The definition contained in Article II of the Convention describes genocide as a crime committed with the intent to destroy a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, in whole or in part. It does not include political groups or so called “cultural genocide”.
This video should be spread like wild fire, one of the few people that visited us and review what is really going on in our country and got his information from first source. I absolutely love this ❤💛 Thank you for doing this
Genocide is one of the most overused words today. When people say "genocide" they usually mean "war or military action performed by a country that I don't like"
[08:04] “What the West has taught Hamas, is that the more civilian casualties you get, the more funding you get and the more support you’ll get. We’ve incentivized them killing their own civilians-by not demanding that they not do that.” -
@@zufalllx is it? the west is practically contorting itself like Samus (from Metroid) into her special ball form to appease the Palestinians giving them recognition all for no other reason then "Palestinians are dying" the west then think because the Palestinians are dying and they seem to not regret to become sacrificial pawns (if they don't actively desire this) they say "it's time to accept a two state solution" or in other words ~Israel must actively attempt to demolish itself.
Your listen to this stupid Grunt and like everything that comes out of his mouth is utter garbage. He doesn't know what he talking about. He like people like your self don't even really understand why this conflict is going on. It's because you want to put on the blame on the Palestine and Hamas and completely ignore what Israel has been doing to the Palestine people.
@@Eaez Genocide = killing an ethnic group in a region. OR forcing them out = Ukraine. War = going for military assets where they are = Gaza (if IDF intended to kill or force out Arabs in Gaza there would be no Arabs in Gaza now - other than Arab Israelis in IDF)
Primarily because millions of people have been forcably displased from parts of the West Bank and Israel into Gaza? Is that so hard to understand? And maybe you wouldn't have called it a genocide before October 7th, but with 46.000 killed as a direct result of Israels bombings, nearly 70% of them women and children, with the ICC confirming Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal, using power, water and food supply as weapons of war - leading to the largest mass famine events in modern history. What is so hard to understand? Oh there are more people living in Gaza today than in 1990. Does that mean Israel hasn't killed palestinians? Or displaced palestinians from their homes, upholding an apartheid state? Your argument is nothing but a logical fallacy.
The left wing reaction to October 7th was when I started to realise the Left, had left me behind. Great insight from Nick, thank you Triggernometry for having him on.
im considered a right winger and i recognize that whether its a technical genocide doesnt matter. the european jews arent the indigenous people from thousands of years ago. the only reeason this was allowed to happen was because zionists bribed the state department, congress, and the truman administration. zionists infiltrated our government and gave israel everything it wanted starting with recognition. the other reason the us supports israel is because if you go back to 1948 america was the most religiously christian country in the whole world. the brain dead christians think its gods will to recreate israel and have jews running it. i also recognize that the jews in thelands we are calling israel right now were murdering civilians far before 1948. they forced out the people we are today calling palestinians and stole their land. humans have natural rights, its the foundation of our constitution yet you are all quick to forget it. they dont have to have a recognized country to have human rights. jewish terrorist groups ravaged these villages. those same terrorist groups would become israels IDF. they havent stopped the ravaging. it was AMERICAN doctors who were appauled seeing so many children executed with bullet shots to the back of their heads. i dont care if you think its a genocide. its wrong and youre just brainwashed by their massive propaganda campaign. israel lies and murders and has yet to see justice dealt in return. they allowed oct7 to happen as a pretext for military escalation and to destroy any arguments for a two state solution. it was the plan. not to mention israels theft of american uranium from NUMEC pennsylvannia or their intentional MURDER of AMERICAN SOLDIERS of the USS liberty spy ship. they murdered our soldiers because we were gathering intel about their war with egypt, which they provoked btw. i could continue but ill conclude with israels govt is evil,c orrupt and we are funding it. we cant afford healthcare for our own but we supply israelis with healthcare, weapons, and anything they need because they have infilitrated and bribed our govt officials.
or their ethnic cleansing of northern Cyprus, or their sister state's (Azerbaijan) current "finishing the ottoman's job" on Armenia, or the current massacre of muslims in mynmar, or the ethnic cleansing of Uygers in China, or the massacres of Christians in Nigeria, OR THE FUCKING POGROM IN AMSTERDAMN THAT COULD EASILY HAVE BECOME DEADLY! BUT I GUESS THAT'S JUSTIFIED BECAUSE ISRAELS WERE SCREAMING "FUCK PALESTINE" IN AMSTERDAMN WHILE TARING DOWN SOME PALESTINIAN FLAGS, OH JEEZE WHERE THE FUCK DID I HEAR THIS BEHAVIOR BEFORE, OH RIGHT *THE FUCKING PRO-HAMAS MARCHES WHERE THEY DO WAY WORSE SHIT!*
Religion advocates for defending your land and standing your ground against an oppressive force. So it really doesn’t matter whether the motivation is religious or not. In the end, the objective is to defend your land. So the question is: is Israel the occupier in this scenario? We have to answer this question first and agree on it before passing judgement.
It's an american saying/phrase. Ppl use these in comments. That's how it works. Another US example ppl will use to this video: F around and find out.@@somedude8877
@@bruteht4655 it's a stupid comment that in and of itself doesn't make sense and within this conflict absolutely doesn't. The state of Israel is a lot older than Hamas, that is indicative of who started what Two it is absolutely possible to start a war and then get genocided as a result of starting the war .
@@samuelforrest-sufrin4516So according to your logic, the death of civilians in Germany during the Drezden bombings and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki shouldn't have been carried out in order for world war II to end? Would it have been more humane in your mind, if the allied forces simply stepped away and allowed those fascist Orwellian regimes (which is by definition what Hamas is) to continue their bloodthirsty conquest and to sabjugate the rest of humanity - just because "killing none combatants is bad!"? Do you even understand the incompetence of such a mindset, not being able to recognize that such acts saved 100× the numbers of innocent lives that were lost?
I've been saying this since the beginning of the conflict and got a lot of crap for it but...if Israel truly did not care about civilian lives and wanted to commit a genocide, the situation would look very different than what it is now.
The issue is most people arnt logical. I try (to my own detriment) to argue this with my well meaning liberal friends, but they always go back to “you were never in a war”…. I don’t have too be a doctor to tell you cancer is bad 🤷🏼♂️🤣
It is a majority consensus , it's just that more people choose to stay out of it to avoid the drama that comes from having a different opinion to the people of the sensitive type.
This is one of the main reasons why the election concluded the way it has. Every country around the world knows and understands these basic facts. Those global "elites" keep gaslighting low information populace for their own gain of control. We as free people are better than the division they try to impose.
Hiding behind civilians is the only reason this isnt over. Same reason why Afghanistan was a waste of 20 years. When you fight people who dont care about rules, and you have the responsibility of rules, then youll never win.
@@zufalllx international rules of war? Those rules are the only reason Israel hasn’t flattened every Palestinian area. You missed my entire point. They don’t care about the rules, and by hiding behind civilians they clearly dont care about their own people too. A sovereign nation does care about those rules since they would be open to trial, death, or destruction otherwise… If hamas just didnt do this things could be solved a lot quicker with less bloodshed. The fact anyone would still sympathize or side with a group who uses (their own) civilians as leverage to continue their “war” is asinine.
@@SteelxWolf Thank you for the common sense! It's wild to see everyone literally excusing and supporting terrorists who'd kill their own people in a heartbeat
@@SteelxWolf I'd agree with you about people siding with Hamas; those people are fools, especially those of the LGBTQIA+ whatever the acronym is now. Hamas is definitely not deserving of any sympathy and need to be slapped down. However, there are other groups that care more about the Palestinian civilians being killed and displaced and not necessarily their leadership. Said civilians probably don't have a choice in being used as human shields, and they're the ones most likely to pay the price. And if polls are to be believed the support for Hamas has likely grown considerably since October 7th and the Israeli counter attack, and my main concern is that if we don't try to cool things off we'll just end up radicalizing everyone in Gaza in the belief that it's side with Hamas or get annihilated by Israel. Is there propaganda and false reporting from Hamas? Sure, but considering Israel killed those 3 hostages by mistake in December 2023 it can be argued that they are being very reckless and might be escalating the situation further. Just my two cents. I support Israel defending itself and even punching back at Hamas, but they knew going in Hamas would play the game this way and may need to reconsider their approach given their own citizens are getting fed up with the lack of a hostage deal.
If they'd be willing to let him talk at all, I'd bet the whole interview would sound like "so what you're saying is..." trying to make him sound like his advocating the drinking of Palestinian children's blood for breakfast.
