This is what distinguishes Israelis from others - that they are one people, one family. And they perceive the pain of each of their compatriots as their own personal tragedy.
It doesn't distinguish them at all. Yes, they suffered an horrendous terrorist attack. That does
not give them the right to commit genocide. And that is what they appear to have embarked upon.
What would you say if it was your daughter, your mother, your sister, your wife who was captured, raped by all of Hamas, mocked, had her fingers cut off, her eyes gouged out, her arms and legs twisted, and then they sent you a video of all this mockery? If it were your elderly parents who were killed on the threshold of their own home - would you be just as kind to these "inhumans"?
The Israelis have suffered maybe 2,000 deaths, so that gives them the right to kill maybe 7x that number of
children???
What would you say if it was
your daughter,
your son, who was killed by Israel. What would you do? Innocent children.
What would you say if it was
your father,
your mother, innocent of anything Hamas have done, that are killed by Israel? And if your partner was killed by Israel, yet innocent of anything Hamas had done? What would you do?
You can think of me as anything you like: cruel, cynical, indifferent - but I would exterminate them all "to the seventh generation", without any pity or regret. So that in the future no one would even have the thought of repeating something like this.
So a terrorist organisation in
your country kills some people elsewhere, and you think it okay for that targetted country to retaliate and slaughter, murder, kill, thousands upon thousands of children, and many times that of other people of
your country?
I get the outrage they're experiencing, but not the actions they're taking.
The Israelis are right here, and no one has the right to condemn them.
Everyone has the right to condemn them. Ever heard of the expression "two wrongs do not make a right"?
There's no issue with being outraged about what happened to them on 7 Oct 2023. I am. But
murdering c.40k+ civilians (thus far)
, of which c.10k+ are children (thus far), is worthy of condemnation. Don't be mistaken: that is what they are doing. It is murder. Find the Hamas terrorists, deal with them. It doesn't require the slaughter of innocents to do that.
I would suggest that you also read up on the history of that region. Because the actions of Israel, in that context, are
not motivated by the act on 7 Oct 2023 but by their history with Palestine. And that day was just an excuse to do what they have long sought. But regardless of motivation, it doesn't make their actions right, moral, ethical, acceptable... unless you are someone who thinks genocide is acceptable?
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