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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm an academic who works on the Middle East. I'm not super lefty but I believe the current Israeli military response is extremely counterproductive. I also think the doxxing of 18-22 year olds is obnoxious and threatening. Still, I was shocked by that Columbia faculty letter - it goes way too far in excusing the horrific terrorist attacks by Hamas. If the OP is still reading, I can totally understand why your DH is disillusioned with your friend. I have a few acquaintences who've become extremely strident in one direction or the other and I've lost respect for them. I certainly wouldn't go on vacation with someone who believes that terrorist attacks are [b]legitimate military operations[/b].[/quote]

The letter doesn't say that. In fact, it says the opposite. [/quote]

No it doesn’t. [/quote]

From the letter:

[quote]One could regard the events of October 7th as just one salvo in an ongoing war between an occupying state and the people it occupies, or as an occupied people exercising a right to resist violent and illegal occupation, something anticipated by international humanitarian law in the Second Geneva Protocol.  [b]In either case armed resistance by an occupied people must conform to the laws of war, which include a prohibition against the intentional targeting of civilians.[/b]  The statement reflects and endorses this legal framework, [b]including a condemnation of the killing of civilians[/b].[/quote]

Because the Hamas attack intentionally targeted civilians, the attack was not legitimate.
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