The Palestinian Red Crescent said on Friday that one person was killed and 28 others were wounded in a shooting by Israeli forces at Al-Quds hospital in Gaza, the organisation said.
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.
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).
That isn’t my point though. My point is that Gaza’s seclusion is from their own doing.
If Palestinian Terrorists never attacked Eygpt or used its humanitarian crossings to smuggle weapons and resources–Then Gaza wouldn’t be in its predicament of being a prison.
So there’s a lot wrong with this, but the short of it is: Collective punishment is a war crime.
Glad you agree. now tell that to hamas and jihadists.
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.
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).