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I’ll take a stab at it: I don’t think people are saying Israel shouldn’t defend themselves, it’s more about why the strikes are happening in the first place. I
by spicebox 3y ago
I’ll take a stab at it:
I don’t think people are saying Israel shouldn’t defend themselves, it’s more about why the strikes are happening in the first place. It’s like if Russia built a giant defense system to keep out Ukrainian missiles. The problem isn’t that they’re defending themselves it’s what they’re doing to provoke it.
As for why the attacks are happening, like you said it s a very complicated issue. But in essence Israel has kicked a bunch of Palestinians out of their homes and illegally annexed their land, in violation of international law. They’ve also continued to violate the human rights of the Palestinians that remain.
If you want to read more:
UN: https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/10/1129722 https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/10/1129722
Amnesty International:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2022/02/israels-system-of-apartheid/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2022/02/israels-...
- josephcsible 3y ago> It’s like if Russia built a giant defense system to keep out Ukrainian missiles. This is a bad analogy, because Ukraine doesn't shoot missiles into Russia, but Gaza shoots missiles into Israel all the time.
- spicebox 3y agoI guess a better analogy would be the Germans complaining about the British bombing them in WWII. (Although Russia has claimed that Ukraine has staged drone attacks in Russia: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/12/05/europe/russia-ukraine-missiles-kyiv-zaporizhzhia-intl/index.html https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/12/05/europe/russia-ukraine-mis...)
- sgregnt 3y agoYeah, I would narrow this down Germans complaining for allies purposefully bombing a civilian infra. But present day standars this is a war crime.
- rich_sasha 3y agoGaza Strip didn't exist pre-1940s and no one was shooting from it. I wholeheartedly condemn Palestinian terrorism, and at the same time see that Israel's actions are a key, unfair cause of it.
- jagtstronaut 3y agoThanks and thanks for the sources.
- sgregnt 3y agoThe problem woth this is that Palestinians kicked Israelis as well very early on many ears before Israel was created. Here is an example https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1929_Hebron_massacre https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1929_Hebron_massacre