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[Video] Australian attorney-general Michelle Rowland confirms it is now illegal in Australia to say Israel is committing genocide. (i.imgur.com)

submitted 9 months ago by IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to c/australianpolitics@aussie.zone

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[+] Seagoon_@aussie.zone -62 points 9 months ago (11 children)

Can you tell us how many people have died of natural causes in Gaza over the past 27 months?

If you don't have the statistics are you able to extrapolate from past statistics?

Also, who broke the peace agreement on Oct 07 2023?

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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

We can’t tell you because Israel purposely bombed all the hospitals and killed the journalist

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[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 15 points 9 months ago

Zionazis are not welcome here.

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[–] trk@aussie.zone 14 points 9 months ago

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[–] Walk_blesseD@piefed.blahaj.zone 26 points 9 months ago (4 children)

How have you still not copped a ban for repeated genocide denial?

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[–] golden@sh.itjust.works -2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Instance admins support them and their alts.

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[–] eureka@aussie.zone 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Do you want to supply some evidence when you make accusations about our instance?

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[–] golden@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

Lack of action speaks for itself. I'll retract my statement when people like Seagoon are banned.

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[–] eureka@aussie.zone 3 points 9 months ago

No, it doesn't. They're not omnipotent.

And it would honestly be helpful if you have evidence of any alt accounts, because those will need to be banned.

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[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 10 points 9 months ago (1 child)

The Hamas attack on October 7 was also wrong and bad. No excuses there. But there has to be limits on retaliation.

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[–] eureka@aussie.zone 14 points 9 months ago

At this point, it's clear that the ongoing genocide is not a retaliation. The Oct 7 attacks were simply an excuse to escalate their genocide and complete the occupation of Palestine. This is common practice in invasions and wars, there's very rarely a solid reason for war beyond seizing resources like land or oil.

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[–] rcbrk@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago

According to worldbank.org:

In 2022 the crude death rate across Gaza and West Bank was 3.0/1000pop/year.
In 2023 it was 7.0/1000pop/year.

I expect Gaza specific stats are worse. Maybe someone else has further info they can cite, perhaps also relating to 2024-2025, but like others have said, such data is difficult to collect when Israel repeatedly bombs hospitals and their personnel.

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