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The talking points you'll hear most, answered with what international courts, the UN and human rights groups actually found. Tap a card to flip it, then copy the answer to share.
“It's a "conflict" between two equal sides.”
Tap for the facts ↻Israel is the occupying power. In July 2024 the International Court of Justice ruled that Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territory is unlawful and must end as rapidly as possible.
“It all started on October 7, 2023.”
Tap for the facts ↻Gaza had been under an Israeli land, air and sea blockade since 2007. The West Bank and Gaza have been occupied since 1967, and most of Gaza's people are refugees from the 1948 Nakba.
“Calling it genocide is just rhetoric.”
Tap for the facts ↻In September 2025 the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry concluded that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza. Amnesty International (Dec 2024) and the Israeli groups B'Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel (July 2025) reached the same conclusion.
“Gaza's death toll is made up.”
Tap for the facts ↻Independent researchers have found the Gaza Ministry of Health's counts reliable, and likely too low. A study in The Lancet estimated that traumatic deaths by mid-2024 were about 40% higher than the official count.
“Israel left Gaza in 2005, so it isn't occupied.”
Tap for the facts ↻Israel kept control of Gaza's borders, airspace, coastline, population registry and the flow of goods. The UN treats Gaza as occupied territory, and the ICJ found in 2024 that Israel's obligations there continue in line with the control it holds.
“Settlements are just a matter of opinion.”
Tap for the facts ↻UN Security Council Resolution 2334 states that Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, have "no legal validity" and are a flagrant violation of international law.
“Palestine was an empty land.”
Tap for the facts ↻Britain's own 1922 census of Palestine counted about 750,000 people, roughly 89% of them Arab Muslims and Christians. Hundreds of towns and villages were emptied and destroyed in 1947–49.
“Apartheid is too strong a word.”
Tap for the facts ↻B'Tselem (2021), Human Rights Watch (2021) and Amnesty International (2022) each concluded, after years of research, that Israel's system of control over Palestinians amounts to apartheid under international law.
“Criticizing Israel is antisemitic.”
Tap for the facts ↻Opposing a state's policies is not hatred of a people. Many Jewish organizations and Israeli human rights groups, including B'Tselem and Jewish Voice for Peace, oppose the occupation and the war on Gaza.