Comments by "Classical LP Vault" (@classicallpvault8251) on "Gaza is a nightmare for tanks. So why is Israeli Merkava IV uniquely suited for it?" video.

  1. What genocide? There is no genocide going on in the disputed territories. Palestinians have a life expectancy similar to their Egyptian and Jordanian peers. It's actually higher in Judea & Samaria than in Egypt. Only around 30.000 people died in the conflict between Israel and the Arabs since 1948. The Arab population of the disputed territories is around 4.5 million. Up from 1/10th that number in 1947. A genocide is a steep population decline market by a low life expectancy and a high casualty rate to population size. If this is a genocide then it's the most pathetic genocide in history - despite the fact that the alleged perpetrators are the highest IQ population in the world and the most powerful armed forces relative to size, and even low IQ populations like the Somalis and Rwandans armed with machetes and rusty Kalashnikovs have proven perfectly capable of actual genocide.
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  2.  @selmirvelic7109  The vast majority of all the gas there is in Israeli territorial waters. Also, the disputed territories are legal terra nullis, they were not recognised as part of any sovereign state when Israel conquered them in 1967, and both Egypt and Jordan relinquished their (unrecognised) claims on the areas in 1979 and 1988 respectively - except for Jordan still holding sovereignity over part of the Temple Mount (where Jordanian police is active in the Muslim parts of the complex). There's nothing stopping Israel from exploiting these gas reserves even the portion that is offshore from Gaza.
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  3. That would make it an APC and not a tank.
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