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Radical elites with command

Calls for ethnic cleansing, responsibility


genocide and the
dehumanisation of Palestinians The following statements and actions
are by those who lead Israeli society
– 25th November 2023
and as defined by Additional Protocol
I (Article 86(2)) to the Geneva
Conventions of 1949 can be
What Is Dehumanisation And Why perceived as having ‘command
Does It Matter? responsibility’. This responsibility can
- Dehumanisation is a denial of either be policy, strategic,
humanity. “It does not simply lower the operational or tactical. As such it
position victims hold among fellow includes Israeli Ministers; other senior
human beings but excludes them from politicians; as well as senior soldiers.
the moral category of humanity
altogether.” – De Ruiter.
- “Those perceived as ‘different’ are
treated with no form of human rights or 1. “Gaza won’t return to what it was before.
personal dignity.” It is part of the 10 We will eliminate everything” – Yoav
stages of genocide. – Holocaust Gallant MK, Israeli Defence Minister.
Memorial Trust. (Source: Al Arabiya Twitter, October 13
- Waller in Becoming Evil states: There 2023)
are three mechanisms central to
understanding the social death of the 2. “Our focus is on creating damage not
victim … in cases of mass killing and accuracy” – Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari,
genocide: IDF Spokesperson. (Source: Haaretz,
• us-them thinking October 10, 2023)
• dehumanization of the victims
• blaming the victims 3. "I have ordered a complete siege on the
- A detailed explanation of genocide in Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no
relation to Gaza can be found here - food, no fuel, everything is closed. We are
Iyad El-Baghdadi. fighting human animals and we act
- For genocide to occur, Mann states accordingly." – Yoav Gallant MK, Israeli
that there need to be three elements. Defence Minister
• A Radical Elite (such as (Source: Press Conference, October 9,
politicians and thought leaders) 2023)
• Militants (including soldiers and
paramilitaries) 4. “You must remember what Amalek has
• Core constituencies (which done to you” – Israeli Prime Minister
provide tacit and explicit Benjamin Netanyahu states. This is not an
support) idle reference to the Torah. The Amalekites
- For this reason, potential data points are considered the quintessential enemy.
for all three elements are provided in The final command by God regarding the
this list. Amalekites in the First Book of Samuel is:
“Now go, attack the Amalekites and
Note: It is up to genocide researchers to determine what constitutes
totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do
genocide. The data provided here exists solely for informational not spare them; put to death men and
purposes and is aimed as a starting point for further informed
discussion. It makes no assertions or conclusions.
women, children and infants, cattle and
sheep, camels and donkeys”. This appears
to be an explicit call for genocide. It crops
up several times in this list including again later in a speech. This implies he stands by
by Prime Minister Netanyahu. the original tweet of October 16, 2023.
(Source: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, (Source: October 25, 2023)
October 28, 2023)
8. Bill is proposed in the Israeli Knesset
5. "North of the strip, beautiful as ever. Blow allowing Israelis full access to Gaza and no
up and flatten everything. Simply a delight Palestinian self-rule by Israeli MK Amit
for the eyes… in my spirit’s eyes we give out Halevi.
plots to all those who have fought for
Gaza.” - Amihai Eliyahu MK, Israeli Minister
of Heritage. This is a clear call for
settlement of Gaza with the expulsion of
Palestinians.

(Source: November 1, 2023)

9. Amihai Eliyahu MK, Israeli Minister of


Heritage threatens nuclear holocaust in a
response to a journalist (see also No5).
“Should we drop an atomic bomb on all of
Gaza?” He is asked. His response is: “This is
one of the possibilities”.
Also to note that the journalist’s response is
not care for the ~2 million people in the
strip but care for the ~200 hostages
implying it will be more acceptable to
(Source: November 2, 2023) detonate nuclear weapons after they
have been rescued.
6. Twice the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu refers to a battle between the
‘children of light and the children of
darkness’.

This particular tweet is deleted but in the


following post, the Prime Minister repeats
his call in a speech.
(Source: November 5, 2023)
(Source: October 16, 2023)
10. Ram Ben-Barak Israeli MK (former deputy
7. We are the people of light, they are the
director of Mossad) proposes his ethnic
people of darkness.” – Israeli Prime Minister
cleansing plan on Israeli TV: “Let us
Benjamin Netanyahu reiterates nine days
distribute Gazans all over the world, there
are 2.5 million people. Each country takes responsibility, threatening a prisoner held
25,000. That’s humane and needs to be without administrative detention with rape
done.” is prosecutable.
(Source: November 4, 2023) (Source: November 6, 2023)

11. Ram Ben-Barak Israeli MK refines his ethnic 15. After confirmed reports of death due to
cleansing argument and publishes a piece dehydration; starvation; and lack of
with Danny Danon MK (former medicine in Gaza, Colonel Moshe Tetro of
ambassador to the UN) in the Wall Street IDF claims ‘there is no humanitarian crisis in
Journal suggesting: “One idea is for Gaza.”
countries around the world to accept
limited numbers of Gazan families who
have expressed a desire to relocate.”. This
is a clear call for ethnic cleansing.
(Paywall WSJ Source: November 16, 2023)
(Source: Haaretz: November 16, 2023)

12. Israeli Police Commissioner Yaakov


Shabtai: “There will be no authorisation for
protests…we must fix the problem in a This AJA/UNICEF Source from October 31,
serious manner and without being lenient. 2023 makes it clear that dehydration
Anyone who wants to identify with Gaza is deaths are already occurring.
welcome. I will put him on buses heading This WHO article makes it clear that disease
there now.” – Note that at the time this is rampant in Gaza. (November 8, 2023)
command was made, Gazans lack food, Moshe Tetro News Conference:
water, medicine, electricity, and are under (November 9, 2023)
constant bombing. In addition, there is no
travel between occupied Palestine so this 16. A young Netanyahu lays out his plans to
is an effective death sentence. get “all the Arabs out”. He also points out
(Source: November 4, 2023) that non-white Jewish troops do ‘okay as
long they’re led by white officers’. While
13. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in a written this quote dates from before Benjamin
once again recalls Amalek: 'Remember Netanyahu became Prime Minister, it
what Amalek did to you'. He also again shows a deep-rooted and historical desire
references the ‘war between the sons of for ethnic cleansing alongside racism. The
light and the sons of darkness’. quotation is believed to be from ‘Yoni:
(Source: November 3, 2023) Hero of Entebbe (1979) by Max Hastings.

