Gaza Genocide Now Seen As Israel Committing Self Harm
"Gaza is a public relations disaster for Israel" - JBB
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You ask: Has Israel's war in Gaza hurt Israel worldwide?
YES, The war in Gaza has significantly damaged Israel's international standing, diplomatic relations, and public perception worldwide. [ 1 , 2 ]
Diplomatic and Legal Pressure
- International Court of Justice (ICJ) & ICC Actions: South Africa brought a genocide case against Israel at the ICJ, and the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for senior Israeli leadership, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. [ 1 , 2
- Global Recognition of Palestine: The number of states formally recognizing Palestine has expanded to 160 nations, including key Western allies like Britain, France, and Canada. [ Sanctions and Trade Restrictions: Various nations and international bodies have considered or moved toward import bans on goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied territories, as well as targeted arms export limitations. [ 1 , 2 ]
- Strained Regional Normalization: The conflict has severely stalled or complicated Israel's normalization efforts and diplomatic integration with Arab neighbors in the Middle East. [ 1 ]
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Shifts in Public Opinion
- Eroding Sympathy in the West: Public sympathy and polling for Israel have dropped notably in Western nations like the United States—where public sympathy for Israelis declined from 54% to 36%—while public sympathy and mobilization for Palestinians have increased. [ 1 ]
- Worldwide Protests and Youth Mobilization: Mass demonstrations across global cities, particularly driven by younger generations and student movements, have targeted government-backed military and financial support for Israel. [ 1 ]
- International Organizations & Human Rights Reports: Bodies such as the United Nations Independent Commission of Inquiry, Amnesty International, and the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) have formally accused Israeli authorities of committing crimes against humanity.
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From The Global Centre for the Responsibility Protect Jul 15, 2026 — "Israeli forces perpetrated atrocity crimes in Gaza and the Occupied West Bank, including war crimes and crimes against humanity"...
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Says the people that can't seem to define genocide correctly.
How close to genocide is too close to genocide?
"Not as bad as Nazis" is a piss poor justification!
Defending your country while doing what you can (more than has been done in any previous war) to minimize civilian casualties is hardly a genocide.
Why does Hamas so often get a free pass for hiding behind civilians and saying Israel does not have a right to exist and attacking them? Could it be antisemitism?
The world community calls it a genocide.
The world community has no skin in the game and genocide is an overused word. Why does there seem to be so little concern from the "world community" for places (Sudan) that genocide is actually taking place?
You do not care Israel has become a pariah?
I actually support Israel, but not in this mess.
A friend I must warn them against self harm.
Answering a question with a question? Actually it seems you have pretty much ignored am my questions.
The world community has hated Israel for a long time now. And don't get me started on the UN.
Why?
Until now I would have said it was unjustified.
Antisemitism and Islamaphobia are both up...
My social media is clogged with hate for both.
That's because they know what the definition of genocide is and it fits the definition regardless of how others may feel about that.
I think it's clear to any objective observer that the continued retaliatory attacks on civilians in Gaza after Hamas's attack October 7th were not an effort to capture or kill those responsible for the attack but have been intended to get revenge and to destroy, in part, ethnic Palestinians for simply being Palestinian. So, they are being targeted not because there was any evidence those civilians were behind or even supported the attacks on October 7th and tens of thousands of them have been killed. That is genocide regardless of what anyone thinks the world community feels about Israel.
Religious zealots on both sides are holding civilians, including tens of thousands of women, children and babies, hostage with their sick twisted religious beliefs. All three deluded fantasy clubs, Islam, Judaism and Christianity, could just stop with the "My God is right!" and "My God promised us this!" and "Allah's will be done!" bullshit and if they would all just shut the fuck up and start treating others as they want to be treated as ALL THREE RELIGIONS TEACH, the world would be infinitely more peaceful. But we can't really expect that, no. They have to attack those who are sick of the genocide and call them antisemites or other names because they're so fucking invested in this demented religious war they wouldn't know what the fuck to do with themselves if they weren't at each other's throats.
You're not allowed to want both sides to live. You have to choose a side and convince yourself that the babies on the side you didn't pick deserve to be bombed because apparently whichever side you picked has a God that hates those babies and wants to bury them in rubble.
Really, Perri? Seems to me before this mess started, Israel had everyone backing them up except for the usual suspects like the Soviet Union. Didn't the UN facilitate the land grab for Israel in 1948?