• capital@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      The reason they do it is they KNOW it affords them protection because of the way Israel operates.

      Now imagine the situation reversed. Hamas wouldn’t believe their luck.

      Edit: I also just remembered that according to US ROEs, a hospital can become a valid target if it is sheltering combatants who are actively attacking.

      I have no idea what Israel’s rules are but I think the above is a morally defensible position.

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        Judging by what they shout on the street, their rules are “kill them all” and “death to all Palestinians”. Oh, and “this is my house now”.

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            1 year ago

            Kind of a loaded question; no matter the answer someone will get pissed off. Israel keeps getting bigger, Palestine gets smaller. Those settlements in particular? Probably not.

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              Yup omw of the tactics is to leave settlements in shitty areas and moving to the new ones in better areas. The idea is less “we need a place to live” and more “once we displace a family with generational claim to the land then leave, the area is now “disputed.””

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      It is literally an excuse because it makes it no longer a war crime to hit those facilities

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        Legality != Morality
        “Just following orders” is also immoral, also not an excuse for murder.