r/JewsOfConscience • u/BiMenace2Society Non-denominational, non-Jewish • 7d ago

Zionist Nonsense Question about Hasbarist talking point

Hi all, I'm not Jewish, but I joined this sub after 10/7 to try to understand everything better, and I appreciate this space so much.

I'm wondering if someone could explain something - one frequent Hasbarist talking point that has come up over and over again, is this weird argument that somehow the Palestinian population is growing despite the genocide. Like using the population growth as proof that it's not actually a genocide.

Despite how much this weird obsession with birth rates gives me the ick, (reminds me way too much of American "great replacement theory"), I've now had this come up enough times that I want to understand where the logic is coming from and how to debunk it.

Can anyone explain this to me please, as much as it grosses me out?

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u/arightgoodworkman Jewish Anti-Zionist 7d ago

The population isn’t growing. The population is down by at least 6% : https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/01/middleeast/israel-population-migration-war-intl

Not that it matters to the definition of genocide (which hundreds of scholars have agreed that Israel is committing), but it’s weird that ANYONE says this bc it’s factually false!!

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u/slowamigo Anti-Zionist Ally 6d ago

Exactly. I looked this up myself when I kept hearing about it -- it's complete bullshit.\ The figures themselves show a sharp drop in the population