'I’m calling from Israeli intelligence. We have the order to bomb. You have two hours'

Your last point is why I feel like what Israel is doing is just straight up illogical, even from a purely selfish point of view. The only thing they are doing here is basically proving Hamas "right" in the eyes of many Gazans, and fueling a fervent desire for revenge. If someone living in Gaza wasn't already a terrorist, they sure as hell are much much more likely to be one now.

Imagine how you would feel if your home and possibly moved ones were bombed like this, losing you everything or nearly everything you hold dear. You lose autonomy over your own life, you lose your independence and rights. I imagine it feels a lot like losing rights as a minority, or something like getting an abortion becoming illegal, turned to the extreme. And these things being threatened to be done to me already cause me to feel strong contempt against the perpetrators. If pushed far enough, things like this would cause me to become a "terrorist", in the sense of being willing to strongly resist it in an attempt to maintain my rights and autonomy.

But of course, whether I would be called a terrorist or not depends on how it's framed, and how much compassion or understanding people would give me. Hell, in the US LGBTQ+ activists, or anti-racist/anti-fascist activists are already called terrorists sometimes.

Their plan is to eliminate all Palestinians and take their land. The more each side escalates, the closer they can get to that; sure, some Israeli may die, but that gives them justification to exterminate scores of Palestinians every time.
There are three lenses through which the Israeli government's actions make sense:
They are supremacists who were looking for an excuse to escalate an ethnic cleansing they have no way to complete without a goddamn good framing for the Western press.
They're a far right government looking to appease far right voters who only want to solve a blood conflict with more blood, and never by taking advantage of their superior position to force de-escalation. These are politicians merely trying to conserve their own seats, no matter ethical considerations or what's good for their country.
Racism, ethnic supremacism, religious bigotry, emotional meltdowns and the unability to see a conflict in any other way than seeing you as the first and last victim are all great ingredients to enter into a spiral of terribly irrational decisions. All of these ingredients are present in the Israeli government and in a good portion of Israeli society.
- They are tired of dealing with daily rocket attacks on their population centers and the killing of 1400 civilians made leaving a terrorist group in charge of the region untenable?
  
  So instead Israel kills 11K, and counting, razing to the ground entire neighbourhoods, causing humanitarian catastrophe while refusing any mention of humanitarian ceasefire or even pauses to let aid inside the enclave.
  How noble of them. And by looking at the numbers of casualties and injured on both sides you will see the big picture that this is happening for years and years.
  
  Out of sight, out of mind.
  Look how many Iraqis were killed during desert storm 1&2 - makes this look like a picnic.
  
  Oh, well I guess if someone else has already been evil before, being evil now must be okay then...
  
  They're so tired of it that Mossad allowed the attack on the festival so they'd have an excuse to carpet bomb Gaza.
  
  If they were carpet bombing Gaza there would be 200,000 dead civilians.
  
  Thinking that murdering 10.000 innocent civilians is justified because a terrorist organization murdered/kindapped over 1.500 is psychotic. Get help.
  
  First, there is zero information on the number of civilian deaths vs. Hamas deaths, they are all lumped together in that 10,000 number, so good job parroting Hamas propaganda. Second, here is what you sound like to me: "Thinking that murdering 500,000 innocent German civilians* is justified because the Nazi's murdered/kidnapped a few Jews is psychotic. Get help."
  *The number killed in WW2, in case you're wondering.
  
  Contemporary historiography agrees that bombing civilian population during WWII didn't contribute to actually winning the war, so congratulations on backing your psychotic position with your ignorance.
  
  Starting to think you're just an antisemitic troll. Blocked.
  
  Hating the Zionist regime in charge of Israel != Being antisemitic.
  
