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DemocraticPatriot

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11. HAMAS does not pull the trigger fingers of Israeli rifles pointed against civilians,
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 12:59 AM
Feb 2024

nor does HAMAS release the Israeli bombs that kill more civilians than Hamas fighters.

The actions of NetanYAHOO and the IDF
are even more 'unpardonable', when you start to count the number of casualties....

Have the attacks of Hamas against Israeli civilians been horrific and unpardonable? YES!!

Have the attacks by Israel against Gaza been over-the-top
and killed MANY MORE INNOCENT WOMEN AND CHILDREN
than the attacks by Hamas against Israel?

YES!


Am I beyond sick of reading posts that attempt to justify
the overwhelming number of Gazan casualties vs. Israeli casualties,
by invoking the specifics of the type of attacks, rather than the number of dead?

YES!


Some Israeli women were raped by Hamas, before they were killed..
It that horrific? YES, IT IS....

but it does not make them ANY MORE DEAD than women and children blown to bits by Israeli bombs in Gaza....

nor does it make their deaths somehow "count more"
than the deaths of women and children blown to bits by Israeli bombs in Gaza....


So I am sick of hearing about Oct. 7 atrocities to justify the Israeli overkill in Gaza.
All of that rhetoric just makes me less sympathetic to Israel in this war.

No doubt some atrocities have been committed by the IDF in Gaza---
and the overall Israeli military action in Gaza amounts to a WAR CRIME!

Not Genocide, but war crimes most certainly.

Did Hamas commit war crimes in their attacks? YES, they did....

One war crime is no better than another,
but the number of casualties may be vastly different.






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