14.

(Source: November 6, 2023)

Israeli prison guards at Damon threaten a


Palestinian prisoner in jail who is being held
without trial. The prisoner is Lama Khater
with the reporting coming from her
attorney Hasan Alabadi. Note as this
officer has tactical command
17. “When we say that Hamas must be Israeli sovereignty (a common Kahanist
eliminated, we mean leaders, supporters, aim).
and even those who distribute sweets, they
are all terrorists.” – Itmar Ben-Gvir MK,
Minister of National Security, Israel.
(Source: November 12, 2023)

18. “We are now rolling out the Gaza Nakba”


states Avi Dichter MK – Israeli Minister of
Agriculture. The ethnic cleansing of
Palestinians in 1948 has for many decades
been denied by Israel and the term is
criminalised. This is clear recognition of the
Nakba of 1948 as well as a desire for a
continuation in 2023. (Source: 20 March, 2023)
(Source: November 11, 2023)
22. Nissim Vaturi, Israeli MK and Deputy
Speaker of the Knesset states: “We are too
19. Before he became Israeli Army Chief
humane. Burn Gaza now no less!”
Rabbi, Eyal Krim when asked in 2002 “Is it
allowed for an IDF soldier to rape girls?”-
“The Torah permitted the individual to
satisfy the evil urge”. He later clarified this
as not relevant in modern era.
(Source: July 12, 2016)
(Source: November 13, 2023)

20. A Dutch Defence Attache memo from (Source: November 17, 2023)
Israel is leaked. In this memo, it shows that
embassy staff recognise that Israel is 23. Danny Danon, Israeli MK and former
utilising the ‘Dahiya doctrine’ – “the intent Ambassador to UN, (see also No.11) on
to deliberately cause massive destruction BBC News suggests that: “The international
to infrastructure and civilian centres, taking community should offer [Gazans] the
large numbers of civilian casualties for option to move out” – inferring ethnic
granted”. The embassy also takes seriously cleansing.
the threat of ethnic cleansing stating: “that (Source: November 20, 2023)
in Israel several people - including
members of parliament, advisers and the 24. Israeli MK and Deputy Speaker Nissim
military - do not dismiss this option as Vaturi who previously called for ‘burning
extreme, but as real”. – While this article Gaza’ (see No. 22) now calls for ethnic
itself doesn’t specifically reference those cleansing stating ‘we must allow them to
with command responsibility, it is clear that leave to other countries far from here’
Dutch Embassy officials have spoken with (Source: November 16, 2023)
those with such authority before releasing
this memo. 25. Bezalel Smotrich MK, Israeli Finance
(Source: November 13, 2023) Minister, (see No. 21) approves of Gen.
Eiland’s message: “I agree with every word
21. Photo re-emerges of Bezalel Smotrich, of Giora Eiland in this column”. Gen. Eisland
Israeli MK and Minster of Finance standing who appears at No.2008 calls for ‘severe
in front of a podium from earlier in 2023
showing all of Jordan, as well as parts of
Lebanon, Syria and Saudi Arabia under
epidemics [in the Gaza strip] to hasten
victory’.
(Source: November 19, 2023)

26. Itmar Ben-Gvir wants a lice outbreak in


Gaza through the denial of water and
does a prayer to that effect: “Oh lord of
the world, let there be lice to itch them”.

(Source: November 22, 2023)

27. Shlomo Karhi, Israeli MK and Minister of


Communications, utilises Torah verses to
demand that the IDF cut off 100 Palestinian
foreskins. A clear call for genital mutilation.

(Source: November 17, 2023)

28. “When our soldiers are manoeuvring, we


are doing this with massive artillery, with 50
aeroplanes overhead destroying anything
that moves.” – Israeli military commander.
(Source: October 29, 2023)

29. “There is no population in Gaza, there are


2.5 million terrorists - there is no meaning to
give them warning missiles” – Eliyahu
Yossian of Israeli Intelligence Unit 8200
(Source: October 29, 2023)
Radical elites without command Gaza. ... without mercy! without mercy!" –
responsibility Tally Gotliv, Israeli MK
(Source: October 10 2023)

The following statements and actions 2004. “Gaza will turn into a tent city” – Israeli
have been carried out by influential Defence Official on Israeli Channel 13
elites who are pro-Zionist. They include News
non-ministerial politicians (both within (Source: October 10, 2023)
the Knesset and including places such
as the US). They also include people 2005. “Total erasure of Gaza, total and not a
who can have their opinions published human life spared” – Eyan Golan, popular
in leading newspapers (both as Israeli singer
journalists or thought leaders) and can (Source: Israeli Channel 14 News, October
be invited to voice their opinions in 15 2023)
media. As such they have power and
influence and can often operate in a 2006. “We keep saying to flatten Gaza,
grey area between formal and flatten Gaza and I think that’s not enough.
informal modes of power. There are They should be captured and tortured
also several inclusions of singers on this one-be-one by pulling out their nails and
list as they meet the afore mentioned skinning them alive. Save their tongues for
criterion of being in the public eye. last, so we can enjoy his screams, his ears
Opinions published here are generally so he can hear his own screams and his
radicalising and may be perceived as eyes so he can see us smiling” – Tzipi
either dehumanising; pro-ethnic Navon, advisor to Israeli Prime Minister’s
cleansing; or of genocidal intent. wife, Sara Netanyahu.
(Source: Middle East Eye, October 14 2023)

