Jake Sullivan questioned on US's criteria on genocide

“How can you say genocide is not being committed?”
US national security advisor Jake Sullivan said on Monday that the US does not believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, during a press briefing. A reporter challenged Sullivan, questioning the basis of his statement and asking what criteria he is using to make a judgment.
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[@Caocao8888]

34,000 dead Palestinians, mostly women and children, is not genocide? This will go down as a low point in American history. No, in WORLD history. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸❤️🇺🇸

[@ChrisAlbertH47]

Which is saying a lot given America has had many low points.

[@btsfan7564]

We didn't learn from our atrocities in Iraq, and we will not get away with it again. We are not untouchable.

[@michaelrs8010]

Over 380,000 German civilians and over 500,000 Japanese civilians were killed (not on purpose) by the Allies in World War II. Were the Allies committing genocide during World War II, or were they fighting against fanatical enemies that didn't care one Whit about the lives of their people and refused to surrender, even though they could clearly see that the war was lost.

[@EdwardSHS]

If you look into history, they’re going to go to even more lows if I remember correctly before a superpower loses its influence, well at least !sreal is doing the heavy lift at destroying reputations at the moment. There’s a cycle that’s constantly repeated we humans really don’t learn from our mistakes *smh*

[@nohandler1493]

The country has some really bad histories bruh. It killed it's all native population. there is barely few million remains and you don't even see them in any major position.

[@yagamilight6261]

International law is only applied with non US allies.

[@Cui-bono987]

Yep.

[@charlieb9064]

Na just the ones without HUGE powerful foreign lobby groups... which really leaves just one exception.

[@AByers-ty3yh]

He’s complicit.

[@Base612]

Not complicit. He’s a Participant.

[@noum3877]

@@Base612 Not a Participant. He is a puppet.

[@bassamlabbad4179]

You know it’s a genocide

[@aero.l]

Yea what a clown.. talked about the internationally accepted terms but can't acknowledge that all those conditions have been met.

[@kizgintosbaga]

come on. its not even 10th of what they did in Iraq, not even 60th of what they did in syria, not even 7th of what they did in Libya.

[@Cui-bono987]

Rez Segal an isreali holocaust historian called this a genocide before anyone else was using the term. He says it in his interview with Owen Jones.

[@harrya6911]

2 months matzo ballz Zionatzishill do you suffer from cerebral epilepsy Hasbara 🤡 ​@@kizgintosbaga

[@CaptainBuggyTheClown]

@@kizgintosbaga You're comparing atrocities, with ALL DISRESPECT stfu. Never open your mouth again.

[@alikhan109]

This is guy is disgraceful, his family will see and remember this until he is around. Shameful

[@mr-andrew]

Family is probably the same.

[@mariontull7996]

Don't blame him blame the Biden administration

[@Jay-kk3dv]

Blame Yale

[@MaryNdidi-yr2tb]

It is not just the guy, it is the nation he represents.

[@ATS_i_piss_on_G00gle]

​@@mariontull7996 no,blame all of them.If you see a crime and you cover for the criminal,you are an accomplice and just as quilty.

[@kadarahmed9614]

Very disgraceful person

[@terrapyn99]

He's only following his orders.

[@Witcher58]

@@terrapyn99 I guess that makes him a disgraceful follower, no?

[@terrapyn99]

@@Witcher58 Those who follow with zero regard for the consequences are a disgrace to their own heart.

[@Witcher58]

@@terrapyn99 Agreed.

[@terrapyn99]

@@Witcher58 Cognitive dissonance.

[@misafir716]

Stop genocide

[@politicallyincorrect956]

What genocide.

[@caturpriyambudi1774]

The G-word reminds the US of what they did to the native americans

[@dogzdigital]

The G-word reminds the US that they may find themselves being issued warrants for aiding and abetting genocide.

[@nedsantos1415]

Or what the U.S. did to Iraqis, which has never been covered by media.

[@maazkalim]

Hah! Bingo 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@BKadorer]

And what they did to the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

[@jonnyh9388]

@@dogzdigitalHahaha. And?

[@fedepa3]

Pure evil. If there's a god you will have to answer for this

[@Overfloater777]

"If"?

[@beautifulsoul-kr3cg]

No if. 100 percent sure they will be held accountable on what they are doing by God

[@abdulrazakshaik501]

Energy is neither created nor destroyed.just for example i gave this above line. Even according to science there is super power which is neither created nor destroyed. No doubt there is God which in Arabic we call "Allah"SWT.

[@Walks1410]

One of the signs that show God exists is the existence of Good and Evil

[@b3tth0l3]

@@abdulrazakshaik501 If energy is neither created nor destroyed, what is the origin of God? How does God get away with being an exception to this law? And if you insist that God is an exception to this law, then why can there not be other exceptions to this law as well? Such as the universe and the matter contained within it.. clearly something must have created your God then, since you are insisting that everything must be created by an original creator. Then who made that creator? And that creator? And that creator? And on and on and on

[@user-hs8wt5ou4d]

The world will never again look upon the USA as a legitimate, moral and credible lesder of the world. From Australia.