I've had to argue this to my parents as well, when they were parroting what demonstrators & even famous Belgians were saying : "the genocide... ". I immediately said "stop saying genocide, they is no genocide going on in Gaza." The Rwandan genocide in the 90's that was an actual genocide. If Israel wanted to kill everyone in Gaza, they could do it in a couple of weeks tops.
we have nukes, it wouldn't even take weeks!!😅 they say genocide like its such a bad thing, but then many of them will say how hit g ler was "right" and oct 7 was "resistance" its just so ridiculous.
silly goose. look up what the word genocide means before making such stupid nonsense. Genocide is the intentional destruction of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group, in whole or in part. Acts that constitute genocide include: Killing members of the group (check) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group (check) Deliberately inflicting conditions of life that will lead to the group's physical destruction (check) Imposing measures to prevent births within the group (check) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group The group here is the innocent Palestinian civilians. The intention part is actually the easist part to prove in this case because you just proved it yourself.
@@biscuitsandthat The point isn't that Israel is simply taking their time to commit genocide in order to make it look legitimate. The point is that Israel has no interest in committing genocide and it is absurd to point to the facts on the ground and say that's what they're doing.
They can also be a child. Those are not mutually exclusive and the collected data should reflect as much as possible if an honest picture is to be portrayed. Without it we're just discussing semantics with no end.
Well that's questionable. Police forces, tribal people in Afghanistan, and Americans if they were ever invaded, would not be expected to give up all their arms just because a war is happening. The issue here is that within context it's militants who would have weapons rather than civilians, and there's other patterns that allow the PID to be made.
@Jim-hw8uv Yes, because I believe lying jihadis. BTW, they could have left. They were warned. And if they were being held against their will, its their fault for following leaders committed to a false religion. Anything else?
@@Jim-hw8uv 1. 30.000 2. thereof at least 50% Hamas fighters 3. And Gazans killed by Hamas rockets, 10% of those detonate in Gaza 4. And Gazans murdered by Hamas- hundreds, also included in the victim statd 5. Hamas is responsible for every single victim, either Istaeli or Gazan. Hamad opened the gates to hell.
@ maybe Israel shouldn’t have created hamas. Laughable figures u have. Does that help u sleep at night? Hamas falling into the trap? Brainless response when EVERYONE knew Israel wanted an excuse to…
As ex-military, I can confirm taht Mr. Freitas is pretty much spot on. One of the many issues we have in this debate is that a large portion of the people involved are throwing around terms that they they don't know th meaning of. And they have "opinions" on what war is, and should be, based on their gut feeling and personal opinion of what's right and wrong. That is not how the world works, and it's certainly not how war works.
So all the bombings on refugee sites, the death of children and women are just imaginary?. AI videos made for propaganda I guess. Bend the truth as much as you want, it won't make it reality.
the biggest hyporacy is that they apply some idealist version of war that no country has ever followed to Israel, but in the same breath excuse explicit massacres of civilians when Palestinians are the ones who do it.
@@IbnRushd-mv3fphuh? You don’t need to physically win to know that your “side” is ideologically crazy. Stop kicking jews out of the middle east. There. Solved.
@davidwholly5209 Sherman proved that! Didn't he? I believe he's the one who said he'd "Make Georgia howl." Then he proceeded to do just that! "Rules of war." have always struck me as a quaint notion. Turns out, when the actual fate of your nation is at steak, many of those rules go right out the window. "Rules of war." is man's feeble attempt to refine the cruelty of war. A hopeless proposition. IMHO.
look at the new video: "Surgeon Who Served in Gaza Breaks Down in Parliament, Describing How ÍDF Drones Target Childrén." its tragic. without any media lies.
Actually they did. They determined that at least half of those 42,000 were not civilian casualties. The UN has also determined that Hamas is reporting deaths through natural causes, as war casualties.
HAS BAR A lyes. It's easy to pay some clown to give an opinion and lie, Humanity has the ICC and ICJ for a reason and those JUDGES know the law better than some zio clown.
John Spencer is one of the world's leading experts on urban warfare. I suggest listening to him. In fact, much of what Freitas is stating that is objectively true sounds as if he derived it from Spencer.
@@Rabbithole8 If you have ever dealt with "Gangsters" whose truth is what they say it-is, who will sacrifice anything and any one to reach their goals of which in general is just greed, but will behave the same as H-a-m-a-s, who elsewhere are dictated by delusional zealot theological belief at the murder-expense of their own peoples!?
Nope. The genocide isn't just about casualties it's about what the Israelis were doing to intentionally displace the majority of Palestinians. They destroyed all of their energy, water and homes to initiate a mass migration out of Palestine which would result in Israel winning and occupying Palestine because there was no one left. It was an attempted Genocide and the Israelis openly spoke about their intentions on numerous occasions.
I am a Portuguese and I am so proud knowing Nick Freitas has Portuguese background and has this moral clarity about this topic. Thank you Nick Freitas for being a beacon of light among the Portuguese and stand up with Israel and not being like the shameful Portuguese, António Guterres, who I despise greatly!
There is nothing to debunk, you westerners can turn a blind eye all you want, delete comment or hide behind "experts", when the chicken comes home to roost for the Z1onists, you will know why Amira Hass, Israel's Human Rights Reporter: It’s true, this is not genocide as we experienced it, but for us it ended after five or six years. For the Palestinians, the suffering has continued for decades the cumulative effect of Israeli policies, especially in Gaza, bears alarming similarities to actions that could be described as genocidal, given the deprivation and repeated military assaults on an already vulnerable population.” Khalidi highlights the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as a key issue. (Dr. Rashid Khalidi, 2021). the cruelty inflicted upon the Palestinian people suggests a systematic attempt to erase their existence and identity, constituting potential acts of genocide.” (Amnesty International, Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians: Cruel System of Domination and Crime Against Humanity, 2022).
His last point is absolutely spot on. Morals aside, is frankly impressive how critical thinking has been replaced by banal sentimentalism. edit*: people mention the UN like it holds any moral authority or credibility when it comes down to Israel. Peacekeepers bribed by Hezbollah, some UNWRA staff were part of Oct7 massacre, UNIFIL failing to enforce 1701 for so many years, Albanese was condemned as antisemitic by both France and Germany and a long etc. Humans Right Watch (citing the Health Ministry of Gaza, run by Hamas) reported 38 deaths due to severe malnutrition, which has an insane discrepancy with the IPC projected deaths. Plenty of reports have proved there's no risk of famine in Gaza (including one by the Famine Review Commitee), which have been ignored by the IPC and the UN. Just to wrap things up, the ICJ didn't decide the claim of genocide was plausible, as Joan Donoghue said on an interview with the BBC some months ago.
NEW YORK (14 November 2024) - Israel’s warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, with mass civilian casualties and life-threatening conditions intentionally imposed on Palestinians there, the UN Special Committee to investigate Israeli practices* said in a new report released today. “Since the beginning of the war, Israeli officials have publicly supported policies that strip Palestinians of the very necessities required to sustain life - food, water, and fuel,” the Committee said. “These statements along with the systematic and unlawful interference of humanitarian aid make clear Israel’s intent to instrumentalise life-saving supplies for political and military gains.” Covering the period from October 2023 to July 2024, the report examines developments across the occupied Palestinian territory and the occupied Syrian Golan but focuses on the catastrophic impact of the current war in Gaza on the rights of Palestinians. “Through its siege over Gaza, obstruction of humanitarian aid, alongside targeted attacks and killing of civilians and aid workers, despite repeated UN appeals, binding orders from the International Court of Justice and resolutions of the Security Council, Israel is intentionally causing death, starvation and serious injury, using starvation as a method of war and inflicting collective punishment on the Palestinian population,” the Committee said. The report documents how Israel’s extensive bombing campaign in Gaza has decimated essential services and unleashed an environmental catastrophe that will have lasting health impacts. By early 2024, over 25,000 tons of explosives-equivalent to two nuclear bombs-had been dropped on Gaza, causing massive destruction and the collapse of water and sanitation systems, agricultural devastation, and toxic pollution. “By destroying vital water, sanitation and food systems, and contaminating the environment, Israel has created a lethal mix of crises that will inflict severe harm on generations to come,” the Committee said. The report raises serious concerns about Israel’s use of AI-enhanced targeting systems in directing its military operations, and the impact it has had on civilians, particularly evident in the overwhelming number of women and children among the casualties. “The Israeli military’s use of AI-assisted targeting, with minimal human oversight, combined with heavy bombs, underscores Israel’s disregard of its obligation to distinguish between civilians and combatants and take adequate safeguards to prevent civilian deaths,” the Committee said. Amid the devastation in Gaza, Israel’s escalating media censorship, suppression of dissent, and targeting of journalists are deliberate efforts to block global access to information, the Committee found. It also noted how social media companies disproportionately removed “pro-Palestinian content” in comparison with posts inciting violence against Palestinians. The Committee condemned the ongoing smear campaign and other attacks against UNRWA and the UN at large. “This deliberate silencing of reporting, combined with disinformation and attacks on humanitarian workers, is a clear strategy to undermine the vital work of the UN, sever the lifeline of aid still reaching Gaza, and dismantle the international legal order,” the Committee said. The Committee called on all Member States to uphold their legal obligations to prevent and stop Israel’s violations of international law and hold it accountable. “It is the collective responsibility of every State to stop supporting the assault on Gaza and the apartheid system in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem,” the Committee said. “Upholding international law and ensuring accountability for violations rests squarely on Member States. A failure to do so weakens the very core of the international legal system and sets a dangerous precedent, allowing atrocities to go unchecked.” The Committee’s report will be presented to the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly on 18 November 2024.
