I'd normally dismiss this sort of thing as a conspiracy but this man has been reliable in the past (he has sources in the Israeli security establishment) and the allegation seems consistent with the facts on the ground and the nature of them targeting family homes ("Where's Daddy?").
Note the existence of such a policy would be significant as it would imply an intentional and systematic policy of targeting civilians, rather than just extremely loose standards of collateral damage.
Excellent analysis. It's a horrible tragedy. On another topic: last September you wrote an excellent piece on Unz Review debunking Holocaust denial. You hinted at a second piece debunking Unz's own Holocaust denial. Was this ever published or did he block it? Cheers, Timothy
Did you read the article? Male civilians are consistently much more likely to be killed in war than female, including in the recent Gaza wars.
To quote the piece:
"For example, in Operation Protective Edge (2014), 878 male civilians were killed versus 491 female civilians, according to B’Tselem. So 79% more male civilians died than female. Among killed Gazans in our critical demographic (aged 15-64), 592 male civilians were killed versus 280 female civilians, a difference of 111%. These differences—and the over-representation of overall male civilians and male civilians 15-64 killed relative to females—are even more dramatic for Cast Lead."
They are from the Gaza Ministry of Health's lists of identified killed Gazans. Even Lake (and FDD etc) accept these victims are real because they have Israel-issued ID cards, names, ages, genders, and so on. What they object to is the unidentified deaths.
I focus entirely on the identified deaths in this piece. If I included the unidentified deaths the CCR would be much higher than 3.4:1.
Do you have any thoughts on Richard Silverstein's claim (https://www.richardsilverstein.com/2023/12/08/breaking-israel-invokes-amalek-directive-to-assassinate-palestinian-social-media-activist-over-joke/, https://www.richardsilverstein.com/2024/03/23/breaking-amalek-directive-approves-murders-of-hamas-leaders-families/) that the killing of Hamas members' families is a deliberate policy per the so-called "Amalek directive"?
I'd normally dismiss this sort of thing as a conspiracy but this man has been reliable in the past (he has sources in the Israeli security establishment) and the allegation seems consistent with the facts on the ground and the nature of them targeting family homes ("Where's Daddy?").
Note the existence of such a policy would be significant as it would imply an intentional and systematic policy of targeting civilians, rather than just extremely loose standards of collateral damage.
Excellent analysis. It's a horrible tragedy. On another topic: last September you wrote an excellent piece on Unz Review debunking Holocaust denial. You hinted at a second piece debunking Unz's own Holocaust denial. Was this ever published or did he block it? Cheers, Timothy
> Second, I assume that least as many Gazan male civilians 15-64 have been killed as have female civilians 15-64.
Questionable assumption.
Did you read the article? Male civilians are consistently much more likely to be killed in war than female, including in the recent Gaza wars.
To quote the piece:
"For example, in Operation Protective Edge (2014), 878 male civilians were killed versus 491 female civilians, according to B’Tselem. So 79% more male civilians died than female. Among killed Gazans in our critical demographic (aged 15-64), 592 male civilians were killed versus 280 female civilians, a difference of 111%. These differences—and the over-representation of overall male civilians and male civilians 15-64 killed relative to females—are even more dramatic for Cast Lead."
Ah ok. No I didn't read but probably should have lol
Where are the numbers of people killed from various demographic groups coming from?
They are from the Gaza Ministry of Health's lists of identified killed Gazans. Even Lake (and FDD etc) accept these victims are real because they have Israel-issued ID cards, names, ages, genders, and so on. What they object to is the unidentified deaths.
I focus entirely on the identified deaths in this piece. If I included the unidentified deaths the CCR would be much higher than 3.4:1.