Perhaps the most astonishing response Israel has offered to South Africa’s genocide case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that Israel has the “most moral army in the world” and that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) make every effort to avoid harming non-combatants. Two weeks before Netanyahu made this statement, the Switzerland-based Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor reported that Israel had killed 29,124 people in Gaza. Of these, 26,706, a shocking 92 percent, were civilians. This suggests that it is not just a matter of Israel failing to distinguish between combatants and non-combatants; it is that it increasingly appears as though Israel is deliberately trying to kill as many civilians as possible, with an added bonus if Hamas fighters are eliminated along the way. According to a US doctor in Gaza, Israeli snipers are routinely executing Palestinian children with single shots to their heads. Medical workers, patients, and displaced civilians have endured similar fates.

  • @StupidBrotherInLaw
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    31 year ago

    If you disagree, I would like to hear how else we can stop such cultures of hate from spreading terror.

    Buckle up, because this will be a wild one. Don’t corral people into what’s effectively the world’s largest open air prison while supporting the creation of violent, reactionary factions within its populace.

    Oh wait, it’s really not so hard.

    • @Eheran
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      -21 year ago

      So why were the borders closed? Were the Palestinians such good people and Israel, Jordan and Egypt just hate them for no reason?

      Oh wait, history goes back further than a few years.

        • @Eheran
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          01 year ago

          Do you have anything to say about the topic or do you just talk about me?