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submitted 1 year ago by Echo71Niner@lemm.ee to c/world@lemmy.world

The article accuses Israel of potentially committing war crimes in its conflict with Hamas, focusing on a siege on Gaza, airstrikes harming civilians, and evacuation orders. It criticizes the U.S. for not condemning Israel's actions and emphasizes the need for diplomatic solutions. The piece argues that Israel's approach could backfire politically and suggests that there's no military solution to the conflict. It calls for the U.S. to exercise influence to deter such actions, asserting it's in the interests of both the U.S. and Israel to prevent further civilian casualties and maintain regional stability.

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[-] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Israeli president Isaac Herzog, while allowing that Gazan civilians weren’t legitimate military targets, nevertheless suggested that they bear responsibility for Hamas’s actions, saying, “They could have risen up, they could have fought against the evil regime”

Hamas has also said the same thing about Israelis, saying that they elected war criminals and hence every Israeli has some amount of guilt. Do Israelis not hear themselves? They’re only validating the terrorists with this rhetoric.

[-] Dreamer@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's interesting what happens when the rhetoric used is applied to both sides.

  • Why don't the citizens of Israel stand up against their governments war crimes?

  • If the citizens of Israel didn't all want to be complicit in their government's war crimes, why haven't they risen up to outlaw mandatory military service?

  • Why don't the citizens of Israel do anything about the settlers committing terrorist acts in plains clothes, and instead just let them blend with the rest of the population?

  • Why do the citizens of Israel not stand against their military protecting, supporting, legitimizing the terrorist acts of the settlers?

The list goes on...

[-] federatingIsTooHard@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

Why don’t the citizens of Israel stand up against their governments war crimes?

they have

Why do the citizens of Israel not stand against their military protecting, supporting, legitimizing the terrorist acts of the settlers?

they have

[-] prole@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Victim blaming on a national scale.

(The Palestinian people, not Hamas. Before some IDF shills jump on my wording)

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