Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Does Israel have genocidal intent in Gaza, is Israel violating the laws of war?

Moral idiocy in the Israel-Gaza context.

Link to entire conversation: youtube.com/watch?v=5MCJajUbzXo

Norman Finkelstein, historian and radical leftist icon, and Aaron Maté, of The Grayzone and Useful Idiots, in a provocative discussion about Israel's war on Gaza, the meaning of Hamas' atrocities, the question of genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, and U.S. complicity.

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Table of Contents:

00:00 - Question: how to argue the case that Israel is violating international law in Gaza
01:28 - The laws of war and Israel's violations in Gaza
06:25 - Concept of proportionality
10:00 - On moral idiocy
11:50 - Death toll and genocide