Comment by hersko
4 hours ago
So they started a war they knew would cause mass death to their civilian population. How is that not the same thing?
4 hours ago
So they started a war they knew would cause mass death to their civilian population. How is that not the same thing?
You can't give all the blame for the deaths to Hamas. They gave Israel a monstrous provocation, but the decision to kill tens of thousands of civilians, and collective punishment by denial of food, water and medical care was the Israeli government's.
If party A is using a human shield, and party B decides to kill the human shield to get revenge on party A, then who is culpable for the death? I don't think it's an entirely obvious answer. I don't think anyone who can easily and automatically put all the blame on party A or B has really thought it through.