Gaza ceasefire reveals full extent of Israeli destruction

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16. Is that really being said? As I understand it, Putin is being held "responsible"

(rhetorically to some extent anyway, if not in any significant real way)

for Russia's active support of the rebels and the way they have mishandled the aftermath of the tragedy of downing a civilian plane. There were hundreds of victims from other countries on that plane, who had no knowledge that they were even entering a war zone. So, many previously "uninterested" countries are now drawn into the conflict due to the loss of their citizens.

Meanwhile, in Gaza, you have an ongoing conflict with legitimate grievances on both sides, even if people disagree vociferously about the relative scale and legitimacy of grievances on the different sides. The victims on each side are almost exclusively citizens of the warring parties (notwithstanding the visiting teenager who was beat up in Israel - that is an exception). Some might argue that the citizens of a country are somewhat responsible for the actions of their government, if only for not rising up against the government to replace it. In the case of Gaza that is probably an extremely simplistic and naive view, but I think that is one reason there is less sympathy for the victims, and less motivation to ascribe blame to the allies of the perpetrators.

It's a distinct difference in the two kinds of actions. Whether it's important or not depends on one's larger feelings about the conflicts.

Would we hear about the horrors being done by the "rebels" in Ukraine and be ascribing that to Putin, if not for the downing of the Malaysian airliner? I suspect not.