@@JackFN_VR64 Spare us any drivel being spewed from the UN! That corrupt organization has Iran and Syria sitting on the Human rights commission. Nuff said. UNWRA has actively supported Hamas and some UNWRA members actually took part in the October 7th massacre. UNIFIL was absolutely useless in Southern Lebanon (or worse - complicit with Hezbollah absolutely trashing UN resolution 1701) - you won't find any of THAT in the UN reports.
do you guys know the story of the little girl that was sold to a palestinian terrorist and the idf came and saved her? for those who dont understand yet the idf are the good guys hamas are the bad guys
Why vote for Nick, you've already got a trailer-trash felon for a president and he's installing as many other felons/lunatics/morons in key positions? You don't need one more lunatic to seal the fate of your shthole country do you?
Genocide is if the Arabs were strong and then they had a whole year and not just the 7.10 for 1200 in one day 5% losses in a city like Gaza for a whole year, that's not genocide
It's much less than 5%. If you take the higest number of Palestinian casualties which is 46,000, and the loewst number of population in Gaza which is 2000000 you will get 2.3%. In Gaza there are more like 2.2800,000 people which makes it 2.017%...
@@EpochUnlocked IDF aren’t fighting armed civilians- they’re fighting militarized and trained Islamic Terror Organizations funded by Iran. But thank you for proving that you have zero clue about this conflict.
A lot depends on what you think counts as a civilian. I am old enough to remember what Bibi was doing in the camps in 1982. Israel always claims it is only reacting and defending itself , but somehow the number of killed palestinians to israelis, since the 1960s is 24 to 1.
@HeidiWillToWin Thanks for showing you're not listening to what Nick is saying. You can't tell the difference between armed civilian and Hamas. Edit: I've seen the videos where Israelis are dressing up civilians in IDF uniform, tying them to the roof of their vehicles, and daring Palestinians to shoot at them. I've seen the videos where unarmed men are shot and killed by IDF. Apparently, you don't have a clue.
@@EpochUnlocked My point is not to take away from the fact that Islamic Terror Organizations use civilians as human shields, suicide bombers, etc (and yes, sometimes IDF/military encounter armed civilians fighting Jihad) to which Nick is speaking. My point is that this is full blown war because HMas, Hzbollah, and H*uthis are all militarized, trained, and armed proxies of the military arm of Iran. So by your own definition, IDF are in fact fighting a full blown war.
look at the new video: "Surgeon Who Served in Gaza Breaks Down in Parliament, Describing How ÍDF Drones Target Childrén." its tragic. without any media lies.
Even if they probably are highly inflated, Hamas claim some 40,000 have been killed in Gaza. According to UN, some 60,000 have been born in Gaza since October 7th. The population in Gaza has actually increased in the period.
Basically 60000 more terrorists I understand muslims very well and I think Israel missed a chance to get rid of this problem started years ago to let these peoples live around Israel they cannot change its their religion or they will need to stop those who fund them.
@@moomoo1200 Currently in the Virginia State Legislature, former Army Green Beret, and educated in intelligence management. I didn't hear any overt bias and his perspective seemed very measured. A cursory look at recent history should leave no doubt that Hamas is the aggressor in this conflict.
When I see idiots ask for a definition of genocide when there is evidence that a genocide is taking place I realise how Germans could turn a blind eye to their atrocities during the war.
look at the new video: "Surgeon Who Served in Gaza Breaks Down in Parliament, Describing How ÍDF Drones Target Childrén." its tragic. without any media lies.
It's easy to pay some clown to give an opinion and lie, Humanity has the ICC and ICJ for a reason and those JUDGES know the law better than some zio clown.
@@qwerty-wf2pw No hostilities were going on at the time What did you expect that attack was gonna do? Scare away the Israeli's? Even Arafat realized that fighting wasn't gonna settle the matter Hamas OTOH is more than willing to sacrifice every man, woman and child for 'their' cause
A great guest, always calm and clear when delivering facts. And about time we heard more from people with his experience, rather than click bait talking heads.
@@tybalt.videos5760 It's the flaw and idiocracy of a channel like this. It's just to make the viewers happy and confirm their opinion. UA-cam is a business model. It's as reliable as a salesman at your door saying the lawnmower he's selling, is the best. I found this channel when it was in the middle and gave some great nuance and counterpoints. Now it's gone entirely to one side, ignores and questions too many facts that don't fit their vibe and they bring in all the predictable puppets - fishing in the same pond - to dance for the crowd. Probably because their metrics and data analyst told them to do so to increase revenue.
I hate the misuse of the term genocide. It's another example on how we lost touch with the absolute possibility of evil within us, and it will come back to attempt and destroy us all.
it`s just a tactic by bad actors (Russian and Iranian plants usually) to do holocaust-inversion and hurt jews around the world, they downplay the term genocide=> they downplay the holocaust and now suddenly we see people saying that hitler actually wasn`t that bad etc etc
Absolutely spot on and everything I’m been forced to argue with friends about. I wish I could give this 1000 thumbs up. I do not understand why people don’t see these truths. I even went to far as to print civilian casualties in the wars WE started as a comparison to prove our ridiculously morally hypocritical stance to the mass “genocide”
Great insights, yet again, from Nick Freitas. I've been following him here in the USA for a few years now. His commentary is always well informed, especially with military situations. I'm looking forward to the full Triggernometry interview!!!
It's easy to pay some clown to give an opinion and lie, Humanity has the ICC and ICJ for a reason and those JUDGES know the law better than some zio clown.
I have always considered myself liberal and have never voted Republican. But, my fellow liberals reaction to 10/7 has made me reevaluate everything. It’s not going to magically make me think abortion should be banned or that universal health care isn’t a good idea. But, it has made me really scrutinize everything I hear from the left. And their reaction to Trump’s win is not helping me remain loyal to Dems.
Trump doesn't think abortion should be banned either, so he stopped a national ban and left it to the states to decide. Which is the only right decision to make on abortion.
@@CyrilSneer123 14th amendment. "nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." All persons deserve equal protections under the law. Unborn babies especially.
*_"It’s not going to magically make me think abortion should be banned"_* You might be surprised to find out most Republican voters don't want abortion banned either.
Absolutely brilliant ! The most clear and concise explanation of what is actually going on, and why. This should be required viewing on "mainstream T.V. "
We all know this, those who have common sense know this. It’s an insult to call what is happening in Palestine a genocide and it is just factually incorrect.
@@skepticalcynic3022prove it instead of screaming like a toddler. Around 20K of the deaths are Hamas terrorists according to Israel intelligence. Do you have anything that debunks this?
@ “According to Israeli intelligence” are you really not intelligent enough to realize you just debunked your own argument? Turn off the MSM it’s rooting your brain.
The last sentence is very important. I have always felt if the West was really serious about wanting to reduce civilian casualties then they wouldn't enable and reward Hamas's human shield strategy by always condemning Israel for civil casualties and never Hamas for using those people as shields.
ill give you the benefit of the doubt and say ok, hamas using civilians as shields. and guess what, israel doesnt care, never had, and never will. they dont care how many civilians died, they dont care how many more die either. they have openly claimed (and there are interviews where they say that) that they want to level all of gaza, and they refer to palestinians as "animals". tell me again how this isnt a genocide. also, ive seen comments on this video saying "if they wanted to commit a genocide they would have nuked gaza", well they are literally right next to it, so they would be nuking themselves too, otherwise they would have nuked them a long time ago if they were far away.
