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[–] Binturong@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

I agree, yet people are constantly asked if Israel has a right to 'defend' itslef when referring to precisely that behaviour in our biased legacy media, and then don't blink when confronted with video evidence of the IDF bombing groups of unarmed civilians with thermobaric weaponry... Or refuse to acknowledge that throwing rocks in the face of sniper fire is met with improsonment, sexual torture using trained dogs, and death. I just don't see how anyone can point the finger anywhere else when committing to those actions, and I'll be first to stress the fact that terror attacks by groups like Hamas are not justifiable, either. They're just not baseless or irrational, that too is self-defense, and every aggressive action whether in Gaza, Lebanon, or Syria by the IDF is GOING to result in more of this, and the leadership knows that. People have to call out their disingenuous assertions that somehow this is unexpected or unreasonable, and that because of an iredeemable suffering inflicted 70 years ago they should be allowed to inflict the same on other people without question.

People can believe what they want, but I just have to reject that status quo on humanitarian grounds, and it's not negotiable. I'm not going to passively observe someone who is knowingly or otherwise enabling the narratives that pave the way for more of these actions.