  There is data on civilian deaths, but not any recent data since there is no way it can be reliably verified.
I think in the eyes of the Government it makes a lot of sense to act the way they do, it’s a great casus belli that has been dropped into their lap to ‘finally’ wipe out Gaza.
No, what Israel is doing makes sense from a strictly selfish point of view.
The question of 'Why doesn't Israel integrate the Palestinians?' is a good one. The answer is numbers.
Israel was founded as a Jewish ethnostate. Those who have immigrated there have done so because they wanted to live in a Jewish ethnostate. So one of the core values of the country is that it is primarily a place for Jews.
If Israel absorbed the populations of Gaza and the West Bank into Israel, the Jewish population would become a minority in Israel if not immediately then within a generation.
I don't agree with the idea of ethnostates in general and I do believe establishing Israel as one was a mistake.
... But if you imagine the viewpoint of someone who does want a Jewish ethnostate like so many in Israel you can see why this solution is a non starter.
- Worse than that, it's become a Palestinian vs. Jewish ethnostate competition:
- Israel has integrated what, 1.6 million Palestinians I to it's society?
  
  Something like that, yes.
It's because their corrupt far-right government wants to wipe out Palestinians. That's their end goal apparently.
I just hope enough decent people both Palestinian and Israeli get the fuck out of there before the genocide shit show truly begins.
A bit of a sidenote but I think you'll be very happy about Hamas' stance on abortion or lgbtq+ rights
- If you think that user is defending Hamas you've completely lost the plot.
  
  In a discussion about Hamas vs Israel, they are saying they understand people resorting to terrorism because they sorta understand how it feels to have their human rights oppressed. I don't think one can't mention the irony that the main organisation which had to resort to terrorism in this conflict would not hesitate to kill the above poster for demanding exactly the human rights they cited.
  But thanks for keeping the focus!
  
  There's a difference in understanding and supporting, or considering something morally correct.
  As another example: I understand why some folks get sucked into gangs. If someone grows up in a crumbling school system, falls through the holes in whatever is left of a social safety net, has no proper familial support, and sees nothing but violence and economic despair day-to-day, joining a gang suddenly becomes a viable path to prosperity. Exceedingly dangerous, but this hypothetical teen can look around and see they're likely to have a shit future regardless, so why not take that chance, right?
  So this isn't me saying that I support gang violence, but I can understand why it happens. Which is why my politics are what they are: we don't need to just beat the shit out of gang members in the streets, but give folks support so they don't feel like joining a gang is the only way to survive.
  The other poster is (I think) making a similar kind of argument. What the fuck else is some kid in that situation going to grow up to be? Some folks will make it out alright, sure: but on the whole it's a recipe for despair, which often leads to horrific acts. It doesn't make the acts right, but we can understand a little more about the why.
  
  Yes that's all very rational.
  But I was talking about the irony. It's like if in your example someone would say they could imagine themselves joining a gang by comparing the life in the ghetto to the oppression they themselves felt because they couldn't bring their puppy to school, but with the added spice that the real life gang the hypothetical discussion was originally about runs a side business of stealing, raping and skinning puppies.
  
  I had read your initial comment as insinuating the previous commenter was supporting hamas, and when someone directly challenged you on it, you didn't reject that accusation.
  So if you just wanted to point out the irony, consider my comment as much a non sequitor as your comment on its irony, which is - I suppose - at least irony-adjacent in itself.
  
  Terrorism is never the way
  Fuck all leftists terrorist apologizers
  
  Do you get mad at geologists for explaining why volcanoes erupt and kill people?
  
  They're called eruptopologists
  
  Most terrorists since 1980 are right wing. How do you feel about them?
- Whatabout what your mom does, down by the docks at night?
  
  Getting sucked off by your dad while he's humming Israel's national anthem
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinkwashing_(LGBT)#Israel
  .. the Israeli government "insist[s] on advertising and exaggerating its recent record on LGBT rights ... to fend off international condemnation of its violations of the rights of the Palestinian people".*
  
  Pretty funnysad that that quote is your only takeaway from that article
  "Israel likes bringing it up to make Hamas look bad so let's just pretend it doesn't happen"

May Hamas, the Israeli gov't, and the IDF spend an eternity in Hell for the crimes they've committed against humanity and innocent civilians.

If the mods/admins want to ban me for saying that, feel free. I don't want to be part to any group that supports and advocates for murders and war crimes.

Imagine trying to justify thousands of murdered children because some people decided to attack a festival.

An attack, I might add, the government had been informed of and bafflingly did the opposite of adding protection to heavy traffic areas...