I am so grateful for this podcast. You've reinvigorated my favorite genre of journalism: meaningful conversations with knowledgeable people about the topics that affect the world!
100% my assessment of the situation. Im no soldier but i can strategically understand whats going on... where is the blame for Hamas involvement in dooming their population...they have made their bed...
It is so refreshing to hear experiences and common sense break down reality. I would rather hear Veterans with experience from different regions and different wars share. The "news" isn't the best source of information about the war.
I’m so excited for this interview! I admire Nick so much-he’s a deep thinker and an incredibly genuine person. His podcast was a turning point for me, helping me recognize the issues and ultimately rethink my perspective on politics.
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Would Israel lose support if the hostages were released ?
The definition contained in Article II of the Convention describes genocide as a crime committed with the intent to destroy a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, in whole or in part. It does not include political groups or so called “cultural genocide”.
This video should be spread like wild fire, one of the few people that visited us and review what is really going on in our country and got his information from first source.
I absolutely love this ❤💛
Thank you for doing this
@@JasonLaveKnotts it’s a gen0cide. So is the one at home against w founding stock. Same people hate both groups.
@@JIMDEZWAVNo
Genocide is one of the most overused words today. When people say "genocide" they usually mean "war or military action performed by a country that I don't like"
Exactly what I was thinking it's like the Holocaust I didn't happen .
Or they mean, "You didn't agree with my social movement." ("Trans Genocide," e.g.)
Same as the race card. "I have no argument, so you're racist"
@@SOBNo1 antisemite is hands down the most used word of that kind
Overused by Jews you mean?
[08:04] “What the West has taught Hamas, is that the more civilian casualties you get, the more funding you get and the more support you’ll get. We’ve incentivized them killing their own civilians-by not demanding that they not do that.” -
That's osburd.
@@zufalllx is it? the west is practically contorting itself like Samus (from Metroid) into her special ball form to appease the Palestinians giving them recognition all for no other reason then "Palestinians are dying" the west then think because the Palestinians are dying and they seem to not regret to become sacrificial pawns (if they don't actively desire this) they say "it's time to accept a two state solution" or in other words ~Israel must actively attempt to demolish itself.
@@zufalllx osburd 😅
@@666legnadibrom to who this comment is for?
Your listen to this stupid Grunt and like everything that comes out of his mouth is utter garbage. He doesn't know what he talking about. He like people like your self don't even really understand why this conflict is going on. It's because you want to put on the blame on the Palestine and Hamas and completely ignore what Israel has been doing to the Palestine people.
The rebranding of the word ‘war’ with ‘genocide’ is crazy.
The Soviets would do the same
Oh, wait...it was them who fabricated the Palestinian identity (Moscow 1964)
Yasser Arafat and Ion Mihai Pacepa
just look up the Numbers in the Gaza Conflict and in Ukraine, then think again what is war and what is Genocide.
@@Eaez Genocide = killing an ethnic group in a region. OR forcing them out = Ukraine. War = going for military assets where they are = Gaza (if IDF intended to kill or force out Arabs in Gaza there would be no Arabs in Gaza now - other than Arab Israelis in IDF)
@@EaezDid you watch the video. Genocide has nothing to do with numbers and everything to do with intent.
How does genocide make a population rise ?
More money from western countries…
there are still jews after 1945... there are more jews than before 1940..
it`s in human nature to procreate in times of war
Well, by refugees from other parts of Palestine, they were basically pushed to Gaza.
Ok genius. The genocide started after 7 October. Since than the numbers went down. And its not even about the numbers but about the intent
Primarily because millions of people have been forcably displased from parts of the West Bank and Israel into Gaza? Is that so hard to understand? And maybe you wouldn't have called it a genocide before October 7th, but with 46.000 killed as a direct result of Israels bombings, nearly 70% of them women and children, with the ICC confirming Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal, using power, water and food supply as weapons of war - leading to the largest mass famine events in modern history. What is so hard to understand? Oh there are more people living in Gaza today than in 1990. Does that mean Israel hasn't killed palestinians? Or displaced palestinians from their homes, upholding an apartheid state? Your argument is nothing but a logical fallacy.
The left wing reaction to October 7th was when I started to realise the Left, had left me behind. Great insight from Nick, thank you Triggernometry for having him on.
Same here. Today the Left is the big problem in Europe.
im considered a right winger and i recognize that whether its a technical genocide doesnt matter. the european jews arent the indigenous people from thousands of years ago. the only reeason this was allowed to happen was because zionists bribed the state department, congress, and the truman administration. zionists infiltrated our government and gave israel everything it wanted starting with recognition. the other reason the us supports israel is because if you go back to 1948 america was the most religiously christian country in the whole world. the brain dead christians think its gods will to recreate israel and have jews running it. i also recognize that the jews in thelands we are calling israel right now were murdering civilians far before 1948. they forced out the people we are today calling palestinians and stole their land. humans have natural rights, its the foundation of our constitution yet you are all quick to forget it. they dont have to have a recognized country to have human rights. jewish terrorist groups ravaged these villages. those same terrorist groups would become israels IDF. they havent stopped the ravaging. it was AMERICAN doctors who were appauled seeing so many children executed with bullet shots to the back of their heads. i dont care if you think its a genocide. its wrong and youre just brainwashed by their massive propaganda campaign. israel lies and murders and has yet to see justice dealt in return. they allowed oct7 to happen as a pretext for military escalation and to destroy any arguments for a two state solution. it was the plan. not to mention israels theft of american uranium from NUMEC pennsylvannia or their intentional MURDER of AMERICAN SOLDIERS of the USS liberty spy ship. they murdered our soldiers because we were gathering intel about their war with egypt, which they provoked btw. i could continue but ill conclude with israels govt is evil,c orrupt and we are funding it. we cant afford healthcare for our own but we supply israelis with healthcare, weapons, and anything they need because they have infilitrated and bribed our govt officials.
same here
Agreed! They exposed themselves.
Exactly
Meanwhile nobody is talking about the real genocide of kurds perpetuated by turkey. Or their war crimes....
nothing else is interesting if u have jews to blame on something.
When? What a fuck are you talking about?
Turkey has turned into a massive liability within NATO. Not sure how this can reasonably continue at this point..
Johnny Harris has. Also war crimes are war crimes we should talk about them all
or their ethnic cleansing of northern Cyprus, or their sister state's (Azerbaijan) current "finishing the ottoman's job" on Armenia, or the current massacre of muslims in mynmar, or the ethnic cleansing of Uygers in China, or the massacres of Christians in Nigeria, OR THE FUCKING POGROM IN AMSTERDAMN THAT COULD EASILY HAVE BECOME DEADLY!
BUT I GUESS THAT'S JUSTIFIED BECAUSE ISRAELS WERE SCREAMING "FUCK PALESTINE" IN AMSTERDAMN WHILE TARING DOWN SOME PALESTINIAN FLAGS, OH JEEZE WHERE THE FUCK DID I HEAR THIS BEHAVIOR BEFORE, OH RIGHT *THE FUCKING PRO-HAMAS MARCHES WHERE THEY DO WAY WORSE SHIT!*
Most people completely misunderstand child soldiers and absolutely do not understand the religious martyr mentality.
i think you might be on to something.
There is NO evidence of child soldiers lmao
Also a child at 20 is no child.
@ ok? That does not counter the fact that over 30k children UNDER 18 have been murdered you dumbass
Religion advocates for defending your land and standing your ground against an oppressive force. So it really doesn’t matter whether the motivation is religious or not. In the end, the objective is to defend your land.
So the question is: is Israel the occupier in this scenario? We have to answer this question first and agree on it before passing judgement.
This is the best and most honest conversation I’ve heard about the current situation in Israel/Gaza
Losing a war you started is not a genocide.
How interesting that you're the third person to type the same comment. Seems we've got to scroll way to the bottom to find the real comments.
@somedude8877 great minds think alike. Do you have a counter argument?
It's an american saying/phrase. Ppl use these in comments. That's how it works. Another US example ppl will use to this video:
F around and find out.@@somedude8877
@@bruteht4655 it's a stupid comment that in and of itself doesn't make sense and within this conflict absolutely doesn't.
The state of Israel is a lot older than Hamas, that is indicative of who started what
Two it is absolutely possible to start a war and then get genocided as a result of starting the war .
