James Gunn On Negative PEACEMAKER Reactions, Blue Beetle Expectations, Martian Manhunter Theories & More

@Vigor - you're just not that big of a DC fan then huh.

We got Lex Luthor in an episode, but what do you expect to see in a Peacemaker show?

@TheVisionary25 - yeah im just not big on DC
I know young justice and justice league. Thats it lol

@Vigor - Yes its even less mind blowing when you realize they paused superman production mid summer last year to film peacemaker s2 episodes, so basically they all did it while on set already.

@kseven - obviously its logical, Im just saying its not that big of a surprise, just like people arent surprised to see lex when they just saw him, they arent as IMPRESSED because they were already filming together, had the look for the other shoot etc… its less of a get and less impressive. thats all.

@ClungeOfSteel - its really more of a fools hope than anything else

@Bucky74 - what divisive left politics exactly?

@Bucky74 - Its a Genocide not a war. And the right is obsessed with protecting PDF-Files & making up BS lies to scare themselves into hating people & cultures diffrent than their own...

@Shmokey20 - The only Genocide was the barbaric atrocities committed against innocent women and children on the 7th by these terrorist savages you support

https://nypost.com/2025/10/14/world-news/hamas-has-public-executions-hours-after-signing-peace-treaty-with-israel/

But Trump stopped the WAR against the terrorism against Israel so you can thank him. And the right does not “Hate” anyone based on their skin color and who they bang, but you folks are obsessed with that. We simply want merit and “the content of character” to be the only thinks that matter and children not instructed on sexuality and topics that don’t belong in kindergarten classrooms.

@Shmokey20 - Israel is the only nation that must fight a war with its hands tied behind its back as Hamas savages, many backed by the people of Gaza, wage a war to wipe out every Jewish person on the planet and use their own citizens as human shields. The only "Genocide" is against the innocent woman and children watching a concert on the 7th. Yes, many are against Israel and the Jewish people existing. That's the true genocide.

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@Bucky74 - You’re right that the October 7th attacks were horrific. Those were war crimes, and they deserve full condemnation. But acknowledging that truth doesn’t excuse what Israel is doing to more than two million civilians in Gaza. War crimes by one side do not erase or justify war crimes by another.

What’s happening in Gaza isn’t “self-defense.” It’s the systematic destruction of an entire civilian population’s ability to live. That’s not just my opinion — it’s the conclusion of many respected international and Israeli Jewish organizations, genocide scholars, and human rights experts.

The International Association of Genocide Scholars, a global body of 500 academics, voted overwhelmingly that Israel’s actions in Gaza meet the definition of genocide under Article II of the UN Genocide Convention. They cited deliberate attacks on civilians, starvation, destruction of essential infrastructure, and forced displacement.

Even inside Israel, B’Tselem (an Israeli Jewish human rights group) released a report titled Our Genocide, stating that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Physicians for Human Rights–Israel, another Jewish organization, published evidence showing that Israel’s military campaign has intentionally dismantled Gaza’s healthcare system and created conditions incompatible with life — meeting genocide criteria.

The United Nations Human Rights Council Commission of Inquiry also concluded that Israel is committing genocide, identifying four out of five acts defined in the Genocide Convention, including killing members of a protected group and deliberately inflicting conditions designed to destroy them.

Beyond that, global groups like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, along with hundreds of academics and legal experts, have warned that Israel’s campaign violates every standard of international humanitarian law. Over 380 writers, scholars, and human rights organizations, including Jewish voices such as Jewish Voice for Peace, have described what’s happening as genocide.

The claim that “Hamas uses human shields” has been used for years to justify the killing of thousands of civilians — but even if that’s true, international law is crystal clear: it does not permit indiscriminate bombing or collective punishment. Starving a population, targeting hospitals, and displacing families on a massive scale are not acts of defense; they’re acts of extermination.

It’s also important to remember that the majority of people in Gaza are children and refugees, not militants. To say they all “support Hamas” is not only false but also an attempt to dehumanize victims and rationalize their deaths.

You mentioned Jewish survival. Many Jewish people and organizations around the world are also calling this what it is — genocide — because true Jewish values demand standing against oppression, no matter who commits it. Being against genocide is not being “against Israel” or “against Jews.” It’s being against crimes against humanity.

Israel can defend itself, but no country has the right to commit genocide and call it defense. Bombing hospitals, starving civilians, and wiping entire neighborhoods off the map is not “fighting with one hand tied.” It’s waging a war on an imprisoned population that has nowhere to flee.

History won’t remember who shouted the loudest. It’ll remember who stood for human life. And right now, the people speaking up against this mass slaughter — including Jewish and Israeli voices — are the ones on the right side of it.

@Shmokey20 - It is absolutely self-defence. Hamas (elected and supported by many of the people of Gaza) has declared that they want to wipe Israel off the map and eliminate all Jews. Israel is absolutely fighting for its very survival. Hamas are savages who use their own people as human shields and targets civilians. They raped women and burned women and children alive. Why has no one condemned those human rights violations the same way? Why are their public executions excused right now, as they reenact scenes from The Walking Dead with Negan daily? Because the world is against Israel and the Jews> there are countless Muslum nations but a single Jewish state. For many, that is one too many. Spare me the "Genocide" nonsense. That wasn't a "War crime"; that attack was barbaric atrocities gleefully committed by savages seeking the extermination of Jews. Bodies were mutilated and I suggest you seek out the video of the attack to see what a real genocide looks like.

@AliX - This is literally you, idiot, lol.

