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Israel's siege of Gaza is illegal, EU says (euobserver.com)

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[-] worldwidewave@lemmy.world 357 points 1 year ago

"Israel has a right to self-defence, but it has to be done within international law ... cutting water, cutting electricity, cutting food to a mass of civilian people is against international law," said EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Tuesday (10 October).

He repeated the view more than once in his press briefing. "The Palestinian people are also suffering," he added.

An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind. This cycle of violence and repression needs to stop.

[-] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 83 points 1 year ago

It's not an eye for an eye though. Israeli atrocities over the decades dwarf what has been inflicted upon them by Palestine and Hamas.

[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

You go far back in history enough and we can be here all day over who is guiltier

[-] FaceDeer@kbin.social 28 points 1 year ago

In this case you don't need to go back "in history."

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago

By this logic, history doesn't exist and nothing that happened yesterday should matter today.

[-] wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Do we get to go back far enough to the part where israel admitted to funding hamas in 2019?

You guys know this isnt a conspiracy, right? Israeli politicians flat out said this in interviews?

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[-] iheartneopets@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

Holy hand-waving-atrocities Batman

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[-] ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

It's not an eye-for-an-eye because we shouldn't consider targetting civilians an option. If you want to call militias that target civilians terrorists, be consistent regardless of what uniform they are wearing.