[@janmortimer1758]

👍never has been though!and we just follow them into these disgusting w#rs.🤢

[@janmortimer1758]

👍

[@metalmamasue3680]

We have many good people here who all want this horror to stop. It's our govt that is rotten to the core. We are not our govt.

[@davidfirmino3829]

The world never looked at tbe US as a moral leader , nor to any other country. It is the US officials that like to state such nonsense. We , the rest of the world understand power in politics, before it was the British empire that set the rules , cause they had power, in recent history it was US trying to set the rules cause it had power and still has , fortunately less and less.

[@fernygamer6985]

Shame on the united states of AIPAC !!!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬😡😡😡😡😤😤😤😤

[@bummer7736]

A circus has clowns, yes.

[@0531SJ]

Stop with your bullshit Jake Sullivan. See how he ran away 😂

[@SANA4SPA]

It is Jacob Sullivan, not Jake.

[@thomashardy7961]

It's Yakuuub Shalom

[@oninasrullah7757]

Not surprised. This is what and how the US has been

[@hassanismaila6651]

Undiluted evil

[@esp4yu]

Perfect arrogance

[@MuhammadAhmed-gu2gf]

Wao thats the best way to say. Israel owns me so I can only say look what US presented at ICJ. I dont want to get myself into trouble.

[@ppmangoenkarso4771]

Why the WORLD don't BOYCOT US!

[@covakoma1064]

Because nobody want to die from your military like 300 000 civilians in Iraq, destruction of Lybia, Syria, Afganistan. Do you remember 2 years ago precision strike in afganistan where 20 civilians and 4 children died? No ? Only Rusia China and Iran can Boycot you...

[@mychannel3774]

My question _EXACTLY._ 🫢🤷‍♂️

[@covakoma1064]

😂 youtube deleting comments. Because your army would bom shit of everybody. Look at Iraq, Syria, Afganistan,Lybia. Look what happen to Japan...

[@Satyamev_Jayate100]

Why world should care about Palestine ? Don’t the world has other major problems than this tiny little conflict.

[@no-bias-]

tiny little conflict? where is your moral? shame on you

[@kjohnson1262]

so what Jake is saying is that they have “alternate reality facts”. #free-palestine!

[@plaubelmakina8916]

We wrote it down on paper somewhere and go read it because to say the words to a group of reporters would be suicide.

[@mahirsherif7246]

Bravo.Some of the journalist are beginning to do their job.

[@user-eo3gb1cq9d]

If this is not genocide then what is genocide

[@2annec97]

It's not because they said it's not🙄And what "is" and what "is not" is up them to decide. Isn't it obvious since day one?😅

[@SANA4SPA]

The Holocaust is all over again.

[@Beyond_Belief534]

​@@2annec97a bit like deciding which lives matter and which don't

[@FreyjaFoxx.x]

Rwanda where nearly 1 million hutus

[@Walks1410]

Running, running, running, running 😤🤌 🇵🇸

[@user-vi2uc1pz8c]

Its ultraaa hypocrisy 😢😢😢😢

[@lucasdwang7631]

He is saying: US is the writer of international law that defines what is Genocide. If he says it is not genocide, then it is not. Because US holds the UN/world and the dictionary of his language. No, neither of the world nor English belongs to US!

[@politicallyincorrect956]

Well there is no genocide.

[@tamiami305]

He couldn't run faster

[@Mm-pn6fn]

well done by that reporter

[@Kimberly_Chappell]

Of course he’s gonna say that, they’re financing it!!

[@nedsantos1415]

Jake is ignoring the "mass graves" around Al Shifa Hospital, and it is despicable of him to do that.

[@SadiaM1960]

How can he answer a question about Palestinians when he's not a free man

[@mmaker88]

If I were to read it to you, I would be lying again. So, I ask you to read it.

[@user-wz3wt4dw6l]

The us is not creadible anymore.

[@FirehorseCreative]

In Truth the US government have not been credible about US involved or supported wars since at least the Bay of Pigs or Vietnam eras- and probably farther back than that. Native American genocide and Slavery comes to mind.

[@raoulmanning1506]

It never was ...

[@Sylvia-ps8tg]

Double standards are ridiculous and at the cost of innocent lives.

[@concernedcitizen-ot1el]

​@@raoulmanning1506 truth

[@optimistx4187]

The US, hated by the whole world

[@Erwin70000]

"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light".

[@viuaxxing]

Politicians are the worst kind of people.

[@p.e.m.4691]

Kimberly Halkett Al Jazeera correspondent was asking the questions I believe 👍🏽

[@scarlettkhan9667]

Power Trip and Aipac funding = it’s not a Gen Cide.

