Perhaps Hamas is the party guilty of genocide - of the [Arab] "Palestinian" people?

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[Words Matter]

Perhaps Hamas is the party guilty of genocide - of the Palestinian people?

Genocide is defined as any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:

(a) Killing members of the group;
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

Let's focus on C

Isn't Hamas, by purposely implanting itself in civilian areas, "Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part"?

Imagine a scenario where the Lord lifted all Palestinian civilians and deposited them safely in a corner of Gaza that has no strategic importance to Israel. Which side would move to draw them into the fray? Would Israel bomb the now exposed civilians, or would Hamas immediately move weapons and infrastructure into that area?

The answer is clear. Israel would feel pure relief if the civilians were to be removed, while Hamas would immediately move to "inflict conditions of life to bring about their destruction." Without civilian deaths, the Hamas effort crumbles.

And NOTE: Hamas's intent is not to discourage an Israeli attack (which is what the Geneva Conventions contemplated human shields would be used for); To the contrary, Hamas's intent is to have its own civilians die.

By destroying its own ethnic group, Hamas pursues its war objective.

Intent is easy to find:

1. Times interview:
https://nytimes.com/2023/11/08/world/middleeast/hamas-israel-gaza-war.html& https://nytimes.com/2023/11/14/podcasts/the-daily/hamas-israel.html
Thousands have been killed in Gaza, with entire families wiped out. Israeli airstrikes have reduced Palestinian neighborhoods to expanses of rubble, while doctors treat screaming children in darkened hospitals with no anesthesia. Across the Middle East, fear has spread over the possible outbreak of a broader regional war.
But in the bloody arithmetic of Hamas’s leaders, the carnage is not the regrettable outcome of a big miscalculation. Quite the opposite, they say: It is the necessary cost of a great accomplishment — the shattering of the status quo and the opening of a new, more volatile chapter in their fight against Israel.

2. Multiple other statements (borrowed from here:
https://stratcomcoe.org/cuploads/pfiles/hamas_human_shields.pdf, but there are more on MEMRI from the last 2 months):

Hamas (via spokespeople):
2006: “The citizens will continue defending their pride and houses and will continue to serve as human shields until the enemy will withdraw.”
2014: “The fact that people are willing to sacrifice themselves against Israeli warplanes in order to protect their homes, I believe this strategy is proving itself. And we, Hamas, call on our people to adopt this practice.”
2014: “Hamas despises those defeatist Palestinians that criticize the high number of civilian casualties. The resistance praises our people…we lead our people to death…I mean, to war.”Ismail Haniyeh, former Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority (2006- 2014), Head of Hamas Political Bureau in Gaza (since 2017)
2006: Citizens were encouraged to gather at Muhammad Baroud’s house (a prominent PRC combatant) in Jabaliya refugee camp, after the IDF issued a warning. Following the event, Haniyeh stated: “I believe that what has happened tonight will be a role model… an example to our Palestinian people and a clear message, that the [Zionist] aggression will not break our will.”
2008: “Israel threatens to bombard houses [in which freedom fighters live], but hundreds and thousands of Palestinians climb to those houses rooftops in the middle of the night to defend those houses.”Fathi Hamad, Hamas MP
2008: “For the Palestinian people, death has become an industry […]. This is why they have formed human shields of the women, the children, the elderly and the mujahideen.”Khaled Mashal, Head of the Hamas Political Bureau (1996-2017) “If you will foolishly decide to enter Gaza, we will fight you. You will face not only thousands of our combatants, but also a million and a half of our population, driven by the desire to become martyrs.”Ministry of Interior in the Gaza Strip (via spokespeople)
2009: “Men in uniform have been declared targets for air strikes. As a result, while outside in the terrain, uniforms are to be discarded and civilian clothes are to be worn.”https://memri.org/reports/growing-criticism-hamas-and-its-officials-gaza-residents-they-brought-needless-war-upon-us
2014: "“We call those who evacuated their houses to return immediately and stay there… Israel’s warnings are nothing but psychological warfare… by leaving your houses you assist the enemy to fulfil its plans, that is, annihilating your belongings and houses.”
2023 : Hamas Political Bureau head Isma'il Haniya said on October 26, 2023 that Hamas "needs" the blood of many Gazan civilians – women, children and elderly –"because it awakens within us the revolutionary spirit."

Seems like a strong argument to me.— Noam Dworman (@noam_dworman) January 26, 2024

[Tell It Right]

Israel should take over the northern part of Gaza and let their citizens settle there, while continuing to fight in southern Gaza until the Gazans surrender.

Then Israel should tell the other Muslims that if they attack again, Israel will take over more. And more. And more, until the Muslims either learn to leave Israel alone, or there are no more Muslims.