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I’d wait for the publishing of an investigatory report, if it happens.
I’m unsure why the UN and Patten feels the need to preempt with this statement.
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Yeah I've read parts of the report (linked below) and some of those same articles you mentioned. I'm sure transgressions took place - we've seen evidence to indicate as such, but the nature of these accounts is pretty unbelievable and has all the tell-tale signs of fabricated lies. This is especially the case when you consider the socio-cultural-religious conditions of Gaza and even Hamas; yes they're capable of carrying out an atrocity, but in the manner described by those "witnesses"? Highly unlikely.
And again, the fact that despite all the visual evidence amassed and studied that nothing was found is pretty telling. I appreciate it's hard to prove these claims, but the data/sample size here is pretty large.
infmz
Tweet from Norman Finkelstein:
https://x.com/normfinkelstein/status/1767578915340460112
Can we finally stop uncritically parroting mostly pro-Israeli Western outlets with their BS now? Or at the very least, back up any such claims with credible sources? I mean if the UN couldn't find an iota of proof in 5,000 images and 50 hours of footage, then I think it's fair to put to bed yet another Israeli lie or gross exaggeration (of which their are too many to count) - at the very least until something to substantiate it actually surfaces.
Spreading such propaganda detracts our attention from the real focus and subject of criticism. Clue: The terrorist entity that has been systematically ethnically cleansing, illegally settling and more pertinently - beheading babies and raping since 1947.