2007. The entire population of Gaza will either


2001. Bring down buildings!! Bomb without move to Egypt or move to the Gulf. From
distinction!! Stop with this impotence. You our perspective, every building in Gaza
have ability. There is worldwide legitimacy! known to have Hamas headquarters
Flatten Gaza. Without mercy! This time, underneath, including schools and
there is no room for mercy! – Tally Gotliv, hospitals, is considered a military target.
Israeli MK Every vehicle in Gaza is considered a
(Source: October 7, 2023) military vehicle transporting combatants.
Therefore, there is no vehicular traffic, and
2002. “Jerico Missile! Jericho Missile! Strategic it does not matter whether it is transporting
alert. Before considering the introduction water or other critical supplies. – Former
of forces. Doomsday weapon!” – Jericho head of Israeli National Security Council
missiles are believed to be Israeli nuclear Gen. Giora Eiland (ret)
ballistic missiles and as such this is an (Source, October 10, 2023)
entreaty for nuclear holocaust. – Tally
Gotliv, Israeli MK 2008. Gen. Giora Eiland (ret) and former
(Source: October 9, 2023) head of Israeli National Security Council in
an Israeli newspaper calls for disease
2003. "Only an explosion that shakes the epidemics in Gaza: “The international
Middle East will restore this country's community warns of a humanitarian
dignity, strength and security! It's time to catastrophe in Gaza and of severe
kiss doomsday. Shooting powerful missiles epidemics. We must not shy away from it,
without limit. Not flattening a as hard as it is. After all, severe epidemics
neighbourhood. Crushing and flattening in the south of the Strip will hasten victory.”
– This is the newspaper column which Israeli
MK Bezalel Smotrich and Minister of 2014. Israel will get a lot bigger, not a lot
Finance (see No. 25) approves of. smaller. We will take back that land". He
(Source: November 19, 2023) previously said Israel would turn Gaza "into
a parking lot" and that Israel shouldn't be
2009. “There is only one solution which is to beholden to rules of engagement – US
destroy Gaza completely” – Likud ruling Politician Rep.Max Miller speaking to the US
party member Moshe Feiglin and former Republican Jewish Coalition (Source:
MK. October 29, 2023)
(Source: News, October 26, 2023)
2015. “I don’t care about the civilians in
2010. Suggesting Nuclear Holocaust as a Gaza” – David Antonelli, Israeli think tank
solution to Gaza, Likud ruling party (Source: October 16, 2023)
member Moshe Feiglin and former MK
raises the question as to how many 2016. “There really is a level of state violence
American soldiers were killed fighting in that can successfully end/suppress
Hiroshima. insurgencies, and that "hearts and minds"
frameworks are for states unwilling/unable
to go there.” – Tobias Schneider, GPPI
Thinktank (unclear if factual statement or
opinion) (Source: October 27, 2023)

2017. Jake Wallis Simons, British Editor of the


Jewish Chronicle tweets –

(Source: November 1, 2023) (Source: October 8, 2023)

2011. “The children of Gaza brought this 2018. After he is called out on this tweet, it is
upon themselves and have themselves to deleted. However it soon emerges he had
blame”. Merav Ben Ari, Israeli MK written something similar in his book:
(Source: October 16, 2023)

2012. Israeli think tank plan (Institute for


National Security and Zionist Strategy) is
released suggesting to cause a (Source: November 1, 2023)
humanitarian catastrophe that
precipitates 2 million refugees and 2019. “We in Israel are not interested in
ethnically cleanses Gaza. It appears to be Palestinian talks. For us there is one
referenced in No. 20. purpose: to destroy Gaza.” – Dror Eydar,
(Source: October 24, 2023) Former Israeli Ambassador to Italy, (Source:
October 30, 2023)
2013. Letter appears to be leaked from Israeli
Ministry of Intelligence endorsing the plan 2020. There is an Israeli TikTok challenge to spit
to ethnically cleanse Gazans into the Sinai. on and dehumanise Palestinians against
(Source: October 29, 2023) the backdrop ‘Manny Mamtara’ song.
Many such incidents listed with a large
evidence packet. In one incident the promising that every Japanese city would
handcuffing of Palestinians is ‘re-enacted’ be destroyed until surrender. The Japanese
using his children by Israeli politician and were no less crazy than the Arabs.” – David
Journalist Yinon Magal. As such it is placed Verthaim, Israeli Journalist on Twitter
in this section of the list. Several other (Source: October 7, 2023)
examples can be found in the evidence
packet. 2026. Yinon Magal, Israeli Journalist and
(Source: October 31, 2023) Politician makes some incendiary tweets.
“It’s time for Nakba 2” he tweets. This
2021. “Destroy everyone connected to referencing the mass ethnic cleansing of
Hamas…that’s the regime, the Palestinians in 1948.
commanders, military, supporters, (Source: October 7, 2023)
extended families…it’s hundreds of
thousands…You have to do it first and then 2027. Yinon Magal, Israeli Journalist and
see what happens." – Zvi Yehezkeli on Politician, in this tweet appears to approve
Israeli TV - Journalist and head of the ‘Arab the complete demolition of all buildings in
Affairs’ desk on Channel 13. Gaza.
(Source: October 31, 2023)

