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Israel committing ‘acts of genocide’ by cutting off water in Gaza, HRW says (www.aljazeera.com)

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Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of committing “acts of genocide” by denying clean water to Palestinians in Gaza, and called on the international community to impose targeted sanctions.

In a new report released on Thursday, the New York-based watchdog said that since October 2023 – when Israel launched its military offensive in Gaza – Israeli authorities have “deliberately obstructed Palestinians’ access to the adequate amount of water required for survival in the Gaza Strip”.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 days ago

They're also just straight murdering entire sections of the population in plain sight of the rest of the world, but sure, the water thing too.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago

HRW is Hamas. And Amnesty International. And the ICC. And the ICJ. And and and-

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Netanyahu: "HRW is Hamas and every government should sanction them!"

US and European* officials and spokespeople: "we disagree. No, we won't elaborate or otherwise provide any factual explanation"

Rest of the world:

*except based Ireland

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And Spain, who finally decided to be on the correct side of something

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

i'm glad that they at least did something; but i wish they had balls like ireland does.