[@-ok-]

i think some people genuinely believe that it’s ok to lie if that’s part of your job description.

[@user-ti3vp9mt3z]

That's most people

[@HarryJ3]

It seems to me that Western governments are complicit in this brutal genocide. Which Western powers are actually stepping in with honour and a true sense of justice to help stop this slaughter???

[@lonewolf3706]

How can you expect these demons to admit anything when they themselves killed over a million innocent civilians in Iraq?

[@AdamSahr-cj4kf]

Yeah but, Saddam was hiding behind every one of those million innocent Iraqis, they were human shields, collateral damage, you know how things are never perfect in wars...

[@Dominic_Amoe]

Government was never meant to be like this. Americans are long overdue for another declaration of independence from Isr-ael. #FreePalestine #AaronBushnell

[@realdeal7074]

THIS WILL ALL BE IN HISTORY AND WILL SHOW HOW SHAMEFUL AND DISGUSTING THOSE COMPLICIT ARE IN THIS GENOCIDE!!!

[@tonipongkoran9365]

is this a joke?🤔

[@zawawihamdan9409]

HYPOCRITES AND LIARS WALKED HAND IN HAND WITH EACH OTHER !

[@nobody.6451]

Thats Kimberly Halkett from Al Jazeera English . It seem Al Jazeera is the only news channel working for truth . Thank God .

[@user-ti3vp9mt3z]

Democracy Now ☑️

[@user-ey6ce3tb2j]

white house - ' we need to imagine the same kind of genocide is happening in Xinjiang China ... '

[@chewy1709]

How come so called "genocide" of Uyghurs in Xinjiang doesn't lead to pictures and clips on social media? Aren't there phones in China?

[@Starwarrior9831]

Xinjiang genocide propaganda is in shambles now. It is all lies. Ughers in US supported Israel.

[@Homeland-1948]

It’s funny how they play with words the whole game is clear just quit lying and say out loud that you support Israeli apartheid and crimes and that’s all quite acting like you care about Palestine

[@barryjulianwaldron3656]

He who pays the Piper calls the tune. It is very obvious who is paying the Piper in this post. 🇳🇿😮

[@user-ti3vp9mt3z]

Yea, he is uncomfortable for sure. He knows

[@Ibrahim210]

This guy makes me sick! 🤮

[@user-iv9hi2vm2s]

He absolutely ran away!!!!!!

[@taze317]

You won't change anything with your words, sir.

[@richardfabrinnielsen3640]

Like always,- The US makes it's own definitions to suit the US. The arrogance is exposed for all thinking people on the planet. US: start play your games on a level playing field.

[@politicallyincorrect956]

There is no genocide. The US doesn't create their own definitions. And why do we have to level the playing field? Why does every country have to be equal with each other internationally?

[@collinsfriend1]

These monsters are in an echo chamber and SADLY we citizens allowed it by our votes and by our absence from voting. We need more citizen activism and entrance into bodies of legislature as decision makers free from donations and graft. Unimpressed by pressure and corrupt oppotunities.

[@janmortimer1758]

JILL STEIN PEACE PEOPLE PLANET INTEGRITY VOTE LIKE CRAZY!

[@Beyond_Belief534]

Don't blame the people that never voted, it's nothing to do with them, this is on the voters

[@Double_D989]

​​ Actually, its on all the grave(KZbin Censorship) that voted this administration in. Why they cant simply stay de(KZbin Censorship) or do something productive like turn into zombies? Nooo, thats being too convenient. They had to chose to vote.

[@Double_D989]

​​ Actually, its on all the grave(KZbin Censorship) that voted this administration in. Why they cant simply stay de(KZbin Censorship) or do something productive like turn into zombies? Nooo, thats being too convenient. They had chose to vote..

[@Double_D989]

@Beyond_Belief534 ​Actually, its on all the grave(KZbin Censorship) that vot(KZbin Censorship) this admin(KZbin Censorship) in. Why they cant simply stay de(KZbin Censorship) or do something productive like turn into zombies? Nooo, thats being too convenient. they chose to vot(KZbin Censorship).

[@abdulkarimssali8187]

Shame on you Jake, maybe you are the first and last to be in that office!

[@SANA4SPA]

Always remember it is not Jake but Jacob.

[@politicallyincorrect956]

Last? What do you mean by last?

[@user-zq3qv4bt9i]

They are violating Egyptian agreements. There is no evacuation points much less Egyptian suzentry to accommodate the influx.

[@ashash272]

So basically.. The majority of the world excluding a handful of european nations + usa is wrong in calling this a Genocide.. sure thing buddy..

[@jjboys215]

EVERYTHING about the U S. position on this is disgusting!!!

[@ia388]

Broken record!