2022. 50 Rabbis sign a religious advisory


opinion that there is no moral injunction
against bombing hospitals.
(Source: October 31, 2023)

2023. Israeli officials tell US that mass civilian


casualties were an acceptable price and
drew parallels with the dropping of nuclear
weaponry. It is unclear if they referenced
this twice to the USA or once.
(Source: New York Times, October 30, 2023)
(Source: New York Times, November 7,
2023)
(Source: October 9, 2023)
2024. “I would encourage the other side to
not so lightly to throw around the idea of 2028. Shimon Riklin, Israeli Journalist and TV
innocent Palestinian civilians as is Presenter on Channel 14 makes two pro-
frequently said. I don’t think we would genocidal tweets.
lightly throw around the idea of innocent “Say why do we actually have an atomic
Nazi civilians.” – US Representative Brian bomb?”
Mast in Congress. (Source: October 7, 2023)
(Source: November 1, 2023)
2029. Shimon Riklin, Israeli Journalist and TV
2025. “If all the captives are not returned Presenter on Channel 14 later adds on the
immediately, turn the strip into a same day: “Gaza should be wiped off the
slaughterhouse. If a hair falls from their face of the earth”.
head - execute security prisoners. Violate (Source: October 7, 2023)
any norm, on the way to victory. For them
to see and be seen…. World War II ended 2030. Ariel Kallner, Likud Israeli MK tweets:
with the USA inflicting a holocaust on “Nakba to the enemy now! This day is our
Hiroshima, and even before giving the Pearl Harbor. We will still learn the lessons.
Japanese a chance to digest, dropped Right now, one goal: Nakba! A Nakba that
another bomb on Nagasaki, while will overshadow the Nakba of 48. A Nakba
in Gaza and a Nakba for anyone who
dares to join!
(Source: October 8, 2023)

2031. Ofer Hadad, Israeli Channel 12 TV


Anchor and Radio Jerusalem Journalist
tweets: “The world finally understands who
the animals we are dealing with are. There
are golden hours that are running out. This
allows the IDF to exact a much heavier
price from Gaza. Not only from Hamas.
Everyone who is celebrating now in Gaza -
should cry.”
(Source: October 9, 2023) (Source: November 1, 2023)

2032. Roy Sharon, Israeli Journalist and Book 2036. Ayelet Shaked in 2014 as Israeli Justice
Author tweets: “I spoke about a million Minster stated: “What’s so horrifying about
bodies not as a goal, I said that if, in order understanding that the entire Palestinian
to finally eliminate the military capabilities people is the enemy?”.
of Hamas, including Sinwar and Deif, we Demonstrating that her opinions have not
need a million bodies, then let there be a changed and that Israeli society still
million bodies” considers her viewpoint worthwhile to be
(Source: October 11, 2023) showcased on TV she now directly calls for
ethnic cleansing:
2033. Boaz Bismuth is reported by Reuters and "After we turn Khan Younis into a soccer
Israeli News to state: “We must not show field…we need to take advantage of the
mercy to cruel people, there is no place for destruction to tell the countries that each
any humanitarian gestures – we must erase of them should take a quota, it can be 20K
the memory of Amalek". or 50K. We need all 2 million to leave. That's
(Source: 16 October, 2023) the solution for Gaza".
(Source: 7 July 2014)
2034. Galit Atbaryan, Israeli MK tweets: (Source: November 22, 2023)
“Invest this energy in one thing; Erasing all
of Gaza from the face of the earth. That 2037. “These are not human beings. These
the Gazan monsters will fly to the southern are animals… what they have done
fence and try to enter Egyptian territory. or changed the whole perception. They are
they will die. And their death is evil. Gaza not any counterpart to deal with. They are
should be erased. And fire and smoke on the enemy in the west. Again, it’s not
the heads of the Nazis in Judea and between Israel and Hamas. It’s between
Samaria. Haron is also a Jew who will shake the evil and I would say the values in the
the earth of the world. A vengeful and world. They are not entitled to anything”. –
cruel IDF is needed here. Anything less is Israeli Lt General (ret) Orit Adato, former
immoral. Just unethical.” head of Israel’s Prison Service.
(Source: November 1, 2023) (Source: November 1, 2023)

2035. Official Israeli Twitter account shows a 2038. ~100 Israeli Doctors sign a letter
maximalist geography encompassing recommending hospital bombing stating
occupied territories: Gaza Strip; Golan there is an ‘obligation to destroy the wasps
Heights; and West Bank nests within hospitals’
(Source: November 5, 2023)
2039. A ‘where’s waldo’ style poster is 2043. Israeli Journalist Hilal Rosen on Channel
published showing murderous-appearing 14 TV: “Eradicate the oppressive
Palestinian children surrounding an Israeli population and to create a new Jewish
child by Elad Strohmayer, Diplomat and settlement there.”
US-Israeli liaison.

(Source: November 6, 2023)

2044. We’re finishing off Gaza! We’ll return


Gush Katif [former Israeli settlements in the
Gaza Strip]! We’re a light unto the nations!”
– Pop singer Narqis singing to cheering
Israeli troops. Note this implies that this is an
officially sanctioned IDF event to amp-up
troops going into a warzone.

