Because you know why. We can see through them easily, it doesn't need rocket scientists.Why have you responded to everything except the bit where they are denying food, water electricity and medicine? In a conversation where you are stating they aren't breaking international law? Seems an odd thing to overlook.
And your posts in this thread show you don't know much about anything.You know absolutely nothing about international law.
I would also take what the IDF are putting out with a pinch of salt, however in this instance, I agree with you that they have nothing to gain by stopping the evacuation, whereas Hamas certainly do.Here's the evidence the IDF have presented:
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I can't say I trust anything coming out of the IDF right now but I also don't think it's beyond Hamas' range to do stuff like this. Got to say that the explosion in particular seems a bit weird to me and to be honest I don't see what Israel has to gain from stopping the evacuation.
"..International rights experts are raising the alarm over the indiscriminate nature of the Israeli military offensive in Gaza that has killed 1,100 Palestinians and destroyed schools and hospitals while the besieged enclave remains under a blockade.And your posts in this thread show you don't know much about anything.
The bombing campaign ticks the boxes to be considered lawful. The siege does not.
The bombing campaign ticks the boxes to be considered lawful. The siege does not.
Are annoyed by my posts? When I show solidarity with Palestinian children?And your posts in this thread show you don't know much about anything.
The bombing campaign ticks the boxes to be considered lawful. The siege does not.
A few days into a bombing campaign it can't possibly be determined whether they followed the correct protocols or not. It takes months to unpick the details of something like this which is why nobody outside of protest groups has been making these accusations. Suspicions yes, and I'd agree with that, but look at the post history of the most active users in this thread.No it doesn't. There are countless reports with clear evidence of attacks and actions that have broken international laws and would absolutely be classed as war crimes. To say otherwise is either extremely naive and ignorant or misinformed at best. It's incredibly disingenuous to keep repeating the same opinion over and over again as more than a few users in this thread have done.
It's kind of crazy that people are trying to deny something that the UN has recognized 5 days ago before things even went further.No it doesn't. There are countless reports with clear evidence of attacks and actions that have broken international laws and would absolutely be classed as war crimes. To say otherwise is either extremely naive and ignorant or misinformed at best. It's incredibly disingenuous to keep repeating the same opinion over and over again as more than a few users in this thread have done.
Its Seymour Hersh, he isn't taken seriously nowadays.Wow, if this is true, any civilian within 1.5 miles of the blast would be vapourised. Staying put where the bombs will drop is not an option. As a civilian you have to leave and get far enough away.
This has somehow become a place where murdering 1000 + civilians in cold blood is fine but trying to find the murderers is not. 90% in here aren't worth engaging to be honest.A few days into a bombing campaign it can't possibly be determined whether they followed the correct protocols or not. It takes months to unpick the details of something like this which is why nobody outside of protest groups has been making these accusations. Suspicions yes, and I'd agree with that, but look at the post history of the most active users in this thread.
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Can you point to some people on here (especially 90%+) who think murdering 1000+ civilians is fine?This has somehow become a place where murdering 1000 + civilians in cold blood is fine but trying to find the murderers is not. 90% in here aren't worth engaging to be honest.
Seeing as it appears 1000+ Palestinian civilians have been murdered in cold blood in Palestine, do the Palestinians have the right to find their murderers as well? Do the Palestinians have the right to self-defence in the way that Israel has i.e. by being allowed to kill Israeli civilians in the aims of finding and killing the murderers of Palestinian civilians?This has somehow become a place where murdering 1000 + civilians in cold blood is fine but trying to find the murderers is not. 90% in here aren't worth engaging to be honest.
.Can you point to some people on here (especially 90%+) who think murdering 1000+ civilians is fine?
Ye they did a great job looking at a music festival !? For me they are more Vegas shooter than freedom fighter. I judge them by their actions.Seeing as it appears 1000+ Palestinian civilians have been murdered in cold blood in Palestine, do the Palestinians have the right to find their murderers as well? Do the Palestinians have the right to self-defence in the way that Israel has i.e. by being allowed to kill Israeli civilians in the aims of finding and killing the murderers of Palestinian civilians?
That isn't saying its fine though?.
Ye they did a great job looking at a music festival !?
These are the only war crimes mentioned in that article:It's kind of crazy that people are trying to deny something that the UN has recognized 5 days ago before things even went further.
The siege is mentioned as a collective punisment which would be considered a war crime but nothing about the bombings being unlawful is mentioned. The fact that we know that Hamas are hiding their fighters and equipment under civilian houses makes it extremly hard at this point to judge if a bombing is unlawful or not. It will take months or even years of investigations before we will know how many, if any of the targets where pure civilian.Reports that armed groups from Gaza have gunned down hundreds of unarmed civilians are abhorrent and cannot be tolerated. Taking civilian hostages and using civilians as human shields are war crimes.
