A.P. Richelieu
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If you really think that Hamas is killing civilians for fun then I have bridge to sell you? There are reports that Israel has implanted its agents in Gaza who, from time to time, lob some rockets into Israel, directly or through gullible desperate locals. Then of course Israel 'retaliates' MASSIVELY killing innocent people; that causes a 'reaction'...and thus the cycle continues. Which serves Israel well.
The main goal of Israel has ALWAYS BEEN to grab as much land as possible. They WANT to make the Palestinians move to Jordan--the 'real Palestine'--thus about duplicating the 'Reservations' model for the Native North Indians..But Israelis can't--not in this century. So they will instead 'dehumanize' the Palestinians--as 'savages' and 'terrorists'.
Besides, the real game is/was in the W. Bank..and Israeli land grab there speaks volumes about their true nature and intentions. The Israelis are the true savages here!!
The only reason why You think You may have a bridge to sell, is that You bought it yourself.
Hamas is not killing civilians for fun, they are killing civilians out of hatred.
They are killing their own civilians, which oppose their rule.
They are killing Israeli civilians in ways that violate the Geneva Conventions.
- The attackers are dressed in civilian clothes - war crime.
- The attackers are attacking purely civilian targets - war crime
- Indiscriminate rocket attacks on population centers - crime against humanity
- They do not separate their forces from civilians - war crime
- They use protected areas like hospitals and UN buildings for military purposes - war crime
- They refuse elections after they were elected - despicable
- They use civilians as shields, making it legal for Israelis to kill Palestinian civilians.
- They booby trap civilian housing, making it legal for Israel to destroy any civilian house.
Israel is certainly grabbing land on the West Bank, and they are in many cases doing it legally,
A) because the Israeli use old Ottoman Laws which were created to allow Muslims to do ethnic cleansing of the Ottoman Empire. Settlers trying to occupy land outside those laws are regularily rejected by the Israeli Supreme Court.
B) because most of the land was grabbed before the Palestinian Authority signed the Geneva Convention, and thus they are not allowed the protection of the Geneva Convention until that signature.
C) The Palestinians and Israelis have signed an agreement which divides up the West Bank.
The Palestinians are unlikely to win a legal battle, they should focus on trying to get justice,
which is not always the same thing.
They are unlikely to get justice as long as they insist on unacceptable terms.