Intent to commit genocide is notoriously difficult to prove in most genocide cases, but proving it is one of the most important aspects of any genocide case. The case against the Israeli military and political class is actually not a difficult one. Since October of 2023, officials in Israel have been using genocidal language quite openly. The media is echoing this sentiment in Israel as well.
Channel 14 (Israel's primary news media station) host Shimon Riklin stated the following in December of 2023:
"I don't sleep well unless I see houses collapsing in Gaza. What am I going to do? More, more, more houses, more towers, they shouldn't have anywhere to return to."
A producer at Channel 14, Elad Brashi, went much further. Brashi referenced the holocaust and suggested the use of trains and gas chambers in the context of Gazan people.
Israeli Army Radio hosted journalists Moshe Shlonsky and Irit Linur who said the following:
"...There are no innocents...I don't have a specific desire to kill all two million Gazans but...we might not have a choice."
In a Channel 14 interview in May 2025, Major Yoel Shilo of the IDF stated the following:
"No aid. No water. Electricity. Fuel. Water. Nothing."
He stated on Israeli television that this was not simply his opinion, but that he was speaking on behalf of 70 IDF company commanders.
The right to abuse prisoners and kill civilians is a common topic of debate in the Israeli media. One IDF soldier accused of committing sexual assault against Gazan prisoners even became a mild celebrity in Israel. It was widely argued that IDF soldiers have the right to commit such assaults. Genocidal intent is abundant in Israel from the media, military and political class. Where previous genocidaires would usually try to conceal their intentions, this is simply not how Israeli society is functioning.
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