That's because Netanyahu has a long history of supporting Hamas for his own political gains.
For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it’s blown up in our faces, Times of Israel, 8 October 2023
Thus, amid this bid to impair Abbas, Hamas was upgraded from a mere terror group to an organization with which Israel held indirect negotiations via Egypt, and one that was allowed to receive infusions of cash from abroad.
The symbiotic relationship between Netanyahu and Hamas, The Hill, October 22, 2023
Netanyahu’s policy, however, was in direct opposition to most of the Israeli defense and security establishment, which viewed cooperation with the PA to be in Israel’s security interest. Fans of the Netflix series “Fauda” will recognize that cooperation. Most security experts felt the PA needed to be strengthened, not weakened.
Since returning to power in 2009, Netanyahu made no secret of his desire to keep Hamas and the PA apart for his own political purposes. For example, in 2017, the PA and Hamas were negotiating a possible takeover by the PA of civilian control of the Gaza Strip. Even though the United States and Egypt supported this reconciliation, Netanyahu was adamantly opposed — lest it empower the PA.
Why Netanyahu helped fund Hamas and how that backfired for Israel, India Today, November 1, 2023
“Whoever is against a Palestinian state should be for transferring the funds to Gaza, because maintaining a separation between the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Hamas in Gaza helps prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state,” The Jerusalem Post quoted Prime Minister Netanyahu as saying in 2019.
Video: Ex-Saudi intel chief accuses Israel of 'funnelling' Qatari money to Hamas, India Today, October 31, 2023
Prince Turki al-Faisal's accusation against Israel comes days after a report by Reuters, citing a source privy to the matter, stated that Qatar's financial aid to the Palestinian families in Gaza passes through Israel. The funds are transferred electronically from Qatar to Israel, following which Israeli and United Nations (UN) officials hand-carry the same over the border to the Gaza Strip.
How Netanyahu's Hamas policy came back to haunt him — and Israel, CBC News, October 28, 2023
Yuval Diskin, former head of Israel's Shin Bet security service, told the daily newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth in 2013 that "if we look at it over the years, one of the main people contributing to Hamas's strengthening has been Bibi Netanyahu, since his first term as prime minister."
In August 2019, former prime minister Ehud Barak told Israeli Army Radio that Netanyahu's "strategy is to keep Hamas alive and kicking … even at the price of abandoning the citizens [of the south] … in order to weaken the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah."
Netanyahu's current finance minister, West Bank settler Belazel Smotrich, explained the approach to Israel's Knesset channel in 2015: "Hamas is an asset, and (Palestinian Authority leader) Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas) is a burden."
"But each time Netanyahu was asked, 'Why don't you negotiate with Abbas,' he would say, 'I can't negotiate with a Palestinian Authority that doesn't represent all Palestinians.' And so he would use Hamas and this division to justify his absolute objection to any negotiated peace agreement."
Liberman: Netanyahu sent Mossad head, general to Qatar, ‘begged’ it to pay Hamas, Times of Israel, February 20, 2022
“Both Egypt and Qatar are angry with Hamas and planned to cut ties with them. Suddenly Netanyahu appears as the defender of Hamas, as though it was an environmental organization. This is a policy of submission to terror,” he said, adding that Israel was paying Hamas “protection money” to maintain the calm.
Netanyahu: Money to Hamas part of strategy to keep Palestinians divided, Jerusalem Post, March 12, 2019
The prime minister also said that, “whoever is against a Palestinian state should be for” transferring the funds to Gaza, because maintaining a separation between the PA in the West Bank and Hamas in Gaza helps prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state.
- Whew, thanks for the links. So much blood on Bibi's hands.
Didnt they attacked kibboutz ?

I posted this article even though I nominally support what Israel is doing here. This war has a legitimate human cost and there's no reason to belive that reasonable people will never view that cost as too high.

I think the story painted here shows both the horrid cost on civilian life that these bombings have and the extensive efforts to avoid civilian casualties that the IDF takes.

Short of an Jeff Bezos takeover of Gaza to turn it into the world's biggest Amazon warehouse, I literally don't know what could possibly solve the situation. It's clear from the cheering crowds praising raped corpses that there's too much hatred to reasonably integrate Gaza into greater Israel. And it's clear from the massive terror the Muslim Brotherhood caused in Egypt, that they could never integrate into an Egyptian society . And is clear from the 4-6x Marshall Plan per person they've received in aid that aid to Gaza is a black hole that will never lead to a thriving society. After 2004 I remember this optimism and a belief that this Israel/Palestine thing was really back on pace for a 2 state solution. And now I just don't see it.

