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In reply to the discussion: Belgian physician refuses to treat Jewish patient over Gaza op [View all]LTX
(1,020 posts)this country (read Salon, Slate, Raw Story, MSNBC, etc.). I have no idea where this notion comes from that "no one is allowed to be pissed at the the Israelis."
Second, no "genocide" is being, or has been, committed. That is the the kind of pure balderdash that reeks of anti-semitism in and of itself, not the least because you and the re-definition squads apply the term "genocide" to this conflict and this conflict alone.
Third, what possible justification do you have for saying that "the goal is to kill all of the Palestinians in the territory"?
Gaza alone has in excess of 1.7 million Palestinians. It has a birth rate of 33.27 births/1,000 population, an average overall life expectancy of 74.4 years (with female life expectancy averaging 76.21 years, and male life expectancy averaging 72.69 years), an overall literacy rate of 95.3%, and an annual population growth rate of 2.91%, the 13th highest in the world.
Total Palestinian casualties in the conflict have been approximately 1,700. That is total, which means it necessarily includes both combatants and civilians. Just to put that in perspective, there were 3,071 traffic fatalities in the state of Kentucky in 2009, a state with roughly the same population as Gaza. If Israel's goal is to kill all of the Palestinians, they would be better served by opening car dealerships in Gaza than conducting the operations they have been conducting.