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Israel is a terrorist state.
Its definitely an apartheid state. Unlike South Africa the ruling ethnicity is the majority. They've been at war with the minority since it's inception since that meant physically displacing people who didn't want to leave. I don't believe peace was ever an option Israel honestly considered.
I'd expect them to take actions that won't make sure there will be easier to radicalize people against them.
Their actions are the biggest advertisement for enlisting terrorists that will fight them 10 years from now.
What differentiates Hamas from the Israel government that causes you to describe it as a terrorist organization and the Israel government as not?
The definition is killing civilians to cause political change.
Israel, by many governmental officials descriptions, is trying to cause maximum damage to Gaza in retaliation, including the deaths of a civilian population. Most of whom, notably were too young to vote for Hamas.
Israel has repeatedly bombed hospitals run by MSF, schools, and ambulances. They always claim Hamas was there, and yet, the MSF doctors state they weren't. The schools weren't likely housing Hamas, and when journalists check the ambulances, find no weapons or military uniforms.
Let me ask you this: what could Israel do that you wouldn't think is justified?
Please, answer that. I'd be willing to bet I could find an example. And if there is nothing, then I know you're an extremist that is okay with genocide.
The Palestinians tried a peaceful protest in the march of return two years ago.
The IDF slaughtered them, intentionally targeting medics.
Bibi used coded language in a speech in Hebrew calling the Palestinians amaleks. God ordered the Jewish tribe, in the old testament, to slaughter the amaleks man, woman, child, and beast of burden.
CNN was allowed a journalist to embed with the IDF, but only if the IDF was allowed full editorial control. FULL control.
At this point, you not knowing this is likely you 'just trying to ask questions' in a bad faith effort to justify genocide, which you obliquely admit to in another comment. Israel is still not allowing food or water in.
Israel lost 0.014% of its population to the Hamas attack. Gaza has lost about 0.52% of its population to Israel's rampage and that over 40% of those deaths are children. How is that comparable at all?
Fuck off genocide denier. More than half of the population was children.
Also, the list of the dead has been attempted to be verified by major news organizations, and has been successfully.
I don't deny anything? I am looking for information. What about you?
Heres some simple information. Gazas population was over 50 percent under 18. I.e. children.
It's within reasonable margin to divide the casualties by two to get the number of dead children.
I personally have two friends who've had their entire extended families blown up.
I should have known better:
And yeah, asking for independent verification the way you did absolutely implies denial. I should have realized that from your instance that you're from a country that literally defines anti-Zionism as antisemitism.
Wow. Now the instance I am coming is the point of debate. Honestly, you are not interested in any honest discussion after all. I don't have any political agenda with me like you obviously do.
All I do is wish for war and terrorism to end and this needs democratic processes and independent press after all. This is my point.
I do have a political agenda. Not tolerating or trying to justify genocide.
I'm pretty satisfied with the morality of the political stance of 'Never Again'
There is no middle ground or appeasement to genocide.
Care to provide a link or smth?
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/despite-bidens-doubts-humanitarian-agencies-consider-gaza-toll-reliable-2023-10-27/
Here's one, sorta, that doesn't include where they checked a Palestinian employees family bit, but it's the middle of the night and I'm trying to go back to sleep. I'll find it in the morning.
Hmmm...
So in other words if this killing helps rooting out Hamas then it is all justified. Because obviously the next generation of Palestinians will be thankful that their siblings, parents, grandparents where rooted out of their homes or slaughtered in the name of anti-terrorism action as collateral damage. Surely nobody growing up without prospects and has to deal with such hardships will wabt any revenge or justice for their sufferings. Surely this will not radicalize the middle east any further. In fact they should be grateful that they are honored to die in the name of Israëls justice.
If it wasn't clear this is obviously sarcastic..
Ironically the same excuse for mass murder in Germany sometime between 1930-1950.
I don't want to justify, all I am looking for is a discussion. I could not provide a solution either and I do not support war. All I am saying is that I don't know what to expect from a country to do.
I do not excuse killing of civilians or even genocide and personally think that Israel should take more care about civilians which is even in alignment with the statement of Mr. Blinken. Also they may rightfully be criticized in relation to blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza.
