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Re:He was called a 'terrorist sympathizer.' Now his AI compa... by cbeach on Friday January 09, 2026 @11:45AM (#46555734)
That is a territorial/sovereignty claim (i.e., rejecting Palestinian sovereignty/statehood in that space). It is not an explicit call to kill, expel, or physically destroy Palestinians, nor does it literally say “for Jews only.”

Under the Genocide Convention, genocide requires specific intent (“intent to destroy, in whole or in part”) a protected group, plus one of the listed genocidal acts (killing; causing serious harm; inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about physical destruction; preventing births; forcibly transferring children).

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Re:He was called a 'terrorist sympathizer.' Now his AI compa... by oa335 on Friday January 09, 2026 @05:07PM (#46560070)
> nor does it literally say “for Jews only.”

You are incorrect.

The official policy of the current government of Israel is ”the Jewish people have an exclusive right on all the land” between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.” per the coalition agreement the Likud-led government made in 2022: https://archive.is/EYGLU

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Re:He was called a 'terrorist sympathizer.' Now his AI compa... by cbeach on Saturday January 10, 2026 @05:10AM (#46564389)
What’s the source for that quote? The article you posted is from a news source I’ve never heard of and doesn’t cite its sources
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Re:He was called a 'terrorist sympathizer.' Now his AI compa... by oa335 on Sunday January 11, 2026 @01:44PM (#46578434)
https://www.axios.com/authors/barak_ravid

Here’s the coalition agreement, see article 118:

https://main.knesset.gov.il/mk/government/Documents/CA37-RZ....

Here’s another analysis of the coalition agreement that includes that same quote:

https://www.ofekcenter.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/wha...

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Re:He was called a 'terrorist sympathizer.' Now his AI compa... by cbeach on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @11:27AM (#46603184)
Thank you.
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