• @goat
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    27 months ago

    may you link the article? I’d like to read it for myself

        • NoneOfUrBusiness
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          7 months ago

          So there’s a lot wrong with this, but the short of it is: Collective punishment is a war crime.

          • @goat
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            37 months ago

            Glad you agree. now tell that to hamas and jihadists.

          • DarkGamer
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            7 months ago

            In war between nations, all punishment is collective punishment. That’s how war works. Your point of view might seem more compelling if they were not currently a belligerent territory under a hostile government actively launching bloody attacks against Israel. Blockades, fortifications, restricting movement, etc., are intended to deny the enemy resources that they would otherwise use to kill Israelis.

            If Gaza sues for peace then that changes things. While they remain at war, all of these actions are totally reasonable. This is about safety, not punishing civilians.

            • NoneOfUrBusiness
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              07 months ago

              Like I said before, this is due to the blockade. The blockade started before Hamas was in control of the strip, and wasn’t strengthened in response to a particular attack against Israel (those started in earnest in 2007 after the blockade evolved into the form we know today). They’re at war because peace isn’t working. It didn’t work in 1995, it didn’t work in 2008 and it didn’t work in 2014 (when Netenyahu actively opposed it, mind you).