@Shmokey20 - Your parroting Hamas propaganda. Israel sends aid (to its enemy’s people!) and warns them when they were going to bomb. Hamas steals the food and sells it for weapons. How can you not see that?

Trump stopped the war yet Hamas still slaughters. If Hamas lays down their weapons, the fighting stops. If Israel does that, they cease to exist. There is no moral equivalency. Hamas are savage terrorists and many in Gaza have been raised to support their barbarism

@Bucky74 - You keep framing this as “Hamas versus Israel” in moral isolation, but the reality is far more complex. Israel does have advanced warning systems and sometimes drops leaflets, but warnings do not prevent hospitals, schools, and entire neighborhoods from being destroyed, or thousands of civilians including infants from dying. Civilians cannot flee a bombed, walled-in, blockaded city. Claiming aid is being sent while cutting off food, water, and medicine is misleading. When the population literally cannot access life-saving resources, it does not matter who “meant” to help.

Hamas’ crimes are horrific and should be condemned. That does not excuse the systematic targeting of civilians, destruction of infrastructure, or the creation of conditions in which babies suffocate or die of starvation. You talk about moral equivalency, but you cannot equate a terror attack with years of siege, mass killings, and the collapse of a civilian health system. One is a criminal act by a militant group. The other is state policy causing thousands of civilian deaths.

The “Trump stopped the war” argument does not hold when Gaza is under blockade, hospitals are bombed, and children are dying in incubators. A ceasefire cannot exist if one side cannot survive. The conditions in Gaza make the population a hostage to state military policy. That is precisely why scholars, UN investigators, and even Israeli human rights organizations are calling these actions genocide.

Finally, analogies to WWII do not work here. The Allies fought to stop an expansionist Nazi regime threatening the world. Gaza is not an invading army. It is a trapped civilian population. Using historical war as a justification to destroy a population under occupation and blockade is not moral reasoning. It is rationalizing crimes against humanity.

There is a difference between defending your country and committing mass civilian deaths. Recognizing that difference is not anti-Israel. It is recognizing human life. Until that distinction is made, real accountability and justice will be impossible.

@Bucky74 - Israel does use warnings and sometimes drops leaflets, and militants have operated from among civilians in some cases. Those facts matter for how strikes are planned. They do not, however, erase the duty under international law to avoid civilian harm or to ensure humanitarian access when warnings are meaningless because people cannot safely leave. Independent UN and humanitarian agencies have repeatedly documented how siege conditions and destroyed infrastructure make evacuation impossible.

There is credible evidence that armed groups in Gaza have diverted or stolen some aid in certain incidents. That is criminal and should be exposed and punished. That reality does not give any state license to withhold life saving supplies from an entire population or to use starvation and medical collapse as tools of war. Humanitarian law protects civilians even where militants are present among them.

On the central factual point: there is overwhelming, independent documentation that Israel’s conduct has intentionally targeted civilians and inflicted conditions that destroy life. Major organizations and investigative bodies have reached this conclusion or said the patterns require legal scrutiny. The UN Commission of Inquiry concluded that Israel’s actions meet the legal threshold for genocide in Gaza. Israeli groups such as B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel have published forensic and legal reports concluding that state policies have dismantled Gaza’s ability to survive. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have documented deliberate strikes on hospitals, schools, and refugee sites. These are not political talking points; these are forensic, legal, and medical findings.

Condemning Hamas for October 7 atrocities is absolute and necessary. That does not make it acceptable to respond with tactics that collectively punish civilians, bomb shelters, or cut off medicine, fuel, food, and water. If the goal is to degrade militant capacity, international law requires targeted, proportionate actions and robust measures to protect civilians and deliver aid. Policies that intentionally make survival impossible for a population are themselves crimes and undermine long term security.

As for the practical dilemma of militants embedded among civilians, the right tactical approach is precise, intelligence-led operations combined with secure humanitarian corridors and processing to prevent diversion, not leveling populated areas or imposing total sieges. Allowing whole communities to suffer only breeds further rage and cycles of violence. Effective counterterrorism that protects civilians is both lawful and strategically smarter.

Finally, simplistic historical analogies do not resolve moral or legal issues here. Arguing that any means are justified because of past wars is dangerous. If the aim is lasting security for Israelis and safety for civilians, the path requires dismantling terrorist networks while upholding international law, ensuring humanitarian relief, and pursuing political solutions that remove incentives for extremism. Both protecting Israelis and protecting Palestinian civilians must be pursued together.

@Bucky74 - There’s overwhelming evidence that Israel does intentionally target civilians. This isn’t speculation — it’s been documented by the UN, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and even by Israeli and international journalists. Entire families have been wiped out in their homes, hospitals and schools bombed despite the IDF having their coordinates, and aid convoys targeted while trying to deliver food and medicine. That’s not “self-defense.” That’s systematic destruction.

Israel has also broken ceasefires multiple times, killing Palestinian children during supposed “pauses.” Meanwhile, Hamas has executed only those accused of collaborating with the IDF — not civilians. To equate that with Israel’s mass civilian killings is disingenuous.

Calling this war “defense” is absurd when over 70% of the dead are women and children, when hospitals and refugee camps are reduced to rubble, and when food, water, and medicine are deliberately blocked. These are war crimes. Experts, including Jewish scholars and genocide researchers, have said openly that what’s happening in Gaza meets the definition of genocide.

The truth is, Israel’s campaign is not about eliminating Hamas — it’s about collectively punishing an entire population trapped in an open-air prison. No nation has the right to bomb babies, starve families, and call it security.