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Ok, so: Israel has currently ~4500 Palestinians detained = < 0.1% [1]

China has about 1.8m Uygurs in internment camps = 14% [2]

I would call that a far cry.

Also, many other statistics of welfare, e.g. child mortality or GPD/capita in the West Bank and Gaza are about the same or better than in the neighboring countries (Jordan, Egypt). On the other hand, there seems to be quite substantial evidence for mass sterilizations and abortions forced on Uygurs in China. I have never heard of anything like that committed by Israel.

Again, I do believe that there are overreaches and overreactions on the Israeli side to actions by the Palestinians and there are innocent lives lost on both sides. I really hope, that they at some point manage to either live together peacefully or agree on a two state solution.

But there is a very substantial difference between that and the plight of the Uygurs.

[1] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/17/infographic-how-man... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_genocide#Inside_internm...



Israel has currently ~4500 Palestinians detained = < 0.1% [1]

The entire West Bank and Gaza Strip are effectively a giant detention camp.




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