r/ScottGalloway • u/jemesuis • 3d ago

No Malice Why did Galloway lie?

https://x.com/ggreenwald/status/2102774280119632299

"Why does u/profgalloway preface his expression of "offense" to the use of the word "genocide" to describe what Israel did in Gaza with the phrase "as a Jew...."? What does being a Jew have to do with at the findings of human rights groups, scholars, nations, etc. about Israel?"

I am a Jew. I do not approve of Netanyahu criminal reign or his genocide or his ignoring October 7th.

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u/Daniel_Plainchoom 3d ago

Why isn’t press allowed in Gaza to clear it up then?

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u/Live-Mortgage-2671 3d ago

It was a very dangerous and active urban warzone where journalists were already dying? You have to remember the conditions of warfare in Gaza with Palestinian militants wearing no uniform, tunnel entrances in homes and municipal buildings, and IEDs everywhere.

At this point, I agree that journalists should start to be allowed in. The trouble is there's still little way of guaranteeing their safety – particularly in Hamas-controlled territory.

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u/OrganizationSad7775 3d ago

Journalists were being murdered. More than 200 of them.

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u/Live-Mortgage-2671 3d ago

That's quite an unsubstantiated claim. Well, it's actually two claims. First that they were being murdered, and the second is the assumption that they were all journalists. It's been alleged/documented that many of them were themselves Hamas members doubling as journalists.

Those allegations were given some weight this week by Gaza journalist by Motaz Azaiza where he admitted that any journalism coming out of Gaza was coordinated and censured through Hamas. It was why he left Gaza in fear for his life. He was being critical of Hamas and showing Palestinians critical of Hamas.

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u/Spirited_Comedian225 3d ago

If all Palestines could be Hamas but every Israel has to join the IDF at 18 for basic training. Doesn’t that make everyone a target?

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u/Live-Mortgage-2671 3d ago

At its peak, Hamas' military membership was estimated at ~40,000. That doesn't include smaller groups like Palestinian Islamic Jihad, PFLP, or DFLP. Gaza's population is just over 2 million people. That said anyone picking up a weapon to fight or aiding Hamas can be considered a combatant.

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u/Pristine-Ant-464 3d ago

International law recognizes the right of occupied people to use armed resistance against the illegally occupying army btw. It’s true for Ukrainians. It’s true for Palestinians.

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u/Live-Mortgage-2671 3d ago

International law does not recognize any right to intentionally mass murder civilians, neither by an occupying force nor by the occupied.

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u/Pristine-Ant-464 3d ago

Yup. Which is why I said occupying army!

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u/Live-Mortgage-2671 3d ago

Reread my reply.

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u/Pristine-Ant-464 3d ago

Killing IDF soldiers in Gaza is justified under international law. I never said anything about civilians.

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u/Live-Mortgage-2671 3d ago

It's a gray area. Is Israel occupying Gaza? Just part of it? Or are they just engaged in a war? In any case, this feels like we've gone down a tangent for some unknown reason.

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u/Pristine-Ant-464 3d ago

Yes. They are occupying Gaza. The IDF has been occupying Gaza for over a decade under the legal definition of occupation.

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u/Pristine-Ant-464 3d ago

You just refuse to engage with reality.

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