Some solution has to be found. If Israel just empties Palestine of Palestinians and claims it all as Israel, that won't give them the safety they want from attacks by nutters. The crazy thing that is, there are right wing nutters in Israel wanting to exactly that. Ethnic cleansing is no way to peace. Even the US won't support them doing that. Even doing it salami slicing with nutty settlers isn't going unnoticed.
There needs to be a justice system to deal with nutters. You can't deal with harsh collective punishment. It's a nutters response that just creates more nutters on the other side. Which nutters of the side partly want to justify their own nuttiness and to create more of them on their own side.
- I don't think that goal this time is to evict Palestinians from Gaza. I think the goal is simply to try to get a "new deal." Most terrorist organizations aren't as evil, incompetent and aren't as ridiculous as Hamas is. I mean imagine how much better Gaza would be with a Taliban-esque leadership group in charge. Or even just a leadership group physically located in Gaza.
  Like how many jihadists can really be left in Gaza? At some point, they've got to run out of these idiots.
  
  There are some who are calling for it to be the end of Palestinians. Nuking them and other means of clearing the land.
  You never run out of idiots. They will be coming to Palestinian to fight. Young men are prone to look for causes to fight for and there is a real injustice happening to Palestine.
  Israel can't just kill it's way to peace. No justice, no peace.
  Hamas aren't helping the Palestinian cause either because they are clearly terrorist nutters.
  
  Oh I'm sure there are some people at that point on the Israeli political spectrum. I just don't think the ruling coalition is there.
  
  It doesn't take much sanity to see nuking would be a terrible idea.
  
  It doesn't take much sanity to see that attacking your much larger and stronger neighbor and indiscriminately murdering their elderly and children and parading raped corpses through your streets would be a terrible idea. But we have idiots on both sides.
  
  They are religious nutters, they don't care about their own death, or the deaths of thousands of Palestinians. If anything, they want Israel to attack Palestine and kill thousands, and create rage that creates more Hamas. Hamas isn't only fed by Palestinians. It can't be defeated by military might. That's like "the beatings will continue until morale improves".
  
  I mean if Hamas was replaced by a Hezbollah equivalent that would be in improvement.
  
  More likely the anger being created will feed ever more extremism. Beating a people into peaceful submission doesn't work. Let alone is barbaric.

the inevitable wave of people defending the Israeli State’s actions

I think that wave has broken. They were a very vocal minority and some of them have been banned already.

Most of the working class stands with Palestine.

Citation needed.
- Where are the pro-Israel rallies?
  
  The working class doesn't go to rallies.
  
  🤡
  
  They don't. They're working.

Post it anyways and block all of the disgusting comments afterwards, you'll be gradually cleaning up your Lemmy experience as you do

See, on one hand that seems like a good idea, but whilst people can have reprehensible views on one topic they might also have reasonable contributions for another.
- Fair enough!

I feel the same way here (Lemmy) because I support Israel. Funny, how being a minority works.

EDIT: to be fair, I don't have the numbers to claim who is a minority or not.

If you feel the need to express your unswerving support for the actions of the Israeli state under this news article, please tell us, how you see the mass destruction of civilian homes justified and necessary.
Usual disclaimer: I support neither side here. Both use horrible methods to achieve their goals and I hope for a ceasefire and improvement of both governments. From my limited information a revolution will likely be needed in case of Palestine, in Israel elections may suffice.
- Never said it was unswerving, but I am hated for my opinion here. It is expected. How dare I justify murder, right?
  Hamas is a terror organization. Hamas confirmed it will repeat it's actions over and over until every jew is dead or driven from Israel. Hamas is still firing rockets at Israel and fighting the IDF. Hamas cynically uses the Geneva convention to shield itself as it commits war crimes.
  It is true that the actions of the military kill innocents. I think it would've happened even without Hamas using them as human shields.
  But should Israel simply stand idle as it's citizens are slaughtered and kidnapped? If so, then why?
  
