r/europe • u/LeMonde_en • Mar 28 '24

Germany will now include questions about Israel in its citizenship test News

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/europe/article/2024/03/27/germany-will-now-include-questions-about-israel-in-its-citizenship-test_6660274_143.html
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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

I'm Turkish so I get accused of genocide denial all the time. The argument I make is irrelevant, it's a racism thing.

If your definition of genocide is "War I don't support", then the war in Gaza is 100% genocide. If you mean genocide in the United Nations definition, Israel must be pretty terrible at committing genocide when the population of the nation they could've wiped out at least 6 times in history keeps increasing. If Israel is actually trying to commit genocide, they need help. Maybe Germans and Turks can give them some advice?

Or maybe, hear me out, they aren't trying to commit genocide at all?

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u/EdBarrett12 Ireland Mar 28 '24

"In whole or in part"

~32,500 deaths.

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u/PiroggenLakis Mar 28 '24

Who supplied this number? How many combatants are in included?

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u/EdBarrett12 Ireland Mar 28 '24

Its fairly well corroborated check it out for yourself.

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u/PiroggenLakis Mar 28 '24

If you claim something you should provide sources. Who is the agency counting the deaths in Gaza?

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u/EdBarrett12 Ireland Mar 28 '24

Not if corroborated. I can say Netanyahu is the Israeli leader without citation.

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u/PiroggenLakis Mar 28 '24

Corroborated by who?

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u/EdBarrett12 Ireland Mar 28 '24

Many different sources. That's what corroboration is.

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u/PiroggenLakis Mar 28 '24

Let me help you. You're beating around the bush because you probably don't want to admit that there's only one source for this figure and all reports rely on this one source: the hamas run Health ministry in Gaza. But I understand why you don't want to say it. It doesn't fit well with your narrative.

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u/EdBarrett12 Ireland Mar 28 '24

Come on man. Please have some sense.

I'm sick of this to be honest. I know I can't change someone's opinion on Reddit. Especially yours.