@@samuelforrest-sufrin4516So according to your logic, the death of civilians in Germany during the Drezden bombings and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki shouldn't have been carried out in order for world war II to end? Would it have been more humane in your mind, if the allied forces simply stepped away and allowed those fascist Orwellian regimes (which is by definition what Hamas is) to continue their bloodthirsty conquest and to sabjugate the rest of humanity - just because "killing none combatants is bad!"? Do you even understand the incompetence of such a mindset, not being able to recognize that such acts saved 100× the numbers of innocent lives that were lost?
I've been saying this since the beginning of the conflict and got a lot of crap for it but...if Israel truly did not care about civilian lives and wanted to commit a genocide, the situation would look very different than what it is now.
Your enemies are dumb.
@@no-body-22they're uneducated on several fronts, including moral ones, but that doesn't mean they're dumb
If Israel wanted it, there would be no palestine
Well, maybe they’re just seeing how much they can get away with.
Not if they want to maintain remotely plausible deniability, to limit international outrage and potential sanctions
This video should be shared everywhere. It’s some of the best explanation I’ve heard.
True!!!
They would never let him speak at the UN.
@@Zak6959 of course he doesnt know what he is talking about
The UN gave Yasser Arafat a standing ovation. The organization has lost its moral bearings.
The UN needs to be dissolved
@@sphinxfn3017and you do you bell
@@sphinxfn3017 Do tell. Feel free to counter what Freitas said. Be specific.
This man said exactly what needed to be said. It's shocking to me his logic isn't majority consensus.
Agreed.
Yeah the West is so blind to their own propaganda.
The issue is most people arnt logical. I try (to my own detriment) to argue this with my well meaning liberal friends, but they always go back to “you were never in a war”…. I don’t have too be a doctor to tell you cancer is bad 🤷🏼♂️🤣
It is a majority consensus , it's just that more people choose to stay out of it to avoid the drama that comes from having a different opinion to the people of the sensitive type.
This is one of the main reasons why the election concluded the way it has. Every country around the world knows and understands these basic facts. Those global "elites" keep gaslighting low information populace for their own gain of control.
We as free people are better than the division they try to impose.
Hiding behind civilians is the only reason this isnt over. Same reason why Afghanistan was a waste of 20 years. When you fight people who dont care about rules, and you have the responsibility of rules, then youll never win.
This, exactly this
Maybe people don't want your rules?
@@zufalllx international rules of war? Those rules are the only reason Israel hasn’t flattened every Palestinian area.
You missed my entire point. They don’t care about the rules, and by hiding behind civilians they clearly dont care about their own people too. A sovereign nation does care about those rules since they would be open to trial, death, or destruction otherwise… If hamas just didnt do this things could be solved a lot quicker with less bloodshed.
The fact anyone would still sympathize or side with a group who uses (their own) civilians as leverage to continue their “war” is asinine.
@@SteelxWolf Thank you for the common sense! It's wild to see everyone literally excusing and supporting terrorists who'd kill their own people in a heartbeat
@@SteelxWolf I'd agree with you about people siding with Hamas; those people are fools, especially those of the LGBTQIA+ whatever the acronym is now. Hamas is definitely not deserving of any sympathy and need to be slapped down. However, there are other groups that care more about the Palestinian civilians being killed and displaced and not necessarily their leadership. Said civilians probably don't have a choice in being used as human shields, and they're the ones most likely to pay the price. And if polls are to be believed the support for Hamas has likely grown considerably since October 7th and the Israeli counter attack, and my main concern is that if we don't try to cool things off we'll just end up radicalizing everyone in Gaza in the belief that it's side with Hamas or get annihilated by Israel. Is there propaganda and false reporting from Hamas? Sure, but considering Israel killed those 3 hostages by mistake in December 2023 it can be argued that they are being very reckless and might be escalating the situation further.
Just my two cents. I support Israel defending itself and even punching back at Hamas, but they knew going in Hamas would play the game this way and may need to reconsider their approach given their own citizens are getting fed up with the lack of a hostage deal.
As an IDF soldier all I can say is that everything this man says is 100% accurate.
@@nadeenrashdan8256😂
תודה על השירות שלך🫡
what he says is common sense. something mslms dont have. just hate war kill and rape.
@@nadeenrashdan8256 Lol, you cant handle the truth can you?
You sir are a clown@@nadeenrashdan8256
Get this man on BBC
Guarantee that won't be happening. that says a lot too.
BBC News... the government disinformation service.
If they'd be willing to let him talk at all, I'd bet the whole interview would sound like "so what you're saying is..." trying to make him sound like his advocating the drinking of Palestinian children's blood for breakfast.
No Way BBC will have someone against their agenda
No way BBC will bring such people
I've had to argue this to my parents as well, when they were parroting what demonstrators & even famous Belgians were saying : "the genocide... ". I immediately said "stop saying genocide, they is no genocide going on in Gaza." The Rwandan genocide in the 90's that was an actual genocide. If Israel wanted to kill everyone in Gaza, they could do it in a couple of weeks tops.
we have nukes, it wouldn't even take weeks!!😅 they say genocide like its such a bad thing, but then many of them will say how hit g ler was "right" and oct 7 was "resistance"
its just so ridiculous.
Ah yeah, you reckon they haven't given a thought to how that would look on the world stage huh?
silly goose. look up what the word genocide means before making such stupid nonsense. Genocide is the intentional destruction of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group, in whole or in part. Acts that constitute genocide include:
Killing members of the group (check)
Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group (check)
Deliberately inflicting conditions of life that will lead to the group's physical destruction (check)
Imposing measures to prevent births within the group (check)
Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group
The group here is the innocent Palestinian civilians. The intention part is actually the easist part to prove in this case because you just proved it yourself.
15 minutes
@@biscuitsandthat The point isn't that Israel is simply taking their time to commit genocide in order to make it look legitimate. The point is that Israel has no interest in committing genocide and it is absurd to point to the facts on the ground and say that's what they're doing.
Rule number 1
Person holding a rifle/gun in a war or warzone is not a civilian anymore. Its a combatant.
They can also be a child. Those are not mutually exclusive and the collected data should reflect as much as possible if an honest picture is to be portrayed. Without it we're just discussing semantics with no end.
Well that's questionable. Police forces, tribal people in Afghanistan, and Americans if they were ever invaded, would not be expected to give up all their arms just because a war is happening.
The issue here is that within context it's militants who would have weapons rather than civilians, and there's other patterns that allow the PID to be made.
Retarded boomer alert
Not every person in Gaza is a child holding a gun tho.
Hope you remember that when when one of your children is holding the handlebars of their bike and a lunatic says the handlebars looked like a weapon.
No one acknowledges that the IDF is not only alerting the civilians, they are giving up the chance to have surprise on their side.
Exactly. Noone sees that.
The IDF did an incredible job, reducing the ratio from 1:9 to 1:1. If not, we would talk about 300 000 casualties.
Tell that to the 40k dead
@Jim-hw8uv Yes, because I believe lying jihadis. BTW, they could have left. They were warned. And if they were being held against their will, its their fault for following leaders committed to a false religion. Anything else?
@@Jim-hw8uv 1. 30.000
2. thereof at least 50% Hamas fighters
3. And Gazans killed by Hamas rockets, 10% of those detonate in Gaza
4. And Gazans murdered by Hamas- hundreds, also included in the victim statd
5. Hamas is responsible for every single victim, either Istaeli or Gazan. Hamad opened the gates to hell.
@ maybe Israel shouldn’t have created hamas.
Laughable figures u have. Does that help u sleep at night?
Hamas falling into the trap? Brainless response when EVERYONE knew Israel wanted an excuse to…
WOW!!! This guy should speak out loudly on many many news outlets so the whole world get the correct perspective.
BRAVO 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
As ex-military, I can confirm taht Mr. Freitas is pretty much spot on. One of the many issues we have in this debate is that a large portion of the people involved are throwing around terms that they they don't know th meaning of. And they have "opinions" on what war is, and should be, based on their gut feeling and personal opinion of what's right and wrong. That is not how the world works, and it's certainly not how war works.
So all the bombings on refugee sites, the death of children and women are just imaginary?. AI videos made for propaganda I guess. Bend the truth as much as you want, it won't make it reality.
the biggest hyporacy is that they apply some idealist version of war that no country has ever followed to Israel, but in the same breath excuse explicit massacres of civilians when Palestinians are the ones who do it.