The Commission is gravely concerned with Israel’s latest attack on Gaza and Israel’s announcement of a complete siege on Gaza involving the withholding of water, food, electricity and fuel which will undoubtfully cost civilian lives and constitutes collective punishment.
It's worth noting that this attack that the IDF refers to in this video is not the same attack that has reportedly killed 70 Palestinians.Here's the evidence the IDF have presented:
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I can't say I trust anything coming out of the IDF right now but I also don't think it's beyond Hamas' range to do stuff like this. Got to say that the explosion in particular seems a bit weird to me and to be honest I don't see what Israel has to gain from stopping the evacuation.
Yep, inclined to agree.Here's the evidence the IDF have presented:
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I can't say I trust anything coming out of the IDF right now but I also don't think it's beyond Hamas' range to do stuff like this. Got to say that the explosion in particular seems a bit weird to me and to be honest I don‘t see what Israel has to gain from stopping the evacuation.
The entire interview with Hagari is worth a watch. Completely indicative into the Israeli mindset at the momentAbsolutely horrific. I can't imagine the terror those poor people felt. Completely helpless and facing trained terrorists.
'trying to find the murderers' is quite a vague description of what Israel are doing at the moment, no?This has somehow become a place where murdering 1000 + civilians in cold blood is fine but trying to find the murderers is not. 90% in here aren't worth engaging to be honest.
Posts like this really do not help this thread at all. I cannot recall seeing one single post where anyone says the Israeli deaths were fine. Not one saying Hamas are right. However there are plenty saying the Israeli response is fine.This has somehow become a place where murdering 1000 + civilians in cold blood is fine but trying to find the murderers is not. 90% in here aren't worth engaging to be honest.
I'm talking about war crimes being committed. I'm not and have not, itemized said war crimes.These are the only war crimes mentioned in that article:
The siege is mentioned as a collective punisment which would be considered a war crime but nothing about the bombings being unlawful is mentioned. The fact that we know that Hamas are hiding their fighters and equipment under civilian houses makes it extremly hard at this point to judge if a bombing is unlawful or not. It will take months or even years of investigations before we will know how many, if any of the targets where pure civilian.
It's a rhetorical question where the answer is quite obviously "NO."Ye they did a great job looking at a music festival !? For me they are more Vegas shooter than freedom fighter. I judge them by their actions.
My apoligies.I'm talking about war crimes being committed. I'm not and have not, itemized said war crimes.
I took it as you where arguing that the bombings had been judged a war crime by the UN which they have not, at least not yet.The bombing campaign ticks the boxes to be considered lawful. The siege does not.
I wasn't, I was adding to the second sentence of Langster. But even the quote that you share isn't correct, unless the usage of white phosphorus on densely populated area is now lawful which it isn't. So we do have accounts of unlawful bombings.My apoligies.
This is the post that your quoted post was in response to:
I took it as you where arguing that the bombings had been judged a war crime by the UN which they have not, at least not yet.
FT paywalled, but is there a video of that attack?It's worth noting that this attack that the IDF refers to in this video is not the same attack that has reportedly killed 70 Palestinians.
The FT have conducted an investigation into the one that is believed to have killed 70 Palestinians en route South Gaza and concludes that the "evidence points to IDF weapons."
They state that "analysis of the video footage rules out most explanations aside from an Israeli strike," and Chris Cobb-Smith, a former British army major and weapons and munitions expert also states that "the available evidence suggested the most likely cause of the blast was a missile strike."
There are also explanations as to why there's no crater, which I've seen referenced as a reason for doubt earlier in this thread, as well as why it's unlikely to be a car bomb.
I get the intuitive assumption that Israel wouldn't have anything to gain from stopping the evacuation, but let's be real there's a lot of evidence that armies often act in irrational ways in a war, especially when there's such an intense bloodlust as we've seen on display in the past few days.
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Bye, Felicia.This has somehow become a place where murdering 1000 + civilians in cold blood is fine but trying to find the murderers is not. 90% in here aren't worth engaging to be honest.
My question is not a "is one side right or wrong" question. Its a very simple question. If Israel have the right to defend themself when their civilians are killed and in doing so are allowed to murderer Palestinian civilians. Do the Palestinian people have the same right to defend themselves when their civilians are killed and in doing so are allowed to murder Israeli civilians?.
Ye they did a great job looking at a music festival !? For me they are more Vegas shooter than freedom fighter. I judge them by their actions.