‘Human animals’: Dehumanising language used to justify Gaza genocide
International lawyer Lara Elborno says statements publicly made by Israeli officials about Palestinians in Gaza are “essential in establishing the element of genocidal intent” in the case before the International Court of Justice.
“When we hear these Israeli leaders refer to Palestinians as human animals, that there are no uninvolved civilians, that the children of Gaza brought this upon themselves, we can understand that this is a technique being used to justify the industrial-scale slaughter of Palestinians,” Elborno told Al Jazeera.
The Palestinian-American lawyer said regardless of what Israeli officials say, “we already know that this is a genocide”. “We have seen it play out every single day for the last year,” she said, adding that Palestinians “have been undergoing this process of dehumanisation for the last 76 years.”
The dehumanization is strong outside Israel as well. The reactions to Oct 7 anniversary proof as much. 1,200 Israeli's and other nationalities killed and abducted on Oct 7 remains a 'justification' for the slaughter of 17,000 children alone.
It's been like that for decades, the conflict has always been mostly one sided. The West only paying (a little) attention when Israelis get killed, then get behind another round of Palestinian massacres.
https://www.mic.com/articles/94294/one-chart-puts-the-entire-israeli-palestinian-conflict-in-perspective
https://www.statista.com/chart/16516/israeli-palestinian-casualties-by-in-gaza-and-the-west-bank/
There was never peace before Oct 7.
