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Source: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/three-big-lies-about-the-israel-hamas-war-17288572
Big Lies about the Israel-Hamas War
(Wall Street Journal) Bernard-Henri Levy - Foolish notions about Israel are being repeated morning and night, relayed by high international authorities. One is that Israel is reoccupying Gaza. True, two ministers in Israel's government have said, without shame, that they dream of doing so. But this isn't the strategy of the Israel Defense Forces or the position of the government. Prime Minister Netanyahu told Fox News on Aug. 7 that he wants the IDF to drive out Hamas and take control of Gaza - but "without administering it" and handing it over to a "civil government" as soon as possible. "We do not want to keep Gaza, we do not want to govern Gaza." How could he be clearer? Israel is using famine as a weapon of war in Gaza. Look at the hundreds of trucks that have passed inspection, waiting inside Gaza. Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. To say "genocide" means a plan - a deliberate, targeted initiative to destroy a people. That isn't what the Israeli army is doing. Who would do better in an asymmetric conflict when the enemy's goal isn't to minimize casualties on its own side but to maximize them, so that every martyr is a trophy? A genocidal army doesn't take two years to win a war in a territory the size of Las Vegas. A genocidal army doesn't send SMS warnings before firing or facilitate the passage of those trying to escape. A genocidal army wouldn't evacuate, every month, hundreds of Palestinian children suffering from rare diseases or cancer, sending them to hospitals in Abu Dhabi. The writer is a philosopher and author of more than 40 books.