  You can be anti-Hamas without needing to be pro-Israel, though
  
  I would if I could see another solution to the problem of the war right now.
  Israel carries a lot of blame here with it's right winged rule over a decade. No doubt.
  But how can you stop Hamas now? I'm truly asking. This isn't a rhetoric question.
  
  A permanent ceasefire that involves lifting the blockade. It worked in 2008 and 2012, except for the part where Israel didn't actually lift the blockade. Then a real two-state solution, none of this one state, one ghetto and a bunch of Bantustans nonsense Israel is doing. Remember: Peace only lost support in Palestine because it didn't work, not because Palestinians don't want peace.
  To quote Bassem Youssef, terrorism is a virus, and to get rid of a virus you need to give the patient water, nutrients and rest. You don't get rid of viruses by hitting the patient with a sledgehammer.
  
  Well, enforcing that will send Israel into a political turmoil since it was on the verge of a civil war before this war started. Also, interesting to note that 2008 was one of those rare times when Benjamin Netanyahu wasn't at power, but that doesn't help the situation right now.
  I also agree that you can't remove Hamas with a sledgehammer. You can't kill ideology with bullets. Israel isn't claiming to be doing that right now. They declared they're doing 2 things:
  Returning the kidnapped Israelis home.
  Disabling Hamas' ability to strike.
  Can't ignore the last fact here though, that Benjamin Netanyahu wants a military regime once the war is over. You'd have to insane to support that.
  
  Hmm, they managed to rescue 1/240 hostages for a month. Apparently that's a pretty bad score. Not to mention that they are actively bombing tunnels where those hostages are thought to be held, so potentially they have killed some of them.
  And by disabling Hamas ability to strike they killed ten thousand and counting people, destroyed civilian infrastructure, and caused unimaginable humanitarian catastrophe. Committed numerous war crimes and in general they showed to the world that they aren't any better than Hamas if not worse.
  Mind you by the time this all ends up the human cost and suffering inflicted on the regular civilians would be even greater. And I can tell you that's a recipe for a disaster. You can't dehumanize people and push them to the edge and then expect them to co-operate. I wonder what would be left of Gaza by the time Israel sate their bloodlust.
  
  Returning the kidnapped Israelis home.
  Disabling Hamas’ ability to strike.
  And none of those will be accomplished with what Israel is doing. Hamas will need time to recover, but "being unable to strike" isn't happening. They have enough foreign support and a wealth of recruits.
  
  I don't have a solution. I'm half a planet away, and geopolitics is not my field. I'm not a world leader, nor a military strategist, or anything that would qualify me to make a decision or have an informed answer.
  I might be a spineless fence-sitter, but I don't like what Israel is doing, and I don't like what Hamas is doing. For that reason, I wouldn't call myself pro-Israel or pro-Hamas.
  
  Do you think the number or recruits increased or decreased after incessantly murdering innocent civilians?
  
  I just want to ask also, how do you stop more Hamas by killing people? You don't. The Hydra effect will guarantee that any one terrorist killed will breed two more. Yesterday my partner looked at me and said, "If Israel had killed my entire family, I would probably join Hamas", and he's an atheist and a Brit who learned most of what he learned about Hamas this year.
  What Israel is doing is creating more opportunities for massacre in the future. I am not sure why, but I'm convinced there is a genocidal agenda here.
  
  It is true that the actions of the military kill innocents. I think it would’ve happened even without Hamas using them as human shields.
  But should Israel simply stand idle as it’s citizens are slaughtered and kidnapped? If so, then why?
  That's a false dichotomy, and one alternative approach was already provided in the comment you originally replied to.
  the Israeli State holds a humongous power advantage. They don’t use that power disparity to deescalate and integrate the Palestinian people to prevent Hamas from having support. Instead they do shit like this where they drive Palestinians straight into Hamas’ hands, because the Palestinian people are given no other option to turn to.
  Certainly there are even more alternatives that exist in the miles wide gap between "raze all of gaza" and "stand idle".
  
  Certainly there are even more alternatives that exist in the miles wide gap between "raze all of gaza" and "stand idle".
  First they should try to invest into defense, maybe some sort of air defense system to mitigate the almost daily rocket and missile launches.
  