@@IbnRushd-mv3fp ha haha
@@IbnRushd-mv3fphuh? You don’t need to physically win to know that your “side” is ideologically crazy. Stop kicking jews out of the middle east. There. Solved.
100% agreed. I'm ex military too. The claims of genocide is complete bs - just like fighting a war with no civilian casualties is bs.
Thank you NICK. , for speaking the TRUTH!!! 🎉🎉
"War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it." -Sherman
Always best to stay out of war if possible.
Ben?
So why does the chosen race cry and play victim when war doesn't go their way?
"And the crueler war is, the sooner it will be over."
@davidwholly5209 Sherman proved that! Didn't he?
I believe he's the one who said he'd "Make Georgia howl."
Then he proceeded to do just that!
"Rules of war." have always struck me as a quaint notion.
Turns out, when the actual fate of your nation is at steak, many of those rules go right out the window.
"Rules of war." is man's feeble attempt to refine the cruelty of war.
A hopeless proposition. IMHO.
I love how succinct this man is. Good job Triggernometry
The UN hasn’t made a distinction of the so-called 42,000 of who is a civilian and terrorist combatant
look at the new video: "Surgeon Who Served in Gaza Breaks Down in Parliament, Describing How ÍDF Drones Target Childrén." its tragic. without any media lies.
@@eniggma9353 and have you seen the videos of doctors from gaza admitting they are all hamas and helped to hide hostages under the hospitals
I've seen it...... Don't believe it.... Hamas propaganda @@eniggma9353
Actually they did. They determined that at least half of those 42,000 were not civilian casualties. The UN has also determined that Hamas is reporting deaths through natural causes, as war casualties.
@@eniggma9353 he is a zionist he will not believe he knows the truth but as i said a zionist land thief
Thank you, Konstatin and Francis for inviting and interviewing Nick Freitas. Thank you, Nick for your clear views.
HAS BAR A lyes.
It's easy to pay some clown to give an opinion and lie, Humanity has the ICC and ICJ for a reason and those JUDGES know the law better than some zio clown.
you need a cia spokes person to circle jerk your cope lmao, sad
The real genocide was on October 7
agreed, and its infuriating about those Double Standard Pro palestines who talk without thinking first
what does an Israeli do he lies.
Ethnic cleansing & genocide has been happening since
1948
OMG Nick Freitas is the only sane guy I have heard on this subject. He has it perfect.
Agreed!
John Spencer is one of the world's leading experts on urban warfare. I suggest listening to him. In fact, much of what Freitas is stating that is objectively true sounds as if he derived it from Spencer.
@@Rabbithole8 If you have ever dealt with "Gangsters" whose truth is what they say it-is, who will sacrifice anything and any one to reach their goals of which in general is just greed, but will behave the same as H-a-m-a-s, who elsewhere are dictated by delusional zealot theological belief at the murder-expense of their own peoples!?
Douglas Murray.
Also Colonel Richard Kemp
Thank you Nick! 100% accurate. Thanks for your moral clarity.
Watch the Dave Smith response to this 💯 a lot of inaccuracies here! Respectfully.
Nope. The genocide isn't just about casualties it's about what the Israelis were doing to intentionally displace the majority of Palestinians. They destroyed all of their energy, water and homes to initiate a mass migration out of Palestine which would result in Israel winning and occupying Palestine because there was no one left. It was an attempted Genocide and the Israelis openly spoke about their intentions on numerous occasions.
Nick Freitas can you please go on Piers Morgan and tell him all this. He is driving me insane with his BS now
Piers is a self important, vacuous idiot !
Piers Morgan is not interested in meaningful debate. His aim is to invite radicals to have a fight.
Why the fuck are you watching that twat anyway
What is your opinion of the UN Special Commissions report published just yesterday?
to be honest I actually hope he will not go and waste his time on that self promoting weasel
This man have the same exact toughts I did months ago, perfect dialog , I wouldnt even add one more word to what he said.
This is the most accurate and insightful explanation of the situation in Israel and Gaza!
okey zionist bot
You have watched the wrong stuff...
By a mic, zionist shill gtfoh
What a tool this idiot is.
Obviously you haven't been listening to any expert testimony, just this zionist mic tool.
Can't believe we are living in a world where the things he is saying are not self-explanatory to any decent human being.
Remember we now live in a world where there is no answer to the question What is a woman? The left has a lot to answer for.
Well when Israel is exporting Arabs to the civilized world, some of us with pattern recognition will view Israel with skepticism.
Many people are not interested in finding the truth by listening to both sides. They are interested only in confirming what they think.
Maybe people think killing children is bad
@@jayfunk2012 And maybe forcibly removing people from their homes so you can take them for yourself isn't the best look.
On point, I'm very excited for the full interview.
Thanks to Nick Freitas, Konstantin, Francis & Team.
I am a Portuguese and I am so proud knowing Nick Freitas has Portuguese background and has this moral clarity about this topic. Thank you Nick Freitas for being a beacon of light among the Portuguese and stand up with Israel and not being like the shameful Portuguese, António Guterres, who I despise greatly!
Thank you for posting this. How popular is your viewpoint among other Portuguese citizens?
@@wizardofozdil Doesn't really matter if Ronaldo supports Palestine.
Thanks Triggernometry for having him 🙏
There is nothing to debunk, you westerners can turn a blind eye all you want, delete comment or hide behind "experts", when the chicken comes home to roost for the Z1onists, you will know why
Amira Hass, Israel's Human Rights Reporter:
It’s true, this is not genocide as we experienced it, but for us it ended after five or six years. For the Palestinians, the suffering has continued for decades
the cumulative effect of Israeli policies, especially in Gaza, bears alarming similarities to actions that could be described as genocidal, given the deprivation and repeated military assaults on an already vulnerable population.” Khalidi highlights the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as a key issue. (Dr. Rashid Khalidi, 2021).
the cruelty inflicted upon the Palestinian people suggests a systematic attempt to erase their existence and identity, constituting potential acts of genocide.” (Amnesty International, Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians: Cruel System of Domination and Crime Against Humanity, 2022).
His last point is absolutely spot on.
Morals aside, is frankly impressive how critical thinking has been replaced by banal sentimentalism.
edit*: people mention the UN like it holds any moral authority or credibility when it comes down to Israel. Peacekeepers bribed by Hezbollah, some UNWRA staff were part of Oct7 massacre, UNIFIL failing to enforce 1701 for so many years, Albanese was condemned as antisemitic by both France and Germany and a long etc. Humans Right Watch (citing the Health Ministry of Gaza, run by Hamas) reported 38 deaths due to severe malnutrition, which has an insane discrepancy with the IPC projected deaths. Plenty of reports have proved there's no risk of famine in Gaza (including one by the Famine Review Commitee), which have been ignored by the IPC and the UN.
Just to wrap things up, the ICJ didn't decide the claim of genocide was plausible, as Joan Donoghue said on an interview with the BBC some months ago.
God save us from uninformed sympathy for the 'underdog'!
"...morals aside..."
What is wrong with some of you people?!
NEW YORK (14 November 2024) - Israel’s warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, with mass civilian casualties and life-threatening conditions intentionally imposed on Palestinians there, the UN Special Committee to investigate Israeli practices* said in a new report released today.
“Since the beginning of the war, Israeli officials have publicly supported policies that strip Palestinians of the very necessities required to sustain life - food, water, and fuel,” the Committee said. “These statements along with the systematic and unlawful interference of humanitarian aid make clear Israel’s intent to instrumentalise life-saving supplies for political and military gains.”
Covering the period from October 2023 to July 2024, the report examines developments across the occupied Palestinian territory and the occupied Syrian Golan but focuses on the catastrophic impact of the current war in Gaza on the rights of Palestinians.
“Through its siege over Gaza, obstruction of humanitarian aid, alongside targeted attacks and killing of civilians and aid workers, despite repeated UN appeals, binding orders from the International Court of Justice and resolutions of the Security Council, Israel is intentionally causing death, starvation and serious injury, using starvation as a method of war and inflicting collective punishment on the Palestinian population,” the Committee said.
The report documents how Israel’s extensive bombing campaign in Gaza has decimated essential services and unleashed an environmental catastrophe that will have lasting health impacts. By early 2024, over 25,000 tons of explosives-equivalent to two nuclear bombs-had been dropped on Gaza, causing massive destruction and the collapse of water and sanitation systems, agricultural devastation, and toxic pollution.
“By destroying vital water, sanitation and food systems, and contaminating the environment, Israel has created a lethal mix of crises that will inflict severe harm on generations to come,” the Committee said.
