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> I really doubt that's the case, seems more like a "fire first if any suspicion at all and ask questions later" policy. I will try to solve your doubt. Gaza i
by pvaldes 3y ago
> I really doubt that's the case, seems more like a "fire first if any suspicion at all and ask questions later" policy.
I will try to solve your doubt. Gaza is a closed area. You can't just cross freely the frontier unless Israel allows it. Before that, humanitarian organisations are required to inform directly to Israeli army about everything that they want to do, where they want to go, how many, an when. They are clearly identified by a logo at all times. Israel had every single piece of info necessary to avoid bombing aid workers and had it for weeks
Despite that, Israel can't avoid to keep killing this workers; and they were doing the same repeatedly, systematically, for the last six months, in multiple attacks that last tens of minutes (maybe even hours?), while singing "oops!, I did it again".
The theory of the honest mistake is getting really difficult to swallow.
- mupuff1234 3y agoI think you're proving the opposite - like you said they have all the information so if they really wanted to kill all aid workers they could easily do that, so the fact that they haven't makes it pretty clear that isn't their goal. You really think Israel coordinated with WCK for weeks now only to suddenly decide to kill a few aid workers intentionally? It makes zero sense. And if you wanna go all conspiracy theory, why not just make it to look like Hamas killed the aid workers? It would be extremely easy for Israel to do so.
- pvaldes 3y agoWell, they had assassinated yet "a few" (hundreds of) physicians, and nurses, and ambulance drivers in the area, so maybe are getting more bold about it. > why not just make it to look like Hamas killed the aid workers? Because they simply don't care, obviously. They even feel safe enough to film their own crimes.
- mupuff1234 3y agoSo why even allow WCK to operate from the start? They could easily just deny them access. Seems like negligence and not caring for collateral damage is much more straightforward reason compared to intentionally targeting them.
- adhamsalama 3y agoThe WCK withdrew from Gaza after being killed by Israel. Now Israel can say that they didn't stop aid, they just "accidentally" killed an entire envoy of aid, which unfortunately led to the WCK withdrawing from Gaza.
- mupuff1234 3y agoOk, so why not just put the blame on Hamas? Seems like an easy win-win if that was indeed Israel's goal.
- GordonS 3y agoProbably so they have "evidence" of their "good behaviour" for the next ICJ hearing.
- mupuff1234 3y agoSo again, why not make it look like it was Hamas who killed the aid workers? I mean if it was all planned ahead seems like an obvious thing to do given that it wouldn't taint the "good behaviour" while also stopping aid.
- GordonS 3y ago1) Israel doesn't have to - they can do essentially anything, and their US/GB/DE/FR backers will continue to support and enable their genocidal behaviour 2) The Israeli army comes across as extremely unprofessional - I honestly believe Israel doesn't have full control over them. It's a car-crash of "soldiers" who believe Palestinians are inhuman beasts, combined with commanders who don't give a shit and probably couldn't control their squad in any case
- mupuff1234 3y ago1) I don't agree since international pressure is escalating, but regardless it would be a win-win for Israel to blame it on Hamas so I just don't buy it. 2) So what is it? Does the idf targets aid worker intentionally as part of a idf/Israel policy or is it some rogue soldier/commander that decided to do it? Those are two very different claims.