Israel levels West Bank home of Palestinian-American suspect

[Beastly Boy]

30. I am very ambivalent about this policy.

Israel is walking a fine line between collective punishment and justice. By certain measures, it very likely oversteps the conduct permissible under international law. But since we are talking about this case, I don't have the information to determine whether boundaries have been crossed. And since I am talking out of ignorance of the case, I am not about to pronounce the "justice denied" verdict based on my ignorance.

As far as Israel's policy being just, what is justice in the case of a random attack on civilians? Although the policy is unjust, it is certainly more humane than than that of the terrorists. To be fair, the applications of the concept of justice towards Israeli victims of Palestinian terrorists are few and far between in certain circles. For instance, I hear a lot about Israel applying disproportional force towards Hamas, but not at all about Hamas applying disproportional disregard for international law and human life when it comes to Israel.