I Used To Say Israel Was Not Committing A Genocide In Gaza: I was Wrong. This is why. (Shaiel Ben-Ephraim | The Grand Scheme, 2025-05-01)

https://shaielbenephraim.substack.com/p/i-used-to-say-israel-was-not-committing
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“It gives me no pleasure to accuse my country, my friends, and my family of being part of a genocide. I spent months arguing against this. Early in the war, I said that those who accuse Israel of genocide are acting in bad faith and spreading a blood libel. I was right about some of these malevolent actors. But my conclusions were wrong. The seeds of genocide were sown early on. Then Israel escalated its acts against the Palestinian people to a point where I could not stay silent.

“My journey to this understanding had several signposts…”

h/t https://norden.social/@stephie/_hamburg/114437269288914207

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