I hate the discourse around Israel Gaza. It’s as depressing a situation as I’ve encountered in my whole life and I can’t see how it ends.
It’s important to listen to the actual words of Hamas:
– Israel must be eliminated, more attacks are coming
– Killing of Jews/Americans in Israel is justified
– Loss of life in Gaza is acceptable, as we are a “nation of martyrs” https://t.co/gsThS9nTzp— Simon Rosenberg (@SimonWDC) November 1, 2023
This man is in Lebanon.
And then this:
Galit Distel Atbaryan, a Likud Party member of parliament who served as minister for public diplomacy in Benjamin Netanyahu’s government until last month, calls today for a “cruel and vengeful” Israeli military to “erase” Gaza from “the face of the earth.”
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) November 1, 2023
(h/t @muhammadshehad2) https://t.co/tNUboKfm5C
Hitting a refugee camp once to purportedly kill a Hamas commander ensconced within it is contrary to the laws of war. Hitting it two more times after claiming you’ve already killed him is openly contemptuous of international human rights concerns. https://t.co/bdqpTABzbe
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) November 1, 2023
It’s just all so awful. Anyone who thinks this is morally simple beyond the obvious “all killing of innocent civilians is wrong and war is bad” is deluding themselves. It’s a horrifying mess.