All I do say is that unbased information is hard to come by at this stage as the information sphere from inside Gaza is mostly controlled by Hamas. Israel surely is no unbiased source of news either, but international press has more access there. Again I do not neglect nor justify killing civilians and especially children. But still it should be distinguished between actual genocide which includes intentionally deporting and killing civilians and collateral damage, both of which are to condemn, as are the actions of Hamas relating to raiding and terrorizing Israel civilians and taking them hostage. This is no way of deescalation obviously either.
Not letting food and water sufficient for a population of 2.2 million in when you control the borders is intentionally killing civilians.
Not by you:
This is you 'both-siding' genocide.
There is one proper response to genocide. Unconditional condemnation without qualifying. Anything else is standing idlely by.
Criticism while also saying 'but Hamas did this' is not unconditional condemnation.
Let me ask you this: do you think there is any behavior that can justify genocide?
You can take issue with the numbers and be as conspiratorial about them as you like, but that goalpost movement doesn't do anything to support your point.
Your unwillingness to label the killing of thousands of children in either regard shows an apologism and an intellectual dishonesty that doesn't bely any useful contribution to the discussion.
Faux impartiality and centrism is the kind of toxic behaviour that lets these atrocities go unchecked.
The other comment:
Huh? I don't have a strong opinion on any of this and do not deny. I would prefer independent investigations on this by parties not involved in this conflict (or war or potential genocide whatever you want to call this).
More than half of the population, about 52%, were under the age of 18, making them children.
Indiscriminate bombing, which Israel is doing, will cause about half of those fatalities to be children.
Asking for independent journalistic verification in a war zone where Israel won't let independent journalists in is the equivalent of denying. You know there is no verification meeting your impossible standards.
This is you justifying it.
Let me guess: you're a member of the Alternative for Germany party?
Hahaha never. Now fuck off with them Nazis.
Edit: To be clear and give my final statement. I am not politically active and do not have an agenda. I am not member of any political party, but I do actively vote and politically debate with friends. Currently i would consider myself mostly in line with the green party while having a negative view on both extremist left and right boundaries but I also dislike the major parties curruption riddled SPD (esp. Scholz), CDU and inhumane corporate and lobby party FDP. AfD and the other Nazi parties are the worst obviously.
No, I do not justify bombing civilian infrastructure. I do try to explain why civilian casualties are too high. While Hamas should not use civilians as human shields, Israel should not bomb them non the less and disregard civilian casualties. It's both wrong.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2010/11/26/israel-soldiers-punishment-using-boy-human-shield-inadequate
This is what human shields look like.
read my other comments
Read up on operation cast lead. That is what human shields looks like, and it wasn't the Palestinians that did it.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2010/11/26/israel-soldiers-punishment-using-boy-human-shield-inadequate
What do I expect them to do? Not 'mow the grass' every couple of years. Not use soldiers to protect murderers as the 'settlers', sorry, thieves go in and steal more of west bank. Somewhere that has no hamas, by the by.
What do I expect them to do? Not commit genocide. That's what I expect.
I also expect them not to be a white supremacist apartheid ethno state, but I know that one isn't possible, just as I know that it isn't possible to not expect them to be terrorists or commit the Nakba, or to socialize with the Irgun.
Fuck off you genocide excuser.
maybe try to discuss without being toxic? I do never excuse any genocide.
This is literally justification.
Maybe try not justifying the murder of over 10,000 civilians if you don't want toxicity.
Anyone conflating being anti-Zionist with being antisemitic isn't being reasonable.
I would argue it's pretty antisemitic to think that Israel speaks for all Jewish people.
Israel doesn't exist just because of or for Zionists. Or do you propose everyone who was born there but happens to not be a Palestinian should leave the country?
No, I advocate for them to demand a single Democratic state with Democratic rights for everyone, regardless of ethnicity. Since, you know, they've intentionally done everything possible to kill a two state solution.
Otherwise, they promote an apartheid vision for the region.
Also, it does exist solely because of Zionists. Where do you think it came from?
It exists to be a unsinkable US aircraft carrier parked at the crossroads of Asia, Africa and Europe. It's an ethnostate where non-jews are disenfranchised and nonwhite Jews are sterilized.
Jews, Christians and Muslims coexisted in Palestine long before the European colony arrived.
Fucking Germans I swear
yeah, I realized this half way through typing but wanted to finish this anyway.