Reverse Genocide

common-sense-checking Netanyahu's claim that Israel prevented genocide

How does a militant group commit genocide against a nation?

In a polarized world where truth is relative, common sense is common ground. Drop your notions and follow the logic.

In his address to the United Nations General Assembly, Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed a “simple truth:”

"Here is the simple truth. Israel didn't commit genocide. Israel prevented genocide. And that's exactly, that's exactly what Mr. Mamdani's Hamas buddies would have done to us, had we not stopped them. They would have killed every last one of us."

Does that make sense? Common sense?

Hamas is a terrorist group with rifles and rockets. Israel is a nation with one of the world’s most powerful and advanced militaries—jets, helicopters, and drones, warships and submarines. Before the war, Hamas had around 30,000 fighters, according to the Israeli Defense Forces. The IDF has an active personnel of 170,000 soldiers, and a reserve personnel of 465,000.

Hamas killed 1,195 Israelis during its October 7 attacks. That’s 0.01 % of the country’s Jewish population. In response, Israel has killed 75,000 Palestinians so far. That’s 3.6 % of Gaza’s population. That is, if the intention of either side was genocide, Israel is 360 times closer to accomplishing that objective.

So, how does a militant group commit genocide against a nation? It doesn’t. Because it’s impossible. That's the simple truth. Anything else is rhetoric detached from reality.

Nothing like that has ever happened in the history of mankind, nor will it ever. Because it doesn’t make sense—common sense.