A full list of images showing Gazans as


entirely consisting of terrorists can be found
in the evidence packet.
(Source: 5 November 2023)

2040. Israeli military officer in speech to troops


states: “The happiest month of my life as
long as I live over 40 years… the land is ours.
The whole country! All of it! Including Gaza!
Including Lebanon! The whole promised
land!
(Source: November 4, 2023)
(Source: November 5, 2023)
2041. Yair Lapid, Israeli MK and Leader of the
Opposition on TV explains how he sees 2045. Washington Post publishes a highly
Palestinian land as belonging to Israel: controversial cartoon which seems to
“These are not settlements in the West
imply it is acceptable to kill children.
Bank, this is not occupation. We live in our
biblical land”.
(Source: November 5, 2023)

2042. US Fox News Anchor Lawrence Jones


defends the targeting of children - “There
were also children that didn’t have a
problem putting on a suicide vest and
murdering our guys [in Iraq]. We need to
be serious about the ideology that we’re
facing. If we don’t act, more Jews will die
here in America. This is not an ideology that
you can negotiate with.”
(Source: November 8, 2023)
(Source: November 6, 2023)
2046. Israeli Pop Singer Lior Narkis (different week, we made kebab from you… Hide,
singer to No. 2044), former winner of the animals!”
‘song of the year’ in Israel states: “We’ll go (Source: November 12, 2023)
there all of us on foot into Gaza and we’ll
slaughter them alive”. 2051. Official Israeli twitter account posts a
(Source: November 9, 2023) widely discredited video of a Doctor in Al-
Shifa hospital blaming Hamas and
2047. Despite authorising the plans of Al-Shifa downplaying the conditions in the hospital.
hospital and despite Palestinian authorities After users call out that this doctor doesn’t
stating that Israel was permitted to carry exist and is speaking with an Israeli accent,
out an independent inspection, the official the tweet is deleted. Video is preserved in
Israel Arabic twitter account produces a evidence packet.
‘cockroach’ cartoon. (Reminder that (Source: November 14, 2023)
cockroach dehumanisation was a
common trope in the Rwandan 2052. “There are no innocent civilians in
genocide.) Gaza” – French Israeli Lawyer on French TV.
(Source: November 9, 2023) (Source: November 11, 2023)

2053. Rabbi Meir Mazuz to Israeli Channel 7:


“If they [people of Gaza] were humans, we
would have sent them humanitarian
aid...but this is about animals”. (Source:
November 10, 2023) (Source: November
11, 2023)

2054. “Gaza must be erased and destroyed


with every seed of Amalek, with or without
an atom, all of Gaza must be destroyed
and everyone there must be annihilated,
because everyone there is terrorist, zero,
scum.” – Israeli singer Kobi Peretz. (Amalek
is commonly used as a euphemism for
genocide in Israeli society).
2048. When a tearful US Florida state (Source: November 12, 2023)
representative asks how many dead
Palestinians will be enough, Representative 2055. “The non-combatant population in the
Michelle Salzman replies, “All of them”. Gaza strip is really a non-existent term
(Source: November 9, 2023) because all of the Gazans voted for the
Hamas. And as we have seen on the 7th of
2049. US Senator Marsha Blackburn without October, most of the population in the
any evidence accuses the only Palestinian Gaza strip are Hamas. Nevertheless we are
congresswomen in USA of calling for treating them as non-combatants.” –
genocide. Former Israeli Intelligence Chief on CNN
(Source: November 18, 2023)

2056. “We are coming to Gaza, we are


coming to Lebanon. We will come to Iran.
Can you imagine how many we are going
to kill?... You did not see these numbers in
(Source: November 12, 2023)
all Arab history… numbers that you did not
2050. Israeli singer to troops: “Your prophet
will not help you now, explosions every
imagine. We are prepared to fight with the to strike their heads”. Song title – Charbu
United States and the entire world.” Darbu by Ness Ve Stilla.
-Israeli Channel 14 News Presenter.
(Source: November 18, 2023)

2057. Kobi Peretz (see No. 2054) leads a


group of dancing IDF soldiers to the song
“May their village burn”. This is troubling for
(Newspaper source: November 21, 2023)
(YouTube link: November 14, 2023

2061. Prime Minister Netanyahu's senior


adviser Mark Regev in response to
interviewer’s question: “Do you accept
Israeli forces have killed children?”
“No I do not, first of all you don’t know how
those people died” (it is estimated ~5,000
children have been killed at the time of this
interview in Gaza and without belabouring
a number of reasons. Firstly it demonstrates the point, the death rate of children prior
he received no censure for his comments to IDF’s bombing campaign was
from a week previous. Secondly, this is an negligible).
IDF-sanctioned event with upwards of a (Source: November 17, 2023)
hundred troops dancing to this song
demonstrating they do not find the lyrics 2062. Hanan Amiur, Editor of Israeli website
troublesome. ‘Presspectiva’ appears to approvingly
(Source: November 18, 2023) state that “the Strip will be slowly and
methodically annihilated”.
2058. Ariel Zilber leads Israeli soldiers in the (Source: November 14, 2023)
song ‘Kahane was right’. The lyrics include
the lines: “In this land there is room only for 2063. Yair Lapid, Israeli MK and Leader of the
the people of Israel”. (Kahanism is Opposition (see also No. 2041) states:
considered a fascist ideology within Israel). “The majority of the people killed were
(Source: November 17, 2023) terrorists”. Norwegian newspaper
analysis in fact shows the average age of
2059. Lior Narkis (see no. 2046) sings to victims in Gaza is 5 years old.
dancing Israeli troops: “Gaza you Black (Source: November 20, 2023)
woman, you trash”. This again
demonstrates that after he made 2064. Ariel Elharer, Communication advisor to
comments stating he wished to ‘slaughter senior Israeli MK Itmar Ben-Gvir: “I had so
them alive’, IDF found it acceptable much fun today with Ben-Gvir… to see
enough to invite him to sing to IDF troops. these men now sitting like mice
(Source: November 20, 2023) handcuffed in a small dark cell…with
Israeli flags… [with music playing] …at
2060. Israel’s number one song in the charts the highest level.”
as of 21st November directly calls for (Source: November 15, 2023)
Amalek (euphemism for genocide). Lyrics
include: “Rats…we swear there won’t be 2065. Daniella Weiss who was an Israeli Mayor
forgiveness, sons of Amalek, all the girls and settler leader in an undated
staring at the soldiers…we write names on interview explains: “I want the Jewish
the mortars…terrorist Bella Hadid, Dua people to have the promised land from
Lipa, Mia Khalifa, every dog has their day, the Euphrates to the Nile”.
all the army units are coming with swords (Source: November 18, 2023)
2066. Israeli MK Limor Son Har-Melech sated
she wants: “Full control, which will include
a vigorous and vibrant settlement
throughout the strip”. This implies
complete ethnic cleansing of Gaza.
(Source: November 23, 2023)

