Adding to the mountain of evidence that Israel is engaged in a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera on Thursday aired footage of what the news outlet reported was an Israeli drone targeting four Palestinians in Khan Younis last month.

Those killed by the unmanned aerial vehicle in the rubble of the southern Gaza city appear to be unarmed teenagers or young men. According to a translation of the coverage, they were not identified in the reporting.

Tariq Kenney-Shawa, Al-Shabaka’s U.S. policy fellow, said: “This is among the worst footage I’ve seen. Not only were these boys clearly unarmed and present no threat whatsoever, but they were struck multiple times even after stumbling/crawling away. There is no way they could have been considered combatants. This is unreal.”

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    Idk if you have participated in the us political system much but like there’s a lot of Jews

    Going against them and potentially being branded anti-Semitic is political suicide

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      I think we can move past this while fighting actual antisemitism, which may be on the rise for all I know.

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        He’s got a point. AIPAC i one of the strongest lobby organization in the US. They make and break politicians all the time.

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          And they’ve been very successful in convincing everyone that Israel = Jews; so that any criticism of Israel is defacto antisemitic (nevermind that Palestinians are a Semitic people).

          We should be clear that Netanyahu and the far-right fundamentalist Likud party in Israel is the problem.

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          If you think AIPAC represents all Jews, you are absolutely an antisemite. No surprise you think Kanye “I like Hitler” West has “got a point”.

          Criticising the Israel lobby is fine, but maybe don’t blame Jews for everything Israel does…