I care about the lives of Palestinian civilians. I think they need accurate information so they can make decisions to protect themselves. The fact is, It is not a war crime to strike military targets even if those targets are in civilian areas. They need to know that. They need to know that if they are near a military target during a conflict, then they need to move. You don’t believe me ? Fine. Do your own research about the Laws of Armed Conflict. But giving them false information certainly doesn’t help them and probably results in more civilian deaths.

Respectfully,

Derek

The use of white phosphorus is NOT a war crime according to the laws of war.

Using it intentionally on civilians is, and that’s what Israel did.

Is it possible you are mistaken about the others you listed as well ?

Not exactly. Everything I noted has been proven and documented with videos, photos, even reports from Israeli activists and international journalists. The IDF can’t hide their crimes anymore; everyone is aware of them, and denying it doesn’t help. I’m sorry if that hurts your political ideology and pride, but these are the facts.

We can blame Israel, and some of the criticism is justified, but some of it is not. But if we keep our focus there, we will lose sight of the much larger picture.

I saw a news item the other day about a place called Swat Valley in Pakistan. Have any of you heard of this place? It used to be a destination resort, for skiing and the like, but now, the Taliban have taken over. Since then, some 180 schools have been intentionally destroyed. Most of the police force has either been killed or has quit. People are being beated on the streets, with wooden rods, for being drug addicts.

The sad fact is that there is an ideology in parts of the Muslim world which knows no bounds, which takes itself too seriously, and which will play itself out, at our mutual expense, unless it is stopped.

The vast majority of Muslims are good and peace loving people. But, wherever and however we wish to assign blame, on Israel, or America, or on any other nations for that matter, we cannot lose sight of this extremist element, who know exactly what they want to accomplish, and who are empowered by ideological conviction.

The question becomes, therefore; What will it take to stop them, if we conclude that stopping them is in our mutual interest? And is it possible that stopping them will involve taking steps which may be against our system of values, but which are necessary nonetheless? In other words, can we really afford not to do what we have to do, even if it makes us sick to our stomachs?

Respectfully,

Derek

Please,

Some one please enumerate the war crimes Israel commited.

1) Collective Punishment
2) The use of white phosphorus
3) Disproportionate military response
4) White flags ignored and houses bulldozed with families inside
5) Attacking schools and ambulances

Just to name a few. Justifying all of the above is inhumane. Thousands of Palestinians already condemn Hamas, you need to seriously realize that this conflict is beyond them. They’re brave enough to condemn Hamas yet they’re being killed and tortured by Israel regardless of that, so making petty justifications for Israel despite civilian deaths and merciless aggression only fuels hate mongering and further abuse.

Some one please enumerate the war crimes Israel commited.

Can anyone name any ?

Because HAMAS definitely commited warcrimes.

Ask me. I will name the warcrimes commited by hamas.

“Hypocracy of America and Israel knows no bounds”