hamas uses its people as human shields to protect its weapons, deliberately embedding terror infrastructure beneath schools and homes to maximize civilian casualties for propaganda.
Israel has facilitated the entry of nearly a million tons of aid since the war began. The scarcity is not caused by an Israeli blockade, but by Hamas hijacking convoys to feed their terrorists and selling the rest on the black market. Starvation is a Hamas tactic, not an Israeli weapon.
The accusation against the IDF is a psychological projection. The reality is that Hamas weaponized sexual violence on October 7th against both men and women. Forensic evidence and hostage testimony confirmed systematic rape, shattered pelvises, and the specific mutilation of private parts. The IDF holds soldiers to the highest ethical code; Hamas celebrated these atrocities as a strategic victory.