  I do agree that any cycle of violence further radicalizes the Palestinians. It also marginalized the Israeli left since Yitzhak Rabin was murdered. Both sides keep pushing, like a pendulum, ever since the negotiations with Yasser Arafat failed due to the right of return.
  Are the Israelis solely to blame for this? Maybe. Does it provide a solution for the here and now? No.
  That's a false dichotomy, and one alternative approach was already provided in the comment you originally replied to.
  The original comment says integration, that is a one state solution for the two people. That means that the right of return takes place. If that happens, Israel is no longer a Jewish state.
  How can you integrate with a political movement that just murdered and kidnapped people your people? Who vowed to destroy your nation in very colorful ways? How do you solve the here and now?
  I agree that Israel shares plenty of blame, primarily the government and the right wing. Ok. How does that neutralize the threat of Hamas now? How does that stop the rockets? How can the IDF pull back and not get another surprise attack in three weeks?
  
  How can the IDF pull back and not get another surprise attack in three weeks?
  Now that they have killed so many civilians, it's gonna be tough. They aren't making it better as they continue destroying homes, hospitals, and refugee camps though. The time to try treating them like humans was before the recent attack.
  Here's what I can tell you for sure:
  You don't reduce the number of terrorists by making it crystal clear that you give zero shits about civilian deaths
  Whatever actions would lead to a reduction in terrorism from Gaza are going to start with humanitarian outreach, not bombs
  And let's not forget those illegal settlements which are a constant provocation.
  Whatever the correct actions look like - they are going to need to account for the fact that they've just created shitloads more ill will than even was there previously.
  Do my bullet points solve the problem? Hell no. But my (or your) inability to come up with a solution doesn't mean there isn't a better one than what they are currently doing, and doesn't support the idea that their only other option is to do nothing. Neither of us (presumably) are world leaders with experience in this area. But when shit comes out of my sink faucets, I don't need to be a plumber to know that mine has fucked up.
  
  I agree with you on most of what you said here. Things are fucked. Better solutions should be sought, especially diplomatic ones - if possible. Until such a solution presents itself, stopping Israel sounds like a bad idea.
  
  The beatings will continue until morale improves.
  
  Yes Hamas is a terror organization, no, that does not allow you to behave like a terror organization when fighting them.
  If you have read the article this is not about innocents which where at the wrong place a the wrong time. This article is about deliberate destruction of civilian buildings without giving any justification besides 'There are some things that we see that you don't see.' in some cases evacuation was allowed, in some cases no time for evacuation was given. There is in my eyes no justification for this.
  I never said that Israel should stand idle. So don't push that opinion on me.
  What could be done? Attack military targets only, give civilians time to evacuate. (Yes a civilian home becomes a military target if it is used as weapons stash/factory, but there was no indication at all in the cases listed in the article), support the more moderate Fatah in regaining control. Support new democratic elections. Provide help in forms primarily targeted at civilians: Food, water, education. Allow students from the Gaza Strip to study abroad. Part of that is already done, but hampered by the military actions.
  Destroying peoples homes and basic utilities will only ensure that hate on Israel grows and support for Hamas remains steady.
  
  Yes Hamas is a terror organization, no, that does not allow you to behave like a terror organization when fighting them.
  I agree.
  If you have read the article this is not about innocents which where at the wrong place a the wrong time. This article is about deliberate destruction of civilian buildings without giving any justification besides ‘There are some things that we see that you don’t see.’ in some cases evacuation was allowed, in some cases no time for evacuation was given. There is in my eyes no justification for this.
  I respect your sentiment that you can't justify killing innocents no matter the cause. I also respectfully disagree, and I accept "There are somethings that we see that you don't" as tactical reasoning. I don't do this with a happy heart, or a sense of conviction. It is a sad to thing to recognize.
  You don't let your enemy know how you know where to hit, because that would expose your intelligence - be it collaborators, equipment or units - to your enemy.
  I do agree though, that it leaves you with doubt that the IDF isn't just murdering people. However I don't think they'd go to such trouble to sometimes notify and sometimes not. It doesn't make sense.
  Yesterday a group of refugees ran across the corridor from the north to the south holding white flags. The Palestinians here are suffering, and require humanitarian aid, but they were let through. They weren't executed or attacked. Source is from the guardian, which is center-left in bias.
  I never said that Israel should stand idle. So don’t push that opinion on me.
  I apologize for putting words in your mouth or assuming your opinion for you. I was wrong here to a fault.
  What could be done? Attack military targets only, give civilians time to evacuate. (Yes a civilian home becomes a military target if it is used as weapons stash/factory, but there was no indication at all in the cases listed in the article),
  Hamas doesn't follow the Geneva Convention. It's fighters don't dress as a military, they dress in civilian clothing. Maybe not as a rule, but there's definitely footage that Hamas itself released with their fighters wearing Jeans and T Shirts.
  Regarding allowing civilians to evacuate - This is again the issue of tactical reasoning from before.
  support the more moderate Fatah in regaining control. Support new democratic elections.
  I'll add - remove the Likud and Netanyahu from power, add the Palestinians into the Abraham accords. All worthy things to do AFTER the war, and should be done. No doubt.
  Destroying peoples homes and basic utilities will only ensure that hate on Israel grows and support for Hamas remains steady.
  I whole-heatedly agree with you on this one. Both sides are losing right now. I think this war will mean that Fatah will disappear and the west bank will become Hamas too. And then the situation is twice as fucked.
  
