
+1. Israel suffered a terrorist attack. It was brutal and very sad, and I am so sorry for the families and people affected. Obviously they didn’t deserve what happened to them. That said, the Israeli government’s plan to essentially carpet-bomb Gaza and withhold basic supplies like food, water, and power from the entire strip, is a war crime against the civilian population. They and everyone else know that this plan is going to indiscriminately kill Palestinian civilians (who are not Hamas). And their warnings to civilians to evacuate the northern part of the strip are pretty hollow. There are civilians there who cannot evacuate, as the UN pointed out. And there’s nowhere to go. They’re still bombing the southern part. War crimes aren’t permissible just because it’s “self-defense” and it’s totally disingenuous to say that it’s antisemitic to point that out. Israel doesn’t get a pass on that because they suffered a terrorist attack. |
So, if you agree that Hamas is a terrorist entity guilty of war crimes that does not serve the Palestinian people, what should Israel do? |
The EU gave billions in donations for a new water system. Hamas dismantled the water system and dug up the pipes and used all of the pipes to build bombs. Gaza had a new water system that Hamas destroyed to use the pipes and metal for warfare. Billons of dollars have been given to Gaza from all over the world. |
Louder please for the people in the back. This is the underpinning point of the Geneva convention. The basic definition is the punished group isn’t associated with the perpetrator other than by proximity. I think that’s a reasonable description of Palestinian newborns? |
You’re disgusting. |
Because Hamas destroyed the water system that was new to use it for parts to make rockets and bombs. |
Not commit additional war crimes in its response? Why is this controversial? |
Great question. Thoughts. The people of Gaza Elected Hamas as their leadership in 2006? Hamas fought Fatah for Gaza and Fatah is now only in WB. So the people to bear some responsibility here. The issue with Hamas is they probably don’t really care about the typical Gaza resident. They just care about killing Jews. Hamas take much of the relief building materials for hospitals and schools and uses it for tunnels and bunkers. The issue is Israel is always being bombed, shot at, assaulted by Hamas and Hezbollah. It’s such a small country. What are they supposed to do. Imagine living in Rhode Island and every day Connecticut was shooting missiles at you? You need defend yourself and Israel leaving Gaza alone would just allow Hamas to be even strong and attack Israel more frequently. It’s not like Gaza is a peaceful nation oppressed by Israel. They in conjunction with other countries have attacked Israel many times like 1948, 1967 and currently. So Gaza residents need to remove Hamas fro n their life as nothing good will come of it. But countries like Iran/Syria will supply Hamas as using them as a proxy to attack Israel. So the hard answer that no one knows is how do you go into Gaza and kill Hamas and spare the innocent Gaza residents? |
Israel has neutralized the head of Hamas’ military wing’s Central Gaza Brigade. |
They are not "carpet bombing" Gaza. And, they are not committing "war crimes." Once again, there is a rule in International Rules of War called "proportionality.: "The principle of proportionality prohibits attacks against military objectives which are “expected to cause incidental loss of civilian life, injury to civilians, damage to civilian objects, or a combination thereof, which would be excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated”. Civilians will die during wars. That is a fact that is true with all wars. Israel's purpose in waging this war was a direct response to the attack it suffered (in which war crimes were committed) and is an effort to allow their citizens to exist. The goal of Hamas is to wipe Jews off the map. They have the backing of Iran, that has stated the same goal. So, the military advantage Israel is seeking is to allow their nation to exist. |
A lot of the people Hamas kidnapped were farm workers from other countries. Sadly a lot of Filipino farm workers were kidnapped.
They were just working a job trying to feed their families back in the Philippines. |
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Waiting for the anti-Israel people on this thread to say this is a good thing. |
German Chancellor arriving in Israel to show support. What a world. |
What are we asking Israelis to do something American's wouldn't? So far deaths in Gaza and in the thousands. The body count Americans exacted after 9/11 (including from an uninvolved country just because) ran into the hundreds of thousands |