Palestinians Have a Right to Defend Themselves!

[Ahmed Aftab]

188. Murder as defined by law.

Israel might have killed (not murdered) more civilians than Hamas did, but this ratio is irrelevant.

Say a terrorist grabs a child as a human shield, and starts shooting up a crowded market place. Say the police have two choices: let the terrorist kill 10 people, or shoot the terrorist through the human shield, and kill the terrorist and kid.

Under such scenario, the police have a duty to kill the innocent kid and terrorist, as 1 civilian dies instead of 10.

The number to focus on is not how many civilians Hamas killed. This is low precisely because Israel defended itself. The number to focus on is how many civilians were protected because the tunnels were destroyed and 3,000 rockets were destroyed on the ground.

If Israel had no deterence, then Hamas would have killed many more civilians. The tunnels were effective.

So the United States would have been justified in shooting down the 9/11 planes. It would have killed hundreds of civilians, but saved thousands on the ground.

Incidentally under United States law, say the police bullet killed the kid / human shield, and only wounded the terrorist. The terrorist would actually be guilty of murdering the kid, and the police would be innocent of it.