The report raises serious concerns about Israel’s use of AI-enhanced targeting systems in directing its military operations, and the impact it has had on civilians, particularly evident in the overwhelming number of women and children among the casualties.
“The Israeli military’s use of AI-assisted targeting, with minimal human oversight, combined with heavy bombs, underscores Israel’s disregard of its obligation to distinguish between civilians and combatants and take adequate safeguards to prevent civilian deaths,” the Committee said.
Amid the devastation in Gaza, Israel’s escalating media censorship, suppression of dissent, and targeting of journalists are deliberate efforts to block global access to information, the Committee found. It also noted how social media companies disproportionately removed “pro-Palestinian content” in comparison with posts inciting violence against Palestinians.
The Committee condemned the ongoing smear campaign and other attacks against UNRWA and the UN at large.
“This deliberate silencing of reporting, combined with disinformation and attacks on humanitarian workers, is a clear strategy to undermine the vital work of the UN, sever the lifeline of aid still reaching Gaza, and dismantle the international legal order,” the Committee said.
The Committee called on all Member States to uphold their legal obligations to prevent and stop Israel’s violations of international law and hold it accountable.
“It is the collective responsibility of every State to stop supporting the assault on Gaza and the apartheid system in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem,” the Committee said.
“Upholding international law and ensuring accountability for violations rests squarely on Member States. A failure to do so weakens the very core of the international legal system and sets a dangerous precedent, allowing atrocities to go unchecked.”
The Committee’s report will be presented to the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly on 18 November 2024.
They didn't get the memo from Ben Shapiro - "Facts don't care about your feelings".
@@JackFN_VR64 Spare us any drivel being spewed from the UN! That corrupt organization has Iran and Syria sitting on the Human rights commission. Nuff said. UNWRA has actively supported Hamas and some UNWRA members actually took part in the October 7th massacre. UNIFIL was absolutely useless in Southern Lebanon (or worse - complicit with Hezbollah absolutely trashing UN resolution 1701) - you won't find any of THAT in the UN reports.
As an Israeli he is 100% correct
And thank you everyone for expanding your knowledge 🙏🏻❤️🇮🇱
Can't wait for the full interview. Nick is great!
do you guys know the story of the little girl that was sold to a palestinian terrorist and the idf came and saved her? for those who dont understand yet the idf are the good guys hamas are the bad guys
Same, i found his content just after Covid. Huge fan
Me too
@Markielee72 Sucks waiting till mid Dec for the full interview. If I saw that right at the end of this vid.
he is good for dumb people like you
I live in Tennessee, so I will never get a chance to vote for Nick, but I would vote for him in a heart beat. He understands critical thinking.
Maybe some day if he runs for Prez
I'm in the UK. And I'd vote for him tomorrow. MAGA. then come sort the UK out. 😂
Great, another conservative brainwashed to support Israel.
Why vote for Nick, you've already got a trailer-trash felon for a president and he's installing as many other felons/lunatics/morons in key positions? You don't need one more lunatic to seal the fate of your shthole country do you?
@@Jackmerius_Tacktheritrix5733 Hope so. I think the USA could do with a sane man like him.
Genocide is if the Arabs were strong and then they had a whole year and not just the 7.10 for 1200 in one day
5% losses in a city like Gaza for a whole year, that's not genocide
It's much less than 5%.
If you take the higest number of Palestinian casualties which is 46,000, and the loewst number of population in Gaza which is 2000000 you will get 2.3%.
In Gaza there are more like 2.2800,000 people which makes it 2.017%...
It is less than 2%
but how many are born since 1 yrs?
Equivalent to 6 million Americans dead in one year you Zionist coward
Or like what Jews have done to Christians like the Mamilla Massacre..
Thank you for stating facts about these ridiculous claims of genocide.
anyone who understands war know its not Genocide
War is between two sides with equal chances of winning. And often between formal military forces. Not armed civilians vs. professional military.
@@EpochUnlocked IDF aren’t fighting armed civilians- they’re fighting militarized and trained Islamic Terror Organizations funded by Iran. But thank you for proving that you have zero clue about this conflict.
A lot depends on what you think counts as a civilian. I am old enough to remember what Bibi was doing in the camps in 1982. Israel always claims it is only reacting and defending itself , but somehow the number of killed palestinians to israelis, since the 1960s is 24 to 1.
@HeidiWillToWin Thanks for showing you're not listening to what Nick is saying. You can't tell the difference between armed civilian and Hamas.
Edit:
I've seen the videos where Israelis are dressing up civilians in IDF uniform, tying them to the roof of their vehicles, and daring Palestinians to shoot at them. I've seen the videos where unarmed men are shot and killed by IDF. Apparently, you don't have a clue.
@@EpochUnlocked My point is not to take away from the fact that Islamic Terror Organizations use civilians as human shields, suicide bombers, etc (and yes, sometimes IDF/military encounter armed civilians fighting Jihad) to which Nick is speaking. My point is that this is full blown war because HMas, Hzbollah, and H*uthis are all militarized, trained, and armed proxies of the military arm of Iran. So by your own definition, IDF are in fact fighting a full blown war.
Finally someone not afraid to speak the truth
Are you trolling? This BS is all over Fox News and CNN.
look at the new video: "Surgeon Who Served in Gaza Breaks Down in Parliament, Describing How ÍDF Drones Target Childrén." its tragic. without any media lies.
In Gaza it is not easy to identify HaMAs vs civilians
Nick’s talking points are accurate !
🤡🤡
Accurate my arse.
about as accurate as Israeli missiles...
@@royboy4571 ah, you've been there?
"Anyone who runs is a VC. Anyone who stands still is a well-disciplined VC."
Perfectly explained. They don't like truth and facts.
Nick is so well spoken
People who are paid to talk stupid will speak stupid very well.
This guy is full of 🐂💩..
This guy if full of 🐂💩..IDF
Wow this guy is full of 🐂💩
This guy is full of 🐂💩
Thank you both for giving your guest the opportunity to respond so fully.
God bless Nick Freitas! I love seeing him on your show. ❤
Excellent video. The two men were intently listening. They should be applauded. Well, done, well done.
Even if they probably are highly inflated, Hamas claim some 40,000 have been killed in Gaza. According to UN, some 60,000 have been born in Gaza since October 7th. The population in Gaza has actually increased in the period.
The U.N. put out a report a couple months ago that indeed the hamas numbers are highly inflated.
@@chrischreative2245 the amount of fail when their biggest apologist basically fact checked them
Basically 60000 more terrorists I understand muslims very well and I think Israel missed a chance to get rid of this problem started years ago to let these peoples live around Israel they cannot change its their religion or they will need to stop those who fund them.
People say similar things when the death count of another genocide was looked into more closely.
@@TeemoTeemosson no t😂hey dont
This bloke is goooooood. He knows what is going on, and tells it straight.
he's pretty biased in perspective let's be honest, man loves israel
@@moomoo1200 Currently in the Virginia State Legislature, former Army Green Beret, and educated in intelligence management. I didn't hear any overt bias and his perspective seemed very measured. A cursory look at recent history should leave no doubt that Hamas is the aggressor in this conflict.
Hhhhh are guys crazy
Why he doesn’t allow international press to see 12 years old have 47 aka ??? Based on experts are real
@@moomoo1200so?
Thank you for your clear moral military expertise Nick.
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@@devynselnes4282 : Is that the only word you know in English ?
Moral you say, 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
He's a Zionist Shill lol
Nick is very much on the point, well expressed and thought through points, nothing to add
When I see idiots put Genocide in facebook comments. I ask them to define the word, then point out that Israel's actions don't fit that description.
When I see idiots ask for a definition of genocide when there is evidence that a genocide is taking place I realise how Germans could turn a blind eye to their atrocities during the war.
@@stephendoherty981 Raz Segal denying October 7 and holocaust authorities
Try again,
@@stephendoherty981 yes I am
I really just don't like Israelis turning the holyland into a nightclub, why should i respect that? 😂????
you cannot argue with them. No matter what you say, they say it's Israeli propaganda. Give me strength
God bless brother Nick Freitas who is 100% spot effing on. Tell it brother. PREACH IT!
look at the new video: "Surgeon Who Served in Gaza Breaks Down in Parliament, Describing How ÍDF Drones Target Childrén." its tragic. without any media lies.
It's easy to pay some clown to give an opinion and lie, Humanity has the ICC and ICJ for a reason and those JUDGES know the law better than some zio clown.
