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Isreal is regularly bombing targets in Syria as well. But the targets seem to be mostly military installations, so the civilian life is not nearly as much disru
by bojan 2y ago
Isreal is regularly bombing targets in Syria as well. But the targets seem to be mostly military installations, so the civilian life is not nearly as much disrupted as it is in Lebanon.
- kamikazeturtles 2y agoAccording to Israel's Dahiya doctrine, civilian targets are legitimate targets in order to put pressure on opposing governments.
- klipt 2y agoSyria has been bombed way more by Assad, the dictator of Syria, than by Israel. Assad has killed about half a million Syrians already in the civil war.
- dotancohen 2y ago> Assad has killed about half a million Syrians already in the civil war. How can that be true? Western academics protest when so many people are killed. The Gaza health ministry itself claims less that 1/10 of that number, and look at how many protests and riots are in the US right now. If Syria really had half a million dead you'd see the academics rioting about that.
- emmelaich 2y ago¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- tdeck 2y agoPeople typically protest their own government to effect policy changes. In the case of Gaza, the US is sending billions of dollars to Israel on a regular basis. The Syrian government, meanwhile, has been sanctioned for more than a decade by these western countries. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_sanctions_against_Syria https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_sanctions_agai...
- bojan 2y agoKeep in mind that Gaza's Health Ministry isn't really functional any more, and they are in no state to keep numbers.
- throw310822 2y agoIsn't this pretty much the definition of terrorism?
- o11c 2y agoThe definition of terrorism generally excludes acts performed by a legitimate state. Whenever this causes problems, you have to declare the relevant state illegitimate (which, depending on the state, may be trivial or highly contested).
- lolinder 2y agoIt's also been standard practice in war since pretty much forever. Not that that's a good thing—war is and always has been terrible—but Israel didn't invent the idea of targeting civilians, nor are there any countries in recent history who have suddenly become above that kind of warfare. There are some that like to talk the talk, but they either have managed to just avoid war (to be fair, good on them) or do the same thing.