Yitzchok Ullman

This week's Torah portion: (iykyk)

So I read the International Association of Genocide Scholars resolution. I found it interesting. And not in a good way for the IAGS. First, it misstated the ICJ’s “plausibility” determination saying it was “plausible genocide,” which is not true. The ICJ said that Palestinians plausibly have rights to protection under the Genocide Convention. The President of the ICJ who wrote it clarified this at a later time. (It was also the correct determination). Second, it cites Amnesty, B’tselem, etc. who are expressly expanded upon the legal analysis required. Third, it assumes without justification that no combatants have been harmed in the war. Fourth, and finally, this is a big one: It never acknowledges that Hamas exists as a combatant party in this space to understand its conduct and what informs us under the law. Meaning, it assumes without justification that there are no legitimate military targets in Gaza knowing that Hamas embeds within civilian and humanitarian infrastructure.

Netanyahu now references what’s become a standard talking point, John Spencer’s analysis that Israeli forces have had fewer civilian casualties than any previous war, a view not shared by many U.S. commanders.

NEW: Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman donated $10,000 to the GoFundMe belonging to the teenager who was beaten unconscious in Missouri. The family is asking that people keep Kaylee in their thoughts & prayers as she remains in critical condition. The fund has raised a whopping $220,000 in just two days. Kaylee still has not woken up since the incident and the family says they will not know the full extent of the damage until she wakes up. "She was admitted to one of the local hospitals in Saint Louis with a skull fracture and frontal lobe damage." "We will not know the extent of the brain damage that has occurred until she wakes up but the path to recovery will be extremely hard on the family, not only mentally but financially."