Top UN official calls David Lammy a ‘genocide denier’

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1. Definition: “Genocide is the intentional destruction of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group, and is considered an international crime.” 

   Versus Lammy’s quote: “Those terms were largely used when millions of people lost their lives in crises like Rwanda, the second world war and the Holocaust, and the way that they are used now [in Gaza] undermines the seriousness of that term,”  

   His argument is because we largely use the term when describing larger genocides, this one doesn’t count.   

   So remember, if making weird comments like this cause Labour to lose the election by 150 seats, that’s not a landslide, because the Tories won by 209 once. 

2. “In February 2024, French President Emmanuel Macron described the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel as “the largest antisemitic massacre of our century”. Albanese responded on Twitter that “the victims of the October 7 massacre were killed not because of their Judaism, but in response to Israeli oppression”. The French Foreign Ministry condemned her remarks and the Israeli government declared Albanese persona non grata in Israel and denied her future entry to the country.”

   How on earth do these people who just make things worse get appointed? Basically getting into a bun fight with the President of France for condemning the massacring of civilians.

3. >“It’s the intent, the determination to destroy a group – in all or in part – through several, or even one of these acts: killing, inflicting severe bodily or mental harm, and the creation of life conditions which would bring about the destruction of the group,”

   Taking that definition in it’s broadest sense could make bombing Nazi’s in WWII genocide.

4. The fact is that the UN definition of genocide is very wide ranging and quite different from what most ordinary people consider the word to mean. I’m pretty sure that it could include the OCT 7 attack on Israel. An attack that Albanese has sort to minimise and justify ….

   >Ms. Albanese mocked the statement of French President Macron that the October 7th atrocities by Hamas constituted the greatest antisemitic massacre of our century, claiming that the victims were “not killed because of their Judaism,” but rather “in reaction to Israel’s oppression,” and claiming that when Hamas refer to “Yahudis” (Jews) they do not actually mean Jews,

   >Ms. Albanese for having participated in a Hamas conference on 28 November 2022 and for telling the assembled terrorists, “You have a right to resist,”

   >she repeatedly legitimized Islamic Jihad rocket attacks against Israeli civilians

   >Ms. Albanese has systematically attempted to deny, justify or minimize Hamas atrocities, with her immediate reaction on that day being to justify the horrific attack, stating, “Today’s violence must be put in context” and blaming Israel for “aggression,”

   >in her UN application form, Francesca Albanese falsely declared having no conflicts of interest, failing to disclose that that her husband Massimiliano Calì had worked for the Palestinian government, that her work for the Jordan-based Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development involved her creating and operating a Global Network on the Questions of Palestine that lobbies countries and international institutions to accuse Israel of genocide, and that she already publicly acknowledged “deeply held personal views [that] could compromise my objectivity,”

   https://unwatch.org/un-watch-files-proceedings-to-remove-uns-hamas-apologist-francesca-albanese-full-text-of-draft-resolution/

5. Albanese is a crank and antisemite. She thinks hamas killing Jews because they’re Jews is just “oppressed resisting oppression”. I’d be confident in wearing a t shirt and shorts if she told me it was raining.

6. Someone accurately describes David Lammy; this sub loses it’s mind

7. I think whatever you stand about the actual position of the UK government on the issue is, their messaging is completely awful and incoherent…

8. The UN is complicit.

   There are UNRWA employees that are known to be Hamas terrorists.

   UNFIL resolution failed in Lebanon (they only bother with Israel, not the fact Hezbollah are building and firing rockets from near them).

9. Albanese is absolute peak “Arabs = Good, Jews = Bad”, the fact she has such a position of influence is ludicrous.

10. The reason Starmer and Lammy won’t ever admit that it’s a genocide is because they know then they’d be charged as complicit.

    There’s a reason counter terrorist police have been raising anti-Israel journalists. There’s a reason they won’t take any actions against the Israeli ambassador, who has made horrific comments regarding the Palestinian people.

    Pro Israel antisemites like Luke Akehurst get handed safe seats while pro peace politicians are cast aside or blocked from running.

    You’d have to be completely blind, or willingly ignorant, to not see what’s happening.

11. Anyone who denies what is happening in Gaza is a genocide denier.

12. People have already written it, but I guess I will again.

    With people like this given a platform, next to the many other dictators dictating to the West about human rights:

    The UN isn’t a credible organization.

13. The UN. You don’t have to hate Jews to work there but it helps

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