Is there anyone who still thinks that Israel's actions in Gaza are justifiable?

Aveline

BBC reported yesterday that Israelis are already queuing up for waterfront sites in Gaza. How can this be right?

Yes, I linked to that in an earlier post. Prime real estate, Aveline!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68650815

Philippa60

Daniella Weiss is a far right-wing extremist who does not represent the views of most Israelis, certainly not mine

Not mine either Philippa60 or a great deal of other people here in UK who support Israel.All countries have these extreme right wing people with some vile points of view.

Oreo

Philippa60

Daniella Weiss is a far right-wing extremist who does not represent the views of most Israelis, certainly not mine

Not mine either Philippa60 or a great deal of other people here in UK who support Israel.All countries have these extreme right wing people with some vile points of view.

Just as there are people who support Hamas in Gaza but not all.
Hasn't stopped Israel driving all from their homes, destroying their homes, hospitals and schools. Something strictly against International Law. And killing over 32,000 people, 25,000 of these women and children. Even the US defence secretary recognises that number www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/1/more-than-25000-women-and-children-killed-in-gaza-us-defence-secretary#:~:text=War%20on%20Gaza-

I think it might be against international law to launch an attack killing over 1200 people as they lay in their beds, kidnapping over 200 people including child and babies and hold them in inhumane conditions, raping women and girls with impunity, and burning people alive and beheading them.

War begets war. This war won’t stop until the hostages are released (those who are still alive) and the thousands of Hamas fighters hiding amongst the population are destroyed.
The innocents are the children. Thank goodness the aid is now being taken in via the sea. No one, including me, wants the innocent children to suffer, but I believe the Israelis are doing their best to limit the casualties in Gaza, so I must differ in my opinion from you. I believe Philippa. I know you will come back and say I’m wrong, but I won’t be back to argue with you (waste of time anyway) because I’m going out today with a friend.

There is much out there to read on the internet. I found articles yesterday which detail the propaganda coming from Hamas. I’m rubbish at posting links though otherwise I would do so. One article was in Time magazine, another in The New Yorker, entitled The Hamas Propaganda Machine. There is easy availability of information/articles to support your point of view, whatever that maybe.

maddyone

I think it might be against international law to launch an attack killing over 1200 people as they lay in their beds, kidnapping over 200 people including child and babies and hold them in inhumane conditions, raping women and girls with impunity, and burning people alive and beheading them.

War begets war. This war won’t stop until the hostages are released (those who are still alive) and the thousands of Hamas fighters hiding amongst the population are destroyed.
The innocents are the children. Thank goodness the aid is now being taken in via the sea. No one, including me, wants the innocent children to suffer, but I believe the Israelis are doing their best to limit the casualties in Gaza, so I must differ in my opinion from you. I believe Philippa. I know you will come back and say I’m wrong, but I won’t be back to argue with you (waste of time anyway) because I’m going out today with a friend.

There is much out there to read on the internet. I found articles yesterday which detail the propaganda coming from Hamas. I’m rubbish at posting links though otherwise I would do so. One article was in Time magazine, another in The New Yorker, entitled The Hamas Propaganda Machine. There is easy availability of information/articles to support your point of view, whatever that maybe.

I'll ask the question I always ask. How can the hostages "be released" in the chaos and how does anyone know that they are alive and not amongst the dead lying rotting on roads that cannot be reached safely.
It's plain nonsense to think that the Israeli bombs somehow miss the hostages.

The casualty figures in Gaza have been questioned in every invasion the Israelis have launched. After the event they have always been proved to be correct.

I simply don't understand that with every Palestinian they kill another family will hate Israelis all the more and another 'Hamas' group will be formed. It's impossible for them to stamp out resistance to them.

Of course children are innocent but there are also many Palestinian men and women who are innocent. I think what I find very disturbing is the willingness to see any adult Palestinian as either a member of Hamas or a supporter of Hamas. Just as Daniella Weiss is not representative of many Israelis, the reason Netanyahu is still in power was because enough Israelis voted for very right wing people in 2022. The last election in Palestine was 2006 and Gazans didn't vote for "Hamas" they voted for candidates in a party called Reform and Change. There is still distance between the political wing of Hamas and the terrorist wing, the former did not necessarily know about or sanction the attack on 7/10. The people of Gaza are no more supporters of Hamas than Israeli Jews support the likes of Weiss, Smotrich and Ben Gvir.

It is totally wrong for Israel to kill and starve innocent people and Volker Turk, the UN's most senior Human Rights official has today spoken very plainly.
The UN's most senior human rights official, Volker Türk, said in a BBC interview that Israel bore significant blame, and that there was a "plausible" case that Israel was using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza.

Mr Türk, who is the UN high commissioner for human rights, said that if intent was proven, that would amount to a war crime.
How anyone can keep dismissing the comments of people like Turk, the pictures of skeletal children, the reports in just about every quality newspaper across the world as the results of Hamas propaganda? Netanyahu if making Israel a pariah state.

If you believe "israel are doing their best to limit casualties" then quite frankly you need help.They are wiping out all in their path and doing it with great glee.There can be NO justification for this massacre ,moving people from one place after destroying their homes and killing their neighbours and families is the norm for Israel ..its what they've been doing for decades.IF the international community had dealt with this a long time ago they wouldn't have a situation where Israel feels they are untouchable .
The IDF are every bit as vile as Hamas! I stand with Palestine

Me too paddyann54 (sorry!)

“One article was in Time magazine, another in The New Yorker, entitled The Hamas Propaganda Machine. There is easy availability of information/articles to support your point of view, whatever that maybe.”

