# Reply to Babale re: Hamas and Israel

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Tags:** israel-hamas-war\
**Created:** [October 12, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-to-babale-re-hamas-and-israel/991469 "2023-10-12T17:51:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-to-babale-re-hamas-and-israel/991469/62 "2023-10-14T23:57:51Z")

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> [@octopus](#):
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> One faction explicitly states the desire for genocide.

…one faction has cut off the power, the electricity, the water, the internet, ordered 1 million people to evacuate and is bombing them, eliminating entire generations of families. These are _genocidal actions_. People don’t have to explicitly state a desire for genocide in order to commit a genocide.

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