  Did israel bomb the south of Gaza after telling people to go south or not?
  
  Definitely. Those are facts. What is your point?
  
  But should Israel kill all these civilians for "revenge" or what exactly is their plan in your opinion?
  
  This is the thing that gets me - what would you do if someone barricaded themselves inside a house next door, kept taking pot shots and you and stealing people off the street? I would shoot back.
  
  That analogy breaks down when you're the guy that locked them in the house.
  
  Until you realise you locked them in the house after them and their friends tried to take your back yard when you were having a domestic with your partner, and a founding part of their cult is that you need to die.
  (Hamas not cult, just analogy)
  
  Israel is literally the one stealing backyards, and when it can't, it bombs them.
  
  Not just the backyards, but the front and side yards too
  
  Nah if we're gonna continue this analogy, it's like if you come across a village of 50 people then force everyone into one house so you can have your friends move into the other houses. Then 1 of those 50 starts shooting at you. So then you drop a grenade in the house, kill a bunch of their kids and shoot their dog.
  
  And would kill 10 innocents in the house just to get to that one guy?
  
  Honestly, probably.
  
  So how are you any better than the terrorist you condemn, by openly admitting you are ready to shoot 10 civilians? At what number of civilians do you make the cut 20, 50, 100, 500, 1000?
Poor fucking you. Could try having some sympathy for the kids killed in a paediatric hospital in the last week.
- Empathy for 4000 dead kids is a controversial opinion apparently.
  
  I've been called a terrorist supporter for explicitly expressing concern for the innocent victims 🤷
  
  Yeah but did you condemn Hamas thrice daily before doing so? Common mistake.
- Lmao, this is exactly what they were talking about
- I corrected myself. You are not a minority in the world, as I don't know the numbers and there are clearly a lot of sympathizers of the Palestinian cause in England, Spain, France and the US. I don't even know what is going on in the rest of the world.
  I can only empathize with the writer's original emotion of feeling like a persecuted minority.
  EDIT I retract my use of the word "Persecuted". At best, this is lack of tolerance.
  
  You’d think as an oppressed minority in the world, you’d be more outraged at Israel for their continued oppression of Palestinians. I know plenty of other Jews that feel this way.
  
  Who says I don't? Israel should definitely stop the settlements, push to join the Palestinians into the abrahamic accords, do what they can to bring actual peace instead of placating their religious fanatics for an easy vote.
  I said I support Israel. In which I meant that I support Israel's fight against Hamas. Yes, that entails hurting civilians. Yes, that is a sad state of affairs.
  
  Almost no one out there is supporting Hamas, and if you unilaterally support Israel, you are anti-Palestinian. The fact that you think fighting Hamas includes indiscriminately bombing civilians shows you are in support of the ongoing genocide of an ethnic minority. And to call yourself a minority to try to gain sympathy is pathetic at best. The KKK is also a minority, so by your logic, we should all try to sympathize with their plight.
  
