A simple fact: If Israel WANTED to kill civilians & flatten Gaza then this war would have been over before nightfall on Oct 7.
The entire 'genocide' 'and 'child killer' narratives are lies spread by naive fools, terrorist apologists and those who want Israel destroyed.
These lies are meant to deceive people into calling for Israel to stop defending itself and allow Hamas to get away with the atrocities of Oct 7.
Israel has literally put its own soldiers on the ground in harms way. And it has continued to let rockets fall on its own civilians - even though it didn't need to do either.
Israel does all this because it is trying to REDUCE civilian casualties. It is actually risking Israeli lives to save Palestinians.
- no other argument makes sense.
Fact:
Hundred of thousands of Arabs and Muslims have been killed in
πΊSyria
πΊSudan
πΊYemen
But they didnβt trigger 1/10 of the reactions we are witnessing now in the war of #Gaza.
Why?
Because, in Gaza, they enemy is non-Arab and non-Muslim.
Letβs stop kidding ourself and have the courage to admit that.
Free Palestine mob uses the word Occupation as a silver bullet, an argument to counter all arguments, that if Palestinians live under occupation, their misery is explained and their reaction to occupation, even if criminal, is justified under international law.
Now the catch here is that the Free Palestine mob never specify which part of the land is exactly occupied. Those who wanted to put October 7 "in context," mentioned 1948, just like those who celebrate nakba every year. If 1948 is the disaster, then Israel itself is the occupation (not the West Bank Israel captured from Jordan and Gaza it captured from 1967).
Under international law, Israel on 1948 is not an occupation. It is a sovereign state, recognized by the UN and over 150 countries. Arabs who live in Israel are Israeli citizens. If they have issues with the state, that's not occupation.
Now the disputed 1967 land. Palestinians were never, throughout history, sovereign over this land or had a state there (for it to be occupied). Egypt and Jordan conceded 1967 landed to Israel in peace treaties and their status became disputed pending final agreement between Israelis and Palestinians. Israelis entered into 1993 Oslo Accord that partially conceded control to Palestinians on the way to a full state. Hamas suicide bombed the peace process during which Palestinians refused three offers to construct their state on 1967 land, insisting on demands that infringe on Israeli sovereignty (such as return of Palestinians to Israel or other issues).
Still, Israel conceded more 1967 territories to Palestinians, in 2005, when it Israel shrank its control by handing Gaza strip over to the Palestinian authority, vacating settlements in Jenin and other spots in West Bank. Had Palestinians exploited Israeli withdrawal to build their state on the land they control, they could have expanded their state through agreements with Israel to get more of the occupied land. But what did Palestinians do? They elected Hamas, which calls 1948 land, Israel, occupation, and shouts from the River to the Sea Palestine will be Islamic Arab. Hamas missed a chance of creating a state by turning Gaza into a spot that just killed 1200 Israelis a month ago.
So when you say occupation, don't think that everyone would bend over backwards and take the rest of your arguments as being error proof.
A quote from my dad, a man born and raised in Gaza. Remember that most of the ppl screaming have never set foot in Palestine and have probably never met a Palestinian. Ppl in Gaza know that it all went downhill from Arafat and went dark after Hamas. Theyβve been cursed w leadership more focused on hating Jews than loving Palestinians.