On March 22nd, this journalist detailed the findings of a UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on “Israel’s systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence since 7 October 2023.” That investigation focused primarily on the hideous, industrial scale rape and sexual abuse of male and female Palestinian detainees in Zionist Occupation Force prisons, a phenomenon so pervasive it can only be dedicated, determined policy, signed off upon and directed by the highest levels of the Israeli government.

Reinforcing that horrifying conclusion, buried within the Commission’s report are bombshell passages unequivocally charging the Zionist entity with deliberately committing “genocidal acts” in Gaza, consciously and intentionally “calculated to bring about the physical destruction of Palestinians as a group.” The details provided are irresistibly persuasive, and point to Israel being in flagrant breach of both the Rome Statute, and Genocide Convention. In a truly just world, the mainstream media’s mass omertà on this landmark ruling would in itself be a criminal act.

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    21 hours ago

    Unfortunately the article seems to have been written by someone who is very clearly biased against Israel

    Can’t take anyone seriously unless they’re fair and balanced towards a genocidal military dictatorship.

    I can’t take this single source’s word on it

    Fortunately, they link to the original material.

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      Also can’t take anyone seriously who can’t read the comment they’re replying to.

      Did you not catch this part?

      which, fair enough, that describes me too

      I am also biased against Israel, for what I feel ought to be some pretty self-evident reasons, but a single highly biased source reporting something is not news.

      Fortunately, they link to the original material.

      Yeah, fair enough, I just wasn’t up for reading the ~50 page report myself to find out if what they said was true.

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        I just wasn’t up for reading the ~50 page report myself to find out if what they said was true.

        You could Ctrl+F to find the relevant bits fairly easily.

        But this demand isn’t skeptical, it is cynical. “I don’t believe you because I’m offended by your tone” is miles away from “I don’t believe you because I haven’t seen enough evidence”.

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          “I don’t believe you because I’m offended by your tone” is miles away from “I don’t believe you because I haven’t seen enough evidence”.

          It’s neither of those: it’s I want to believe you, but you’re the only person I’ve seen mention this and I want to make sure it’s legit by hearing it from multiple sources.