1) "Murder" implies unlawful. Killing in war generally isn't unlawful.
You mean the part where he told a bold-faced lie about my position and refuses to recant it? I am not "the Left", my name is Politesse and I have a clearly stated position on Gaza, which is not that.
It is if you're murdering doctors.
You can criticize Israel without supporting Hamas.
The conflict began long before that.
He is not a genocide apologist, you are skipping over the step of establishing that it's genocide in the first place. A lot of people dead in war does not equal genocide.
Who started 10/7? Hamas.
Continuing to insist this doesn't make it so. There have been repeated attempts to make peace with those that do not have the power to make peace. The actual warmongers have never been at the talks in the first place.
But you keep blaming Israel for Hamas actions, sure looks like support for Hamas.
It began long before that even. Fundamentally, this is the Jews throwing off the cloak of oppression that has persisted for so long.
You're not addressing my point.
Civilians normally get out of the path of war if possible. Forces that we would typically consider to be on the good side generally try to get civilians out of the way (but can't always--they certainly wouldn't have told the French to get out of the way of the D-Day landings!) Civilians typically do get out of the way--except in Gaza. We have multiple examples of people describing being shot at for getting out of the danger zone and plenty of examples of Hamas deliberately forcing civilians into the danger zone.
The IDF had people move away from the objects they wished to strike. That did not preclude Hamas using the crowds to strike from. And it doesn't even mean that people that died during the evacuation were killed by Israel. Supposedly Israel struck vehicles in the evacuation--but strangely the images never show a vehicle that's taken a hit from a modern weapon, nor do we see a crater. All we see is shrapnel damage--which says it was a roadside bomb, not a weapon from the sky.
The Jews are returning to their ancestral lands.
That has/is happened and is not defensible.
The promise given to the Isrealites is greater than 2000 years old.
Globally, you're right. But in the context, yes, the terms are meaningful. A bad guy initiates bad actions, generally aiming at non-combatants. If a good guy shoots it's at combatants. (Remember, fog of war--mistakes will be made.)
Hamas keeps claiming 10,000 buried in the rubble. I do not find it credible that this number has not changed appreciably over time.
It's Hamas trying to get those others killed so you'll blame Israel.
No. I notice how powerful nations in the world keep losing wars to ragtag bands with untouchable supply lines. That's the determining factor, not why they fight or the merits of their cause.
The tradegy of any war is all those who get caught up and suffer loss, injury and death.
Your constant criticism of Israel, your barely audible mutterings about Hamas tell us very clearly that you have taken sides as noted earlier.
As much as I try I cannot see how Netanyahu caused Hamas to attck on 7th Oct. He has certainly milked it for all it is worth but he did not start the current conflicit.
Repeating a lie doesn't make it more true. Post proof of my "support of Hamas", or retract your false statement about me.
If you are very vocal about a particular sins of a "side" e.g. Israel yet barely mentioned the sins of the other then that tells us whom you care more about.
I think that Hana’s is vile. That is unrelated to Islam or Muslims.
Since most Gazans are not Hamas, one would think it is up to the IDF to show that Mr Hayek was a terrorist.
And we have plenty if examples if exhausted or injured civilians unable to move. Again, the burden of proof is on you.
We have reports of the IDF bombkng “safe” zones.