@@eniggma9353 i can assure you that that is not true
@@eniggma9353 You should learn to distinguish the truth from "palestinian" taqiyya.
Thank you sir for telling the truth 🙏 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇮🇱🇮🇱🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🙏🙏
ON SPOT!!
"Losing a war you started is called Defeat, not Genocide!"
"What? We attacked them out of the blue and not following the Geneva convention, and now they are killing us,... do they have no morals?"
@@Nightdareoh yes. The famous out of the blue. You probably born on 7/10/23 just like the rest of the supporters on this channel
@@qwerty-wf2pw It's like decades of conflict and occupation never happened to these grifters.
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Yeah, like all peace propositions by Isreal that were wiped off the table by the Palestinians as morons like you forgot as well
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No hostilities were going on at the time
What did you expect that attack was gonna do? Scare away the Israeli's?
Even Arafat realized that fighting wasn't gonna settle the matter
Hamas OTOH is more than willing to sacrifice every man, woman and child for 'their' cause
A great guest, always calm and clear when delivering facts. And about time we heard more from people with his experience, rather than click bait talking heads.
ABSOLUTELY!
I completely agree
Everyone at that table is abiding to their audience.
@@caleidooWell because all three of them have the same audience so of course it will be cake walk …
@@tybalt.videos5760 It's the flaw and idiocracy of a channel like this. It's just to make the viewers happy and confirm their opinion. UA-cam is a business model. It's as reliable as a salesman at your door saying the lawnmower he's selling, is the best. I found this channel when it was in the middle and gave some great nuance and counterpoints. Now it's gone entirely to one side, ignores and questions too many facts that don't fit their vibe and they bring in all the predictable puppets - fishing in the same pond - to dance for the crowd. Probably because their metrics and data analyst told them to do so to increase revenue.
I hate the misuse of the term genocide. It's another example on how we lost touch with the absolute possibility of evil within us, and it will come back to attempt and destroy us all.
You must be a Nazi and misogynist.
Because the "Free Press" refuses to do its job, and the party propaganda machines have convinced the public majority what side is right!
Oh well, have you heard about Sudan?
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it`s just a tactic by bad actors (Russian and Iranian plants usually) to do holocaust-inversion and hurt jews around the world, they downplay the term genocide=> they downplay the holocaust and now suddenly we see people saying that hitler actually wasn`t that bad etc etc
@FlySpleen how's it misused? Serbnicia had a lower civilian death toll, and they used it then. Unless you also think it was fake in that case
Absolutely spot on and everything I’m been forced to argue with friends about. I wish I could give this 1000 thumbs up. I do not understand why people don’t see these truths. I even went to far as to print civilian casualties in the wars WE started as a comparison to prove our ridiculously morally hypocritical stance to the mass “genocide”
Thank you for saying the Truth ❤🇮🇱🇺🇸
Thank you for the brutal honesty. I wish the world listened to you.
American REALLY needs this man in Congress.
Congress is full of Israel first fools.
He is the lie. 70% of Palestinians supported Hamas in a poll before October 7th. How would he even know the targeting algorithm😂@@eniggma9353
@@eniggma9353 paid actor alert, you are probably paid to spread bullsh*t. ret*rd
He was.
Great insights, yet again, from Nick Freitas. I've been following him here in the USA for a few years now. His commentary is always well informed, especially with military situations. I'm looking forward to the full Triggernometry interview!!!
Absolutely incredible speaker!
This is such a breat of fresh air 100% right every word 🙏🏼
It's easy to pay some clown to give an opinion and lie, Humanity has the ICC and ICJ for a reason and those JUDGES know the law better than some zio clown.
I have always considered myself liberal and have never voted Republican. But, my fellow liberals reaction to 10/7 has made me reevaluate everything.
It’s not going to magically make me think abortion should be banned or that universal health care isn’t a good idea. But, it has made me really scrutinize everything I hear from the left. And their reaction to Trump’s win is not helping me remain loyal to Dems.
Trump doesn't think abortion should be banned either, so he stopped a national ban and left it to the states to decide. Which is the only right decision to make on abortion.
Wdym? The dems in Congress along with Biden have supported Israel.
@@CyrilSneer123there is nothing stopping Congress from passing legislation on abortion byw
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14th amendment. "nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
All persons deserve equal protections under the law. Unborn babies especially.
*_"It’s not going to magically make me think abortion should be banned"_*
You might be surprised to find out most Republican voters don't want abortion banned either.
Concise and to the point….thanks for the interview, looking forward to seeing the complete interview
How can anyone dislike this video.?
Absolutely brilliant ! The most clear and concise explanation of what is actually going on, and why. This should be required viewing on "mainstream T.V. "
We all know this, those who have common sense know this. It’s an insult to call what is happening in Palestine a genocide and it is just factually incorrect.
Nope it is factually a genocide, stfu you brainwashed retard.
@@skepticalcynic3022prove it instead of screaming like a toddler.
Around 20K of the deaths are Hamas terrorists according to Israel intelligence. Do you have anything that debunks this?
@ “According to Israeli intelligence” are you really not intelligent enough to realize you just debunked your own argument? Turn off the MSM it’s rooting your brain.
It has absolutely been a genocide going back decades. Just to be clear, genocide means your population is continuously going up, right?
Ur source is isreal. It's called conflict of interest u idiot@@ajvorob9117
Scary how accurate that was
Frightening
Great job Nick, speaking truth!
100%, and more diplomatic than I'd have said it.
Does he get a place in Trump's dream team?
Bravo! it just takes moral decency to call things like they are 👏👏👏
.............and it takes a complete a-hole to post something like this when the casualties are mostly women and children. shame on all of you.
AMAZING!! I LEARNED SO MUCH! THANK YOU
Very important!
Much propaganda!
The last sentence is very important. I have always felt if the West was really serious about wanting to reduce civilian casualties then they wouldn't enable and reward Hamas's human shield strategy by always condemning Israel for civil casualties and never Hamas for using those people as shields.
ill give you the benefit of the doubt and say ok, hamas using civilians as shields. and guess what, israel doesnt care, never had, and never will. they dont care how many civilians died, they dont care how many more die either. they have openly claimed (and there are interviews where they say that) that they want to level all of gaza, and they refer to palestinians as "animals". tell me again how this isnt a genocide. also, ive seen comments on this video saying "if they wanted to commit a genocide they would have nuked gaza", well they are literally right next to it, so they would be nuking themselves too, otherwise they would have nuked them a long time ago if they were far away.
What's the evidence Hamas are using civilians as human shields? How would you know that?
Praying for the Peace of Jerusalem from Dallas Texas.
Excellent analysis
Nick sums it up. Straight up, no chaser. And he seems genuine and compassionate, at the same time. Very refreshing.
Thank you Nick for your kind words. Looking forward to hear the full interview.
I am so grateful for this podcast. You've reinvigorated my favorite genre of journalism: meaningful conversations with knowledgeable people about the topics that affect the world!
Powerful and eloquent
The most pertinent and truthful analysis of the israeli-palestinian conflict ever.
100% my assessment of the situation. Im no soldier but i can strategically understand whats going on... where is the blame for Hamas involvement in dooming their population...they have made their bed...
So you hold a gun to an unarmed civilian, tell him sorry your Hamas condemned you, and you shoot him in the face?
So Britain should have wiped out all of Northern Ireland then?
Everyone needs to see this. Great work getting the truth out.
It is so refreshing to hear experiences and common sense break down reality. I would rather hear Veterans with experience from different regions and different wars share. The "news" isn't the best source of information about the war.
Very honest and frank. Put yourself in their shoes and THEN judge. It’s obvious what he says and that they don’t like Israel.
I’m so excited for this interview! I admire Nick so much-he’s a deep thinker and an incredibly genuine person. His podcast was a turning point for me, helping me recognize the issues and ultimately rethink my perspective on politics.
Thank you Triggernometry for the balanced conversation!
Sarcasm?
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@@devynselnes4282 You have a very small vocabulary, low IQ, read a book ever.
Well said.
@@reubenhandel210 Why sarcasm?
Bang on Nick ...The most pampered people on the planet....Ireland
What an incredibly strong statement from Nick Freitas. Can’t wait for the full interview.
When you put it like that...the last part about incentivisation - wow!
Similar case is South Sudan. Different story, but human suffering goes on and the outside world keeps ‘supporting’ the government.
Could not agree more with your guest, thoughtful, knowledgeable and right to the point. Well said sir
👏👏👏👏 finally some honesty and sense 👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you awesome video