2067. Mark Levin, US talk show host (with 3m+


followers on Twitter) labels a pro-
Palestinian sports star a ‘cockroach’.
Reminder this is what Hutu extremists
labelled Tutsis during the Rwandan
genocide.

(Source: November 20, 2023)


Militants

Militants in Mann’s phraseology are


those who carry out dehumanising,
genocidal or ethnic cleansing actions.

As such this following list consists of a


large number of both statements and
actions. The focus is not on regular acts
of war, but of statements and actions
that represent intent beyond regular
warfare. These statements and actions
would not be tolerated in modern (Source: Twitter October 29, 2023)
militaries adhering to the rule of law and
as such represent extremities in 4004. Palestinian dragged naked and behind
dehumanisation, genocidal intent and an Israeli vehicle. It is unclear when they
ethnic cleansing. are killed. (Source October 29, 2023)

There are some extreme cases in this list.


4005. Naked and dead Palestinians being
Some cannot be verified due to Gaza
urinated on by Israelis. Note these
being an active war zone. Yet others
Palestinians have been hooded and tied
have video evidence.
implying they were previously executed.
Members on this list especially include Furthermore it is unknown what crime, if
IDF soldiers and police. any, they committed. (Source October
15, 2023)

4006. Israeli military spraying non-violent


4001. “We will turn Gaza to dust!” – Israeli
protestors with infected water (a form of
Policeman
medieval biological warfare). (Source:
(Source: Al Araby News, October 15, 2023)
October 28, 2023)

4002. “Erase the memory of them. Erase


4007. Picture of a bulldozer taking away a
them, their families, mothers and
dead Palestinian with the following
children. These animals can no longer
caption: ‘Finally the IDF is taking out the
live. Every Jew with a weapon should go
garbage’.
out and kill them. If you have an Arab
neighbour don’t wait. Go to his home
and shoot him”. – Ezra Yachin, Israeli
Army Reservist, 95 years old. Took part in (Source: Twitter, October 31, 2023)
the 1948 Dier Yassin massacre. His return
is celebrated by Aviva Klompas, Former 4008. Video showing dead Palestinians being
Israeli Mission to the UN. mutilated is widely shared. In one
(Sources: Aviva Klompas October 10 instance, a dead Palestinian has a sharp
2023. Ragip Soylu, October 13 2023.) implement placed through his eyes. In
another, a dead Palestinian is continually
4003. “May your village burn” – Written on an rolled over by a car. Blurred video of this
IDF White Phosphorous/Chemical can be found in evidence packet.
Weapon bomb.
4011. Israelis have taken to marking bombs
and considering it a statement of pride.

(Source: November 3, 2023)

4009. Israeli soldier dances around a


handcuffed Palestinian. Note that we
have no idea who this Palestinian is and (Source: November 3, 2023)
it could easily be an ordinary day
labourer arrested for this purpose. 4012. Israeli MMA fighter Haim Gozali writes a
list of Muslim MMA fighters on a bomb
with the caption: “This is from me to the
rats”.

(Source: November 4, 2023)

4010. A group of IDF soldiers are presented in


an Instagram post with over 500 likes (Source: November 1, 2023)
captioned that they are looking forward
to ‘go into Gaza and flatten it’. 4013. “May it explode on innocent people”
written on an Israeli bomb.

(Source: November 10, 2023)


(Source: October 31, 2023)
4014. It is claimed Israeli Air Force fires missiles (Source: November 11, 2023)
which shoot out serrated discs which
amputate and decapitate civilians 4018. Reports that many people sheltering at
sheltering in a hospital courtyard. Several Al-Shifa Hospital were stripped naked,
are killed, graphic pictures emerge. blindfolded and led away from the
Based on Dr. Abu Sitta’s testimony to Al- hospital when it was captured by Israeli
Jazeera, it is believed the missile used is forces.
identified. This missile has previously been (Source: November 15, 2023)
used in Gaza in both 2009 and 2014.
4019. Israeli soldiers strip numerous
Palestinians naked before assaulting
them.
(Source: November 2, 2023)

4020. Gazan journalist reports: “An


eyewitness that was shot in his legs by
Israel soldiers today at Salah El Din road
told us that they forced 3 women to take
their clothes and stand naked under
weapon threat in-front of everyone.”
(Source: November 15, 2023)

4021. Eyewitness report on the evacuation


walk from North to South Gaza that: “The
Israeli soldiers were stripping some
people naked and humiliating them.
Other civilians were not allowed to
continue their journey to the south, and
(Source A: November 20, 2023)
they kept them at the checkpoint as
(Source B: April, 2009)
human shields”
(Source C: 2014)
(Source: November 14, 2023)
(Source D: AJE, November 18, 2023)