Propaganda seems to be the only effective weapon Hamas has
it has been completely ineffective fighting IDF attention cost of at least 30000 Palestinian lives. Any normal fighting force would have given up long ago, but no it seems they are willing to fight to the last Palestinian.

This is an account of the treatment Israel is giving to captured Palestinians. www.youtube.com/watch?v=udcFeKx-fxE
It is disgusting.

OMG "the IDF are every bit as vile as Hamas" - that comment is simply beyond belief.
You are either completely ignorant of the facts, or just so anti Israel and anti semitic that you don't let the facts challenge your narrative.
I won't continue because it seems that my views are not of interest here

Paddyann54
I stopped reading any of your posts as they’re all completely OTT both on the Gaza thread or anything to do with the SNP.

Philippa69 it’s dispiriting isn’t it, but all views need to be heard so don’t give up on here unless you really want to.
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P60 What facts do you think those of us who criticise the Israeli government are ignorant of? Just curious.

Katie59

“One article was in Time magazine, another in The New Yorker, entitled The Hamas Propaganda Machine. There is easy availability of information/articles to support your point of view, whatever that maybe.”

Propaganda seems to be the only effective weapon Hamas has
it has been completely ineffective fighting IDF attention cost of at least 30000 Palestinian lives. Any normal fighting force would have given up long ago, but no it seems they are willing to fight to the last Palestinian.

Exactly that, they will fight to the last Palestinian.Basically, along with being ineffective, they’re also cowards sheltering in hospitals and hiding behind women.Not so good now hamas is it? Killing children in cots and sleeping people is a lot easier than fighting the IDF as you are finding out right this minute.

Oreo

Katie59

“One article was in Time magazine, another in The New Yorker, entitled The Hamas Propaganda Machine. There is easy availability of information/articles to support your point of view, whatever that maybe.”

Propaganda seems to be the only effective weapon Hamas has
it has been completely ineffective fighting IDF attention cost of at least 30000 Palestinian lives. Any normal fighting force would have given up long ago, but no it seems they are willing to fight to the last Palestinian.

Exactly that, they will fight to the last Palestinian.Basically, along with being ineffective, they’re also cowards sheltering in hospitals and hiding behind women.Not so good now hamas is it? Killing children in cots and sleeping people is a lot easier than fighting the IDF as you are finding out right this minute.

Well I read the New Yorker article. I think it has the whole thing the wrong way round. Hamas is not necessarily winning the propaganda war,rather Israel is losing it. And how could they not be? People will not accept the indiscriminate bombing and the starvation they are subjecting Palestinians to.

Oreo

Katie59

“One article was in Time magazine, another in The New Yorker, entitled The Hamas Propaganda Machine. There is easy availability of information/articles to support your point of view, whatever that maybe.”

Propaganda seems to be the only effective weapon Hamas has
it has been completely ineffective fighting IDF attention cost of at least 30000 Palestinian lives. Any normal fighting force would have given up long ago, but no it seems they are willing to fight to the last Palestinian.

Exactly that, they will fight to the last Palestinian.Basically, along with being ineffective, they’re also cowards sheltering in hospitals and hiding behind women.Not so good now hamas is it? Killing children in cots and sleeping people is a lot easier than fighting the IDF as you are finding out right this minute.

But that is not a justification for killing innocent people, it is, however, an effective way of ensuring more recruits for Hamas so they can continue killing Israeli Jews. It is not bringing home hostages either. Violence will not bring peace to Israel and it has the potential to cause more violence if Hezbollah become even more aggressive. If you think the fighters in Hamas are cowards you have completely misunderstood them, they do not fear death and that makes them very effective killing machines! They also have nothing to lose that makes them desperate and dangerous.
Article in Haaretz today"Stagnation in Israel-Hamas Talks Could Turn Conflict With Hezbollah to Full-scale War"

Anybody who doesn’t think the violence, land grab and genocide isn’t recruiting for ideologies like Hamas needs to give their head a wobble.

These ideologies will never die as long as Israel denies Palestinian their sovereignty in its fullest sense and refuses to withdraw illegal settlers from the West Bank.

Well let’s hope it doesn’t escalate into a full scale war with Hezbolah because Israel has nuclear weapons and if survival of the state is really at stake they will use them!.

Then Gaza will look like a tea party.

Philippa60

OMG "the IDF are every bit as vile as Hamas" - that comment is simply beyond belief.
You are either completely ignorant of the facts, or just so anti Israel and anti semitic that you don't let the facts challenge your narrative.
I won't continue because it seems that my views are not of interest here

This.

Anti Israeli policy not anti semitic .I have first hand accounts from Palestinian friends who were driven off their land 30 years ago the IDF have been shooting CHILDREN for 60 + years boys throwing stones-SHOT .I dont know what kind of world you inhabit but thats not a world I'm happy with.State enabled MURDER OF INNOCENTS.Yes IDF is a vile organisation backed by its government.Look at the facts going back decades about them and then tell me I'm wrong!!

If you think hamas are effective ‘killing machines’ foxie48 then think again.
Swaggering into Israel in the early hours of the morning to murder and rape suits them better than fighting a hard battle against the IDF.
They skulk in tunnels and pop out like rats to shoot then pop back in their tunnels again.Or hide out in hospitals.

Katie59

Well let’s hope it doesn’t escalate into a full scale war with Hezbolah because Israel has nuclear weapons and if survival of the state is really at stake they will use them!.

Then Gaza will look like a tea party.

I don’t think hezbollha are ready for that.