  Almost no one out there is supporting Hamas, and if you unilaterally support Israel, you are anti-Palestinian.
  You are willfully ignoring my last comment to give your strawman some hay.
  The fact that you think fighting Hamas includes indiscriminately bombing civilians shows you are in support of the ongoing genocide of an ethnic
  minority Strawman, I never said that the IDF should or is bombing indiscriminately. That is YOUR belief and you're forcing it upon my words.
  And to call yourself a minority to try to gain sympathy is pathetic at best.
  Yet another misunderstanding. I didn't say that to garner sympathy. I said that to make the point that this situation is just a classical case of the Majority's tyranny. Granted, @risk suffered it worse, but the situation is just two sides of the same coin except I hang around in Lemmy and he hangs around in News websites.
  The KKK is also a minority, so by your logic, we should all try to sympathize with their plight. Oh look, it's your favorite rhetorical instrument. A strawman.
  
  imagine hearing a neo nazi talk like you do. That's how people are starting to associate Israel and their genocide.
  You aren't a persecuted minority, you're just a person that willingly doesn't want to understand so the hate can continue. What is happening is clearly not okay to anyone with even a hint of a moral compass.
  
  I don't think criticizing Israel is wrong here, nor do I wish for more civilian bloodshed. I do, however, see the end of the war with Hamas no longer being able to actively threat Israel a legitimate goal.
  Why does that mean I'm a Nazi?
  
  I brought up neo Nazis so you would understand that you are as much a persecuted minority as they are. By supporting Israel and not criticizing them loudly, you are encouraging more civilian bloodshed.
  I never outright called you a nazi, but you are someone that supports a racist apartheid state that is currently in the middle of a genocide. It's not a good look.
  I know it's hard to realize that all the truths you were raised on were lies, that even family members can be downright evil in what they say and hope for. You can either keep the cycle going or be an adult about it.
It's so cool how people who support a genocide will just straight up tell you like this.
Funny how you just completely confirmed OPs hesitancy to post. You are not a minority for supporting the IDF.
- Seems like they are on Lemmy
  
  Oh no
- I did correct myself in that I only share his feelings as being persecuted. I clearly don't know who is a minority in this debate and it was wrong to assume so.
  
  If you look at the actions of Western media and governments, it's pretty clear who is the minority. Palestinian activists have become much more vocal because they're the minority, and no one is standing up for Gazans.
  Regardless, you are not being persecuted, by saying so you're trivializing those that are.
  
  I said only on Lemmy.
  I actually empathized with the man. I think he should be allowed to express himself without being persecuted EVEN THOUGH I THINK HIS OPINION IS WRONG.
  It came out wrong because of my talk of minority.
  
  I think you need to look up what it means to be persecuted
  
  I agree with your statement and would retract the use of the word "persecuted", as it is a matter of severity.
  The inflicting of suffering, harassment, imprisonment, internment, fear or pain are all factors that may establish persecution, but not all suffering will necessarily establish persecution. The threshold of severity has been a source of much debate. Source: Wikipedia
  Being ostracized in a Lemmy debate clearly isn't persecution. It is a lack of pluralism or tolerance. Something you can criticize, but definitely isn't something anyone owes anyone else here. It's more of a matter of civility.
Notice how the comment you replied to, despite claiming they "always get hate" has nothing but supportive people upvoting, while you have 3 angry lions going for the neck because you dare to say you support Israel...
It has come too far to ever work. This community, @world, is no longer a place for biased news. I have had to block for a long time, but just came back to see if it was still such a mess. Turns out it is.
The worst thing is that the mods here are directly supporting this.
- Did you mean unbiased?
  Well, that would mean a whole lot of work than just making sure people are civil. That would mean fact checking, confirming and banning accordingly.
  That is a LOT of work... Can't fault the mods for that.
  As long as it is civil, it should be what it is. At least that's my opinion.
  
  Yes, I meant unbiased, sorry.
  But look at our scores. We are voices that defies the echo chamber. Therefor we must be silenced.
  It sucks, because I actually genuinely was happy for Lemmy, and had moved all my browsing over here. But alas, it seems that I can no longer use this platform for news. I will go back to having this community blocked.
  PS) Try going to r/worldnews and Reddit, and check what the tone of audience is over there. Much more biased towards Israel, which is a no-brainer in my world.
  
  Did you just equate downvotes with being silenced?