Oh... so they're war criming against Lebanon exactly like they have their other enemies?
Can't really say I'm surprised
this post was submitted on 20 Jun 2026
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Israel war crimes in the war on Gaza. They've cut electricity, fuel, food and water to Gaza’s population and severely curtailed life-saving humanitarian aid, all of which are acts of collective punishment. The ICC has issued arrest warrants naming Israeli leaders and alleging war crimes and crimes against humanity (including starvation as a method of warfare). They have also been accused multiple times of attempting genocide. Israel is accused of the gravest war crimes - how governments respond could haunt them for years to come
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I can't find any accusations of Russia using white phospherous
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The two wars are different in that The war in Ukraine is a state-to-state conflict, while the one in Gaza shows an asymmetric war in the besieged enclave
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The Israeli wars are just dirtier than anything most have seen or heard of. In the UK you are more likely to be awarded something for protesting against the Russian invasion of Ukraine than anything else. But protesting against the more violent, more aggressive and more illegal wars commited by Israel will likely get you arrested and possibly treated as a terrorist.
Let that sink in.
In the UK if you protest against a genocide in another country, the government have ordered the Police to arrest you.
Petition: End the prosecution of peaceful protestors in the UK)
Why are we bombing Iran when we should be bombing Israel instead?
Because we made Israel for a reason, and it's delivering.
Because both the usa and israel are terrorist states
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This is sarcasm
Say it with me, everyone:
ANTISEMITISM!
No one is angry enough.
Oh, i am and some others too, but it would take someone with an army to fucking bomb Israel back to the stone age to stop those madmen. I never thought i would say that, but if Israel vanished in a giant nuclear fireball, it would be a net positive for the world at this point.
Israel disappearing would probably be a big step towards peace in the Middle East, given their tendency to start shit with their neighbors.
I told every politician that represents my address taking AIPAC money is a nonstarter for my vote a long time ago. They didn't give a fuck. Being angry enough has nothing to do with it, they won't / don't care until supporting isn't real starts losing them money. And this blue no matter who shit some people love to throw around explicitly helps further genocide. Never vote AIPAC, no matter who.
This is SOP, they do it in Palestine and Syria.
The UN should investigate to determine if this is true.
Its been reported 1000s of times for decades. Israel doesn't deny it's use either, they just lie about the purpose of it's use.
Majority of countries have signed onto international agreements to not use it during war because of how detrimental it is.
Israel uses it on civilian populations but lies about its battle use to get away with harming civilians and the growing fields that they depend on.
Edit: And to beat you to the hollow response, its been reported by the UN and the Human Rights Watch (UN Partners)
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/10/12/israel-white-phosphorus-used-gaza-lebanon
Israel has been using it for a long time and nobody does nothing.
If the UN investigates and determines that Israel is using white phosphorus, the UN could condemn Israel.
The UN has officially condemned Israel well over 100 times. I doubt one more will make much difference.
Did the US join the condemnation? If the UN determines that Israel has been using White Phosphorus in a way which violates the Geneva Convention, the US might join. Otherwise, Trump will have to explain the reason.
That's an awesome level of naivety. Dude, wake up, Israel is committing genocide in broad daylight and the Orange is enabling them. You think some phosphorus will change anything?
Are you a troll or what?
Trump will have to explain the reason.
Trump hasn't had any sane explanation for anything he has done this term. He doesn't care. He just mumbles some gibberish and attacks the next country.
lol what is that going to do to a fascist imperialistic madman? It's like Chuck Schumer's "strongly worded letters" to Trump
It would be embarrassing to Israel since they deny using it against the rules of the Geneva Convention.
What's embarrassing is that the country trying to be a Jewish ethnostate is committing genocide. If that is not embarrassing enough, a violation of the Geneva convention definitely won't be worse for them.
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Perhaps if the UN confirms that Israel has been using White Phosphorus in violation of Geneva Convention rule, the Avengers could be assembled.
It's true, there were videos of it a few months ago. They've been using it for a long time
A UN report would have more weight.