4022. Gazan journalist reports on her


4015. An Israeli-run OSINT account terms
evacuation walk that: “As we
Palestinian hospitals as ‘strategic goals’.
approached the soldiers, I saw a naked
These shelter thousands of wounded;
man standing in front of the sand hill
refugees; and orphans.
alongside three other men with their
“Israelis view these hospitals as strategic
heads down.”
goals”.
(Source: November 12, 2023)
(Source: November 7, 2023)

4023. Cousin of a Palestinian detained by


4016. Despite certifying its entry into Gaza
Israelis records: “The Israeli soldiers
from Egypt, Israel bombs a Red Cross
stripped Yousif naked, put the Israeli flag
convoy carrying urgently needed water.
on him, and took pictures. He is still
This maps out to instructions/advice
without clothes in the pic released.” The
given in No.26 and No.2007 to destroy
thread further details that they were
water supplies.
tortured and used as human shields.
(Source: November 7, 2023)

4017. Israeli TV publishes video of a bulldozer


deliberately crushing a Palestinian. It is
unknown if he was still alive at the time of
crushing.
4029. In this tweet, Israeli soldiers make it clear
that their intent is ethnic cleansing. “We
are here to stay in our ancestral land”

(Source: November 13, 2023)

4024. ~20 Palestinian prisoners are released


from Ofer prison stripped completely
naked. Due to the shocking nature of this
video, it is only found in the evidence
packet.
(Source A: November 15, 2023) (Source B:
November 14, 2023)

4025. Pictures re-emerge of Palestinian (Source: November 8, 2023)


prisoners stripped fully naked, showing
evidence of torture, lying tightly bound 4030. Soldiers in a bombed-out area of Gaza
on the ground with numbers spray record a video stating their intention is to
painted onto them. ‘occupy, deport, settle’.
(Source: October 8, 2023)

4026. Further reports of forced nudity on the


evacuation route from North to South
Gaza: “30 young men and women were
detained in the hole… According to
what was reported, the young people
are being humiliated. They are stripped
naked in front of everyone to watch. Any
action coming from you will result in
immediate execution.”
(Source: November 18, 2023)

4027. Report that an Israeli soldier shoots


dead a crying child a mother is carrying
on the evacuation route. He orders the
child to be placed on the ground and
(Source: November 13, 2023
the mother to keep walking.
(Source: November 20, 2023)
4031. Israeli soldiers (one is possibly same
soldier as in No. 4030) demand the
4028. Director of Nasser Paediatric Hospital
conquest and settlement of Gaza in a
states they were forced to leave their
recorded video.
hospital at IDF gunpoint and leave 3
(Source: November 16, 2023)
children behind and alone. They were not
permitted to take them via ambulance.
This epitomises the concept of
dehumanisation.
(Source: November 14, 2023)
4032. Israeli soldier films himself in a Gazan 4035. Female IDF soldiers play offensive
schoolroom desecrating certificates. He ‘dress-up’ and sing a song mocking
then writes on the blackboard that ‘Gush Gazans for lacking electricity. Note that
Katif’s orange is returning to Gaza’. Gush this is done in uniform and no sanctions
Katif being the name for Israeli have been taken against them implying
settlements in Gaza with orange in their that the IDF considers their actions
flags. acceptable.

(Source: November 22, 2023)

4036. Israeli soldier in Gaza asks for the


(Source: November 18, 2023) release of Amiram Ben Uliel who is in jail
for firebombing a Palestinian family killing
4033. Israeli soldier is recorded throwing a everyone including a 1-year-old.
stun bomb into a West Bank mosque (Source: November 7, 2023)
while the Imam is doing the ‘call to
prayer’.

(Source: November 17, 2023)

4034. Israeli soldier mockingly plays in a


bombed-out UN classroom in Gaza.

(Source: November 17, 2023)


Core Constituencies 6002. Arsen Ostrovsky, “International Human
Rights Lawyer”, posts a cockroach
cartoon.

In Mann’s phraseology, core


constituencies create an atmosphere
that provides both tacit and explicit
support for dehumanisation, genocidal
intent, and ethnic cleansing. This can be
through normalising such language and
opinions. It will also include popularising
and the sharing of hateful thoughts and
in the modern era, memes and figures of
speech.

It is vital that genocidal intent is not


merely understood as a top-down (Source: October 13, 2023)
phenomenon. If that were the case,
there would be no popular support or 6003. Most Jewish Israelis do not think the
impetus for it. Rather the three groups suffering of the Palestinian civilian
interact with one another in complex population should be taken into account
ways and can erupt into extremes in the during fighting.
right circumstances. In this list, examples
which indicate a febrile atmosphere
that could be conducive to ethnic
cleansing, genocidal intent, and
dehumanisation are provided.

Militants in Mann’s phraseology are


6001. Banners on Tel Aviv’s major
those who carry out dehumanising,
thoroughfare: “Genocide Gaza, Victory
genocidal or ethnic cleansing actions.
Looks Like Zero People in Gaza”.
As such this following list consists of a (Source: Israeli Democracy Institute,
large number of both statements and October 23, 2023)
actions. The focus is not on regular acts
of war, but of statements and actions 6004. “Emigrate to Jordan or be
that represent intent beyond regular exterminated” – Letter distributed in West
warfare. These statements and actions Bank.
would not be tolerated in modern
militaries adhering to the rule of law and
as such represent extremities in
dehumanisation, genocidal intent and
ethnic cleansing.

There are some extreme cases in this list.


Some cannot be verified due to Gaza
being an active war zone. Yet others
have video evidence.
(Source on
Members Twitter,
this October 13 2023)
list especially include
IDF soldiers and police.

