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In reply to the discussion: Israeli Minister Admits Military Is Carrying Out 'Nakba' Against Gaza's Palestinians [View all]Beastly Boy
(13,283 posts)108. I read what the author had to say about it.
He cited the law and said it was unambiguous.( "International humanitarian law clearly prohibits the use of human shields.
In the context of international armed conflicts" ). There is no question in the author's mind about who is to blame. There is no question in his mind about educating the ignorant public on who is to blame. The only time the author is mentioning this is in the context of educating the public, since uninformed public opinion is a really terrible standard for gauging who is to blame.
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Israeli Minister Admits Military Is Carrying Out 'Nakba' Against Gaza's Palestinians [View all]
LiberalArkie
Nov 2023
OP
What's wrong with what he said ? He wants people to leave so they want go after Hamas
JI7
Nov 2023
#1
Tell me what the definition of ethnic cleansing is, and I will tell you what Nakba is not.
Beastly Boy
Nov 2023
#12
And Israel says the hostages are in the tunnels and the IDF is bombing the shit out of said tunnels
LiberalArkie
Nov 2023
#3
That's right and it is consistent with the conduct of this war of annihilation.
David__77
Nov 2023
#10
By all means. However, your shaming does not create in me a sense of obligation.
Beastly Boy
Nov 2023
#23
It's like a broken record, international orgs always call it ethnic cleansing, yet...
elias7
Nov 2023
#101
I strongly suggest that you read the Geneva Conventions and the Rome Conventions
Beastly Boy
Nov 2023
#61
The "blame" the quote is talking about is the potential perception of the blame by uninformed public.
Beastly Boy
Nov 2023
#106
You might want to ask yourself why the only time the author talks about who is to blame
Eko
Nov 2023
#107
Following your logic, if (hopefully not when) Israel really ramps it up and the slaughter of civilians
Celerity
Nov 2023
#18
When my line is hewed, then and only then would the guilty be held accountable.
Beastly Boy
Nov 2023
#21
If the civilians deaths become too high and reach a point where a paradigm shift takes place, very few
Celerity
Nov 2023
#24
International law also has disportionate response elements, as does real life global (including the US) public
Celerity
Nov 2023
#26
I am not aware of the disproportiomal response elements in international law.
Beastly Boy
Nov 2023
#27
IF things go truly pear shaped & the counts of civilians slaughtered go into the tens upon tens of thousands, especially
Celerity
Nov 2023
#28
So the only answer to my questions you have is to deflect back to Israel and speculate on the casualties,
Beastly Boy
Nov 2023
#34
This is weird. You did ask a question. Two of them, to be precise. They are in your post, for all to read.
Beastly Boy
Nov 2023
#73
Are you assuming that Hamas implemented the human shield policy just recently?
Beastly Boy
Nov 2023
#77
Kind if like why do people hold white Americans at fault for the thousands of native Americans that died
LiberalArkie
Nov 2023
#29
I know, some things can not be undone. It was not the right thing to do, but it is done.
LiberalArkie
Nov 2023
#32
Yeah, I vividly recall the native Amerivan warriors using their kin as humn shields.
Beastly Boy
Nov 2023
#38
Because Israel is dropping the bombs. Who should have the blame? Palestinians? They are not Hamas.
Autumn
Nov 2023
#31
I do blame Hamas. And in my opinion Israel shares the blame for the needless death of some
Autumn
Nov 2023
#40
The one bad thing about reading threads when you are logged out is that the people you have BLOCKED
GuppyGal
Nov 2023
#35
No. I mean 70% of Palestinians pre-Israeli nationhood couldn't be accounted for after
Model35mech
Nov 2023
#50