[@user-je2ny1mq1o]

seems to me that the people of Palestine have been massacred & most housing & madical facilities & schools & infrastructures onliterated. is 1/3 of original population ( oct 7th)still alive?

[@mehdimaroc3639]

Okay he has no idea, next one please?

[@TankGump96]

This dude looks like warmed over death. This is what evil and its calculations do to the countenance of those that practice corruption. Come on Jake. Find a new profession. You can even stay in media….paper boy would suit you

[@noosphericaltarzan]

How hard is it to say no to genocide.

[@daniellesomerfield8799]

They are just biding time.

[@squirtle4519]

Very disgusting

[@doctorspock124]

Shameful Lies all the Experts read the laws down side up🙈🙉

[@JR-kk6ce]

Watch the movie Civil War. In it, the government was totally oblivious to the anger and rage boiling over in the public.

[@f.p.1131]

garbage politicians

[@xvbd6067]

Gyest the last guy got fired for not lying enough

[@slappyfun]

Don’t let him get away with that. Great pressing. This is bringing out the real journalists in people.

[@vvmustaffa2078]

Which of the following groups is not included in the UN definition of genocide? The definition contained in Article II of the Convention describes genocide as a crime committed with the intent to destroy a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, in whole or in part. It does not include political groups or so called “cultural genocide”.

[@oguzibrahim5413]

Live and let live

[@msz4746]

Genocide, genocide, genocide, genocide, genocide.... no other terms... its genocide... genocide and genocide

[@user-xc6wd3hb4s]

This is called "gaslighting": denying what we can all see, and repeating the lie.

[@servantofthegreatiamloving2113]

Is the money worth your souls??!!

[@GMay-zs7yt]

NO al gernocidio palestino, NO al robo de sus tierras

[@politicallyincorrect956]

Theft of THEIR lands? Hamas doesn't care whose land it is.

[@matthewbaynham6286]

It's interesting that they got someone who is ranked a little lower down to stand up there and lie.

[@pauls4742]

What does it say if you have to try to deny that genocide is occurring? Even if it's not technically occurring, the fact that it's close to genocide and bearing many of the characteristics of a genocide ought to be of some concern, no?

[@Sylvia-ps8tg]

It‘s not ‚close‘. It is one.

[@salafiway7954]

One day u have to answer this question in front of supreme leader...where ur body parts will give witness.....and i hope u will say this......وَ یَقُوۡلُ الۡکٰفِرُ یٰلَیۡتَنِیۡ کُنۡتُ تُرٰبًا

[@Memesbyaamir76]

It is not israel , usa is equally responsible for it .. don't play blame game

[@daveh5947]

The Press should stop even going to listen!

[@Rationalvista]

People are dying and these fools are arguing whether it is genocide or not.

[@DynamicLearning4u]

Hypocrisy to the fullest

[@saints5597]

The world is watching and we don’t believe. Shame

[@user-ck1cq6mb4b]

To avoid incriminating yourself and sinking deeper, you must remain silent out of respect for the victims. Silence is golden.

[@mansamusah5428]

They will never admit or being accountable for their own injustices

[@astrocalisto]

The type of guy that would piss on you and tell you it's raining or try to convince you that stepping on large dog turd is a good thing 'cause it's chocolate fudge. 😅😅

[@yusq626]

THEY HAVE NO ANSWER, NO RESPONSE, THEY'RE GUILTY!!

[@erinakhairina8549]

I dun get it why are they so adamant in protecting murderers??

[@jimmylee6256]

so shameful

[@thewirah1]

Since when do mass graves full of children, women, and other people with signs of torture have anything to do with a genocide?

[@FWDDGS]

It’s so nice when evil acts and evil hearts make you look like the ghoul you are. Makes it easier for the rest of us to react in horror at what you’ve let yourself become.

[@aceheart5828]

There's never been a clearer, better documented case, with more video evidence in history....

[@CultureoftheWorld]

Great journalism She asked the tough questions

[@sohren94]

At this point it's just ridiculous to keep lying. They don't even have the guts to actually argue why it's "not genocide", so why continue?

[@freedom4639]

It's not up to the murders to decide wether it's murder.

[@SyedAhmed-bf2mw]

Genocide facilitators will never admit to their own misdeeds

[@samiaelmaghraby6799]

You are complicit as well You have blood on your hands

[@fardeenahmed3568]

They know the truth, see the truth but still deny the truth. Hypocrisies at its best

[@user-ti3vp9mt3z]

Good they're getting heat from journalists, at last.

[@farhanaislam8843]

35k killed in 7 months in a 365 sq Km area!

[@donnymurray5173]

Merely to protect a good friend and allied Israel.. That is the right word to US spoke person.

[@iseegoodandbad6758]

Even here in the UK the Ameircan section of supermarkets are full. No body wants to buy their rubbish!!! Boycott the US!