(Source: Twitter, October 26, 2023)


6005. Israelis shouting “Death to Arabs” as
they torch student housing within Israel
itself.
(Source: October 28, 2023)

6006. A series of dehumanising comments


made by ordinary Israelis in Jerusalem.
(Source: October 30, 2023)

6007. A Hebrew language Israeli Telegram


channel with 105,000+ subscribers shares
horrific imagery of Palestinian death with
dehumanising memes. Some of these
images can be found in the evidence
packet. The intro page states that the
(Source: October 31, 2023)
‘people of Gaza are not innocent!’.

6010. British Israeli group re-imagines Gaza


cleared of Palestinians.

(Source: November 3, 2023)

6011. TikTok trend of mocking Palestinians


lacking food, water and electricity.
A detailed dataset logging the 5,000+
memes and videos detected on the
channel is currently being compiled.
(Source: Twitter, October 31, 2023)

6008. “The only innocent people in Gaza are


the 229 hostages. Once they go back to
Israel. We will bomb all the hospitals and
kill them all. We are the centre of the
world.” – Israeli settler.
(Source: Euronews, October 31, 2023)

6009. Death counter kept on Channel 14


News. Note every Palestinian death is
marked as ‘terrorist’.
(Source: October 25, 2023)
6012. Arsen Ostrovsky “Human Rights Lawyer” rock’ as well as reiterating demands to
posts another (see No.6002) turn Gaza into a ‘parking lot’.
dehumanising cartoon suggesting (Source: November 17, 2023)
hospitals are valid targets to be bombed.
He deletes post after coming under 6017. Another cartoon with 3,000 likes
criticism. suggesting that Hamas uses hospitals as
bases despite Israel receiving and
authorising plans of all hospitals before
allowing them to be built.

(Source: November 4, 2023)


(Source: November 6, 2023)
6013. From earlier in the year, this is useful to
understand that there was a festering 6018. “America is ours. We will protect
dehumanisation of Gazans underway. A America…against you animals, against
London hospital is forced to take down you traitors, against you barbarians,
artwork done by Gazan children by “UK you’ll never live again” - Pro-Israel protest
Lawyers for Israel”. “We are delighted to in Maryland, USA.
report that Chelsea and Westminster (Source: November 10, 2023)
Hospital has removed a display of
artwork designed by children from 6019. Miryam Segal, a TikTok influencer,
Gaza”. Considering all artwork will have receives over 32,000 likes after releasing
been previously reviewed, this was a message stating how happy she will be
completely unwarranted action. when Gaza is replaced with a resort.
(Source: February 14, 2023)

6014. Orthodox Jewish Israelis enthusiastically


dance at a wedding to the tune of “May
your village burn”.
(Source: November 7, 2023)

6015. “Turn Gaza into a parking lot…flatten


the whole thing” says Pastor Locke,
megachurch owner with 150k followers
on Twitter.
(Source: October 8, 2023)

6016. Pastor Greg Locke (see No. 6015) goes (Source: November 8, 2023)
further one month later in a sermon to his
congregation. He asks for a ‘great big
missile’ to blow up the ‘Dome-of-the-
6020. “I will return to Be’Eri when the last Stanford University Campus cyclist.
Palestinian is terminated, I don't care if (Source: November 12, 2023)
they are children, elderly, people on
crutches” - Israeli settler in a TV interview. 6025. Washington Free Beacon columnist
(Source: November 7, 2023) Noah Pollak blames the dehumanisation
of Palestinians on Palestinians
6021. Israeli High School Teacher Dr. Meir themselves.
Baruchin is charged with treason by
prosecutors seeking 10 years prison. His
crime is pleading with colleagues
privately on social media to humanise
Palestinians.
(Source: November 10, 2023)

6022. A poster captioned “conquest, deport,


settle” set in an ethnically cleansed
Gaza.

(Tweet is deleted and is locally stored in


evidence packet)

6026. Israeli wedding singer sings “We will


erase Gaza”.
(Source: November 13, 2023)

6027. Multiple sponsored Facebook Ads


appear for West Bank Palestinians calling
them to relocate to Jordan (see also No.
6004).

(Source: November 9, 2023)

6023. Twitter user with 500,000 followers posts


this tweet mocking the destruction of
Gaza.

(Source: November 13, 2023)


(Source: November 18, 2023)
6024. “Only way for a ceasefire is requiring 50
young Palestinian women to be raped” –
6028. This Facebook ad states: "To Arabs in militants is a small-scale realisation of how
the Judea and Samaria, leave the genocidal intent; ethnic cleansing; and
ancestors' land to Jordan before it's too dehumanisation manifest to the ordinary
late." – Ironically this particular map also person. There was an abject failure of
seems to consider much of Jordan to be local authorities to both prevent and
Israeli territory. then prosecute this crime. It is unknown
how this lady will be live after this loss.

(Source: October 31, 2023)

(Source: November 17, 2023) 6032. A sampling of dehumanising tweets


that have been picked up over time.
6029. Israeli school children sing “We will These are widespread and a large-scale
annihilate Gaza” on National TV. data collection and analysis process is
Recordings are deleted after an currently underway.
international outcry.
(Source: November 19, 2023)

6030. Oron Kahlon, UFC fighter in an


Instagram post says: “I wish death in
severe agony for everyone living in Gaza
from the youngest baby to the old man”.
Dana White, UFC president two years
ago stated he found ‘nothing wrong’
with Oron’s remarks when he called a
Muslim MMA fighter a ‘terrorist’. As of
now, no action has been taken against
Oron for his genocidal remarks.
(Source 1: November 23, 2023) (Source 2:
October 27, 2021)

6031. Settlers firebomb on elder woman’s


house in Masafer Yatta, West Bank. Too
often, smaller incidents like this are lost in
the chaos of large-scale misery. Yet it is
for this reason that this list has been
created and maintained. The
destruction of her house by local settler

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